The referee was alerted to the incident by a touch judge before giving Ravutia her second yellow card of the afternoon. Drua players Adita Milinia and Asinate Serevi also received yellow cards during the match.
Drua playmaker Jennifer Ravutia stomps on the chest of NSW reserve Jade Sheridan in Sunday’s Super Rugby Women’s final.
The act of foul play did not dampen Waratahs celebrations at full-time following a memorable season where everything went right.
NSW won all five of their regular season matches – by an average margin of 27.2 points – before a 47-27 semi-final victory over the Brumbies.
They were a class above the Drua, who pinched an unexpected semi-final win over the Waratahs last year.
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“It feels amazing,” McKenzie told Stan Sport. “To come up here to Ballymore with all our friends and family in the crowd … I just love this club. I love playing in the sky blue jersey. It means so much to me. I know we’ll celebrate this one tonight.
“We made a few errors at the start of the second half but we just have so much belief and trust in our systems. Every one of our girls from [number] one to 30, they know what they’re doing, they know their job.”
New Wallaroos coach Jo Yapp, who was at the match in Brisbane, will name her first squad of the year on Tuesday ahead of Tests against Canada (May 11) and USA (May 17).
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