Being better than before was Columba College's goal. Despite that it is never easy defending a title, particularly given this team also won last year's national title. ``So rather than saying we want to go back-to-back-to-back, we wanted to go better than we've been in the past. The side had drawn plenty of praise and she felt it was on the way to being the best in her time at Columba. It was planning to defend its national title later in the year.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 27, 2019 18:45 UTC