With many of the Minxes turning up late after  partying at an  18^th birthday the night before ,expectations of a sparkling performance were low.

Buxton bringing a large squad of 16 players ,some travelling as far north as Macclesfield, looked a little intimidated by our girls in their slimfit Melbourne kit and professional warm up . Fortunately any hint of a hangover was soon blown away as Melbourne started the game in a confident mood . Moving the ball with a series of rucks using runners from the back of the ruck and centres from the midfield . Buxton tackled confidently but Melbourne have perfected the ability to protect the ball and maintain possession especially around the breakdown .

Soon Buxton ran out of tacklers and the Taz Marsh burst over for the first try . The pattern of the games was then set with some straight running from Elodie, Maisie Bethan and Katherine . As a result our new centre partnership had some fast ball and subsequently Taz and Claudia went over for two excellent tries. Although not an easy game, the Minxes grew in confidence and soon moved the ball confidently - keeping possession by clever off loads in the tackle .As a result Claudia popped up again on Taz's shoulder to run in an easy try from 5 meters .At this point the Minxes 22 points  ahead, the Buxton girls fought back getting into the Minxes 22 only to be turned over by some excellent tackling . There were occasions however when the red mist came down and everyone thought they could score by running route one  .The team need to develop the ability to switch to a wider game and know when to pass before the tackle if they have support .

The forwards continued to dominate the line outs with some good jumping from Bethan and Maisie. The new front row showed  their mettle too, pushing Buxton back the regulation 5 meters. Emma Fox popped up in the second half to grab and opportunist try with her quick thinking diving over the line after winning a scrum 5 meters out . Then it was the turn of the backs where Charlotte looped round brilliantly on Ashleigh resulting in a 60 meter dash for the line pulling away to score a great try , then Laura, on the wing ,connected with the backs to pick up a hard earned score after failing to ground the ball in a previous attempt .Taz Marsh then scored two more tries supported by one from her sister Elodie .

Unfortunately the game had to be abandoned half way through the second half after a collapsed scrum and neck injury to Jo Royston Webb .Thankfully after paramedics had taken her off on a stretcher to causality we later found out she survived a nasty incident with severe bruising of her neck .Best wishes to Jo to recover soon .Finally Taz Marsh was awarded player of the match and subsequently won the boat race too with her sister Elodie .

Another great win putting our season at played 4 won 3 lost 136 points for 36 against - Well Done - you Mighty Minxes