In the seven-team Women’s Premiership Valley Black Ladies stormed through the league undefeated for a second straight season, closing out their 2015/16 league campaign with an emphatic 49-12 win over their nearest rivals, Gai Wu Falcons.
Valley was paced by fullback and New Zealand Black Fern Olivia Coady, who scored five tries, four consecutively with two on either side of halftime, in the eight-try rout over Falcons, the last side in the Women’s Premiership to hand Valley a loss – in the 2013/14 season.
Sevens star Stephanie Cuvelier opened the scoring with an early try, but Falcons replied almost immediately through a try from their own sevens sensation, winger Aggie Poon Pak Yan leveling the scoring at 5-all early on.
After Poon’s tally it was one-way traffic for the league champions with Coady doing all of the driving, scoring two tries for Valley in the second quarter. Bella Milo added a penalty between the first two Coady tries, and a conversion on Coady’s second, to give Valley a 20-5 lead at the half.
Coady completed her natural hat-trick shortly after the re-start – securing the bonus point for Valley – before adding her fourth consecutive score to push Valley out to a 30-5 lead. Sam Scott added a fifth try for Valley, followed by Jen Mackay before Coady collected her fifth with five minutes remaining. Milo’s conversion brought the score to 49-5 before Falcons picked up a consolation try through Chong Ka Yan, the successful conversion bringing the final score to 49-12.
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Source: HKRU