Waratah were able to keep pace early thanks to some crafty mismatches in their circle.

But the Cavaliers held true to their game plan, easily feeding the ball through to shooter Hayley McDougall who ran up the scoreboard.

Defender Estelle Margetts was able to disrupt Waratah's offence early in the second, stifling their scoring opportunities with only eight points scored in the second quarter.

Waratah started to tidy up their form in the final seconds of the second, able to generate turnovers and make a few handy scores.

But Cavs keeper Bec Hyland started to turn up the aggression, generating a few key turnovers of her own.

"Our mantra from the week has been that a good attack comes from even better defence," Cavs co-coach Dan Roden said.

"We kept the opposition yesterday to 19 goals, today [Sunday] we kept the third-best team in the competition to 29 goals.

"So [I'm] really proud of the effort that when we come out and say this is what we want to be known for, this is the type of defence we want to put out. And to deliver for four quarters was fantastic."

In the final term the Cavs played on their strengths - that is Shelby Miller, Hayley Older and Piper Sanders feeding the ball aggressively to their attack to light up the scoreboard.

The Cavs under-19s played until their last gasp, but were overcome by a hot Cripps side 47-45.