League Tag
It was a case of last roll of the dice for both the ladies league tag and the reserve grade lads last Saturday when they contested the semi finals at Merimbula.
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The girls started strongly against an enthusiastic Moruya outfit and they were soon in the box seat with early tries to Georgia Jones and Patrice Clear.
This combined with excellent defence had Moruya wedged in their own territory for the majority of the half.
Just as Bombala were asserting their authority Moruya made a break and it was only a diving tag by Tayla Ventry that saved the day.
Moruya managed to up the ante in the back part of the half until a sweeping backline run saw Sam Stewart throw a lovely short ball to Karter Hampshire who swerved past the fullback to score under the posts. 12 - 0 at halftime.
The second half continued in fine style when Georgie Clark flew onto a deft pass from Abbey Kimber to beat the cover defence and record another try.
Bombala were playing precise football and they were putting pressure on their opponents in both attack and defence.
An excellent chase of a downfield kick by Abbey right on fulltime saw her regather the ball and score to make the final score 22 - 0.
The side now plays Eden at Eden next Sunday to see who plays Bega in the decider. Go the High Heelers.
Reserves
The reserve grade fixture started strongly for the Bombala boys when they were allowed to build early pressure and were only just stopped from scoring.
The opening exchanges were very willing and it was some solid goal line defence that managed to stop Eden from scoring.
A swirling bomb produced the first try of the day to Eden and that coupled with some dubious refereeing decisions saw Eden with their tales up and they scored in quick succession to lead 20 - 0 at the break.
To their credit the Reggies stuck to their guns and managed to keep pace with Eden in the second half with tries to Brett Hodak and Nat Jennings.
The strong Bombala presence in the crowd cheered on the team until the end however the first half was the difference and Eden ran out winners 30 - 10.
