{"id":821939,"date":"2026-07-25T00:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T00:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/821939\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T00:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T00:35:09","slug":"live-fijian-drua-nsw-waratahs-battle-for-2026-super-rugby-w-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/821939\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE: Fijian Drua, NSW Waratahs battle for 2026 Super Rugby W title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The 2026 Super Rugby Women&#8217;s title is up for grabs as the Fijian Drua host the NSW Waratahs in Ba.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The decider will be played in Fiji for the first time in the competition&#8217;s history after the Drua&#8217;s dominant win over the Queensland Reds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stan.com.au\/watch\/sport\/rugby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">Watch every second of the 2026 Super Rugby Women&#8217;s season live and on demand via Stan Sport.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Drua are hunting for their third title, looking to end the Waratahs&#8217; run of dominance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">They booked their place in the Final with an away win over the Western Force in Perth, out to make it three titles in a row.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Wallaroos fullback Caitlyn Halse returns to the starting side as Wallaroo Piper Simons has been added to the bench.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">FOLLOW ALL THE ACTION IN THE LIVE BLOG BELOW OR THE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugby.com.au\/match-centre\/e4aef12f1869a5523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">MATCH CENTRE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FIJIAN DRUA V NSW WARATAHS TEAMS<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">DRUA (1-15):\u00a0Karalaini Naisewa, Keleni Marawa, Tiana Robanakadavu, Mereoni Nakesa, Carletta Yee, Nunia Daunimoala, Salaseini Railumu, Sulita Waisega, Kolora Lomani (c), Varanisese Qoro, Aqela Raitubu, Josivini Naihamu, Merewairita Neivosa, Atelaite Buna, Litiana Vueti<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Replacements:\u00a0Bitila Tawake, Zipporah Sorokacika, Keri Lawavou, Karavaki Lutumaibau, Alfreda Fisher, Evivi Senikarivi, Repeka Tove, Verenaisi Ditavutu<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">WARATAHS (1-15):\u00a0Brianna Hoy, Brittany Merlo, Faliki Pohiva, Leilani Nathan, Kaitlan Leaney, Ruby Anderson, Emily Chancellor (c), Piper Duck, Tia Hinds, Waiaria Ellis, Desiree Miller, Rosie Ferguson, Pleuni Kievit, Maya Stewart, Caitlyn Halse<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Replacements:\u00a0Nancy Volkman, Emily Robinson, Bridie O&#8217;Gorman, Grace Gillies, Nicole Nathan, Taj Heald, Piper Simons, Amelia Whitaker<\/p>\n<p>HOW TO WATCH SUPER RUGBY W GRAND FINAL<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Super Rugby W Grand Final between the Fijian Drua and NSW Waratahs will be shown LIVE on Stan Sport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Coverage will be live and ad-free on Stan Sport, slated to start at 11:00 am with kickoff expected shortly afterwards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 Super Rugby Women&#8217;s title is up for grabs as the Fijian Drua host the NSW Waratahs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,217781,33008,760,85,131635],"class_list":["post-821939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fijian-drua","tag-nsw-waratahs-women","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-super-w"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821939","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=821939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}