Bay of Plenty won the toss, tapped off and began their drive to the line. #11 scooped from dummy and throws long ball to #10 who grabbed an early touchdown.
North Harbour produced an identical try down the other end with Darren Robson scooping from dummy and throwing long ball for #5 to score their first try of the game and locking the score up.
An 8th minute try from Bay of Plenty came from their #6 who produced a quick dump split for #1 to score. Two minutes later Harbour's #4 created an overlap and #12 finished the movement in the corner.
Some bad discipline from #4 cost Harbor as he was sent to the sin bin; Bay of Plenty capitalised with #6 going over for a try just before the half time hooter and a 3-2 lead.
The second half began with North Harbour's Darren Robson creating a great overlap to put #12 in for Harbor 3-3.
Bay of Plenty's #16 stepped up with a massive step and body swerve to score and guive his team the lead once more. #16 was at it again moments later as he ran around three players to score another fine try.
Bay of Plenty started to to pull away with #6 timing a perfect switch at the line to produce a great try for #1 and #11 scooping from dummy half and passing to #3 for a 7-3 lead.
With six minutes remaining North Harbour rallied. Their #10 stepped his man to score and soon after #1 picked another one up to bridge the gap. With one minute to go, #11 got Harbour's third unanswered try and it was 7-6, with Bay of Plenty still with their noses in front.
North Harbour regained possession and had a final shot to equal the game. They fed the ball through the hands and created a 2 on 1 overlap but Bay of Pplenty shut down the last pass to win the game 7-6.
Last Modified on 03/03/2010 09:51