Sydney Women win national title in a cliff-hanger
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Friday, 4 July 2008
NSWRU Media Unit
Sydney has successfully defended the National Women's Championship with a nail-biting 6-5 victory over Queensland in today's tournament decider.
2008 Sydney Women's Team
2008 Sydney Women's Team
While Queensland scored the only try of the match, Sydney flyhalf Rachelle Pirie nailed two penalties to give the defending champions the narrowest of victories.
Having kicked just one conversion from ten attempts on the opening day, it looked as though Sydney's goalkicking may come back to haunt them later in the tournament.
However today it was Pirie's sure boot which kicked Sydney to victory.
In other matches on the final day of competition NSW Country defeated Victoria 11-0 in the third place playoff, Western Australia overcame the Brumbies 17-0 in the battle for fifth while Australian Services beat the National Indigenous team 22-7 to place seventh.
At the conclusion of the carnival the Wallaroos team was announced, with 14 NSW players named in the national squad.
2008 NATIONAL WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS - DAY THREE RESULTS
7TH PLACE PLAYOFF - Australian Services 22 d National Indigenous 7.
5TH PLACE PLAYOFF - Western Australia 17 (Debby Hodgkinson 2, Stacey Kilmister tries; Stacey Kilmister con) d Brumbies 0.
3RD PLACE PLAYOFF - NSW Country 11 (Clare Thomson try; Alana Thomas 2 pens) d Victoria 0.
1ST PLACE PLAYOFF - Sydney 6 (Rachelle Pirie 2 pens) d Queensland 5 (Selena Tranter try).
NSW Players in Wallaroos Team
Dalena Dennison (Warringah/Sydney), Alicia Frost (Merewether-Carlton/NSW Country), Alex Hargreaves (Sydney University/Sydney), Faryaneh Hayati (Sydney University/Sydney), Danielle Meskelle (Warringah/Sydney), Tui Ormsby (Warringah/Sydney), Kylie Pennell (Dubbo Rhinos/NSW Country), Chris Ross (Warringah/Sydney), Ruan Simms (Waverley/Sydney), Cheryl Soon (Warringah/Sydney), Alana Thomas (Orange City/NSW Country), Rebecca Trethowan (Newcastle University/NSW Country), Natalie Vardenega (Hamilton/NSW Country), Margaret Watson (Newcastle University/NSW Country).