Thumped by the Newcastle Maitland Knights in their opening clash last Saturday, the women were the closest of the four Tiger sides to claiming a home win, trailing 16-6 at halftime but then pulling that back to 16-12 when Gaynor Blackadder scored a good try under the posts.

They had their chances too before big Rams prop Tabua Tuinakauvadra crossed for her second try as they went on to take the win 22-12.

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"They all tried their hearts out," their disappointed coach Mick Schmiedel said.

"They showed we are competitive. Just a shame we only get two games."

Hannah Rando, Hannah Crisp, Brooke Davis, Kate Brown and Sarah Byrne all excelled for a team where Schmiedel said there wasn't "one bad player".

"We tried a couple of things today, played Hannah Rando in the centres and she had a great game there while we played Shay Blackadder in the second row and she also went real well," he said.

WESTERN RAMS 22 (Tabua Tuinakauvadra 2, Claudia McLaren, Alicia Earsman, tries, Zarlia Griffiths 3gls) d GREATER NORTHERN TIGERS 12 (Shae Pemberton, Gaynor Blackadder tries, Amy Barraclough 2gls).

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