Match Centre

PENALTY MAORI - Johnson with an illegal strip after the first tackle was made

PENALTY MAORI - They get a full set inside the Indigenous 10m zone

Law receives a great ball from Upton and gets outside Tamara, but the Maori half makes a brilliant try saving tackle

Dibb on the last, with a stunning kick to the unmarked Chapman, who took the ball cleanly, but stumbled as she hit the ground and fell agonisingly short of the tryline. Handover.

SCRUM INDIGENOUS - Great kick chase forces the error 10m from the Maori line

PENALTY MAORI - They find touch on halfway as the siren sounds for three-quarter time. The Maori get one tackle. Tamara with a kick over the top, the ball bounces nicely for Baxter, who regathers. A series of last gasp offloads keep sticking, until the very last one, which went to ground and was dived upon by Upton.

PENALTY MAORI - First tackle off the scrum and The Maori get a piggyback penalty. Now they're 25m from the Indigenous line

SCRUM MAORI - Forward pass by the Indigenous side

Chapman pushing towards the left corner, looking for a third try, but the Maori defence were there in numbers and pushed her into touch

PENALTY INDIGENOUS - They now have a full set inside the Maori half

PENALTY INDIGENOUS - Dangerous tackle. Indigenous side are 10m shy of halfway

Second half underway and Tamara with a short restart which she made work for the Maori side

Lovely kick from Dibb, finds touch 10m from the Maori line

Cherrington very nearly scores, but has the ball legally knocked out of her arms as she attempts to dive over to score, after having previously regathered yet another tricky grubber from McGregor.

Off to the bunker we go!

McGregor with a brilliant grubber that beats Chapman. Upton rushes across to bat the ball dead in goal and saving a try. Indigenous drop out

Great defence by Caitlan Johnson, ending a Maori attacking raid with some great defence!

PENALTY MAORI - They find touch on halfway

Kyra Simon is down getting treated after a heavy clash. She's on her feet and walking off the field with the trainer now

Second quarter begins

Teamara shut down on the last tackle. Hand over just past halfway

On the first tackle, Tillett kicks downtown and Upton very nearly gets there first

PENALTY INDIGENOUS - Forward pass deemed intentional

PENALTY MAORI - They opt against the touchfinder, taking the tap 20m shy of halfway

SCRUM INDIGENOUS - 10m from their own line

Raftstrand-Smith went close to scoring and couldn't resist the temptating to reach out to try and score, but she dropped the ball on the line

The strong defence from the Maori forces a turnover deep inside the Indigenous half

PENALTY INDIGENOUS - They needed that as the Maori defence was all over them. They find touch 20m from their own line.

some powerful defence by the Maori in that set

A disappointing end to that set by the Indigeous side. Good defence by the Maori team though

Tillett with a chip and chase, but she dropped the ball with the line wide open and only 2 metres in front of her. So close!

Bent almost gets to the tryline running onto a beautiful short ball

PENALTY INDIGENOUS - Late in the set too. They find touch 25m from the Maori line

Maori with a solid first set

Kick off and the footy season is officially underway, unofficially...sorta....anyways