FOUR tries in one half of league tag - it was a performance which put a huge grin on the face of Jess Pearson and helped Group 10 make it eight Western championship victories in a row.
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The Orange Hawks youngster used her blistering pace and ability to finish to help her Group 10 outfit blow away Group 11 in their clash at Lithgow's Tony Luchetti field on Saturday, the girls in blue winning 44-4.
"I don't think I've scored four before in a game, I think four is the most for me," Pearson said after her player-of-the-match performance.
"It was pretty good, they are a good group of girls. This is my second year with them, they are all very experienced and it's good to play with them.
"It's pretty good to play for Group 10, I love it."
While Pearson provided the finishing touches and two of her tries were efforts from range, she paid credit to two of her team-mates in helping her to one of the more memorable moments in her league tag career.
"There is just a good connection there with me and my centre Abby Stammers and the halfback Bronte [Emmanuel] - it's just that really good connection that helps," she said.
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While the loss was a heavy one, Group 11 co-captain Shay Naden said her side knew going in they were facing a might challenge.
The positive for her and Group 11 was the side being so young and filled with potential.
She hopes it is potential which can lead Group 11 to success over Group 10 in the future.
"There are a lot of young girls in this side who are up and coming so in the future it will be great to see what we can do when these girls develop and are playing alongside our older girls and the ones that have been here from the get go," Naden said.
"Yeah, we do have a lot of talent and I am looking forward to future games.
"We just had to work a bit more on our defence and when our defence got there and shut them down, we could get the ball back and have some turnovers and have a bit of a go. But that wasn't until the last 20 minutes or so."
Pearson scored the first of her tries when the game was just 45 seconds old on Saturday.
Group 10 created an overlap on the left edge with Emmanuel's long ball then picking out a flying Pearson.
She had her second with a tick over seven minutes gone when chasing through a Mish Somers kick which bounced awkwardly for the Group 11 defence. After pouncing on the lose ball her explosive speed left her rivals no chance of making a tag.
Group 11 was not without its bright moments during the opening half - fullback India Draper twice sliced through Group 10's defence with only desperate diving tags by the cover defence denying her.
Maddi Chapman also had a line break to her credit, but it was Group 10 who were in control as Pearson kept the points coming.
The winger had her hat-trick in the 16th minute, turning two Group 11 defenders inside out on a 50-metre run.
Three minutes out from the break she was in again, this time set up with some sharp work from centre Stammers. Somers' conversion made it 26-0 and Group 10 was well on its way to another Western crown.
By three-quarter-time the host's advantage had blown out to 44 points as Somers scored from a nice individual effort and her St Pat's club-mate Erin Naden crossed twice in three minutes.
The final quarter of the game was Group 11's best and after a rare handling error from Group 10, they finally got on the board thanks to Maddison McGuiness.
