BRONCOS DOMINATE GRAND FINAL TO GO BACK TO BACK
RUGBY LEAGUE: The Broncos have asserted themselves as the benchmark club of the women’s game after claiming back-to-back NRLW premierships with a dominant 30-6 win over St George at ANZ Stadium.
Led by playmaking duo Ali Brigginshaw and former Dragon Raecene McGregor, the Broncos came out of the blocks on fire and never let up in yesterday’s grand final in front of 36,785 fans.
The five-tries-to-one demolition job continued the Broncos dominant season as they ran riot through the Dragons defence.
Brisbane have dropped just the one game since the NRLW’s inception last year and the team’s perfect cohesion was no more evident than on the biggest stage of the year. The player movements ahead of this year’s season set up a new grudge match between this year’s grand finalists, with two Broncos and three Dragons facing their former clubs.
And there was plenty of feeling in this match as the Broncos looked to make amends for last week’s first ever loss.
Broncos dummy-half Lavinia Gould continued her livewire form when she opened the scoring for the Broncos in the fourth minute.
Brisbane five-eighth Raecene McGregor put the dagger into her former club by crossing over in the 16th minute to take her side out to a 10-nil lead going into the break.
And they didn’t let up with tries to Julia Robinson, Amber Pilley and Chelsea Lenarduzzi to extend their lead out to 30-nil.
Dragons captain Kezie Apps scored a consolation try.
— Chris Honnery