We have our national Girls HS Club finalists after Day One of action at Girls Nationals at the Wisconsin Rugby Complex in Cottage Grove, Wisc.
Majestics were outstanding in their two games. They had too much athleticism and speed of play for Aspetuck, and while the Connecticut team defended and played hard, Majestics was too quick and won 27-7.
In the second game of the day SacPal were powerful running through tackles and defeated Aspetuck 29-7.
So that set up the final pool game of the day with a place in Saturday's final at stake. The teams traded tries early, with SacPAL being stronger in contact, somewhat, and Majestics having pace and the passing abilty to set some quick players free.
With the teams tied at 12-12 late in the first half of the 45-minute game, Majestics exploded. Hard running from No. 8 Jasime Fehoko got them moving and with captain Marley Larkin running the attack nicely and fullback Harmony Hopoate making kicking a very bad idea, they raced in for a late first-half try. In that one lock Nau Rarick pulled off a big run and unleashed an improbably backhanded offload to set up the score.
Moments later Hopoate linked up with outside back Fane Tausinga, and the sophomore just blazed past the cover defense.
Suddenly it was 24-12.
After the SacPAL seemed to struggled to keep up. The tries began to flow with Fehoko and Tausinga enjoying themselves. Tausinga is more than just fleet feet, but she had to be giving thanks for her inside backs—the Majestics passing was nothing short of superb, with skip passes on a frozen line going 10 ro 15 meters right into players' hands. It was something to see, and Majetics eventually rolled 55-17.
