A strong comeback in the second half by the Rooster Chicken Fijian Drua Women was not enough as they fell short 54-40 to the Reds in the first Super Rugby W semi final this afternoon.

The Drua were down 42-5 at the break but delivered a strong second half performance to come back and score 5 more converted tries but the Reds managed to score two converted tries that gave them the cushion.

The Reds capitalised on Drua’s mistakes in the first half and scored 6 converted tries.

They held on to their defence in the last quarter of the game to prevent the Drua from stealing an unimaginable win.

The Drua had their chances to score a few tries in both halves but handling errors proved too costly for them.

The Reds will now wait for the second semi final between the Waratahs and the Force this afternoon.

Live Updates

0' Fijian Drua Women to kick off the first half. DRU 0-0 RED

3' The Reds draw first blood with a converted try. DRU 0-7 RED

9' Alfreda Fisher replies with a try for the Drua. Conversion missed. DRU 5-7 RED

11' Drua awarded a scrum inside their own half after the Reds knocked the ball on from a lineout. DRU 5-7 RED

13' Jemma Bemrose scores her second try for the Reds in the corner. Conversion successful. DRU 5-14 RED

16' Drua missed an opportunity to score a try as they lost the ball forward inside the Reds' 10 metre line. DRU 5-14 RED

21' Tiarna Molloy extends the Reds' lead with a converted try. DRU 5-21 RED

26' Shalom Sauaso scores another converted try for the Reds to extend their lead. DRU 5-28 RED

31' The referee awards a penalty try to the Reds and gives a yellow card to Drua halfback Kolora Lomani. DRU 5-35 RED

36' Eva Karpani scotres another converted try to extend the Reds' lead. DRU 5-42 RED

HALFTIME: Fijian Drua Women 5 - 42 Reds

48' Mereoni Nakesa scores a converted try for the Drua. DRU 12-42 RED

54' Karalaini Naisewa scores another try for the Drua. Conversion successful. DRU 19-42 RED

60' Vani Arei scores another try in the corner for the Drua. Conversion successful. DRU 26-42 RED

63' Karpani scores her second try for the Reds in the corner. Conversion unsuccessful. DRU 26-47 RED

67' Naisewa scores her second try for the Drua from a 20 metre rolling maul. Conversion successful. DRU 33-47 RED

70' Vitalina Naikore scores a long range try from a turn over inside their own territory. Conversion successful . DRU 40-47 RED

73' Charli Jacoby scores a converted try for the Reds to extend their lead. DRU 40-54 RED