NRL WA Westpac Women's Premiership Grand Final - Ellenbrook Rabbitohs v Joondalup Giants

[Music] he [Music] he [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] yeah n [Music] look [Music] n [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] n [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] he [Music] [Music] you well good day ladies and gentlemen it's g day the West Pack women's Premiership Grand Final between the Ellenbrook Rabbid o and the Junel Giants the Rabbid o finishing on top of the ladder come straight into this Grand Final where is the Jun love Giants Well they The freem manal Roosters last week 26 points to two to earn their spot these are the two best teams in the comp they have been for over half a decade I'm Donny Bell joined by Peter roow Peter I mean looking forward to this it should be an absolute cracker it should be um you know both teams have been probably the best two teams this season um I think alen Brook have been in every Grand Final in the women's tackle nine years consecutively so just shows the depth and equality that they've got in their side but you know junl won last year so this could be anybody's game absolutely 34 points to 10 in last year's decide up one big difference for the Elmer grabos this year is uh Kaye Thompson yes yes she spent last year in par over in parata playing in the local comps over there couldn't break into the nrlw but had a great season told me a couple of days ago she learned a hell of a lot when she was over to has come back this year this season and it's between her and Nick's on the other side it's the clash of the halfback absolutely that's that's the The Clash that I think everyone has circled everybody is looking forward to yeah I I I tried to to match this these sides up and there is there's nothing between them in any position it's it's uh person for person oh yeah both sides have got good fullbacks both sides have got some speed down the edges um we know Ellen Brook have got some big forwards mom and mom and daughter the are Sams you know they'll pump some meters out up the middle and I know junl won't want to be playing up the middle either so games of contrast here oh we're under way Kaylee Thompson puts boot the ball it goes down to one of the Giants big players and Chanel Edwards will have the first Carry and she runs into fidas arm and that and that's not and that's going to hurt bit later on the game because there's some you know pardon my thinking about it but there's some you know some big forward ladies out there and I'm B as nice as I can to them but they are you know they're some big ladies and they'll hurt you if they tackle you these These Girls know how to play footy don't they Donnie absolutely I mean fantastic brand of rugby league as the giants look to use the ball to get to the outside tuy cope involved in that tackle and nowhere to go for Taran Wy now Grace Matthew again running into cope who makes the tackle up around the halfway harak kurak goes to Stevens K coming here yep puts the the kick up great kick from and a Juggle and just holding on to it there Sandy toe holds on but almost comes up with the mistake that would have been a very costy mistake but they hung on to it then Brook now their first use of the ball goldsworthy goes to turn up turn the tips that one on and the mistake lost the ball forward yeah to Maru Ed over to the Jun La giant Thompson gets in on the tackle milking is the call from Referee neran on Warren again the big bodies come together Chanel Edwards and T Maru trying to come up with the make up for the error that she made parur shern act on the back of that and a dummy half Warren Gets to dummy half goes to Stevens Stevens goes across dummies to the first runner goes out wide a chance on the on the edge this is good cover defense gets across and makes an important tackle there on Kennedy Joe Solomon that was a try saving tackle for sure Al will get the ball and then a penalty to piggy back them out of their own end Peter but he shows though Ana can maneuver herself and she gets the right angles and then suddenly releases the ball when it needs to in create space [Music] it's one area where I think Jun L do have the the upper hand he's probably on the edges on the wings indeed they do they do matam Mar's a pacy pacing where isn't she well just about being the uh the best player in in the comp in the last last few weeks I think she scored about six tries in the last three games she has she scored a fantastic intercept try in last week's game so she did really really well there this is why it's really hard to predict who's going to win this game another panal mhm J Turner wants to tap and go so not thinking about the sideline and has a good 10 m in front of her before she got to the defensive line so the rabbit O's on the front foot Demi goldsworthy out a dummy half she's put down 40 out plays it back to Turner now at dummy half Sarah Assam out onto the field that's M isn't it that's m not yep not sisters as Nick ner uh called them in in one of the games which I'm sure Sarah Sarah would have really enjoyed appreciated that but his mother and daughter for sure yeah L on a bush and there canot there can't be many games even at this level where mom and son are playing in the same team can that's fantastic fantastic for the game and fantastic for Ellenbrook and and for women playing rugby league absolutely tackle five now comes out to CLA CLA the ball hits the de and that's there for the Giants to clean up and not the way that the Rabbid o would have wanted to end that really no and the Giants have got the ball back now run out of dummy half that both teams are finding a lot of space in front of them Grace [Music] [Applause] Matthew goes to Stevens y Stevens she's the playmaker Edwards chopped down right up around the middle of the field bit of an arm wrestle the early early stages of this one 4 and 1/2 minutes gone I think both teams are sounding each other out trying to find the holes in the gaps possibly around the edges where they can make a difference little kick through that's Stevens again right down into a corner that's clever footy R hanaki has the ball now toe out of dummy half goes to Nona Bush Stevens just chases there from marker to make the tackle cope steps off the right beats the first tackler and now another tackle that just creeps up high the discipline from Jun Lup is hurting them so far it is a little bit um it's very early days of course so no score here yet but it is and and you'd think now from the penalty kick Ellenbrook will try and get a roll on Thompson doesn't pick up too many meters with that there's a wind there's a wind blowing here today he's in there so he bit a little bit hard I think it may be not to your advantage when you're coming from the right hand side of the field as we watch the game a bit of a bark there with the the taery start from Nona Bush caught a few Giants offside now Assam only knows one way up the middle stands in the tackle can't get an offload away gosw worthy weits gets pointed to go left to Turner Turner dummies goes D Turner she's got no one with her takes on the fullback Jah Turner inside the 20 a quick play the ball to CLA Clare gets out of dummy half it goes to ruak they just tipped that one on not too much doing standing in the tackle nowhere to go yeah she was looking for some help and there was nobody there to supporter for for a handoff big run still going get to the line is she over I think she's over Liam Nan goes into the end goal and will point