Woodbridge started the game with plenty of intensity and after shooting to an early 16 nil lead they kept the pressure on the Cougars and did not give them a sniff of getting back into the match.

The Woodies were able to reduce their error rate considerably from previous weeks and controlled the contest from the start to the finish leading 26 nil at halftime and 38-4 at three quarter time.

Taylor Keppie was named player of the match and Woodbridge five-eight Abbie Grant was named player of the competition.

This team under the guidance of coach Garry Hewen have now won three premierships in a row after winning the two competitions that were held in 2019 (Feb/Mar and Oct/Nov) as under 15s.

In the process they have won 20 of 21 matches only losing to Castlereagh at Dunedoo in round 4 this season 26-22.

The dominance of the win certainly surprised a few onlookers as Castlereagh were previously unbeaten for the season and Woodbridge went into the Grand Final with a number of injury concerns.

Jake Humphreys of the Central Western Daily called it a masterstroke by Hewen to move his front-rower Taylor Keppie to five-eighth and regular five-eight Abbie Grant to halfback to combat his injury problems.

After the game Hewen told Jake: "I lost my half-back, my centre and my winger was in a moon boot for three days. The changes I made last week to cover those losses didn't really work so I tried something else today and we just got a roll on." The 2021 version of this team will see some massive changes as up to three quarters of the current squad will move up to the under 18s.

The Woodbridge under 18s went down in their Grand Final to the Orange Vipers by 50-16 but win lose or draw it was already a successful year for coach Josh Annis-Brown and his chargers who had won four of their previous six matches.

The Vipers jumped out of the boxes after two early tries to damaging front-rower Tabua Tuinakauvadra and they never looked back.

As per usual the Woodbridge girls tried hard for the full 60 minutes and this was evidenced by them scoring a couple of late tries and never giving up in defence. The Vipers have been a class team in this age group for the three competitions and they have only lost the one match going down to the Dubbo Goannas in the November 2019 Grand Final.

Congratulations to Woodbridge duo Molly Hoswell and Holly Jones who were in a five way tie with players from Dubbo, Bathurst, and Orange for the player of the year award.

The First Grade match saw the Orange Vipers defeat the Dubbo Goannas 24-4 but the game was much closer than the score suggests with the Goannas leading 4 nil up to half-time.

A combination of things enabled the Vipers to take control in the second half including the send-off of a Dubbo player, a serious wrist injury to livewire hooker Emily Caton, a tiring Goannas forward pack and the damaging running game of speedy Vipers full-back Heidi Regan.

The opening match of the day was the under 14s with the Midwest Brumbies up against the Orange Vipers. The Vipers were able to avenge their loss to the Brumbies in last years Grand Final with an 18-8 victory.

The Vipers led 12 nil but the Brumbies clawed their way back into the match to get to within four points of the Vipers with three quarter time fast approaching.

A mistake by the Brumbies from the kick-off halted their comeback and was crucial in the context of the game as the Vipers scored a converted try in the ensuing tackles to go to three quarter time with a ten point margin and one hand on the cup.

In less than two years this Women's Rugby League competition has grown immensely and each of the clubs are developing their own cultures and all speak of the great camaraderie within their clubs.

Woodbridge would like to thank everyone who helped out in any way during the season including the coaches, first aid officers, water runners and team managers.

A big thanks to the Woodbridge Cup president Andrew Pull who also doubles as the coach of the First Grade girls and does a massive amount of work behind the scenes for not only the Woodbridge club but also the competition as a whole.