The Brisbane Barracudas Women's team were crowned the NWPL champions on Saturday when they defeated the Balmain Tigers 11-9 in the Women's Final in Sydney.
Barracudas were on the worng side of the foul count with 16 majors to Balmain's 9 but kept Balmain to only 1 goal on extra. Brisbane were down 5-6 at half time but came out in the 3rd quarter scoring 4 goals and only allowing Balmain to score 1 to lead 9-7 at 3 quarter time. Balmain levelled the score 6.32 in the 4th but Barracudas bounced back through chinese import Gao Ao at 3.41 and then Kate Gynther scored at 1.00 to put them up 11-9.
The win by the Barracuda's Women was the first Women's National League title to make its way to Queensland.
The KFC Breakers Men's team finished 3rd after defeating Balmain 16-9 in the Men's Bronze medal game. Balmain led after the first quarter 4-3 but from then on it was all Breakers leading 9-6 at half time and 11-7 at three quarter time. Anthony Martin and Grant Waterman both scored 4 goals.
Congratulations to both teams on their performances during the final series. |