to the spot raki wo scores the first try of the Grand Final yeah well worked um from the penalty and then up the left up to the right to the left Edge and then back inside again and about what four or 5 me left to the uprights and they across first score and you'd think from there kayy Thompson would kick the extras as well again you would think she's a very good goal kicker one of the best that we've got in the competition is made a big difference of the Ellenbrook side this year um gave them some uh some direction in the halves no disrespect to everybody else is playing in the halfes of course but she has certainly given him a lot of direction as much as Anika has done for the Giants as well and she's been superb and of course won the nrwa women's player of the year on um w night got the can all and medal well fantastic first try now chance to turn four into six that looks good knocks it over so first Blood to alen Brook and it will be the rabbit o to lead six points to nil on the Fiel to goal play scoreboard 8 minutes gone in this Grand Final interestingly in the uh three previous games Peter the uh the team that's had the week off has lost yes that happened last year uh and of course it it's FL it's flopped itself around this year because Jun en Brook came in his minor premum last year was the other way around yes interesting um but there's a long long way to go in this game yet though Donny absolutely Ely using the ball as the rain comes in we've had a spot of rain in every game so far we certainly have now Turner to Assam who bounces away from the first I got to I got to say the women's game is really getting better and better season by season J A Turner taking this one up over the halfway she's had a great start to this game Turner flung to the round will play it back to goldsworthy now to Kaylee Thompson Sarah Assam Coming Back Against the Grain runs into Edwards will hit the deck goldsworthy again to dummy half freed to ass arm just a settler late in the count now tackle five they look out to CLA CL goes right to the line out to R Ari puts the ball down so with that mistake we might head down to the sideline we've got uh got Claudia Foster uh joining us for for this game uh how have you seen the early stages [Music] Claudia thanks for having me Donnie look it's a bit of an arm wrestle obviously we had the uh alen Brooks rabbits get up early but this uh the wind and the rain is going to play a big part as we see an error there from dundle up inside their 10 so we'll see how this rain faes if it stick around it's going to be a grind well let's see if it does set in it has been just sort of passing showers for the most start part throughout the day but an error there from junop the rabbito with a with a chance to go further ahead well it's sort of spring weather isn't it Donnie first day of Spring tomorrow last day winter today and as we speak the sun's trying to break through the clouds again and the rain seems to ease with Brook with the balla Bush good contact NAA Stevens Mak sure she controls the rock some of these girls have played Union this morning you know so happens every year and you wonder you know how their bodies put up with it but they do absolutely is fre ass arm just again a settle up right in the middle of the field they could go either way they have preferred this left side they go there again to cope who back underneath it's picked up put down solidly on Matthew now Sarah Assam stands in the tackle on tackle five Thompson wants it gets it Kaylee Thompson wants to run up Ru anaki steps back in fi back to Thompson Kaye Thompson borrows in gets to the line and the rabbit o have scored the first two tries of the Grand Final great great set up from kayy Thompson she set the play up and then she came back in and picked the ball up and scored um yeah it's looking really good for the rabitos early in this game go end to Claudia again Claudia what about the work early of Ruru anari she seems to be sweeping to both sides of the field and injecting herself on the edges yeah she is look uh Pete touched it on before she's actually played a full game of Union this morning so interesting to see that she's got the legs to be able to swing uh we get her to hold on to the ball she's going to be lightning down that edge and put her Wingers in absolutely well she had uh an involvement leading up to that try but yep she's been getting involved on that left hand side and uh you know they went to the left and then she she swept all the way across to the ride as well I mean that that's going to as Claudia said that's going to take it out of here does she have the legs to do that given she's played a full game of Union it is um but it also takes the legs out of the junle up defense because they've got to shift quick quickly and that has proven then you know Ellen Brook have come down the left two or three times and then switch it to the right can't shift across enough quick enough and um this holes in a player of kayy Thompson's um capabilities to get across the line when there's a little Gap she's gone conversion attempt again raises the flags and 12 n on the FI to go and play scoreboard 13 minutes gone in the first half the Giants they they're suddenly looking for a circuit breaker something to change the moment to change they do cuz they when they've had some ball they've not really done anything with it um a couple of little chances down the left Edge set up by Anica Stevens but other than that really it's been albrook it's been a dominant start because these two teams have met uh quite a few times during the regular season as we get under way and CLA secures possession but three meetings between these two teams during the regular season and uh Ellenbrook with just one win Junel up won two of them but it was the most recent meeting Ellen Brook one and it was 2422 though that secured them the minor Premiership I think and um got straight through the Grand Final J had to go that longer route absolutely well the freshness of Ellenbrook is uh is looking evident here early it is it is and they're using their big forwards to punch holes up the middle and then set the backs up kick from uh Thompson just puts that one down it holds up holds up in the breeze there for [Music] Herer put down yeah Jin Lon need to get a break now don't they well yeah they need a penalty they need an error from Ellenbrook they need something to to just change the momentum at the moment it is elen Brook in complete control see J of played up the middle and I'm not sure if that's the best option for them but let's see how that this plays out B goes to the line that one caught a little high morero and does well to just hold on to possession BD gets out of dummy half goes to MOA stumbling steps past one gets an offload away unfortunately she wasn't going to go much further was she wasn't too much more chance for Wy now Stevens she looked looks to play some eyes up football gets the ball to a rare a and the that's just a knock on it's a bit sloppy she looked to kick and then changed her mind there and uh turn over so it's back to elbrook and that's where we've got to we've got to the 40 and they can't seem to go any further they run out of ideas I think stev again it was the last tackle so she was thinking Ki but then she's looked up seen an opportunity on that line side but just uh they couldn't execute so now the rabitos get to start in pretty good field position de goldsworthy makes a meal of it at dummy half though think the uh the runner on that side just overrun