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Women's Pacific Championships
2024
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AUS vs PNG
Women's Pacific Championships
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Australian Jillaroos
vs
PNG Orchids
84
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Full-Time: 84 - 0
That's all we have for this one. Stay with Tribe for the Men's Pacific Championships opener between the Kangaroos and Mate Ma'a Tonga which is about to get underway at Suncorp Stadium. This is Anthony Morgan signing off.
The Jillaroos head to Christchurch to take on the Kiwi Ferns next Sunday afternoon. The Orchids have the week off next weekend before they await the Kiwi Ferns in Port Moresby on November 3.
Papua New Guinea really struggled with the pack and power of the Jillaroos as they fell off 59 tackles throughout the contest. On the few occasions they had ball in good field position the execution of halves Delailah Ahose and Sera Koroi left a lot to be desired. Essay Banu was strong in the first half with several powerful carries and she was supported by Elsie Albert, who led the way for the Orchids with 93m and five tackle busts. Jessikah Reeves added some starch on defence with 22 tackles.
Jillaroos' wingers Julia Robinson and Jakiya Whitfield lit up the stats sheet with 11 tries, 13 line breaks and 18 tackle breaks as they combined for 427m from 32 runs. Isabelle Kelly was a standout at left centre with two tries, four try assists and 10 tackle busts in her 17 runs which netted 230m. Yasmine Clydsdale was the pick of the forwards with 161m and seven tackle busts from her 10 runs.
The Jillaroos went up a few notches in the second half as they ran in 10 more tries to blitz the PNG Orchids 84-0 at Suncorp Stadium. Julia Robinson continued where she left off in the first half when she scored her fourth try from a generous Isabelle Kelly pass in the 37th minute. Tamika Upton, Tiana Penitani and Kelly crossed for tries at four-minute intervals before the battle between the wings hotted up. Whitfeld crossed for her fourth try in the 51st minute before Robinson went over for her fifth in the next set. Whitfield got her fifth in the 56th before Robinson claimed bragging rights with her sixth try with seven minutes to go. Strike centres Jessica Sergis and Kelly completed the rout with tries in the final minutes.
70'
Taufa takes the final conversion attempt and shanks it well short of the posts from the left sideline.
S. Taufa-Kautai
Missed Conversion
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KELLY GETS A DOUBLE! Mato brings it back from the kickoff before Clydsdale dummies and surges 40m out on the second. Apps powers 25m out on a shift left before Higgins darts out of dummy half and combines with Aiken, who dishes a nice short pass to Kelly who slices through the gap and goes over to score in the tackle of Mark in the corner.
84-0 I. Kelly
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