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Roosters hold off Broncos to top NRLW table
Roosters hold off Broncos to top NRLW table

Yahoo

time20-07-2025

  • Sport
  • Yahoo

Roosters hold off Broncos to top NRLW table

Sydney Roosters sit alone atop the NRLW ladder after a nail-biting 30-26 win over the Broncos despite being reduced to 12 players for the final three minutes at Brisbane's Totally Workwear Stadium. Both teams scored five tries but it was the second-half comeback by the Broncos that nearly stole the show, after they trailed 18-0 after just 13 minutes. They clawed their way back to 24-22 before Dally M medallist Olivia Kernick scored her second to put the buffer back to 12 points. A frantic finish had Jess Sergis in the sin-bin for holding down winger Kerri Johnson, who scored in the next play to give the home side a last chance. The Broncos opted not to take the conversion with just 90 seconds left, but couldn't get far enough into Roosters territory to secure a winning try. Kernick shoots through! 💪 — NRLW (@NRLWomens) July 20, 2025 Heading into round three the Roosters, Broncos and Bulldogs were undefeated, but with Canterbury's 18-14 loss to the Dragons on Saturday, John Strange's team now sits clear out in front. "That feels good but it's only early days," Roosters fullback Brydie Parker told Channel Nine. "It feels really good to get the win on the road and it was certainly a grind. Once we got ahead they came right back at us." Integral to the Broncos' fightback was star No.1 Tamika Upton, who scored two tries in eight minutes – her second double in a week. "It definitely hurts," Upton said. "It was because of our very poor first half. You can't do that against a team like that." In the earlier game at the other end of the ladder, a breakthrough beckoned for either Wests Tigers or Gold Coast, after both clubs had started the 2025 season with two losses. Despite the lead changing four times at Leichhardt Oval, the Titans prevailed with more energy and better defence for a 24-12 win. Titans shift it out to Lolesio 🤝 — NRLW (@NRLWomens) July 20, 2025 Things didn't start well for the home team, who lost utility Chelsea Savill in the war-up through a quad strain. But winger Caitlin Turnbull scoring a hat-trick helped the Tigers to a 12-6 lead early in the second half, only for all that good work to whittle away under a 9-4 penalty count against them. "We spoke about discipline at half-time but we were still poor, especially on our try line, so we made it really really hard for ourselves," coach Brett Kimmorley said. The Titans, who were minus their suspended captain Georgia Hale, put on three tries in 10 minutes through lock Sienna Lofipo, winger Georgia Grey and centre Ivana Lolesio. "The coaching staff put a challenge to us this week and that was that attitude shift (in defence)," stand-in skipper Lauren Brown said. "So my message was to just take that energy into this game because we know our defensive structures work."

Kernick stars as Blues claim women's Origin series
Kernick stars as Blues claim women's Origin series

SBS Australia

time16-05-2025

  • Sport
  • SBS Australia

Kernick stars as Blues claim women's Origin series

Olivia Kernick is the toast of NSW after the Blues lock powered her state to a women's State of Origin series victory in a 26-6 win over Queensland. The Maori Wiradjuri woman scored two tries and set up another on Thursday night as the Blues inflicted more misery on the Maroons to win game two. The 24-year-old, who was controversially overlooked for the Australian Test team after winning last year's NRLW Dally M Medal, came to the fore on a dour, rain-soaked evening in front of 16,026 fans at Allianz Stadium. Kernick clocked up 169m as the Blues claimed the series with a game to spare. "I had a feeling tonight she was going to shine, and I thought she led our forward pack really well," said Blues captain Isabelle Kelly. "She opens up every space for everyone to be honest especially when she runs." Leading 2-0, John Strange's side can seal the first series whitewash with victory at Newcastle's McDonald Jones Stadium on May 29. The 2025 series is only the second three-game series in the history of women's Origin. "Every game that we go into we want to win, it doesn't matter whether it's 1-0 or 2-0," said Strange. "The goal was to win the series but I was really impressed with how we played, that's what I am really proud of." Tamika Upton scored the Maroons' only try of the night in the sixth minute and that was about as good as it got for Queensland. The Maroons forward pack were dominated and their struggles for territory were compounded when Upton hobbled off in the second half, leaving a question mark over her fitness heading into game three. "It was obviously disappointing to lose her in that second half," said Queensland coach Tahnee Norris. "She held on for as long as she could but I think we'll have to wait for the scans and see how she tracks over the next 48 hours." Queensland's try came after a rare mistake from Kernick who failed to cleanly gather a Lauren Brown grubberkick, with Upton swooping on the loose ball. But Kernick picked her moments for revenge and when she struck she did with both power and panache. First she set up an on-rushing Simaima Taufa, who ran a sharp line and bumped off a host of covering Maroons to draw the Blues level. Then Kernick went herself, crashing through three tackles and palming off Upton to score under the posts to give NSW a 12-6 halftime lead. Halfback Jesse Southwell was a major reason the Blues were able to turn the screw in the second half. The playmaker trapped Queensland in-goal with a crossfield kick early in the stanza and off the ensuing set Southwell's cutout was the catalyst for winger Jayme Fressard to score in the corner. Then the Blues other winger Jaime Chapman breezed in on the right flank to put NSW on the brink of a series crown. Any chance Queensland had of clawing their way back into the game evaporated when Upton hobbled off. The fullback tried to play on after suffering a hamstring injury as she came across to prevent Chapman's try but eventually succumbed to the pain. Kernick then crashed in for her second try with eight minutes left to put the game beyond Queensland's reach.

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