it sort of killers aren't they when You' got the ball and that happens well that's what we've been talking about though that that that could be that circuit breaker that it could be now gives June an opportunity there's a rabido player that's gone down over on the far side uh the ball's never been anywhere near over that side of the field so that's a complete non contct injury um clutching at a a hamstring knee leg hamstring yeah something right leg um she's getting up but is she going to continue doesn't look like it toy Maru making a way off the field and hobbling she hobbling yeah looks like some sort of soft tissue injury and again no one around her and we've got another injury over this side as well Tu cope is down on a on a knee getting some attention from the trainer looks like she's going to be okay to continue yeah she's up and she's going to play on a kick from the scrum win chasing through the ball sits up no he didn't leading the race but just couldn't quite get the bounce yeah but good meters nevertheless now the Giants they've got to score here Don need to stay in the game really he'll get back in the game now here comes Edwards driven sideways big gee from Ellenbrook parur sherak wents to dummy half goes to Warren Warren to bidd and they've read that brilliantly mongi CLA up in a face and shut that down and drive them backwards now they come to Stevens Stevens fires one out gets it wider to MOA MOA steps inside one great tackle from Mika if that tackle didn't stick she was gone for for the tri line but they're still coming forward Matthew the pass and they've knocked on it was a bootlace pass there wasn't it yeah now it wasn't the uh the best of passes bidd sort of got a feet stuck in tar as well wasn't coming forward to it she resented a little bit of the contact there from jerah Turner good hit good hit good tackle frustration I think yeah frustration cuz they just can't execute the rabbit o they'll be looking for a completed set so work the short side CLA coming out goes out wide to Mika M bounces away from M she's come up with the ball a one-onone strip Yes she'll be disappointed with herself there losing the ball I don't often say this about wi but she's a very quick very clever player High shot and have we got another another player down a little bit uh look she got winded in that tackle as a two two person I was say two man tackle but two person tackle she's up explanation aren't they they're as tough as a boys for sure 100% POI waho penalized there no no use of the arms in the tackle is the ruling Grace Matthew yes you got to wrap when you tackle plays it back to paraku sherak goes to Warren Warren on to Edwards Edwards sees that big big middle that's trying to drive and force a platform to give Nick Steven something to play with but it's come the other side this time to bidd again it comes out to M they're trying to her into the game and just forces that pass it was yeah and that'll be a Handover so goes into touch just trying to do a bit too much they had tackles up their sleeve she go to ground she's got a great step though um Mo she's very unorthodox but it C you know one and the other and it can really you know put you off as a Defender which way you know uh she tried it there and didn't come off but she has got a great step absolutely Lon Nota Bush comes off there's a few changes being made now by Ellen Brook they got a few players coming off you'd expect so at this part of the game because it's intensity out there and you know after where where are we 10 15 minutes in halfway through the first half well again the ball comes free this time though R to have been stripped out Ana Steven saying I didn't strip it she just gave it to me but uh referee neran disagree Liam n's been around long enough not to be fooled Sarah Assam now takes it Forward just looking to set that plat Clash she's been heavily involved turns that underneath pen grenell up around halfway Warren comes in to finish off the tackle back to goldsworthy now herah put down onto her back plays it back to goldsworthy he goes to Thompson holds that one up tmara out onto the field Thompson steps off the right now going to put the kick down into a corner no straight down the throat the defender just found the fullback on the full [Music] there now the Giants working it out of their own end it's Matthew always works hard put down another talk about players that always work C Chanel Edwards and it looks like another rabbit o has gone downit of an injury they got wi this time work to that left hand side the pass goes around the corner Kennedy Joe Soloman Ducks Under The Tackle there but she to she had to put the ball back in play otherwise she was going into touch and the play eventually does break down and it's going to be the penalty for the high tackle in cover another opportunity now for the Giants yeah they've had two or three in the last few minutes but they've not managed to get across the tri line they do need to do that soon topaz Porter able to run a long way before she got to the defense and beats Nona Bush now it comes to Stevens they go towards the middle of the field big run good run again here from hod Stevens again out of dummy half Danger go straight through try of the Giants and they're will and truly back in this contest certainly are carried on the back of Ana Stevens yeah Kelly Thompson one end Ana Stevens the other end we said it was going to be the clash of the halves and it [Music] is we might go down to Claud here if if you are you feeling on the sideline a bit of a shift in the momentum of this game towards the Giants or that's still Even Stevens no there's definitely a shift in momentum just in the last couple of minutes uh you can see that jundel up is starting to build a little bit they had a couple of cracks at the line but uh there wasn't a lot of shape they were kind of trying to shift too early that try there they definitely earned the right they had some hard carries and NS was just sniffing around looking for lazy markers around the Rock and is over in there for the try fantastic inside just uh yeah that and a very good very good Insight cuz it summed it up perfectly and nck was there looking for a little sniff a little lazy Mark a little hold of dive through and she did exactly that and the conversion was missed not uh not the best strike of a career there but they're on the board it's 12 points to four on the field to go play scoreboard 24 minutes gone in this first half we got six to go now um anybody's game still six minutes to go and a second half to come um Jun L now want received the ball and try and score again before the halftime break I would think well as we uh talked about in uh all the earlier games whenever you score points everyone's uh shouting out the old rugby league cliche must complete must complete yes yes yeah that'll be the you haven't if you haven't got the ball and you don't complete you're not going to [Laughter] score kie Thompson just drive that almost a torpedo off the uh the kicking tea there she's got all the tricks certainly has work a short side Stevens getting her hands on the ball more and more she's getting is she yeah yep there's those two coming together Thompson and Stevens the masters of their craft both superbly competent players different personalities Kaye loves to talk and chat uh an is a bit of a quiet little bit more quiet chance Warren almost going through cernak steps out of dummy half goes to Stevens now puts boot the ball m is charging through here and only short