The rebellion continued at Jack Woolaston Oval on Saturday with the Tamworth Rebels making it four from four to start the inaugural North West Women’s Summer Nines.
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After two wins on the opening round in Armidale two weeks ago, the Rebels won both their third round games to firm in favourtism.
Defence was again the cornerstone with the Tamworth side not conceding a point. They beat the Armidale Rams 32-nil before accounting for the Mustangs 38-nil in the final game of the day.
Next round hosts Tingha were also impressive, winning both of their games.
After kicking the day off with a 24-nil win over the Rams, the Untouchables downed the Deadly Yinnars 12-6 in what was Tingha coach Keira Edwards said was a tough clash.
“The Deadlies put up a great fight,” she said.
“They were a really good challenge for us.”
Half-back Chokita Brown was the architect of the win, scoring all three of the Untouchables’ tries.
“I think we were a bit fired up because we didn’t get to play last week,” Edwards said.
The Rebels then ran rampant in the second half against a young and tiring Mustangs side to remain undefeated.
“They played really well,” co-coach Geoff Sharpe said.
“There’s quite a few talented ball players there.”
They want to utilise that, and were really focused on running at spaces.
Sharpe was happy with how they did that.
They also attacked in “pods”, running in pairs and threes so the ballrunner had someone to pass to when they got tackled.
The Rebels’ ability through that to keep the play moving was a real feature, as was their width.
The width and crispness of their passing caused the opposition headaches.
Sharpe and co-coach Mick Schmiedel were again too delighted with their defence.
It was stifling at times and forced turnovers. Kate Ferguson and Kendall Horne really led the way in defence.
The Deadly Yinnars also showed they are going to be a force with a 28-4 win over the Mustangs.