Luna Wild have maintained their strong start to the women's top division season in the Griffith Touch Association season after a 13-5 win over Sisters on Monday night.
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The Sisters were able to get the first try of a tightly contested first half with Mel Baquero getting over after a cutout pass found her in the open before Rebecca Groat brought the sides back level shortly after.
Luna made it two in quick succession with Mila Paton getting over after a strong break from Jessica Conlan but the Sisters drew back level quickly with Lumepa Laweloa.
Conlan was able to get over in the final play before halftime to give Luna Wild a 3-2 lead at the break.
Jenna Richards pushed her side's lead out to two tries before Baddock found her way over as the sides started to trade tries.
Patton scored her second of the game while Alannah Starr got over for Luna Wild while Serenity Amiatu got over the line to see the score sitting at 6-4.
Fuller and Conlan scored two in quick succession before Baddock got over the line for her second of the game.
Luna Wild ran away with the game in the latter stages with five straight tries before Kayla Panazzolo got over for Sisters to make the final score 13-6.
In the other women's game, Snows were able to pick up a big win over Tropeano Grape Harvesting as they try to hunt down Luna Wild.
In the men's division, Marchiori Construction continued their strong start to the season with a big 15-4 win over KX450F.
The 11-try win was set up with a flying start with Brendan Giason scoring twice while Matt Kenny and Michael Agnew got over to see their side leading 4-1 early with Dean Schmetzer getting over for KX450F.
Another four tries before halftime saw the Marchiori side hold an 8-3 lead at the break with Dean and Noah Schmetzer scoring KX450's tries.
A second-half hat trick to Kris Duncan and tries to Brendan and Damien Giason, Rod Savage, Kenny and Michael Jones saw Marchiori walk away with the big win.
In the other men's game, Mitch Cooper Plumbing jumped into second spot after leapfrogging Griff Hotel Big Cash with an 8-5 win.
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Liam Warren
As someone with an underlying passion about sport it is a privilege to report on the sporting landscape around the MIA
As someone with an underlying passion about sport it is a privilege to report on the sporting landscape around the MIA