in gos but it still stays in the in go area well what a perfect kick from NAA Stevens a great Chase from the Jun love Giants and the rabitos will have a goal line Dropout when we talk about short ing gos I earlier this morning or the lunch time I went paste the in gos just for my own benefit I've seen how small they are they're 7 m that's all there is 7 m so really really tight and there's probably I don't know 30 cm to the fence yeah literally yeah well a repeat set Ana Stevens is putting her fingerprints all over this game nice little interesting kick out find Stevens look up and look to take the right option gets the pass away right again out on that left hand Edge thean now with Porter it's interesting they could have gone bat the open side but went The Blind Side Stevens again looking to borrow away Over The Line This Time runs into heavy heavier contact from goldsworthy a slowest play the ball now they come towards the middle the ball goes out to Bunch Bunch gets it wi W Wy with the line wide open puts it down and she may well put her head in her hands that was a one try missed wasn't it there was she she got the ball she had a player Outsider it was destined to be a four-pointer but it wasn't to be well she'll shake her head and uh she will and she an opportunity missed well the rabitos now they'll get the ball and they all of a sudden are a team that will be desperate to get a completed set to try and get the ball up the other end of the field yeah they kick it well they're coming from the from the scrum from their own 10 so it's going to be hard for them to get out out of this line now but uh they've got some players that can do that and they're trying to spread it across the field and trying to find some holes in the general up defense R anaki again getting involved as Thompson points one way goes the other FAS arm winds up and again leaves leaves a few in awake yes that's their main attack up the middle I think for elen br the Assam double punch yep daughter first mom second and they've made 25 M it's hard to handle hard to contain now on the back of that peni grenell gets him up over the 40 m line Thompson going across field the runner outside overruns her so she goes herself goes straight through takes on the fullback looking for support pulls out of that tackle looking for tmra who can't quite get there the ball eventually comes out gone backwards it's cleaned up by swanel we last tackle so comes to Turner Jah Turner she's going to bomb back the other way from where they came it's taken nicely by bidle great run from Thompson sadly she got stopped well it has been that everything that this has been build to be it has been so far the pattle between Thompson and stev Stevens it has been fantastic viewing and there is Stevens with the ball after the off offload from pakura sherak paraka sherak gets the ball back Ducks underneath the tackle of Nona Bush now a slow play the ball Stevens wanted a penalty Kylie Thompson knew exactly how long she could stay in the tackle once again slowing this play the ball down controlling the rck Stevens from inside the 40 have to get on their bike I don't think it's quite going to find the sideline though M gets back good Chase from Wy seat belt tackle over the shoulder drags it down now raki out of dummy half looking to find a bit of spacing Around The Rock beat the markers Bill comes up with the tackle again from dummy half with CLA Ashley jum out onto the field now Turner short ball flat ball for Nona Bush driven backwards in that tackle and that's Hal time and there's the halftime siren sounding what an enthralling first half anybody's game really anybody's game Ellen Brook got out of the blocks early first scored two tries Jun come back at them had a couple of chances that they they botched or they missed or unfortunate with um but it's still you know halftime 12 points to four either C could win this game really you know and and we're right with the the battle of the two halves they're both making an impact in the game aren't they looking forward to it interesting to uh to see what both coaches have got to say so we might uh send clauder on a mission to go and find out for us what the the coaches have got to say in the second half we'll take a break be back with that taking off shortly [Music] [Music] n n [Music] he [Music] n [Music] he [Music] [Music] oh a [Music] a [Music] well good day ladies and gentlemen and welcome back to Dorian Gardens for the second half of the West back women's Premiership Grand Final the Junel Giants trailing 12 points to four and no kick off to the elen grabos let's get through this kickoff first of all and here comes F arm off The Back Fence for that first Contact and then we might cross down to the sideline Claudia Foster uh you wanted over to to to both huddles what information were were you able to get yeah one over for a wonderand junle up camper asking to stick get back to processes uh work hard to get up the middle of the field and earn the right to play with a couple of quick play the balls Alan Brook have asked each other to put their body on the line for the last 30 minutes and just defend the game out that sums that sums it up as we were talking off air really wasn't it you know play your processes control the ball keep possession that was one of the things that I that I said off air at half time for the Elin rabos complete their sets control territory first set of six they've come up with an error so they haven't completed the set they haven't controlled territory they now handed it over and uh inviting the giants into this contest they don't need much of an invitation either do they Peter they don't and I but I I think this game with you know 29 minutes to go it's still got lots in it and it could go either way and I think there'll be there'll be some more unfortunate errors throughout the course of the next 20 something minutes probably on both sides here goes Edwards runs into the contact there vam paraku sherak Works down the short side and almost exploding through the hole Porter gets it to Stevens Stevens takes on the fullback can't get away what a tackle gah turn a try saer torima gets the pass and a try to Tyra pakura sherak but it was on the back of a great bit of play from topaz Porter uh yet again you know we got to bring the name up of Stevens yeah she she created all of that she created the hole got through the hole great tackle two or 3 met out but off the back of that junl recovered and they scored and yeah game on Kylie Thompson unhappy with that with something that's happened there she's clearly asking the referee for a rolling trying to pick up that we do have the referee's mic but wasn't able to pick up too much of that uh that conversation was it a case of did the ball go forward or something in the tackle maybe I'm not sure because the way the referee tried to explain it with his arms maybe I don't know oh a great start to the second half for all the Jun love Giants this is what they would have been talking about in the hle halftime let's get the first try on the board in the second half and we're back in the game and let's then roll the momentum and that was a great kick but justly wide yeah hangs out to the left so none from two versus two from two uh that's the that's the only difference in the game right now that might that might be the difference Donnie you know often games come down to kicking doesn't it at the end of the day well it's all that separates these two teams right now two tries a piece 128 on the FI to go