THE region's best rugby players have starred at the NSW rugby sevens country championships in Armidale.
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Battling it out with top players from across the state, Central North impressed during the two-day tournament, eventually finishing fourth overall.
Hunter went onto win the tournament with a dominant grand final victory over Mid-North Coast.
Heading into day two of the tournament ranked second in Pool B, Central North came up short in their two games on day two, losing to Hunter and Central West.
Despite the losses, Central North coach Dale Beattie was full of praise for his side.
"We didn't really gel as a team throughout the tournament, especially on the second day," Beattie told the Leader.
"The second day curse got us a bit but we can learn from that."
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The second day losses were a crash back to earth for the Central North team, which had secured close victories on day one.
"We did have some brilliant individual efforts on day one, which helped us scrap out a couple of wins," Beattie said.
"That's why our losses on day two were a bit disappointing. However, it is a pretty young group and they will continue to grow from tournaments and carnivals such as this."
Beattie said the overall quality of this year's competition was "excellent".
"For someone who has been involved with women's rugby for 15 years, this is a huge success and it is just great to see how far it has come," he said.
"The opportunities these girls are getting are just fantastic and hopefully we will see that continue into the future."
Beattie said he expected several of the side's players to dominate the weekly Central North competition.
"To be honest, I thought Daisy Robinson from Narrabri was extremely good for us throughout the tournament," he said.
"Scone's Lucy Prudden and Inverell's Sarah Byrne were also really good for us as well. I'm sure all of our girls will take a lot out of the competition that they can use for their clubs during the season."
The Central North season begins on Saturday, April 6.