With a few rounds to go, Team Gisborne have thrown down the gauntlet to Hawke's Bay challengers in the region's premier men's football league.
Gisborne are sitting on 30 points in the Computer Care Pacific Premiership, one point ahead of defending champions Taradale AFC although the former have played 13 games to the latter's 14 in the nine-team, 16-game competition.
The Robbie Parker-coached side didn't do themselves any favours when they lost 1-0 to a Hastings Boys' High School team of predominantly schoolboys on Saturday.
Sam Field scored the goal in the 90th minute at the school grounds.
"Taradale are quality with players from former Central and National leagues and we are who we are so it was a tremendous win for us," HBHS coach Grant Hastings said last night of his side who had only two adults - centre back Regan Cameron and midfielder Kevin Atkinson, a teacher.