{"id":264811,"date":"2025-11-05T18:07:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/264811\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T18:07:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:07:15","slug":"north-triumph-in-inaugural-north-vs-south-womens-rugby-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/264811\/","title":{"rendered":"North triumph in inaugural North vs South women\u2019s rugby series"},"content":{"rendered":"

North have secured the inaugural Pomare Shield, defeating South 26-12 in Saturday\u2019s decider of the North vs South Women\u2019s Rugby Union Series.<\/p>\n

Played at the Kingsway Sporting Complex, the match was the third and final game of the three-match series played across October, aimed at identifying and developing WA\u2019s top women\u2019s rugby talent by providing a new pathway with high-quality match opportunities.<\/p>\n

The seven Women\u2019s Premier Grade Perth clubs were divided into two regions, with Wanneroo, Wests Scarborough and UWA representing the North, and Palmyra, Southern Lions, Kalamunda and Cottesloe representing the South.<\/p>\n

Both teams entered the final match level on one win each after earlier clashes at Success and Morley.<\/p>\n

In fine but blustery conditions for the decider, North burst out of the blocks, scoring three tries within the first 20 minutes despite kicking into the wind.<\/p>\n

\"TheCamera IconThe match was played at the Kingsway Sporting Complex on Saturday, November 1. Credit: Phil Hevron Champion Sports Photography<\/p>\n

South managed a valiant fightback before half-time, with Kalamunda hooker Hera-Barb Malcolm Heke scoring two tries to narrow the deficit.<\/p>\n

But North regained control in the second half, with Wanneroo prop Alapeta Ngauamo crossing for the only try in the second half.<\/p>\n

North\u2019s tries came from Teki Joyce in the ninth minute, Halley Derera in the fourteenth, Tizanae Kovacs in the seventeenth, and Alapeta Ngauamo in the forty-fourth.<\/p>\n

For South, Kalamunda\u2019s Hera-Barb Malcolm Heke scored their only two tries, crossing the line in the 27th and 32nd minutes.<\/p>\n

Wanneroo\u2019s teenage scrum-half Kylah-Reh Tuheke Kupa successfully kicked three of North\u2019s four conversions and South\u2019s Sammy Wood, a Wallaroos scrum-half, converted one of two tries.<\/p>\n

\"TheCamera IconThe 2-1 series win earned North the newly minted Pomare Shield. Credit: Phil Hevron Champion Sports Photography<\/p>\n

The 2-1 series win earned North the newly minted Pomare Shield after the game, which is named in honour of Wallaroos, Force and WA rugby legend Trilleen Pomare.<\/p>\n

Pomare was among the victorious North line-up, coming off the bench in the second half.<\/p>\n

The honour of lifting the shield went to co-captains Alapeta Ngauamo and Ngamihi Monk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North have secured the inaugural Pomare Shield, defeating South 26-12 in Saturday\u2019s decider of the North vs South…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,47,46,760,2633,588,85,45,504],"class_list":["post-264811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-north","tag-perth","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-union","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-wa-news","tag-wanneroo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}