WOMEN of the Tea Gardens Hawks were victorious once again, overpowering their opponents from Clarence Town on Saturday 13 July at Myall Park.

Field conditions were vastly superior to those at the two teams’ previous meet, and the women came out strongly, tackling well and often, and passing cleanly.

The first try was from Hawks’ lucky #13, Dallas, who put it right next to the uprights mere minutes into the game.

She then proceeded to successfully convert her own try.

The Hawks women have picked up their passing game throughout the season, managing to avert three tackles with timely passing off, and Rhianna making some good breaks up the wing to keep it forward.

Clarence Town answered with two consecutive tries, both slipping through wide gaps left in the Hawks’ lines.

Just before half-time, the Hawks’ Chantelle Gallagher grounded the ball to the right of the posts, the culmination of another consistent team effort, giving the Hawks the lead, 10-8.

Some on-field confusion in the second half saw the ball flop around dangerously close to the Hawks’ backline, with Clarence Town grounding the ball to score.

Dallas eventually repeated her previous scoring effort, off the back of some renewed passing and good runs by Rhianna, Bec, and Amani.

One interesting play saw the Hawks on their fifth tackle, and an attempted slap-down of the ball by a Clarence Town player ended up knocking-on, giving the Hawks six more tackles mere metres out, leading to yet another try grounded by Dallas in the far corner.

The Hawks Women maintained a strong defensive effort, even dragging one would-be attacker out over the sideline, and some opportunistic play saw Sophie score off a scrum awarded fifteen metres out.

Hawks Women attained their second victory of the season, defeating Clarence Town 22-14.

By Thomas O’KEEFE