Match Centre

FT - Indigenous 22 def Māori 14

PEN Māori: Escort

Outside the botched try, Xavier Willison has been pretty good tonight.

PENALTY Māori: High tackle.

Arthars puts the ball down. He has had an unhappy night tonight.

VIDEO REF: Todd has NO TRY - looking to confirm a held up call.

PEN IND: Kick not deemed contestable by the referee and we have the regular penalties we had from 1908.

PEN IND: Tackle off the ball here by Matthew Timoko.

Māori have made a mistake. Braydon Trindall realed out of the contact on the previous ruck. Was with the orange shirt and will come off. Fingers crossed it's just a burner.

He wont be back as we have less than 15 minutes to go. Trent Robinson won't be too disheartened with the work of his big name hooker tonight.

TIME OFF: Brandon Smith has copped a knock here.

Latrell is back after a little breather with his knee. Souths fans can now breathe.

Hammer Time in Townsville! That is some super human effort, it was certain he was going to be trapped from the Hughes chip. But, the replay shows he went dead...

Final quarter of the night. 20 minutes on the main event of the weekend.

Nicho kicks it out of the ground to end the third quarter and it remains 18-8. Trell was getting attention on his knee but was able to walk under his own power.

Jesse Arthars somehow managed to keep that in play but then Walker spills it in the next tackle. This defence from the Indigenous side is TOP SHELF!

Willison is short.

AKP spills it

A scoreless third term.

Good kick forces Nikorima to work it out of their own end.

Frustrating moments out there.

Willison has BOMBED a CERTAIN TRY !! Then they passed it to Matthew Timoko and he has done a Max Mannix!

Both sides with some scary moments with players hobbling around but they are running their injuries off.

AKP takes it but he and Pompey are both feeling worse for wear.

TIME OFF: Brandon Smith is gonna battle on but he is in discomfort with that ankle. He is playing on.

Jordan Grant spills his lollies.

Māori's attack is very fragmented and incomplete.

Royce Hunt is held up.

SIX AGAIN Māori: Leg pull against Hopgood.

Trindall with a line engaged run and pass but the ball is forward.

Māori with 39 tackles inside the opposition 20 to 6...

Gagai is CRUNCHED! Josh Addo-Carr gets him in a beauty.

SIX MORE Māori: Inside 10m

New rule in play almost made for Trell and his short dropout strike rate! Turnover.

Hughes kicks early but Hamiso takes no chances. Goal line dropout to come.

6 AGAIN Māori: Leg pull

Josh Addo-Carr puts it down off the bomb! Māori ON THE ATTACK!

Both sides complete their sets!

Back underway for the second 40 minutes of action. Indigenous get first use of it running from right to left.

HT - Indigenous 16 lead Māori 8

Arthars found room down the right - the kick back in field is defused.

Trindall kicks from the scrum - horror bounce hooks right and the Māori side recover the pill.

Late offload from Tapine saw Te Maire Martin find some space but he rushed the play the ball.

Pompey takes it well.

Timoko loses it in the slippery conditions. Indigenous recover and begin the process of working it out of their own end.

Shaq Mitchell puts it down and it'll be no advantage after a double knock on. Scrum to the Māori 10m out. Can they finally convert on this possession.

Early kick from the Māori side and it is recovered by the Hammer.

PENALTY Māori: Josh Kerr pinned for being "well early".

Good charge from Thompson.

PENALTY Māori: Hand on the ball there.

Josh Kerr has ball planted and it's a correct decision.

PENALTY IND: Kyle Laybutt earns his side a penalty with a good carry. High tackle there.

Apologies, the try assist to Trindall, not Bailey Biondi-odo.

PENALTY IND: Regrip against the Māori

Good take from the Hammer.

SIX AGAIN: Inside 10m.

PENALTY Māori: Offside - whole line according to Todd Smith.

Gagai's pass is picked by the Hammer but is stolen of possession by Jojo Fifita.

TIME OFF: Jordan Grant is worse for wear, the Panther supplementary player

PEN Māori: Regrip from Kierran Moseley.

Kierran Moseley puts the ball down after an offload from Jordan Grant.

SIX AGAIN IND: Slow peel

MISTAKE Māori: Ball put down coming out of yardage and it's Zac Fulton's first involvement.

You'll start to see some reshuffling amongst personnel and positional based as opposed to the starting program.

NO TRY: PENALTY IND: Double Movement

VIDEO REF: Todd Smith has NO TRY - looking to confirm a double movement.

PENALTY Māori - Slow peel

Start of the second quarter - running to the same ends as the first quarter.

PENALTY Māori: Late shot on the passer

Kick from Nikorima goes out on the full and the Māori side will be under pressure.

BIG SHOT! Hopgood welcomes Trey Mooney to QCB Stadium!

Brandon Smith looking a bit fitter in 2024.

Staggs puts it down. Recovered by Walker, both sides open to throwing it around tonight.

PENALTY IND: Second effort.

Dylan Walker spills it trying to play it. J'maine Hopgood on the tackle.

PENALTY Māori: High contact by Josh Kerr.

Short dropout is successful from Māori and they recover it.

Trindall kicks before the last and Jesse Arthars has to take it dead for a line dropout.

SIX MORE IND: Ruck infringement

There is a big kickoff blunder. Jesse Arthars and he can't make it go out on the full. Indigenous on the attack 10m out from the line.

SIX AGAIN Māori: Inside 10m

Latrell Mitchell was ABSOLUTELY CRUNCHED by Dane Gagai and spills the ball in the tackle. A great chance for the Māori side early in the first quarter.

We will be playing 4 x 20 minute quarters tonight. Māori push the Indigenous side to work away from their own end.

KICKOFF: 2024 All Stars match is UNDERWAY!! The Māori side will have first use of it running from right to left.

An awesome way to kick start tonight's proceedings.

We will have the Haka and traditional ceremony prior to kickoff.

AJ Lucantonio bringing you all the coverage of tonight's double header. Referee for tonight is Todd Smith, officiating in his first All Stars fixture, Jon Stone and Matt Noyen are the touch judges while Gerard Sutton is in the bunker.

The second part of our double header sees the Indigenous Men's All Stars taking on the Māori Men's All Stars. A late change to the Māori run on side with Xavier Willison starting up front and Royce Hunt reverting back to the interchange bench. The Indigenous side is 1-17.