A late Stompers try consigned the UM Wolves Women’s team to defeat in the opening day of the MRFU Women’s League on Saturday.
Fielding a 16-player squad, our ladies knew that they faced a tough task in the form of Stompers, and it was Stompers who took the lead in a well contested first half.
Wolves struck back with Rebekka Bartolo making a 60-metre solo run to score and then promptly convert her own try to make the score 7-5.
Captain Raisa Farrugia added another try to the scoresheet to make it 12-5, but Stompers struck back with the last play of an unusually long first half, with the try going unconverted – putting the score at half time at 12-10 in Wolves’ favour.
Stompers took the lead in the mid-way point of the second half but Raisa Farrugia struck back with a trademark run down the wing, and the try was converted to put the score at 19-17 in Wolves’ favour.
But it was not to be as Stompers scored with the final play of the match, turning the scoreline in their favour – a final score of 22-19.
Our ladies did register their first win of the season courtesy of a walkover against Kavallieri, which provided an automatic 28-0 win.
Matchday squad: Raisa Farrugia (captain), Amber Dalli, Rasvita Sluckute, Amy Munro, Emma Borg, Rebekka Bartolo, Annah Mallia, Rebecca Bonnici, Brenda Caruana, Yana Scicluna, Storm Ghirlando, Jasmine Busuttil, Diane Micallef, Ana Cardoso, Anthea Borg, Nathalie Shaqiri