play scoreboard the rabbito still lead but it's been back-to-back tries for junal up and the longer this game goes the the better they look I'm wondering who's going to Tire first as we get longer into this second half one of the teams maybe both but one of the teams will tie more than the other I think certainly in the forwards that may be the difference kick over Kennedy Joe Solomon just bounces it up off the chest to her own Advantage toy cope Sandy to with the tackle they go down a short side Stevens well the center and the Winger will both in at marker so that was great identification there from ANA Stevens and they stacked that short sign they did and that just shows the experience of Ana Stevens as well penalty and the ball's coming now way aim for the uh aim for the cameraman didn't quite have the legs on it though no thankfully I was ready to come over the top with the AFL you going to come and was ready to play Hero but uh wasn't required no not today [Music] Don now Warren as the Giants again go inside the rabbit O's half trying to strip that one-on-one there fre to Assam El Warren did well to hold on to it now Edwards just punched through the middle tries to run through the head there of Jah Turner now Stevens out the back to bidd double pump out to arera arer go straight through Curry arer the two fullbacks oneon-one the CH pass back to Matthew and the tackle is made scrambling defense here from the Rabbid o the Giants they're looking for a first lead of the game Stevens the ball hits the chest there MAA and goes forward and the rabitos well they're doing they're just hanging on they're just hanging on there and they've now got to come 90 M up the field uh more than 90 m in fact probably 90 94 95 but they've starting to make some progress but what a great set set there from the Giants it certainly was you know trying to find a little bit of space coming laterally across the field looking for a hole somewhere but then uh you wander into the path of Ana Stevens and that's the end of your end of your day not only is she a great playmaker going forward she's a great defender as well the Giants players stayed down on the ground f is a Stevens that uh maybe a bit of a head knock there with with Zion Tara kick through kick from inside the 30 there from Thompson goes down to herera who just made that line break she takes on Sandy toe goes down the short side and now they found some room TOA puts the foot down takes on the fullback no Bush comes from behind the scramble from the Rabbid o is being tested in every set paraku sherak fires a pass across to bid they've got numbers out wide B going across field she's just looking to use a speed gets a inside eventually to Mo Mo will [Applause] score so the Jal of giants they are playing an exciting enterprising brand of rugby league right nowed it across the whole field coming from the fullback here on the left Edge she moved outside short pass inside straight up the middle and then moved it over to the right and mat MOA is the finished product at the end and we're level all square we're we're level with a with a kick to come yep the goal kicking from Stevens hasn't been uh this has been junle up second half so far hasn't it well it's it's it's been the the back end of that first half as well was all junle up and and they're dominating the the early stages of this second half plenty of time still left on the clock lots of time left could be anybody's game still but here we are 12 all 100% it it does feel like does feel like Ellenbrook have got to do something to to shift the momentum C to Cordia I mean who are you who are you looking to from the El gravitos to try and change this back in their favor look I think some leadership from KT and gered Turner needs to come into play uh the difference I think in junle up in the second half and the second half of the first half is they're starting to get some push around the ball they start hting support play they're a bit one-dimensional oneoff runners in the first 10 minutes so start to shift the ball as you said they get from one side of the other finding holes through the um the bunnies there and the conversion attempt successful so for the first time in this Grand Final the junl Giants are in front on the fuel to go play scoreboard 14 points to 12 we' still got plenty of time left though yeah kayy Thompson must be S to a players come on let's settle down don't stupid let's get possession let's get a roll on do the things the processes we've been training on all week and we'll get there but so far in the second half they haven't been able to and every time Jun had the ball they look really dangerous Kennedy Joe Solomon on that return some question marks to to the height of that tackle allowed to go by referee neran Edwards rabido I think they've really got to shore up that first Contact hit and stick kup just finding too many holes at the moment bouncing out of tackles and another penalty but they're not falling the holes through the middles they're finding the holes around not necessarily the extreme edges but in between the outside backs and and and the back rows there some hole there's some holes there that they're finding another touch finder and here come the Giants again they are running downhill right now everything is going their way T him up Taps and goes again there's a couple of rabbit those players just with their backs turn slow line speed off defense well you talked about fatigue they're starting to show signs of it already the rabbit o Edwards runs into the ass arm Duo Stevens at dummy half you've got to be ready goes out to bid B that one's going to hit the ground they go back and they managed to clean it up so they still got possession here the Giants so didn't go into touch they still got the ball bidd yeah they're sticking it down that right Edge to they haven't come back inside at [Music] tackle five little of dummy half going be a kick here Stevens roll it in behind they want that to go dead it's not going to they're going to tap it over the dead ball line and a penalty a penalty to the Giants against Jah Turner took out one of the chases wow I was watching the ball going dead in the back of the in goal and didn't didn't see for the penalty but yes that's interesting so uh yes that's uh another chance now this is where the rabers are really really good to defend and this will show how tired they are well this might be the Premiership on the line here in this set could be harac kerak takes the tap and cury Smiler dummies to war takes the tackle Jah Turner trying to make up for giving away that penalty again work down this side of the field Biddle short pass Wy they scramble across like the [Music] tackle back to Matthew bounces at a one freder Assam makes the tackle down low pass across to Smiler smer lets shift out to Chanel Edwards Ziona comes back in field back to Stevens Stevens well they've gone from one side of the field to the other Grace Matthew almost scored a minute ago and then again goes oh so close Stevens from dummy half knocking on the door knocks that one on looks like the signal is knock on both ways come to the first knock on so be an elen Brook feed well somehow they stopped an e Stevens yeah somehow they did and somewhow they're hanging in there because you know for all we were looking at that looked like another junip try and uh Ellen Brook just hung in there hung in there and then pic and picked up the eror and uh I've got the feed at the scrum well Ellen Brook they LED 12 n after about 12 minutes and