A repeat seemed likely at Sydney's Concord Oval as NSW – who went 5-0 to qualify top for the semi finals – led 17-0 after just 19 minutes through tries to Desiree Miller, \ufeffMaya Stewart and Adiana Talakai.<\/p>\n
Watch the 2023 Super W finals on the home of rugby, Stan Sport.<\/strong><\/em> All matches streaming ad free, live and on demand<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanSportRugby\/status\/1652527648617398272?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n But the Waratahs were unable to breach the Drua defence from that point on as the Fijians showed enormous resolve to claw their way back into the contest.<\/p>\n Siteri Rasolea and Vani Arei scored tries to slash the deficit to 17-12 at half-time.<\/p>\n A Luisa Tisolo\ufeff penalty then further increased the anxiety for Waratahs fans before centre Arei powered over for what proved to be the match winner in the 70th minute.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Chilling realisation after 'unthinkable' rocked sport<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Tigers clinch upset of the season as Brooks dazzles<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \ufeffREAD MORE:<\/strong> Fuming Verstappen delivers foul-mouthed spray at rival<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n "Of course, disappointed," Waratahs captain Piper Duck told Stan Sport.<\/p>\n "Any game like this is what you trained for. And also we trained to make the grand final this year, but obviously, unfortunately, we didn't. So, yeah, I was disappointed.<\/p>\n "I'm always proud of the girls, like they always work hard. Just a few unfortunate errors and the end of the day we just didn't get over them. But yeah, extremely proud."<\/p>\n The Drua also beat the Waratahs in last year's grand final – the first time NSW had not won the Super W title.\ufeff<\/p>\n "It was such a physical game," Arei told Stan Sport.<\/p>\n "We've put in all we've got and I'm so happy for the girls."<\/p>\n The Drua will now meet either the Queensland Reds or ACT Brumbies in Saturday's grand final in Townsville.<\/p>\n The Reds host the Brumbies later on Sunday.\ufeff<\/p>\n "Either team, we will not look down on them," Arei said.<\/p>\n "They're both strong teams. So we have to step up on our training and our preparation for next week."<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"Stewart](\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2023\/04\/504586\/pickerimage.jpg\")
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