Silcock brings up 30 Games against Northland Whio

By Jack Malcolm [Nelson App]

The Tasman Mako women got their 2022 Farah Palmer Cup campaign off to a promising start in Whangarei.

Although they went down 29-10 to the hosts, the Northland Kauri, the Mako showed enough to suggest they will quickly gel into a strong unit.

Two first half tries pushed the hosts to a 12-0 halftime lead.

First five Cassie Siataga, the most impressive of the Mako backline landed a penalty to bring the visitors back into the game, however two more Northland tries stretched their lead to 24-3.

Again, it was Siataga who gave the Mako late hope, scoring a superb solo try to close the gap once more. Bethan Manners slotted the conversion to reduce the margin to 24-10 before a last-minute touchdown to the Kauri inflated it once more.

Impressive for the Tasman side were stalwart Tamara Silcock, fellow loosie Sui Pauaraisa, halfback Hannah Kelly and left wing Becky Davidson.

It was a special occasion for Tamara Silcock as she became the first Mako woman to bring up 30 games, and in doing so being presented after the match with her Mako Blazer.

The next game for the Mako is against Taranaki in Nelson on Saturday, July 30.