Days of Glory & Pain
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v Manawatu Evergreens 12-31
v Wellington 61-6 (shield)
v E. Coast 46-6
v Wai. Bush 17-21
v Horo.-Kapiti 38-27
v Buller 13-7
v W. Coast 33-9
3 Oct v Sth Canty 59-14
10 Oct v Mid Canty (Ashburton
17 Oct v Poverty Bay (Wang)
1. Wanganui 25
2. Poverty Bay 22
3. Mid Canty 22
4. Horo Kapiti 18
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5. Wai Bush 15
6. South Canty 13
A magic first half performance from the Butcher Boys, running in 7 tries and with the bonus point within the first quarter hour.
Middleton and Tikorotuma with hat-tricks in the 9 try performance and Tyrell giving a stirling kicking performance and with a try of his own in a 24 point day. Looking good with a tough away game against Mid Canty next week, who had an impressive 34-19 victory over Horo-Kapiti in Levin.
NZPA Report
Radio replay
A great second half from the Butcher Boys with three tries overcoming a strong defensive performance from the Coasters, with reserve hooker McDonough crashing over late for a crucial bonus point try.
Wanganui will play South and Mid Canty and Poverty Bay in Meads pool games over the next 3 weeks, with North Otago missing out in the other pool. Bush and Horowhenua the other qualifiers. Sth Canty is first on Oct 3, then its a tough away game against Mid Canty ahead of a final pool match at home vs high flying Poverty Bay.
NZPA report
Radio replay (from 35min)
Lennox Wary of Old Rivals
A thriller in Westport with Wanganui holding on a man down for a crucial 13-7 win that allowed the black n blue to finish top Meads seed a week later.
Desperate Wanganui Hangs on in a Nail-Biter
A 37-28 pounding of previously unbeaten Horowhenua-Kapiti has put the black and blue back in poll position in Pool A. The six tries to one effort was more comprehensive than the score suggests with H-K only really holding up their end through immaculate kicking. Full table and results here shortly, till then here is the NZPA Report
Not the best performance from the Butcherboys and Bush's fifth win in a row against us at home, final 17-21. Here are the reports. Please note that because of the upcoming closure of this site we will be linking to reports not carrying them in full:
NZPA report
Pereka Puts Scare into Rep Squad
Brains Trust looks for Answers
A performance of character from the Butcher Boys today with the forwards strong against their Ngati Porou-East Coast counterparts and five points snaffled with two late tries.
Less than a thousand brave souls turned up in dreadful conditions only to find themselves locked out till 2.15pm with Cook's Gardens staff failing to find the keys.
Visser and Dravo went over for the Butcher Boys with two unconverted tries in the first stanza, with a Mason penalty making it 13-0 at the half. That score held until halfway through the second spell as Wanganui struggled to score in atrocious conditions that made handling extremely difficult for our dangerous outsides.
Halfback Denning Tyrell made sure of it with a 59th minute penalty 20m out straight in front and an encouraged black and blue side cracked on looking for the full points.
Center Logan Vaughn lost the ball in the tackle over the line after a break on the blindside with 11 to go but quickly made amends with 9 to go taking a skip pass outside his marker from Denning Tyrell for Wanganui's third.
Tyrell, who had switched to first-five by that point made the conversion to seal a terrific game for him. He then hit the right hand upright from wide out after Hulua scored the crucial 4th with 4 to go 4m from touch after a comedy of errors. That made the final score, 28-0 - five crucial points given that there were some high-scoring matches at other venues.
Peter Rowe made a major difference when he came on and the lineout went well snaffling plenty of ball off NP-EC feeds. There were nine players making their debuts, a likely record according to the Wanganui commentary team. This team is still building and will be better for the run-out against a brave NP-EC side that came to play but was ultimately outclassed.
In other games in Pool B, North Otago racked up a half century, though they leaked points at the other end in Oamaru, while a Poverty Bay side that has impressed in the pre-season were too good for the locals in Timaru.
Other scores:
Pool A: Thames Valley 13 Mid Canty 7; King Country 34 Horo-Kapiti 13; Wairarapa Bush 46 West Coast 0
Pool B: North Otago 51 Buller 20; Poverty Bay 24 South Canterbury 7