uh L really good didn't they well it it looked like they might uh run away with a pretty big win but we said said at that stage Jun needed a circuit breaker they got one and they've been on top ever since absolutely and alen Brook are really struggling to get out of their own half so Kylie Thompson dummy's go pulls out a one tackle gets away from naria and up to the 20 M line now they look to go through the middle so looking to rather than that power game through the middle looking to use those uh more agile players raki probably giving their forwards a bit of a r because you know there's only so many hit UPS they can take well they've done done a lot of Defense too in the last well basically in this entire second half oh looked a bit high but no shoulder is the call from the referee Nona Bush put down up around the halfway line Turner out a dummy half goes de CLA Sarah puts it down kir smer picks it up that'll be the zero tackle up around the halfway line he's going to say that the Giants knocked on as well which I think is accurate they can't get out of their own half you know they get to the halfway line as they've done there and another eror you know they've been hit hard in T and the ball B bubbles out so Giants have got the ball back in a good position on the halfway line ready to go again and when you're defending that amount of sets up one after the other after the other whether it's women's footy or men's footy that can have a real impact on you you know and then when you do get the ball back you're really tired you can't do much else with it absolutely and she look dangerous on this side of the field Z Tara another important tackle of Steven D gets past cope gets past another tries to pull out of the tackle of Kay Thompson she just holds onto a boot a shoe a sock anything that she can get hold of now Warren warrren able to run 10 15 M before being tackled they're all on the back foot here the rabbit o goes to Nara Nara runs in to Nona Bush the defensive line is really slow and they're just watching them run at them again getting late in the count it goes to Steven she's got get involved again goes to bidd bidd goes wider bunts looks to straighten she's put down on five again they they'll look to go to that that Blind Side didn't like what she saw puts a little kick through is that played at it is play at six more Ana Stevens Stevens Stevens does looking like she doesn't want six tackles she wanted to score right then she certainly did and he's called six again well now will set up with Edwards Chanel Edwards crashes over and it doesn't look like that's going to be a try it is knocked on Wow and the rabos they breathe a sigh of relief again yes they breathe again wow because we both thought that was over and we both thought that was a try and there's a knock on and the bunnies must be going come on we've got to get out of this we've been given so many lifelines but we've got to get out of it well the margin's only two points so uh the El rabitos only need one thing to go their way and they'll be back in [Music] front but do they have the air in their lungs that's the big question Donnie do they have the air in their lungs they've had to defend for a large part of this second half and have they still got the energy there to push the ball up field and do something with it just trying to get through this set now Turner through the middle to Maru I think that is back out on the field slow play the ball from pan grenell now Nona Bush back in behind the rock play to Nona Bush but bumps through one gets through paraku sherak kir Smiler and parur sherak come from behind but now the rabbit O's on the front foot Kaye Thompson she likes what she sees outside on the bounce to toe tackle five and not going to get to a kick well that just comes down to everyone on the field needs to know what the tackle count is and just put a boot to it after the ball hit the poor game management because when you when you're in that position you know you got to be kicking yeah think well Thompson saw this this face out wide tried to get the ball to space but when it bounced the sliding cover defense was there and it should have just been put on the boot then any case the Giants again up towards halfway naria runs into Nona Bush B grenell now Warren Warren uses the right foot to beat kah Turner now Steven Stevens goes to the line puts boot the ball some work toari Tera gets to it on the Bounce has the arms free gets the offload to Guess Who Ana Stevens in for her second right under the posts she knew where she she knew she had to be there that's that's that's a good football brain she knew she had to be there supporting and she was and she she raced the last 10 met to get across the line um that ball held up in the wind and I think the the Ellenbrook Defender was watching and watching and didn't know whether to stand back or to come and get the ball she stood back and the ball bounced and J got it back now the uh this is jind all oneway traffic isn't it well it has been this second half has been uh been all joural up they kick this and a six in front so yeah no there's already six in front front so it'll be eight in front if they kick [Music] this the kick from right in front and this will be an eight-point margin and and hard to see how the Rabbid o get back into it there's some harsh words being had behind the goal post there robo's desperate to find a way looking for Revenge they just haven't they just haven't shown up in the second half everything they've tried it just hasn't worked and they've really really struggled to get out of their own half and here we are you know J look having come back from a 12- n deficit to be comfortably in front ABS absolutely right I mean this is 20 unanswered points for the junal Giants 20 points to 12 on the Fiel to go play scoreboard [Music] yeah you wonder if you're a rabbito now what are you going to what are you going to do to get back into this game Donnie well you got to keep possession to start with um you got to have the ball you got to keep possession that's the basics and well I mean that's that's sort of what we said after they came back is they need to they were in front yep they needed to complete their set be discipline and control territory they've done none of those things in this second half no they've really struggled to stay in the game and every time Jun have got the ball they really look dangerous and look ready to score more points well they're certainly not going to go away the elen brook rabbos they're into the the last 10 minutes they come towards the middle through Warren Warren they're just right in the center of the park 40 out from their own line parak kurak and another penalty again just crowding the ru a turn she's dumbfounded by the decision but that once again as we said in the first half they're the sort of panel as you give up the coach just scratches his head and says no you know and it's just there's no need for it they they we're having a good defensive set they were just about to get the ball back instead this game might be over at the end of this set back of that penalty could well be if Jun score off this set then I think it will be and they look they look you know every time they've got the ball and they're in the 20 meters over the Red Zone they look like they're going to score well here they come again Ana Stevens with the ball in hand goes to Warren Warren going across field she's beaten a couple got to the outside of that middle defense now a quick play of the ball goes to