Rugby
Eketahuna came within a solitary point of upsetting hot favourites Feilding Old Boys in their Prue Christie Cup women's rugby match at Eketahuna on Saturday.
With both teams going into the game having won their previous four matches it was a virtual final and the star-studded Feilding Old Boys side, which included several national sevens and secondary school representatives, was expected to have too many guns for an Eketahuna side somewhat depleted by injuries.
But while FOB did eventually claim the honours 11-10 it was a close go with Eketahuna deservedly holding a 10-6 lead at halftime and only a late FOB try stopping them from causing what would have been a major upset.
The game was something of a stop-start affair with Eketahuna on the wrong end of a hefty penalty count. They also had two of their most experienced forwards - Raylene Reiri and Perri Tatana-Williams - spend time in the sin bin, with the winning FOB try was scored while they had 14 players on the paddock.