Poverty Bay/East Coast rugby scoreboards

Waikohu midfielder Jacob Leaf on the burst through despairing and diving Ngatapa defenders. The Te Karaka team were 22-18 winners over the green and whites in a premier match at Patutahi. Picture by Paul Rickard

Poverty Bay

Week 3

PREMIERS

Kahu Scaffolding Tapuae 17 (Tatana Smith, Iowane Filimone, Rana Hubbard tries; Paoraian Manuel-Harman con)  East Coast Farm Vets YMP 14 (James Higgins, Nehe Papuni tries; Mitchell Purvis 2 con).

HT Tapuae 5 YMP 0.

GT Shearing Waikohu 22 (KC Wilson 2, Kupu Lloyd, Adrian Wyrill tries; Ethine Reeves con) Larsawn Ngatapa 18 (Etimoni Lavaka, Campbell Chrisp, Johnny Millar tries; Akuila Waqa pen).

HT Waikohu 17 Ngatapa 3.

Earthworks HSOB 34 (Viliami Kavai, Rylan Tuwairua-Brown, Cohen Loffler, Bryan Howard tries; Howard 2 pen/4 con)  Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates 17 (Paula Tatafu 2, Moui Paongo tries; Rawiri Hoerara con)  HT HSOB 28 Pirates 5.

Bye: Enterprise Cars OBM

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Māhia Avenue Shop Tapuae 33 (Nicodemus Tipoki-Russell, Daytona Rigby, Paul Quesnell, Esera Makulau, Mark Thompson tries; Makulau 4 con) YMP Bumbles 22 (Ethan Ngarangione-Pearson 2, Koby Wyllie, Lavelle Rangihuna tries; Rangihuna con).

HT Tapuae 21 YMP 10.

Matawhero Harvest Transport Ngatapa 22 (Michael Livingston, Patriah Kaliopasi, Noah Hemi, tries; Stirling McKelvie con) GT Shearing Waikohu 0.

HT Ngatapa 12 Waikohu 0.

Charteris Choppers Wairoa Athletic 24 (Jordan McFarlane, Alex Little, Aaron Ioane tries; George Twigley pen/3 con)Nuhaka V8s 22 (Aoterangi Cotter, Henry Cotter, Nikora Smith tries; Tahuwaka Edwards pen, 2 con).

HT Wairoa-Athletic 24 Nuhaka 15.

Bye: Horouta

NGĀTI POROU EAST COAST

WEEK 1

MEN

Hicks Bay 25 (Te Rangi Fraser 3 tries, 2 pen/2 con) Hikurangi 25 (Mahue Mauheni, Putahi Morice, Te Aotahi Tuhaka tries; Te Aho Morice pen/2 con, Mauheni pen).

HT Hikurangi 10 Hicks Bay 3.

Tihirau Victory Club 17 (Kahutia Te Rangi Keelan, Hoani Te Moana, Tutere Waenga tries; Benny Haerewa con)  Waima 5 (Kaleb Whakataka try).

HT TVC 10 Waima 0.

Uawa 54 (Jesse Rye 2, Mako Blackman, Troy Wharepapa, Gilman Papuni, Isaac Roth, Jordan Birch, Josh Dearden tries; Dearden 5 con, Mako Blackman con, Gilman Papuni con)  Tokomaru Bay United 7 (Race Williams try; Jason Babbington con) HT Uawa 33 United 0.

Ruatoria City def Tokararangi by default.

WOMEN

Tihirau Victory Club 34 (Danea Kopa 2, Whaiora Kopa 2, Caroline Grant, Leiki Koopu tries; Talia Delamere 2 con)  Waima 30 (Jade Stafford 3, Te Awhina Chase, Sammy Moana tries; Cheyenne Babbington-Ngerengere pen/con).

HT TVC 12 Waima 10.

Ruatoria City beat Tokararangi by default.