The Castlereagh Cougars Womens sides travelled to Forbes on the weekend for the final round of the Western Womens Rugby League competition, taking on the newcomers, Lachlan District Womens Rugby League sides. 

All 5 teams made the trek, majority finishing off their season, with no chance of making the finals rounds. 

The Under 12s side fielding on light numbers with just 1 player on the bench, put in a big effort for their final game but unfortunately couldn’t finish with a win. 

The Cougars started off well, their defence seeming impenetrable until an injury left them with no reserves. 

Rhylee Jeffrey claimed Cougars only try for the game, the girls going down 28-4.

The Under 14s needing at least a draw to keep their 4th position on the ladder, managed to do just that. 

Leading by a couple of tries at the back end of the game, it looked like the Cougars were going to walk away with the 2 competition points but Lachlan had other ideas. 

Crossing for a couple late tries, Lachlan managed to tie the game at 22 all.

The Cougars Under 16s side went down in their game, 52-16. 

With some hard hitting up the middle, Adda Craig nabbed 2 tries for her team, proving too hard to stop. 

Mikiala Thurston also adding another try to the Cougars tally, slipping through the opponent’s defence. 

Mikiala also managing to convert 2 from 3 of their tries. 

The Under 18s side ran out with many Under 16s girls backing up, after a whole season of struggling to field a full side. 

Coming up against the top of the ladder side, the Cougars knew they were in for a tough one. 

The Cougars put in a galliant effort, with some fiery exchanges between both sides, unfortunately going down 11 tries to nil. 

The opens side came out firing in their game against the hosts, with Maddie Masman crossing first for the Cougars. 

Shortly after, Lachlan scored their only try for the game to bring the teams back to 4 all. 

It was all the Cougars from there on, Tori Canham putting on a show with 3 impressive tries in the first half. 

Fullback, Shakaye Walker crossed for a try also, proving too strong for the Lachlan defenders. 

The momentum was one-sided leading into half time, unfortunately for the Cougars players, the Lachlan side threw in the towel and didn’t return for the second half of the game, forfeiting to the visitors. 

The final score for the game was 18-4. 

This weekend the only Cougars side to make finals, the Under 14s, will travel to Bathurst on Sunday to take on 1st place Panaroma Platypi. 

If successful, the Cougars side will then move onto the Grand Final match in the following week.