Rain forced the closure of the smaller Town Park, which moved the match to Phillip Oval, giving the Hawks more spread and room to move.

The Tigerettes had plenty of the ball, but were outskilled by an accurate Hawks outfit.

An effective press made it difficult for Queanbeyan to clear the ball without a turnover and uncontested possessions were a rarity.

Tuggeranong sat at 7.2 (44) to just the two points from the Tigerettes at halftime.

A 42-point margin is an effort in a regular game, but against a quality side like the Hawks it was always going to be an uphill battle.

The Tigerettes were still optimistic at the major break and kept the Hawks to just 2.4 in the third. A late goal from Queanbeyan captain Hannah Dunn brought the margin back ever so slightly but Tuggeranong ran out eventual winners by 77-points.

Despite a less than desirable margin Anderson said some positives came from the match.

"We had a lot of the ball, we just turned it over a lot," he said.

"They were accurate, that's why they're the best side.

"We attacked the ball hard- our efforts weren't that bad. The efforts from everyone were fine, they just punished us with their skills."

Carly Res, Kristol Pyke, Megan Godfrey, Jacinta Froud, Ella Ross and Hannah Dunn stepped up in the absence of Fallon Lieschke and the injured Charlee Cremerius.

"We missed Fallon in the midfield she's a ball getter and with Charlee out our forward structure was a bit off," Anderson said.

"(Res) just keeps attacking and Kristol attacks and gets in front. (Godfrey) battled all day, Ella was always involved, (Froud) played well and (Dunn) was steady."

Queanbeyan take on Gungahlin at Allinsure Park on Saturday and Anderson said the Tigerettes have the opportunity to shine against a similar opposition to themselves, skill-wise.

"Teams this year have woken up to that fact that we could be dangerous," he said.

"Gungahlin are the next side we are targeting to go well against, it's a chance for us to get up into division one- they're very beatable."