THEY have only played two games together, but Port City Breakers' sister act Georgia and Maia Marino have already made an impression.
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While 16-year-old Maia came through the club's junior ranks, older sister Georgia had never played a game of league tag until round one this year.
But coach Troy Roach so far would have liked what he's seen from his centre.
"I've always been interested to play because we have a friend Bella up the road who's really into it, so we were going to play with her," Georgia said.
"But with Maia playing last year and me wanting to come into the team I thought why not play this year so we could do it together."
There is little doubt the 17-year-old's background in touch football has made the transition easier into the other footy code.
She scored the only try of the match in the Breakers' 4-0 win over Forster-Tuncurry round two which preserved their unbeaten start to the season.
But the teenager admitted it would continue to be a learning curve.
"It's not been too difficult, but it hasn't been easy; I've had to start from scratch," she said.
"The tagging (is the biggest challenge) because you've got to really focus because they're running at you really hard."
Experienced heads such as Jazzy Wilbow, Brittany Mackay and Nakita Binge have also made the transition more comfortable.
"Positionally it's a bit easier for me because I've just got to hit a hole and I'm right near the tryline," she said.
"A lot of the girls set me up; they do the hard work and I just run."
Younger sister Maia said the biggest difference from junior competition to senior competition was the consistent performances they had to come up with every week.
"In the juniors, our team didn't have much competition last year so it's really good to play against the ladies," she said.
And who won the backyard footy battles when the Marino's were younger?
"We didn't really play backyard footy because we don't have enough people and of a weekend it's normally netball," Maia said.
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