By BEN HARRIS
New South Wales Combined High Schools won their first National Youth Championships girls title since 2011 and their fifth overall when they defeated Queensland Secondary Schools Touch 4-3 in the final on Saturday afternoon.
NSWCHS got out of the blocks in sensational style, scoring two touchdowns to Bailey Toleafoa and Shannon Rose in the opening minutes.
QSST scored midway through the first half to make it 2-1, which remained the score until half-time.
In an entertaining match that went end-to-end, superb attacking and defensive skills were on show.
Kirra Dibb scored for NSWCHS to make it 3-1 but QSST scored in their next set through Emma Sykes.
Another touchdown by Taryn Love again put NSWCHS up by two touchdowns.
But when Tamika Upton scored for QSST with 10 minutes to go, the match was on a knife’s edge.
It remained that way for the rest of the game but NSWCHS were able to hold on to claim the championship with a 4-3 victory.
NEW SOUTH WALES COMBINED HIGH SCHOOLS 4 (Bailey Toleafoa, Shannon Rose, Kirra Dibb, Taryn Love touchdowns) def QUEENS;AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS TOUCH 3 (Emma Sykes, Tamika Upton, Tanielle Larkin touchdowns). HT: NSWCHS 2-1.
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