Round Seven and Final Regular Season Results
Valleys (a) 24 def Burleigh 0
Gold Stars (h) 22 def WB Panthers 18
Tweed (h) 16 drew Tigers 16
Capras (h) 56 def Valkyries 6
Valleys take care of a fairly under-strength Burleigh 24-0 to claim the minor premiership in their first season. Funny situation where Amber Pilley 'retired' last week for the year, yet ended up back on the field this week for Burleigh off the bench
Gold Stars held off the Panthers 22-18 to remain 3rd and 4th.
Tweed and Tigers remain 5th at 6th following their draw and Capras put a score on Valkyries to get their second win and end the pain for the Valkyries. Again I don't see the positives for players' mindsets that play for them knowing they'll get flogged. Which they did averaging 45.7 points against and only 8.3 points for.
Semifinals next week with 1v4 and 2v3
Valleys v WB Panthers
Burleigh v Gold Stars
Also, over the last few days and finished up this afternoon is the National Championships being played at Dolphins Stadium, featuring teams in Opens and U19s.
Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Australian Defence Force and an indigenous invitational First Nations side all played in the Opens. Previously there were QLD and NSW regional sides and the other states were combined into one, so it's great to see each state have a side this time, and an important step for league in those areas, while also not having to contend with QLD and NSW.
QLD Rubys and Sapphires, NSW City and Country, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Northern Territory are the in U19s, again great to see each state have a side, despite some of the beltings they copped from QLD and NSW
WA beat First Nations Gems 10-6 in golden point to take out the championship in the Opens and the Sapphires beat the Rubys 16 -4 in the U19s final after both beat City and Country respectively in nail-biters in the last games of the round robin