COACH Adam Dubois is confident the Hunter Wildfires will learn a valuable lesson after letting a maiden win in the Jack Scott Cup "get away" from them.
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Campbelltown scored a contentious try at the death to pip the Wildfires 10-8 at Campbellown on Saturday.
The home side had a player sent off for foul play, but the referee then blew a penalty against the Wildfires for back chat.
From the ensuing tap, Campbelltown spread the ball wide and crashed over in the corner.
Though questioning the decision, Dubois said the Wildfires should have secured the win well before the frantic finish.
"It was very frustrating," Dubois said. "A wildly contentious decision handed Campbelltown the game, but we should have put it away a half dozen times. We could have defended it better and there were a lot of points we left out there. I have asked the girls to have a think over the weekend where we could have scored more points and why we didn't."
The Wildfires led 8-0 at half-time through a try to Liz Kennedy and penalty goal by Ash Walker, who passed a late fitness test to play.
"We didn't play with enough width," Dubois said. "We have a lot of gas on the outside and we didn't expose it. When we did go out to the likes of Jorja Holden we looked like scoring every time. Just our decision making.
"It is always a tough trip to Campbelltown. They were aggressive and thanks to some guts play from them they won."
Kayla Waldron and Annika Jamieson led the way for the Wildfires.
"Kayla is a 17-year-old playing way above her age and weight. Tammy Clay and Candice Clay was outstanding so was Sophie Clancy. Liz Kennedy was great."
Next for the Wildfires is Sydney University (2) at Latham Park.
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