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Saturday Mitre 10 Cup results
Counties Manukau 36 bt Manawatu 30
Northland 35 bt Taranaki 25
Canterbury 31 bt Wellington 26 (ET)
Canterbury 31 (Drummond, N. Punivai, A. Punivai, Chrsitie tries, Burke 1con, 3pens) bt
Wellington 26 (Aso, Ah Kuoi, Umaga-Jensen, Thompson tries, Garden-Bachop 3con)
HT 18-12
Golden Point Extra Time
85mins - Try Canterbury - Isaiah Punivai - Wow! Intercept from Punivai as Wellington look to pull off a backline move and he gallops 80m to score...that's an unlikely win for the red and blacks who were second best for most of the game.
84mins - Up-and-under from Garden-Bachop pays off .... Cameron losses the ball forward. Scrum midway halfway and 22.
82mins - Garden-Bachop is set perfectly for the droppy but he hits it wide from in front.
Kickoff - Garden-Bachop gets us underway - first scorers win. Punivai knocks the ball on. Scrum Lions on the Cantab 22.
Fulltime - Knock-on from Umaga-Jensen and that's the end of 80mins. 'Golden Point' extra time coming up.
79mins - Garden-Bachop finds touch from a penalty .... 30m out.
78mins - If it's tied after 80, we will go to extra time.
77mins - Try Canterbury: Tom Christie - And there you have it. Lineout is defended .... six phases and the ball comes to the left ... Harmon beats one and offloads to Punivai who finds an unmarked Christie and he dots down in the corner. Not converted. 26-26
75mins - Penalty for Canterbury .... touch is found about 8m out.
72mins - Wellington in control .... but one mistake and the red and blacks could hit the front.
65mins - Penalty goal Canterbury: Fergus Burke gets Canterbury on the board in the second-half. WEL 26-21
62mins - Try Wellington: Tyrone Thompson - Only one team in this at the moment. Great ball retention .... Umaga-Jensen breaks the line and offloads to Thompson who power over in a couple of tacklers. WEL 26-18
59mins - Not straight .... criminal.
58mins - Great work from Julian Savea at the breakdown and he wins his side a penalty inside the red and blacks 22.....Kirifi opts for the 5m lineout.
50mins - Weliington on attack but Fidow coughs the ball up to waste another opportunity. All Wellington at the moment.
42mins - Try Wellington: Peter Umaga-Jensen - Fidow offloads in a three-man tackle and sets Umaga-Jensen free and he runs in untouched from halfway. Some dispute around a knock-on the the build up, but it was ripped out by a Canterbury hand. WEL 19-18
Second-half - Underway for the second 40 - Romano will be in the bin for another eight minutes.
Halftime - Canterbury lead Wellington 18-12
40+3: Try Wellington - Naitoa Ah Kuoi: 5m lineout drive proves too good as Au Kuoi collects the ball just as it looked like the Lions might be held up to score a crucial try. CAN 18-12
40+2: Yellow card Canterbury - Luke Romano is off for 10 - repeated infringements as Wellington push for the try.
37mins - Try Canterbury: Ngatugane Punivai - 5m lineout drive is well defended by the Lions but Drummond fires a rocket pass to Punivai who crashes over. CAN 18-7
31mins - Try Wellington: Vince Aso - Good scrum from the Lions and that's just the set up Aso needs as he bursts through a gap to dive over next to the posts. CAN 11-7
29mins - Garden-Bachop hits the post from 20m - shocking kick from the Lions No.10.
25mins - Penalty goal Canterbury: Fergus Burke - Burke adds another three for the red and blacks. CAN 11-0
18mins - Try Canterbury: Mitchell Drummond - Wayward kick from Garden-Bachop is punished. Mataele brings back the kick and beats a couple before offloading to a charging Dunshea who throws the ball back inside to Drummond and he races awayto score. CAN 8-0
15mins - The red and blacks repel that challenge and clear to midway halfway and 22.
13mins - Stop-start game so far, being played inside Canterbury's half. The Lions have an easy three coming up for Garden-Bachop, but they opt for the lineout.
3mins - Penalty goal Canterbury: Fergus Burke puts the homeside in front witha superb kick from 40m out. CAN 3-0
Kickoff - Game is underway .... Canterbury with the ball first and young Fergus Burke finds touch with a lovely kick from inside his 22.
7:02pm - Kickoff three-or-four minutes away.
