A week of warm hospitality was traded for bone-rattling hits as club allegiances were put to the side and the Maori women’s All Stars triumphed in a 16-12 thriller over their Indigenous counterparts in Rotorua. All week the Indigenous All Stars have marvelled at the welcome they’ve been afforded as the fixture landed in New Zealand for the first time. Baying for blood one minute, the masses were in raptures the next when quick hands sent Maori winger Zali Fay over for her second try with three minutes remaining. Temara was particularly brutal on 19-year-old Indigenous winger and Roosters clubmate Jada Taylor with a heavy shot in the first half. Indigenous prop Saleka Mooka was held up soon afterwards, then upended two tackles later by Cassidy for her troubles.
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