The New South Wales Waratahs have ended the Queensland Reds’ 2022 Buildcorp Super W campaign with a 36-nil semi-final win in Sydney.
Despite a strong start by the Queenslanders, last year’s champions ran in six tries to none in a clinical display at Eric Tweedale Oval.
Scrumhalf Imogen Hei and lock Tina Campbell made their Queensland and Super W starting debuts in the loss.
After withstanding a number of Queensland attacking raids in the opening half, the hosts opened the scoring with a Grace Hamilton try in the 28th minute.
Mahaliah Murphy doubled the Waratahs’ advantage with a try of her own soon after, before Tatum Bird crossed on the stroke of half-time to open up a 17-nil lead for the home side.
A Natalie Delamere five-pointer gave the Tahs the perfect start to the second stanza and the reigning premiers continued to dominate for the second-forty, with a Margot Vella try stretching their advantage to 29-nil with 10-minutes to play.
Kaitlan Leaney scored after the siren to put the final score out to 36-nil in favour of the hosts.
New South Wales Waratahs 36
Tries: Hamilton, Murphy, Bird, Delamere, Vella, Leaney
Conversions: Cramer 2, McKenzie
Queensland Reds 0
