The Bay of Plenty women's brilliant run at the Bayleys National Sevens in Rotorua has come to an end, after being defeated 35-10 in their semifinal match against Auckland.
Auckland and defending champions Manawatu will meet in the cup final at the Bayleys National sevens later today.
Meanwhile, the Baywomen and Waikato will play a 3rd/4th playoff at 2.45pm today.
It was an incredible effort to make the semifinals for the Bay women, who were heavily struck by injury in the lead-up to the nationals.
They won three out of four pool matches yesterday then defeated Counties Manukau 14-12 earlier today to advance to the semifinals.
The Bay men's team are still in contention for a national title and will play Waikato in the cup semifinals at 2.35pm at the Rotorua International Stadium. They defeated Northland 17-12 earlier today in the quarter-finals.
The other men's semifinal will see Counties Manukau go up against defending champions Wellington.
