From the kick off the High Heelers seemed on the back foot. Forced to defend back to back sets as the relentless attack from the Bega chicks was dominating field possession.

Outstanding tagging from Georgie Clarke, Lucy Sellers and Patrice Clear helped to keep the Bega girls from crossing early and up the middle Emma Sullivan was extremely safe in defence making incredible tags to shut down the Bega attack.

Keiarna Rodwell was instrumental with her kicking game aiming to kick early to try to get the girls out of their own half. However it was the Bega chicks who would turn the ball back inside, catching the Heelers out on their feet leading to a try in close to the sticks.

With a desperate dive from captain Patrice Clear, she would hit the ground hard earning herself an elbow injury forcing her from the field.

The girls would have to lift hard if they were going to do this without their fearless captain. From the kick off again it would seem the Chicks would have the momentum in their favour and while the High Heelers began to see more ball it was again the Chicks who would score again, out wider this time.

With the score a 10-0 at half time, the Heelers found themselves in unfamiliar territory but the focus and dedication to not lay down was evident in half time chats and the return of their captain to the field proved a great moral boost.

From the kick off in the second half the Heelers game had taken a swift turn around. The Heelers starting to play confident footy, showing urgency in defence to get up fast and shut the attacking Bega players down early.

Consequently the Heelers dominated field possession and with a backline play set up by Abbey Kimber eventually spreading the ball wide to the winger Kayley Keavey, the Heelers would nab their first points.

With the conversion attempt waved away the Heelers would trail 10-4.

A controversial charge down attempt by the Bega team would see Keiarna Rodwell hit the deck hard causing a shoulder dislocation and a trip to the hospital. The Bega player was sent to the bin for 10 minutes.

Capitalising on Bega playing one down, the girls would spread the ball wide and Tash Stewart would eventually stroll over for the Heelers second try, evening up the tries to two each. However with another very honest attempt from out wide the conversion would again be waved away and the score would remain 8-10 in Bega’s favour which would be the eventual scoreline.

The High Heelers dug deep but ran out of time to gain further points and now look to next week’s elimination final round against the Narooma Ladies League tag team to play for a spot in the Grand Final.

Players Player went to Patrice Clear, 3 points was shared between Tash Stewart, Lucy Sellers and Abbey Kimber, 2 points went to Georgie Clarke and 1 point went to Keiarna Rodwell.