The Harden Hawkettes made the trip to O’Connor ACT for their 1st semi final last Saturday and Canberra turned on typical climatic conditions as the girls warmed up in the middle of a hailstorm, and kick off was conducted through driving rain.
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The Crookwell girls relished the winter chill and raced out to an early lead of 10 to 0. A great try was set up by Emma James and finished off by Katie Butt which got us back in the match 10-6, and things were now looking a bit brighter for our nervous and wet coach Pollard. This spurred the Hawkettes into action and a smart solo effort by Clare Smith saw her cross the line, which evened the match to 10 all at ‘orange time’.
In second half, Grace and Clare Smith both scored great individual tries and worked tirelessly in defence to help the Hawkettes hold their opponents out, it remains to be seen as to whether Clare’s pants were wet before or after the excitement of her second try.
Crookwell crossed late in the 2nd half and this meant a very frantic final 5 minutes. As the full time siren sounded, it was nearly as loud as the cheers from the Harden spectators, The final score was 20-16. Players player and our ‘bonds moment’ was awarded to Clare Smith and special credits went out to Georgia Smith, Katie and Georgie Butt, and Emma James. All in all, every player put their own little extra effort at times throughout the match and this contributed to a great Harden win.
The Hawkettes will now play Bungendore here on Saturday at 12 15 pm to try and earn the first path into the Grand Final.