Wellington: 1-Xavier Numia, 2-James O’Reilly, 3-Alex Fidow, 4-James Blackwell, 5-Naitoa Ah Kuoi, 6-Vaea Fifita, 7-Du’Plessis Kirifi, 8-Teariki Ben-Nicholas, 9-Kemara Hauiti-Parapara, 10-Jackson Garden-Bachop, 11-Julian Savea, 12-Vince Aso, 13-Peter Umaga-Jensen, 14-Wes Goosen, 15-Billy Proctor
Reserves: 16-Tyrone Thompson, 17-Ben Aumua-Peseta, 18-Josiah Tavita-Metcalfe, 19-Caleb Delany, 20-Mateaki Kafatolu, 21-Connor Collins, 22-Trent Renata, 23-Pepesana Patafilo
Canterbury: 1-Finlay Brewis, 2-Shilo Klein, 3-Oli Jager, 4-Luke Romano, 5- Mitchell Dunshea, 6-Reed Prinsep (c), 7-Tom Christie, 8-Tom Sanders, 9-Mitchell Drummond, 10-Fergus Burke, 11-Manasa Mataele, 12-Rameka Poihipi, 13-Ngatungane Punivai, 14-Chay Fihaki, 15-Josh Mckay
Reserves: 16-Scott Mellow, 17-Fletcher Newell, 18-Tamaiti Williams, 19-Sam Darry, 20-Billy Harmon, 21-Ereatara Enari, 22-Brett Cameron, 23- Isaiah Punivai
6:24pm - Next up is Wellington v Canterbury from 7:05pm.
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Northland 35 (Gregory, Goodhue, Macali, Pryor tries, Hawkins 3con, 3pens) bt
Taranaki 25 (Waite, Portroz, Raumaitayuji-Kneepkens tries, 2con, 2pens)
Fulltime: Robinson wins his side a late penalty and Hawkins boots the ball out and that's the game.
77mins - Try Taranaki: Jacob Raumaitayuki-Kneepkens - Could just be a consolation .... Kneepkens runs in untouched from close range. NOR 35-25
76mins - Yellow card Northland: Rob Rush is off for repeated infringements.
72mins - Try Northland: Kara Pryor - Solid scrum .... Northland attack and Gregory goes close ... Nock finds Pryor with a short pass and he is over in the corner. NOR 35-20
71mins - Yellow card Taranaki: Stephen Perofeta wil spend the rest of the game in the bin.
66mins - Try Northland: Jone Macali - Northland attack from a lineout .... through five phases and the ball is swung to the right ... Macali bumps off two defenders and divers over in the corner. NOR 28-20
63mins - Penalty goal Northland: Hawkins lands three from right in front to put his side back in front. NOR 21-20
54mins - Penalty goal Taranaki: The amber and blacks back in front as Potroz slots an easy three. TAR 20-18
52mins - Penalty goal Northland: Hawkins knocks one over from in front to give Northland the lead back. NOR 18-17
48mins - Try Taranaki: Jayson Portoz - Taranaki scrum piles on the pressure ..... three phases and Milo-Harris swings it wide to Perofeta who puts Portoz through the gap. Naki lead. TAR 17-15
44mins - Rene Ranger races away to score under the posts, but te TMO has picked up a knockon at the previous ruck and its been ruled out.
43mins - Penalty goal Taranaki: Jayson Portoz nails a simple one from in front. NOR 15-10
Halftime: Northland 15 lead Taranaki 7
40+1mins - Try Taranaki: Daniel Waite - 12 phases and finally the Naki are on the board. Simple backline move from the ruck and Perofeta puts Waite through a gaping hole from 5m out. NOR 15-7
30mins - Try Northland: Josh Goodhue - 5m lineout for the homeside ..... Pryor reels in the throw and Goodhue is the last man up and is awarded the try. NOR 15-0
26mins - Try Northland: Scott Gregory - Sam Nock scoops up a losse ball and gallops 20m .... he throws the pass to Gregory who races 15m to score. NOR 10-0
12mins - Penalty goal Northland: Daniel Hawkins puts Northland in front from a handy spot. NOR 3-0
4:35pm - Game is underway in Whangarei.
Northland: 1-Ross Wright, 2-Jordan Olsen, 3-Coree Te Whata-Colley, 4-Josh Goodhue, 5-Temo Mayanavanua, 6-Tom Robinson, 7-Kara Pryor, 8-Matt Matich, 9-Sam Nock, 10-Dan Hawkins, 11-Scott Gregory, 12-Blake Hohaia, 13-Rene Ranger, 14-Pisi Leilua, 15-Matthew Wright
Reserves: 16-Paddy Atkins, 17-Luatangi Li, 18-Kalolo Tuiloma, 19-Sam Caird, 20-Rob Rush, 21-Will Grant, 22-Johnny Cooper, 23-Jone Macilai
Taranaki: 1-Reuben O’Neill, 2-Bradley Slater, 3-Ben May, 4-Josh Lord, 5-Findlamor Hoeata, 6-Tom Florence, 7-Lachlan Boshier, 8-Kaylum Boshier, 9-Lisati Milo-Harris, 10-Stephen Perofeta, 11-Lewis Ormand, 12-Daniel Waite, 13-Sean Wainui, 14-Jacob Raumaitayuki-Kneepkens, 15-Jayson Potroz
Reserves: 16-Ricky Riccitelli, 17-Jared Proffit, 18-Donald Brighouse, 19-Pita Gus Sowakula, 20-Mitchell Crosswell, 21-Kylem O'Donnell, 22-Codey Rei, 23-Lukas Halls.
