Their 150kg prop made a real impact early but only last 13 minutes in his first game for the club before sustaining a leg injury.

Dumbrell shrugged off an knee complaint before limping off with an ankle issue after 23 minutes.

With two key man down and out early, Dumbrell was thrilled to take a 26-18 win over Young at Equex Centre on Saturday.

"They dug right in for one another and it was just all effort," Dumbrell said.

"That is all it came down to - effort - and they all stuck in, took the hard hits and played as a team.

"It was unreal with just 15 players and a reduced interchange.

"I'm very happy with that one."

Kangaroos fired early against a sloppy Cherrypickers with Lachlan Cuell scoring two simple tries in the first eight minutes to bounce out to a 10-0 lead.

They were the only points of the half and although the Wagga side looked by far the more likely they couldn't find another way through.

However things couldn't have started much better in the second stanza as Nayah Freeman dropped the kick-off and one minute later Bowie Foster slammed the ball down to score.

Young hit back when Jonty Langfield crossed in the 49^th minute only for Cuell to complete his hat-trick 

The Cherrypickers looked a chance of running over the top of their rivals when Langfield's second cut the margin to eight points.

However Kangaroos capitalised when Jayke Hogan was penalised for a late hit on kicker Trae O'Neill which lead to Lachlan Jolliffe burrowing over to score with 11 minutes to play.

Dumbrell was pleased with how they responded to plenty of adversity.

He's also confident a nasty looking ankle injury isn't too serious.

"It probably looks more than a roll but I just rolled it," Dumbrell said.

"It's not structural. I've broken plenty of bones so I know that is one is not broken so we are right."

Sam Langford scored a consolation effort but it was a disappointing start to the season for the Cherrypickers and they have lots of work to do as they prepare to tackle Gundagai next Sunday.

However coach Roy Jewitt thought they stuck in the contest well considering how much ball they turned over

"The biggest thing was our mistakes - our drop balls, our penalties and discipline with the ball," Jewitt said.

"Probably to stay in the game as long as we did with our completion rate was a credit to the boys.

"We only completed at 50 per cent in the second half and less than 50 in the first half."

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