Mounties claim thrilling premiership win in low-scoring affair

The NSWRL's Grand Final Day at Leichhardt delivered some enthralling contests that went down to the wire, but few were more thrilling than Mounties' one-point win over Canterbury in the NSW Women's Premiership.

Despite a plethora of tryscoring opportunities both ways, remarkable defence kept the game scoreless until the final five minutes, when Mulga halfback Matilda Power kicked the field goal that would ultimately prove the difference in a captivating 1-0 win.

Canterbury featured in three of the four deciders and went home with the honours in the Harold Matthews Grand Final, cruising to a 32-6 win over Newcastle. Meanwhile, the SG Ball final between Parramatta and the Knights was a more close-run affair, with a tense back-and-forth seeing the teams tied at the half-time break, before the Eels finally grabbed the ascendancy early in the second half and held on.

In the Tarsha Gale Cup the Bulldogs surged to an early lead thanks to three tries in 10 minutes for a handy half-time lead - but they were ultimately reeled in by the Roosters' Indigenous Academy, thanks to a late try to five-eighth Brooke Talataina.

NSWRL GRAND FINALS

SG BALL

PARRAMATTA 28 (D Vaivela 2, E Sanders, C Guymer, R Penisini tries; Sanders 3, J Lynn goal) D. NEWCASTLE 22 (B Slade, E Ferguson, M Metcalf, T Blackman tries; Ferguson 3 goals). 

HAROLD MATTHEWS

CANTERBURY 32 (T McEwen-Welsh, M Hadid, C Makhlouf, J Rauqe, M Woods tries; B Reuben 6 goals) D. NEWCASTLE 6 (C Votano try; Votano goal). 

TARSHA GALE CUP

INDIGENOUS ACADEMY 26 (P Lowe, J Tofae, K Bulmer, L Montgomery, B Talataina tries; M Barber 3 goals) D. CANTERBURY 22 (T Finau, T Dennis, N Kapua, A Aros tries; Finau 3 goals). 

NSW WOMEN’S PREMIERSHIP

MOUNTIES 1 (M Power field goal) D. CANTERBURY 0.

RON MASSEY CUP: ROUND 7

MOUNTIES 32 (L Mulitalo, F Kini, V Rennie, B Goodman, J Olive tries; J Hughes 5 goals) D. CANTERBURY 18 (L Vale 2, J Sua tries; Sua 3 goals). 

HILLS BULLS 42 (L Aldridge 3, A Smalley 2, J Wormleaton, M Kennedy tries; B Keighran 6, K Cryer goals) D. GLEBE 12 (H McKeon 2 tries; D Makoare-Boyce 2 goals). 

ST MARYS 20 (H El-Nachar, T Sapienza, S Tavita, J Tago tries; Sapienza 2 goals) D. WENTWORTHVILLE 14 (A Quast, L Cokanauto, T Arona tries; D White goal). 

RYDE-EASTWOOD 40 (J Lawler 2, L Suli-Ruka, J Smyth, L Poko, A Perry, N Mougios tries; Z Mackay 6 goals) D. KAIVITI SILKTAILS 14 (S Lovokuro, V Karawalevu, T Seru tries; Karawalevu goal). 

SYDNEY SHIELD: ROUND 7

MOUNTIES 28 (J McMullen, A Naati, L Christensen, K Laula, K Whitton tries; K Savage 4 goals) D. MOOREBANK 12 (J Saldaneri 2 tries; Saldaneri 2 goals). 

HILLS BULLS 42 (B O’Reilly 2, V Tereszko, D Chandler, B Avery, D Baumann, D Marshall, M Newlyn tries; J Griffin 5 goals) D. GLEBE 16 (P Kepaoa 2, S Terekia tries; J Tautaiolefua 2 goals). 

ST MARYS 38 (K Farr 2, M Iara, J Gordon, S Radovu, M Dut, C Crichton tries; J Rafferty-Butfield 5 goals) D. WENTWORTHVILLE 18 (I Iaqekoro 2, I Rosario, O Scott tries; L Habkouk goal). 

RYDE-EASTWOOD 38 (L Tali, C Wheeler, M Curl, M Kabalan, E Mataale, R Joynes, R Curtis tries; 5 goals) DREW WITH CABRAMATTA 38 (J Tudehope 2, R Davison, R Lack, J Alhazim, W Epere, L Maugututia tries; B Maycock 4, Lack goals).

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