Stevens Stevens she takes it right to the line five1 on the bounce can't pick it up well would have been a brilliant pickup from Kennedy Joe would have been a great pickup and a great cross in the corner but that wasn't going to happen and the ball bounce is into touch well anytime that happens it keeps the Rabbid o in the game but once again they're 90 M from where they need to [Music] be trying to find some way of getting up the other end suddenly you go from what we were talking about before and and needing that leadership from Jah Turner and Kaye Thompson to now who's your X Factor who's the player that can score a long run try and break this game open there's a I think there a penalty to lenbrook there there's a couple of players on the edges that could do it um but they've got to get more ball to them I was going to say that the player that just took that run hul swanel is one of those players that uh you know an incredibly powerful Center sure with some early ball and isolating players one-on-one can be hard to stop so they're coming now they got a penalty on the 30 m line so they've got they've got a chance here well he here they come and there they go oh so frustrating so so frustrating and the Junel Giants players are congratulating each other and slapping each other on the back because well you know yeah the Jun love Giants they they may very well be congratulating each other but they should come up and congratulate me cuz uh I'm going to take credit for that that was all me here they come yes yep Absolut absolutely and there they go apologies to to hya yeah the old commentator's curse indeed indeed um but that's J Here We Go Again Ana Stevens breaks into the back field she's looking to position TMA here she comes put the foot down put the glasses away you don't need to look any further the junal love Giants take a step towards limit lifting the Premiership cup I'll take a punch on this Donnie I think it's says I really can't see Ellenbrook coming back from this game now that was a great break from from Nia Stevens she looked inside she had support and the player was gone 35 40 m run straight under the post and yeah I you know from that mistake up the other end yeah we might go down to to Claudia CU I think we've got it back down on the sideline we had some tech issues a moment ago but uh a massive 12-point turnaround that just put puts this game to bed yeah definitely you think that with 6 minutes to go 12 minute 12 points would be hard to come back from yeah alen Brook had a chance you know they they held them um junle up Giants out but to knock that on and also just to hang off Ana when she's coming up off the line off that scrum you just can't do it regardless you're 70 M out or seven you got to you can't give a Time absolutely right and it's uh indeed um yeah s Steven show isn't it well I mean she she's been brilliant she's controlled this second half and but she's had great support on it fantastic it's not a one person show here you know though she probably may win may win the MVP but it's not a one man or one woman show she's had some great support players around her running off her shoulder um there when she's needed some some help and and that's why Jun Lea now comfortably cruising to a consecutive Grand Final win yeah and you talk about those xfactor players that were try trying just like looking across this Ellenbrook lineup looking to find that X Factor there is nothing but X Factor through this Jun love giant side there is plenty of them the rabitos find the touch line I think it came off a player's head as she went to dive for the B she was diving tried to tap it back in field but uh now a play the ball yeah go back not a tap come back to where it was supposed to be played that's right they're trying to do it quickly they they they don't know exactly where they've got to be now they they get it right nasam trying to set something up they need something from this set otherwise I think the game's gone it's Miracle territory anyway as that one goes underneath for Ru hanaki trying to find some way through Golds worthy to dummy half goes to Nona Bush she just takes it hard and straight bounces out of the first tackle Jump's got hold ol she's trying to to get the offload away create a bit of second phase but can't it goes to Thompson Thompson dummies go steps back in field beats one again into the arms of jump who's come up with a couple of tackles on a line right here now it goes to CLA CLA short pass but s grenell she can can't quite go through there was a hole but it closed quickly they got some cross swel who is swanel towards the line they won't stop her I wouldn't think no I don't think so and I think Liam nunan's going to call the try he does over in the far Corner well swanel gets the the try and uh is it too little too late it's definitely too little too late we we've got about 3 minutes to go yeah uh I think a consolation try it is it is um they'll be pleased with the try but you know they really should have scored that 15 20 minutes earlier to give him a chance to get back in the game well again it comes back to that that knock on on first play yeah and then Jun up go up the other end and score and the basically straight away that 12-point turnaround that was when the game was still there to be won yeah when you make errors like that and you give the ball to the opposition and they go and score it just must make your heart sink you know because you think we've done everything right up to this point and then we lose the ball and bang they're up the other end and the game's gone Thompson from out wide moves in good kick looks good off the boot and raises the flags well a fantastic conversion she's racing back but I can tell you who's not racing back it's the junal up Giants they are going to walk to the halfway line take as much time off the clock as they can this is good game management as we know towards the end of a game as the clock's ticking down they're just going to slowly walk back to the halfway line nonchalantly sometimes maybe a little bit arrogantly I don't know but to to the kickoff knowing full that the trophy's theirs today yep they've uh got this one in their keeping still an eighto margin even another try here for the rabbit o won't be enough and that's a that's all they've got time for Stevens kicks off bounces away sits up nicely in the end for Sarah Aram she's battled away hard run from dummy half from M powerful Runner again bouncing away from a couple she's broken about 17 tackles there and then get gets the offload away to Nona Bush she gets the offload back to goldsworthy and they're up at the up to the halfway line play the ball back to Nona Bush who goes to Turner Turner goes to the line now to Freda Rasam Freda keeps the legs pumping we're into the final minute R Turner again goes to the line dummies bounces out of one put down by Smiler late in the count Nona Bush back in behind the rck great tackle down low Now Thompson Kaylie Thompson holds it up gets it to Clare clear to the line and the desperation defense of the junal up Giants well they didn't need to but they do it anyway they keep their line in attacked and that should be the full-time score yeah and there's a penalty there so that definitely should be the full-time score we're down to the last few seconds aren't we 20 seconds left marker not Square the Giants they'll kick this one into the touch I think even if they had scored it would have still been a second consolation but nevertheless um but the desperation like there's