Illawarra Women and Girls Tackle Wrap

Like many competitions around the state, the ‘big wet’ wreaked havoc on the early rounds of the Southern Corridor Open Women and Under Girls competitions, which involves teams from the Illawarra, St George, Cronulla and Groups Six and Seven. Round 5 was completed last weekend; however, only a few teams have played two games this season.

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Open Women

In the Open Women’s division, Collegians, featuring several members of the Steelers Tarsha Gale Cup premiership-winning side, including Brielle Luccitti and Sienna Yeo, were defeated by Riverwood Legion 36-12 at Cahill Park in Sydney.

The hosts scored seven tries to the visitor’s three, with Collies prop Sophie Rodwell scoring a brace for her side.

Corrimal had a hard-fought 16-14 win over the Taren Point Titans in the Shire, five-eighth Lenniece Wright crossing twice for the visitors.  Tenaya Hegarty picked up the Cougars’ Player’s Player award.

Wests began their season with a 44-10 loss to Riverwood Legion in Round 4 before going down 34-6 to Penshurst RSL last week.

U18’s Girls 

Collegians were defeated by Engadine 32-10 in their Round 5 home clash with the Dragons last week after a 44-4 away loss to Milton in Round 4.

Corrimal got their season off to a promising start with a 36-10 win over Camden in Round 4, scoring seven tries to the Rams two. Unfortunately, the Cougars received a forfeit from Como-Jannali last week.

Newcomers Windang have had two heavy losses in their first two outings against Campbelltown City and Milton.

Upcoming Round 6 Fixtures

Open Womens Tackle | Corrimal v Penshurst RSL, Ziems Park, Saturday, 1 June, 10.30am
Open Womens Tackle | Collegians v Wests, Collegians Sports Stadium Sunday, 2 June, 11.30am

U18 Girls Tackle | Windang Pelicans v Minto Cobras, 1.10pm Boronia Park, Saturday, 1 June
U18 Girls Tackle |Camden Rams v Collegians, 3pm Kirkham Park – Field 2, Saturday, 1 June
U18 Girls Tackle |Corrimal v Stingrays, 4.30pm Ziems Park – Field 2, Saturday, 1 June

 

Main picture: Collegians junior Sienna Yeo on the charge for the Steelers in the Tarsha Gale Cup Grand Final