Woodbridge moved into second on the Western Women's Rugby League opens competition after smashing the Castlereagh Cougars 72-0.
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Flying fullback Molly Hoswell bagged a hat-trick while Alicia Earsman, Holly Jones, Nickita Kirby and Paige Selton all scored doubles.
The boost for for and against moved Woodbridge above the Wiradjuri Goannas into second spot but they face a huge challenge to stay there.
They will meet the unbeaten Orange Vipers in next weekend's final round before a likely meeting with the Goannas in the final four.
The Goannas, now in third, won the one previous meeting between the two sides this season.
Marty Lyden's Vipers announced themselves as the clear cut team to beat on Sunday as they clawed back from a 16-6 deficit against Goannas.
The Vipers, a vastly improved outfit in the second half, showed their quality and stormed home to ran out 20-16 winners.
Despite the loss, Goannas captain Amy Townsend still feels her side is the best in the competition.
"(Vipers captain) Jacky (Lyden) might not agree but I think we're the best team in the competition on our day," Townsend said post-game.
When we get a roll on we're near unstoppable and that showed in the first half.
"But 30 minutes isn't good enough in this competition."
While confident in her side's ability, Townsend admitted they were nowhere near good enough in the second half.
"II was our own mistakes which cost us the game," Townsend said.
"I think that always hurts more. We just let them back in at the end when we shouldn't have and it was literally just costly errors.
"And that's a credit to them as well, they hung in and kept fighting for every second and waited for us to make mistakes."
Opens
Castlereagh 0 lost to Woodbridge 72 (Hoswell 3; Earsman, Jones, Nickita Kirby, Selton 2; Nickolle Kirby, Brown, Frost tries; Nickita Kirby 8 goals)
Goannas 16 lost to Vipers 20
Under 18's
Castlereagh 8 (Pennel, Carroll tries) lost to Woodbridge 42 (Hoswell, Peschka 2; Jones, White, Trapman, Mcrae tries; Hoswell 4 goals, Apps 1 goal)
Goannas 24 lost to Vipers 32
Under 16's
Castlereagh 26 (Eather, Eather, Hogden, Harvey-Hampton, Watton tries; Pennel 3 goals) defeated Woodbridge 22 (Peschka 2, Flick, Holmes tries; Burling 2, Grant 1 goals)
Goannas 14 lost to Vipers 16
Under 14's
Castlereagh 10 (Thurston, Craig tries; Thurston 1 goal) defeated Woodbridge 8 (MacGregor, O'Laughlin tries)
Goannas 14 lost to Vipers 30