no no nothing to be gained there by junal up from from saving that try that is just pride in the jersey and wanting to keep that line intact siren well there's a bit of push and shove at the end of this game oh we and we got some and again players running in from the bench I want to get involved I I think I'd see that from the ladies Grand Final I think they are going to just blow full time now so they are it was a little yeah a little push and shove at the end a little bit of frustration I think so from the Ellenbrook rabbit o and it is the junal up Giants that have won the westpack women's Premiership 26 points to 18 yes what a great second half well just before halftime really in a great second half from Jun thoroughly deserved win really and I think you know Ellen Brook must be really disappointed with themselves probably more than anything else because they really couldn't you know after R to a 12 nil lead um it was all one way traffic the other way and um they really really struggled in their half in the second half they defended really well um for long periods and then when they got the ball couldn't get out of their own half when junop got the ball they looked dangerous and that proved to be the winning margin absolutely so 26 points to 18 the full-time score the Jun love Giants as as you said Ellenbrook LED it halftime 12 points to four uh but it was uh was all junal up in that second half they they got out to a a 2612 lead um you know and it was uh was all over from there a constellation try to who swel late for the rabbit o put some respectability into the score line but at the end of the day the better team over the course of the 60 Minutes won the game and player of the match well I mean you You' think it's a pretty simple one for for Ana Stevens she controlled everything yeah um she was player of the match last year as well so it really is repeat uh we we talked at the start these two teams met in last year's Grand Final would it be repeat or revenge and it was indeed and once again the team that had to come the hard route wins yeah it's been the the been the case all day the team that is the week off no benefit well that yeah the team that's had the week off in every single game has has lost so far so uh with one game to go that makes you wonder what's coming next well L the North Beach SE Eagles nervous of that uh that continuing indeed indeed um that's a great result for jundla um you know they went through a they went through a rough patch in the middle of the season Nick Stevens broke her nose in one game I think she was out for three or maybe four games and that really hurt their push as Ellenbrook pushed on to to grab the mining Premiership but you know they they got bodies on the field today they got themselves fit organized and welld deserved you know they deserve to win the Premiership well again I mean when you talk about the the the minor Premiership Ellen won the Minor Premiership that got them straight through to the desider and uh well we might uh cross down to to Claudia Foster who uh is uh going to have a bit of a chat I think with uh with one of the the junal giant Superstars maybe I don't know if she can hear us [Music] Claudia yep Claudia's got uh one of one of the one of the giant Stars uh from the Premiership win yes I do I have Ana Stevens now she'll be very happy she got a dub this morning and a dub this afternoon so we're two from two uh talk us through that game my mate um that game was hard that um that first 10 minutes I think we were still in the sheds um I had to drop a f bombs to my my teammates but that just me um but I'm just so glad that we even you know like alen Brook have their um their knows it so we were just yeah I'm just so [Music] happy I think we've lost contact with him haven't we cutting in and out we just uh culations again enjoy the win here we go we we we caught the the wrap up there uh from Claudia uh just dropped dropped in and out a little bit but uh yeah great to to hear from from ANA Stevens and uh you're very very happy got a got got two tries uh this morning apparently this morning as well yeah so four try day for an stens well what what what an absolutely fantastic day as uh we might go back down to Claudia who I I believe got one of the Rabbid o players as well oh just coming a little bit closer making sure that uh we've got the range on uh on this one so we can hear here the interview looks like Kaylee Thompson Kaylie Thompson down on the sideline Thompson here so I know my mate that the last thing that you want to be doing after a loss like that is to do an interview but talk to me through that game oh I think obviously that's not how you started it's how you finished I think we've said that a couple of times this year usually for us on the in the back end um but yeah Junot were just especially that second half they were just like Untouchable we couldn't we couldn't stop the roll on so really tough um yeah really tough to swallow but like when the better team beats you on the day I mean that's footy that's what it is yeah you're right it is footy um so do you think that the girls playing Union this morning had an effect on uh your forward pack oh listen I would like to blame that I would that would be easy blame but to be fair I I don't think anything would have really stopped that roll on so it is tough they did back up I'm so proud of them like that's really hard and and it's it's such a shame that we have to try and Clash but it is what it is they made that decision and I back them all the way so it's all good all right well congratulations my friend go and enjoy out of coke with your team yes yes am I might be one or two uh beverages to be to be had uh in uh I think the Jun junl Clubhouse this evening will be rocking well I think uh to be fair I I think the Mansion will be going off as well I think so they had a good season you can't can't lock the season they've had unfortunately didn't get the chocolates today but they finished Mar Premier and uh they certainly weren't disgracing today's game we just happened to be Jun second half you know had the better of them absolutely fantastic performance by the Jun love Giants getting home in this one 26 points to 18 our player of the match was Ana Stevens not sure if that's going to be made official in just a few moments on the other side uh we we can't quite see or hear the presentation but uh you know a fantastic win from the junl Giants thank you very much for for joining me Peter o thank you your final words it's been a great game of footy great season for women's tackle I've been covering women's tackle this season from day one all the way through the season talking to coaches and players and it's really great to see women let's go back to the player of the game announc and great play for today from the Giants Ena Stevens we said we called it we called it Anica Stevens had to be Ana Stevens she uh had a great game couple of tries uh was involved in virtually anything that Jun L did trying to get across the the line great player great lady Ambassador for the game I know um played in World Cups and all those sorts of things as well so yeah as I said earlier Donnie it's been a great season for the women's game I think now I'd like to invite up the captain and coach from the we'll be back with we'll leave you with Caleb in the presentation [Music] I'll be [Music] to [Music] [Music] be I [Music] n [Music] [Music] [Music] he he [Music] [Music] n [Music] n [Music] he [Music] he [Music] [Music] n [Music] he a [Music]