The West Belconnen Warriors have claimed their second Katrina Fanning Shield trophy with a dominant 40-6 showing at Seiffert Oval on Saturday afternoon.
It was a dominant showing from the West Belconnen Warriors, who took every opportunity close to the line, with Liyah Lomas and Gabriella Savage both scoring four tries to lead their side to a monstrous win against their Belconnen rivals.
The Belconnen United Sharks struck with the first opportunity to score, being awarded a penalty close to the line.
Some strong defence from the West Belconnen Warriors sees them defend their line to keep the Sharks at bay.
With the help of a repeat set, the Warriors crash through the back of Liyah Lomas to open the scoring and give the Warriors a 4-0 lead inside the first five minutes.
A kick out on the full of the Warriors gave the Sharks a huge opportunity to hit straight back.
With an early spread to the left-hand side, the Sharks saw Del Crighton speed past multiple defenders and score to give the Sharks a 6-4 lead.
The Warriors marched down into the Sharks' half, and a last tackle bomb saw it land into the hands of Gabriella Savage, who dives over to give the Warriors a 10-6 lead.
Strong defence from Belconnen United keeps the Warriors out for multiple consecutive sets on their line.
It was all the warriors in the first half, with Lomas bursting straight through the middle of some tired defenders to further push the Warriors' lead out to a 16-6 going into the break.
An error from the Sharks gave the Warriors another opportunity close to the line to try and further push their lead.
The Warriors spread it to the left, and some sharp footwork from Lomas saw her scramble to the line to grab her hat-trick and push their lead out to 20-6.
The Warriors are dominating in the second half with the perfect precision of a kick out wide from Jay Huriwai to a flying Savage to go over and give the Warriors a 24-6 lead with just 10 minutes remaining in the second half.
Lomas is having a day out at Seiffert Oval, proving too strong in a crash play which sees her score her fourth try and give the Warriors a 30-6 lead.
From the kick off, the ball lands into the hands of Crystal Papalii, who shoves off multiple defenders and finds Savage, who barges over a defender and sprints away to score her third and further push the Warriors' lead out to 36-6.
With just 10 seconds remaining in the half, Huriwai stepped off her right and throws a floater out to Savage to score her fourth and give the Warriors a dominant 40-6 win and bring home the Katrina Fanning Shield.
