The Witches failed to capitalise on a bright opening 15 minutes and paid a heavy price. Once Gungahlin broke through and took the lead the Witches simply slumped, offering little resistance as Gungahlin carved out a match winning 3-0 lead by the break. An improved performance in the second half was blighted by injuries to Rach and Nikki but they kept Gungahlin to one second half goal. Although the Witches were terrible, responsibility for the poor performance lies with the Grand Wiz who totally misjudged his approach to this game and failed to adjust the line up to suit the conditions and players available.

Missing Danni and Meg, the Witches were boosted by the return of Mikki, Sara, Courtney and Maddi and actually had a reserve for the first time in weeks. Even so, Maddi's late arrival due to being held up by a traffic accident, caused a late reshuffle to the line up with Rach donning the gloves and Nikki moving into the unfamiliar midfield role. Monaro kicked off running downhill and settled quickly into stride. Early pressure saw the Witches on the backfoot and it was no surprise when Monaro opened the scoring after only seven minutes with a high lobbed shot that gave Rach no hope of getting near. The arrival of Maddi saw Rach come off for a break but no easing of pressure from Monaro. The Witches were scrambling frantically in defense but in the 18th minute there was little they could do when their right winger unleashed a powerful angled drive from 12m that Maddi hardly saw. Although the introduction of Rach back into midfield helped stem the tide,Monaro were still dominant and the Witches were thankful that when halftime came it was still only 2-0. The second half saw a significant improvement from the Witches and they started to cause Monaro problems but they still weren't playing as well as in recent weeks. The breakthrough for the Witches came from a free kick awarded near the middle of the park, Rach sending a floating kick over the Monaro defense. Nikki did the rest, leaving her marker in her wake she made no mistake from 6m, hitting her strike low and hard to get the Witches back into the game. Monaro, who had looked comfortable up to this point, now looked a little hesitant and the resurgent Witches applied the pressure.The equaliser came 5 minutes later with Rach again supplying the final pass for Cassie to head home from 10m out albeit with a bit of luck. Spurred on by their vocal supporters, Monaro responded well and the game now became an open affair, flowing from end to end as both sides fought for the vital opening to break the deadlock but all to no avail. The score remained at 2-2, a satisfying result for Monaro as they maintained their undefeated tag. Not quite as satisfying for the Witches who will be disappointed not to have gone on to win after their comeback but perhaps a little fortunate to have kept Monaro to only two goals. Even so they demonstrated, once again, great strength of character in the face of adversity as they fought back from two goals down against the Division's top side. They will need to show every bit of that character again next week when they take on great rivals Gungahlin in their knock out semi-final.

With only ten players again, the Witches were not expected to trouble a full strength Belsouth in Canberra. After a bright but goalless start by the Witches it seemed their luck had run out and the pundits would be proved right. In the 11th minute Belsouth scored a soft tap in effort after Danni could only parry a difficult dipping shot from 20m. Facing a challenge is nothing new to the Witches and once again they rose to the occasion. Refusing to panic they played themselves back into the game and in the 30th minute they reaped their reward with a sparkling move capped off with a deadly finish from Cassie, lashing the ball home from 16m out. Shortly after the game was shrouded in controversy when a Belsouth shot cannoned off the crossbar, bounced out over Danni's head and was caught by her on the edge of the keepers area. The ref was, rightly, going to allow play to continue until the club linesman, 30m from the backline, raised his flag and indicated the ball had crossed the line. The ref awarded the goal causing a degree of heated comment from the sideline and obviously upsetting the Witches who argued strongly that it was not a legitimate goal. The Witches were stunned but managed to get to half time with no further setbacks. Still fuming, the Witches were quickly settled by the grand wiz and returned to the field fired up for a big second half effort. The second stanza was following a similar pattern to the first with Belsouth having plenty of ball but unable to prise open the Witches defence, while the Witches made numerous breaks on the counter attack but found themselves understaffed at the business end of the park. Midway through the half the Witches managed to put some sustained pressure on Belsouth, resulting in a corner on the right. Rach sent over a typically accurate ball that dropped at the far post and there was an unsuccessful scramble to clear the ball by Belsouth before Cassie popped up to steer the ball past the diving keeper for a deserved equaliser.Far from settling for a commendable draw, the Witches went for the kill, throwing Nikki up front with Cassie while Jess kept order at the back. With 10 mins remaining the move paid dividends when Meg released Nikki down the right. Nikki took the ball deep into enemy territory before cutting back inside past the Belsouth sweeper and another defender and fired an unstoppable left foot shot past the keeper to seal a memorable and so very gutsy win. Belsouth were stunned and the weary Witches had no trouble finding the extra energy to comfortably see out the remaining minutes to full time. A pulsating game, full of drama, controversy and courage by the Super Witches.

With team sponsors Coles looking on, the Witches took on Gungahlin. Gungahlin had been in fine goalscoring form recently with big wins over Belsouth and Woden and a 5-5 draw with Monaro. Not so hot for the Witches with no game in the previous two weeks and only the bare eleven players against Gungahlin on a heavy pitch. What folowed was an enthralling battle as Gungahlin threw everything at the resilient Witches, all to no avail. The Witches rode their luck early in the game but the longer the game went the more composed they looked at the back. Danni was in superb form in goals, especially considering the atrocious conditions, while Jess marshalled the defence brilliantly in Nikki's absence. THe Witches produced a number of attacks on the break and created their fair share of goalscoring opportunities. Most of the second half was played in torrential rain, making the pitch even more of a bog and the Witches efforts even more meritorious as Gungahlin were kept scoreless for the first time this season.

Taking on Woden for the second time in five days, things were not looking too bright for the Witches. They were only able to field ten players and a number of those were carrying injuries into the game. Conversely, Woden had a complement of fourteen players to call on. The Witches were instructed to play a defensive game, relying on quick counter attacks when possible. The first half was fairly predictably dominated by Woden both territorially and possession wise. Despite this the Witches defended brilliantly with only a minimum of errors and the score at half time was 0-0. The numerical advantage, combined with the injuries was taking it's toll on the Witches but they never baulked at the job ahead. Every player contributed to their maximum capacity and they repelled wave after wave of attack from an increasingly frustrated Woden.Although they were showing signs of severe fatigue the Witches took every opportunity to launch a counter attack, causing Woden no end of problems. It was from one of these swift raids that the Witches broke Woden's back, Rach sending through a long pass which was seized on by Cass. She took one touch then sent a low shot across the goal and into the far side netting. The Witches barely had the strength to celebrate the goal they were that exhausted. Nevertheless they did muster enough energy to snuff out Woden's last feeble attempts over the final seven minutes to signal the end of an incredible effort by the most wonderful, courageous group of Witches in Goulburn.(or anywhere else for that matter)