When Simone Lickorish decided to step out of her sporting comfort zone and have a crack at rugby union she never imagined that three years down the track she would find herself sharing the field with her daughter.
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But on Saturday they became the first mother and daughter to play for Gunnedah with Emmy [Barr] making her senior debut for the Red Devils.
A special moment for both, it was for Simone also a proud one and one she recalled experiencing with her own mother.
"I played netball, basketball and touch with my mother," she reflected.
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Emmy became eligible to play in the women's competition after turning 16 on June 21, which meant she could get a special dispensation.
Simone said the teenager had been counting to that.
She did have some hesitancy about letting her play women's with Emmy suffering a serious back injury a couple of years ago.
"She was a gymnast and fractured her back training. After that I was like you're not playing rugby," she said.
"But she got herself strong."
Something she will never forget, Simone said she didn't realise it meant as much as it did to Emmy until they were in the changerooms.
"[Coach] John (Hickey) was talking (about what a special day it was) and I looked across at her and saw a couple of tears," she said.
The motherly instincts did naturally kick in with Simone confessing to finding herself at times during the games watching what Emmy was doing. But she held her own and even scored a double in their second game.
This weekend could see another momentous occasion with eldest daughter Bella, who is 17, keen to also have a run.
"She watched Em and I last weekend and said I want to play with you guys," Simone said.
"Em wants her sister to play too."
She said should it happen it will be pretty special.
"I'll be very happy to play with both the girls," she said.
"I think this season will finish me up for rugby."
It will admittedly be hard though to pack away the boots.
The 43-year old "loves it" (rugby) and laments that she didn't discover the game earlier in life.
"It was not something I was ever exposed to as a young girl," she said.
"I'd never watched rugby on tv, had zero interest in it."
It was only because of her partner - Red Devils stalwart Matt Hannay - that she started going along to watch.
"Then Sarah (Stewart) started the women's side, and Matt mentioned it and I thought I'd go along," she said.
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