Orange Tigers women’s side has broken through for its first win of the season in AFL Central West action at Tiger Park at Waratahs last Saturday, July 13.

After a host of close losses, when success came it was emphatic for the Tigers women, Orange keeping the Cowra Blues scoreless.

The Tigers ladies won 3.6 (24) to 0.0 (0) with Jacqui Ryan, Melanie Ryan and Tayler Darlington kicking goals for the winners.

It means that Orange has jumped to fourth place on the ladder with one win and seven losses from eight matches for four competition points, but the Tigers 48.60 percentage is superior to Cowra’s 14.42.

Dubbo (32) leads the women’s competition from Bathurst Bushrangers (24) with Bathurst Giants (16).

It was a tough day for the Tigers in tier one when they went down 23.9 (147) to 2.8 (20) against Bathurst Giants. The top-grade side remains winless.

The tier two side also had a tough day out when they went down by 88 points against Cowra.

However, the positive is David Marchese’s side still remain in second place after 10 rounds of the competition.