The Cowra Girls Soccer team has taken another step towards the title with a come-from-behind win against arch rivals Waratahs Blue last weekend in Orange.
"It was our toughest game of the season by far," said Cowra's Courtney Gambrill.
"We were down 1-0 in the first 10 minutes which was a massive shock to the system for our girls.
"We started slow and let them beat us to the ball too many times."
The first half finished at 1-1 courtesy of a beautiful goal from Erin McAuliffe but the work was still there for Cowra if they were to make it through to the big dance.
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"We had to regroup at half time, we spoke about urgency, contesting for the ball and shutting down their time," said Courtney.
The half time chat obviously worked because Cowra came out firing with two goals in quick succession from Tayla Tarrant and Erin McAuliffe.
Waratahs scored an awesome goal in the 69th minute to bring the score to 3-2 to make the last period of the game a tense affair but Cowra held firm .
"It was a very evenly matched game - end to end stuff," Gambrill said.
"There was some exceptional play with some unreal saves from Linda Woods in goal particularly that really kept us in the game!"
It took until the end but it was Gambrill who doubled Cowra's advantage with time expiring with a cracker in the 75th minute that sealed the win 4-2.
"A massive congratulations to our girls for a very hard fought win," she said.
"We now get a weeks break and will meet the winner of this weeks semi final in Orange on Saturday 21st September.
"Please get on over there if you can and support the girls!"
The Men's C Grade side also had a win in their Division 2 Major Semi on the weekend and are now straight into their grand final as well on Saturday 21st September.
The Men managed to nab a goal in extra time to seal the deal in a tight well-played contest.
"It was an awesome day for our club as we now have two grand final teams."
And hopefully two trophies too!.
