THE Merriwa Magpies claimed the Battle of the Upper Hunter from the Murrurundi Mavettes 14-8 in the Hunter Valley Group 21 CRL Women’s 9s at home on Friday night.
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But, the hosts didn’t get it all their own way.
Merriwa enjoyed a 14-0 lead on the back of four-pointers to Gaynor Blackadder, Maddilyn Blackadder and Jessyca Morgan.
Dimity Parker landed one conversion.
However, Murrurundi responded in the second period, courtesy of tries to Jodie Holman and Lucy Prudden, to set up a thrilling finale.
In other fixtures, the Muswellbrook Ramettes hammered the Denman She-Devils 54-0 and Singleton cruised past Aberdeen 32-0.
Meanwhile, there has been a change to the draw, due to a clash with the Muswellbrook Gold Cup race meeting next month.
“A couple of concerns were raised about the possibility of intoxicated people gaining access to the games at McKinnon Oval, Aberdeen, on Friday, December 8 – and the issues that could arise from this,” Group 21 secretary/treasurer Jane Walmsley said.
“The management committee decided to swap round five and the finals venues to avoid any problems.
“Aberdeen will now host matches on Friday, December 1 – Singleton v Muswellbrook (6pm), Aberdeen v Merriwa 96.35pm), and Murrurundi v Denman (7.10pm).
“The finals – 3rd v 4th (6pm) and 1st v 2nd (6.45pm) – are scheduled to take place at Singleton’s Pirtek Park on Friday, December 8.”