[3] Sydney Sirens have expanded their reach in NSW with players from Newcastle, Central Coast travelling for approximately 2 hours to get to the rink.

2016-2017 Championship The Sirens finished short and felt like they had a score to settle losing in the previous year's Grand Final in 2016.

Sharna Godfrey was coming off a great season prior as Scoring Leader, closely followed by Kath McOnie.

The Sirens would end up minor premiers and dominate their first semi-final 10–0 to face the Brisbane Goannas in a tightly contested Grand Final.

Notable imports were CIS Raven graduate Erin Beaver and Ontario native Steph Cochrane who would later go on to represent the National Women's team (NWT) the following year.

It was a goaltender battle with newly selected Tina Girdler and former Siren Michelle Coonan in net for Rush.

With the stellar performance of goaltender Tina, the team managed to keep a clean sheet while securing three crucial goals to clinch the title.

Sarah Edney would make Brisbane pay breaking through and scoring some beautiful goals from tight angles.