{"id":639532,"date":"2026-04-30T01:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T01:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/639532\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T01:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T01:29:08","slug":"whitsundays-women-shine-in-anzac-rugby-union-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/639532\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitsundays Women Shine in ANZAC Rugby Union Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ANZAC Team Photo supplied <\/p>\n<p>\u200d<\/p>\n<p>\u200d<\/p>\n<p>Proserpine Whitsunday Rugby Union Club Women&#8217;s A Grade team produced a commanding display on Saturday, defeating Moranbah Bulls\u202f48-5 at Leprechaun Park\u202fduring the special ANZAC Round clash.<\/p>\n<p>The reigning 2025 premiers showed exactly why they remain the benchmark of the competition, crossing repeatedly in an impressive attacking performance. \u202fChelsie Jury starred with four tries, while Shirley Luke added a double. Emily Guthrie and Lily Sainsbury also added tries, with Shakaya Costello converting four attempts to complete a polished team effort. <\/p>\n<p>\u200d<\/p>\n<p>The Bulls showed determination throughout the contest, with Aroha Heta scoring their sole try of the match, and their first points of the season. <\/p>\n<p>\u200d<\/p>\n<p>Following two rounds of the Access Hire Women&#8217;s A Grade Competition, the Whitsundays now sit on top of the ladder with 10 competition points and have made an early statement as one of the teams to beat this season. <\/p>\n<p>\u200d<\/p>\n<p>Contributed with thanks to the Whitsunday Rugby Union Club  <\/p>\n<p>\u200d<\/p>\n<p>\u200d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ANZAC Team Photo supplied \u200d \u200d Proserpine Whitsunday Rugby Union Club Women&#8217;s A Grade team produced a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-639532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639532","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=639532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}