3:54pm - Okay - next up we have Northland v Taranaki from 4:35pm.
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Counties Manukau 36 (Motuga x3, Kuridrani, Leger tries, Kerr 2con, 1pen, Robertson 2con) by
Manawatū 30 (Hurley-Langton, Stewart, Tofa, Wild, Waitoka tries, Wyness 1 con, 1pen)
HT 12-20
Fulltime - The Steelers hold on to win for the first time this season. Cracking game of rugby.
72mins - Try Manawatū: Drew Wild - Great backline move ... space created by Milner-Skudder and Wild is free to run in the try. COU 36-30
70mins - Try Counties: Kirisi Kuridrani - That could be the decider. Nanai-Seturo with the break .... two phases later and Kuridranu is flying down the right-hand wing and beats Milner-Skudder to score in the corner. COU 36-25
58mins - Try Counties: Alamanda Motuga - That's three for the No.7. Short ball by Robinson puts Motuga in space and he runs away to score a great try. COU 29-25
56mins - Counties almost take the lead ..... great run from Nanai-Seturo sets the Steelers on their way. Prop Conan O'Donnell crashes over, but there was a knock-on in the build up.
54mins - Try Counties: Alamanda Motuga - Counties get the ball back from the kick-off....through eight phases and Motuga picks the ball up from close range to score. MAN 25-22
51mins - Try Manawatū: Te Rangatira Waitoka - Te right winger dives over from close range for the Turbos fourth of the afternoon. MAN 25-15
48mins - Penalty goal Counties: Baden Kerr lands from a handy spot. MAN 20-15
Second-half: Back underway - hell of a good first half. Let's see if they can back it up.
HT: Manawatū 20 lead Counties-Manukau 12
39mins - Penalty goal Manawatū - Wyness drills an easy one from in front. MAN 20-12
36mins - Try Counties: Orbyn Leger: Another 5m lineout and another try. The backs join the maul and it's skipper Leger that is last man up. MAN 17-12
31mins - Try Manawatū: Sam Stewart: Lineout 5m. Mitchell takes the ball in and the drives is on....the green and whites crash over and hooker Stewart is the man up with the ball. MAN 17-7
25mins - Try Counties: Alamanda Motuga: It's all happening. 17 phases for the Steelers .... Kerr to the line drops the ball ... it's gone backwards and Motuga picks the ball up and beats two defenders from 30m out to score. MAN 12-7
22mins - Try Manawatū: James Tofa - Back to back for Manawatū. Centre James Tofa picks up a losse ball and rund in to score from 30m out. MAN 12-0
20mins - Try Manawatū: Shamus Hurley-Langton - Lineout drive for the Turbos and Hurley-Langton comes through the middle of the maul and dives over to scpre. MAN 5-0
14mins - No scoring yet. Manawatū have seen most of the ball, but haven't been able to break down the defence.
Counties Manukau: 1-Ezekiel Lindenmuth, 2-Zuriel Togiatama, 3-Conan O'Donnell, 4-Mickey Woolliams, 5-Matiaha Martin, 6-Jonathan Kawau, 7-Alamanda Motuga, 8-Sam Slade, 9-Jonathan Taumateine, 10-Baden Kerr, 11-Tevita Nabura, 12-Latiume Fosita, 13-Orbyn Leger, 14-Kirisi Kuridrani, 15-Etene Nanai-Seturo
Reserves: 16-Donald Maka, 17-Clinton Malolua, 18-Suetena Asomua, 19-Viliame Rarasea, 20-Dylan Leckner, 21-Pele Cowley, 22-Jason Robertson, 23-Luteru Lalala
Manawatū: 1-Chris Eves, 2-Sam Stewart, 3-Michael Alaalatoa, 4-Liam Mitchell, 5-Micaiah Torrance-Read, 6-TK Howden, 7-Shamus Hurley-Langton, 8-Tyler Laubscher, 9-Jamie Booth (c), 10-Ben Wyness, 11-Ben Werthmuller, 12-James Tofa, 13-Josiah Maraku, 14-Te Rangatira Waitokia, 15-Nehe Milner-Skudder
Reserves: 16-Siua Maile, 17-Tietie Tuimauga, 18-Kyle Stewart, 19-Teofilo Paulo, 20-Johnny Galloway, 21-Bryn Wilson, 22-Stewart Cruden, 23-Drew Wild
2:03pm - Hello folks - we will have scoring updates from the first two games of the afternoon and then live updates of Wellington v Canterbury from 7:05pm.
Kia ora, good afternoon and welcome to live updates of Sunday's round three Mitre 10 Cup clashes, with games taking place in Pukekohe, Whangārei and Christchurch.
At 2:05pm, Counties Manukau host Manawatu as both teams search for their first win of the season.
Then at 4:35pm, Taranaki will look to bounce back from losing the Ranfurly Shield against Northand.
Later at 7:05pm, Canterbury face old rivals Wellington in a blockbuster premiership clash.
For full team lists, click here.
