WHEN the Bathurst Bulldogs women were declared winners of this year's Ferguson Cup it not only added another title to their remarkable run of success, but extended one of the best streaks in the history of the club.
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With Central West Rugby Union making the tough decision to abandon its remaining competitions on Monday due to the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, Bulldogs were declared victors of the Ferguson Cup off the back of their minor premiership.
It is the fifth consecutive premiership for the women's outfit, who previously beat Cowra in the 2017 grand final, CSU in 2018, Emus in 2019 and Dubbo Kangaros in 2020.
It means the women equal the run of five consecutive second grade premierships won by Bulldogs between 1997-2001.
The only longer premiership streak for the club since Bulldogs joined the Blowes Cup competition is the six titles fourth grade won between 1993-1998.
While this year's women's squad did not actually get to play a grand final due to the lockdown, their feats during the season were still impressive.
They posted 11 wins from 12 rounds, a bonus point in all but one game and scored 91 tries on their way to winning the minor premiership by eight points.
It's an effort coach Jordan Bull was certainly proud of.
"The girls put in so much hard work and had been playing really good football," he said.
"It's a very, very good team and they've improved each week, there are some very good quality players in there, quality across the whole squad."
While Bull has coached Bulldogs outfits in the past, this year was his first working with a women's outfit.
As well as offering praise to his glut of talented players, Bull thanked and Pip McIntosh for helping him coach the side.
"I'm pretty luck I've got someone like Pip McIntosh, he's just unreal. The drills he does at training are great, he organises basically Tuesday and Thursday training sessions and that's just sensational," he said.
"He is very good at what he does, it's very easy to work within someone like Pip."
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