Cobbo hat-trick propels Indigenous to victory

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The Indigenous All Stars defeated the Maori All Stars 28-24 successful Rotorua.

The triumph marks the Indigenous team's archetypal triumph implicit its trans-Tasman rivals since 2019.

The scene was acceptable with some sides showcasing accepted warfare cries - the Maori performing the haka and the Indigenous players a taste dance.

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Selwyn Cobbo sprints towards the effort line. (NRL Imagery)

Fullback Selwyn Cobbo had a mixed performance, starting the crippled with a costly fumble earlier scoring 3 tries to seal the victory.

An aboriginal mistake from Cobbo acceptable successful question the opening effort for the Maori side.

With possession turned over, the Maori were capable to make an accidental for Zach Dockar-Clay, who aimed astatine the goalposts and scored from his ain grubber.

The Indigenous squad responded with a effort done Tyrell Sloan connected the receiving extremity of a slick flick walk from Brent Naden.

But a missed conversion by Latrell Mitchell near the Indigenous trailing by 2 points astatine quarter-time.

Going effort for try, alarm bells sounded erstwhile Josh Kerr was sent to the misdeed bin and placed connected study pursuing a unsafe tackle connected James Fisher-Harris.

Josh Kerr was sent to the misdeed bin and placed connected study pursuing a unsafe tackle connected James Fisher-Harris. (Nine)

Kerr was deemed to person made shoulder interaction with the caput portion completing a tackle, causing humor to travel from the country of Fisher-Harris' mouth.

Despite being a subordinate down, the Indigenous broadside rallied to instrumentality the lead.

Just arsenic it looked similar the Maori broadside could onslaught back, Cobbo scooped up a grubber earlier taking disconnected downfield.

Fending disconnected a fewer players down the near side, the 20-year-old sprinted for 95m earlier effortlessly diving implicit the effort line.

Minutes later, helium jumped connected a pin-point grubber from Cody Walker for his 2nd earlier concluding an epic series from the Indigenous squad for his third.

"[Cobbo] made the casual look hard astatine the commencement of the crippled but present he's starting to marque the hard look rather easy," Billy Slater said successful commentary for Nine.

Preston Riki scored successful the 78th infinitesimal to springiness the Maori a glimmer of hope, but clip slipped away.

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