Westfields Sports High will hold two records coming into Friday\u2019s Schoolgirls Cup semi final against Bass High.<\/p>\n
They enter the knockout stage as the only team to go undefeated through the group stage, winning both of their games and securing the points in a round three forfeit.<\/p>\n
On the flip side, while the other three teams remaining in the competition played last week, come Friday it will have been 50 days since they\u2019ve taken the field.<\/p>\n
The semi-final clash between Westfields and Bass High will be exclusively live streamed for free on Friday. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe would\u2019ve liked to have played the game against Matraville,\u201d head of Sport Troy Weeden said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur last game we played was seven weeks ago. That can be tough on a side in a competition where you don\u2019t get as much continuity (as a club-based league). Bass got that tough hitout against Hills last week.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can do as much opposed work as you can. We had the mid-term break and girls going off to play in the nationals. So this week\u2019s training will be very important.\u201d<\/p>\n
While they enter the contest against a red-hot Bass High relatively cold, there\u2019s been enough promising signs throughout the pool stage to suggest they can book a spot in the grand final.<\/p>\n
They\u2019ve averaged over 40 points per game in their two wins, while conceding just 16 in total, with Weeden buoyed with how they\u2019ve been able to use the ball.<\/p>\n
\u201cI look at what they\u2019ve done with the ball and they\u2019ve been pretty clinical. They haven\u2019t been sheltered and haven\u2019t been afraid to use the ball,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we\u2019ve made errors, we\u2019ve been able to defend them. That\u2019s the mark of a good side.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can push a pass here and there. They back their skill to know they can back their defence to defend it. It\u2019s a rare talent to be able to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
With wet conditions expected for Newcastle, middle forwards like Meekah Viiga, Layla Tima and dummy-half Dawn Tui will all play a crucial role when the going gets tough.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot will rest on our middles. Bass are reliant on what they do in the middle of the field, so we\u2019ll be looking to hold tight through that first 10-15 minutes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have some outside backs who have a lot of speed, so our middles will need to lay the platform (to use that pace out wide).<\/p>\n
\u201cPossession will be very important.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Westfields Sports High will hold two records coming into Friday\u2019s Schoolgirls Cup semi final against Bass High. They…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,11288,27507,27508,27512,761,762,158,27513,27514,27510,27516,27509,27515,27506,85,27511],"class_list":["post-28860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-grand-final","tag-group-stage","tag-knockout-stage","tag-live-stream","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-nsw-combined-high-schools","tag-pool-stage","tag-rare-talent","tag-schoolgirls-semi-finals","tag-semi-final","tag-semi-final-clash","tag-semi-final-showdown","tag-sports","tag-v-bass"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}