"It was good for them to get some just rewards, which was the message I sent out before the game, that they simply owed it to themselves to have some fun and really test themselves."
He was pleased with the way the team dug deep in the final minutes to hold out an Auckland side with all the momentum.
"We probably should never have let ourselves get into that position, to be fair. But it wasn't a matter of us letting Auckland back into the game, I just think they worked really hard, they were pretty sharp and they worked themselves back into it really well.
"We did make a few errors but they were full of Black Ferns, they had about seven Black Ferns and two Japanese internationals. They utilised those players really well as well as their massive size advantage across the park.
"In the second half we struggled with combating that, but we dug deep. For us, defence is all about what the person next to you means, so obviously the girls mean a lot to each other because they defended extremely well."
Webby said it was a willingness to embrace the game plan which helped his side shoot out to an early lead.
"They really did stick to what we were trying to achieve, which was to run them round and create opportunities out wide. Watching the tape, that's what they did.
"We had a few unforced errors but that's a result of trying to play rugby, which is what we set out to do - move the ball and give it some air.
"The really pleasing thing for me was that they didn't stop trying to play. With the couple of mistakes that we made they held their heads high and moved on to the next phase or the next job. They stuck at it and that's what really allowed us to score those points."
On Saturday, in the final week of round robin matches, the Volcanix travel to Counties Manukau - still with a mathematical chance of clinching a semifinal spot.
