Sydney Juniors strange grand finals as South East Magic, Norwest Liverpool win rugby XV’s titles

There’s nothing better than beating a rival team to win a grand final. But what about if you beat two, back-to-back in one of sports strangest competition deciders.

The under 14s girls played a three way grand final to decide their Sydney Juniors competition.

Sporting teams usually only have to beat one team to win a grand final.

But in the Sydney Juniors girls under 14s and under 16s competitions deciders on Sunday teams had to beat two.

One of the strangest grand finals scenarios was worked out to determine the champions of the 15-a-side girls competitions played out at Boronia Park after a season of numerous forfeits due to a variety of reasons.

One team could not field a side because it was made up of boarders who had returned home during the holidays. Others had their teams reduced due to other sporting conflicts.

But with organisers keen to crown champions and reward teams for their hard work during the season, the three-way grand final system was implemented.

The under 14s girls played a three-way grand final to decide their Sydney Juniors competition.

This saw all three team play a half against each other with the leading team after these matches declared the Premiers

With South East Magic and Newport Narrabeen both beating Raiders in their first match-up the battle between these two determined the competition winner.

And a series of late tries saw Magic secure the 14s crown.

South East Magic beat the Raiders Girls 31-5 in their first match and then watched Newport/Narrabeen beat the Raiders 36-5.

In the final match Magic took the title with a 22-17 victory over their northern beaches rivals.

In the 16s competitions, Norwest/Liverpool beat South East Magic 17-5 in match one.

In the second Magic bounced back for a 29-24 victory over Wests Girls.

Norwest/Liverpool them kept their undefeated run intact with a 29-12 win over Wests Girls in match three to secure the title.

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