The Fijian Drua have continued to construct their Tremendous Rugby Girls title defence, grinding out a 20-7 win towards the ACT Brumbies.
Profitable for a second straight week, the two-time reigning champions regarded clunky in assault early however clicked into gear to win properly at GIO Stadium.
It wasn’t all doom and gloom for the Brumbies after a gritty defensive show towards the competitors heavyweights, though they’d be upset to not again up final weekend’s 31-14 win towards Queensland that vaulted them into finals competition.
That they had no proper to solely path 10-7 at halftime after spending a lot of the primary half camped on their very own line.
However a game-breaking run and offload from Drua centre Merewai Cumu early within the second half put winger Atelaite Buna by means of to attain and set them on target for the win.
Fullback Luisa Tisolo had knocked over a penalty aim on 35 minutes to provide the Drua a 10-7 lead, though retaining the harm to 3 factors felt like a win for the Brumbies after a prolonged stint defending in their very own 22m.
Drua flanker Sulita Waisega opened the scoring after gathering a deft kick and powering away, with a 7-0 benefit the least the guests deserved from a robust opening quarter-hour.
However simply because the Fijian forwards taking on after forcing a collection of penalties, the Brumbies’ rolling maul hit again in spectacular vogue, with hooker Tania Naden pushed over to knot the scores at 7-7.
The Brumbies stay fourth on the desk, and with a five-point benefit on the Reds seem near being locked-in for finals.