Mayhew struggles despite win

CLUB RUGBY
Scott Mayhew reckons he should have stayed at home.
It wasn't that the Whakarewarewa winger was turning in a shocker for his club side at Puarenga Park against Rangataua, it's just he didn't feel like he was contributing.
"I told Clayton [McMillan] to drag me off and put someone else out there who could do something," said Mayhew, who had been laid low by the winter "bott".
"I struggled to get out of bed this morning," said the Rotorua Boys' High School PE teacher and hostel master, who has been making his opponents feels poorly this season.
The 2008 Bay of Plenty Sevens and former North Otago and New Zealand Divisional representative is the top try-scorer for Whakarewarewa, with 16, up to Saturday's round three Baywide game, which his side won 20-9.
He probably wouldn't have been playing at all this season if it hadn't been for McMillan getting in his and his wife's ears during the off-season.
 "I'd actually decided to retire after the Sevens in Queenstown but Clayts talked me into one more round," he said. Mayhew put his finishing effectiveness down to the free style of rugby Whakarewarewa play.
Despite the 30-year-old's tough self-critique, he did have a busy 40 minutes with Whakarewarewa playing into the wind and Mayhew forced to stay deep in a second fullback role.
While he felt poorly and lifeless, the game was also low quality with referee Stuart Booten showing four yellow cards.
Rangataua led 9-5 at half-time, with Glen Strang knocking over three penalties, including two 55m-plus efforts. Whakarewarewa's response was the first of Kelly Haimona's two tries and they added another to midfielder Wayne Hughson. Haimona converted one and also knocked over a 50m penalty.
Winger Hayden Baird also crossed the line but it was ruled out on a touch judge's report, with Whakarewarewa prop Matt Holt sent to the bin after getting into a scuffle with Johnny Taite, who took matters into his own hands after a stiomping incident. Also in the sin bin during the prickly game were Whakarewarewa's other starting prop Greg Gillies and Rangataua lock Paora Gardiner.
SCORES
BoP Bartercard Baywide Div 1, Gold Section
Whakarewarewa 20 (Kelly Haimona 2, Wayne Hughson tries; Haimona 1con 1pen) Rangataua 9 (Glen Strang 3 goals) HT 5-9.
Rotoiti 52 (Siegfried Fisiihoi 2, Sereli Bola 2, Josh Hohneck, Zac Hohneck, Glen Martin, Joe Tawake, Curtis Van der Hayden tries; Whakataki Cunninghan con and pen, Bola con) Opotiki 22 (Kevin Waterson, James Thompson, Rau Rangiahua tries; Sam Howe pen con)
Te Puna 20 (Tapene Mika, Tangaroa Walker, T Tata tries; Whare Bidois con pen) Waikite 18 (Jermaine Webby, Grant Kerrisk tries; Marcus McGarvey 2pen, con)
Blue Section: Te Puke Sports 51 (Josh Harrison 2, Craig Donovan 2, Brett McLeod 2, Hayden Sievwright, Alister Brownlie tries: Simon Rolleston 4cons pen) Whakatane Marist 15 (Steve Mapu, Mac Bullivant tries; Bullivant pen con)
Tauranga Sports 50 (Luke Braid 3, Alex Jessup, Gareth Brown, Robert Moon, Steve Honey, Jason Kauraria tries; Eru Haimona 5 cons) Te Teko 12 (S Meyes, R Williams tries; Ariki Henry con)
Mount Maunganui 31 (Lance MacDonald 2, James Riddell, Cory Aporo, Sam Jurisich tries; Jurisich 3cons) Greerton Marist 15
*Baywide Colts
Te Puke Sports 116 Whakatane Marist 0, Whakarewarewa 11 Rangataua 7, Mount Maunganui 39 Rotoiti 34, Opotiki 41 Kahukura 6, Tauranga Sports 48 Te Teko 5, Te Puna 5 Waikite 0, Marist St Michaels 13 Greerton Marist 12, Ngongotaha 52 Taneatua 7.
Central Bay
Reserve competition top 4 teams in finishing order are: 1. Galatea, 2. Taupo, 3. Waikite, 4. Whaka.
The semi finals for Saturday, May 30 are as follows (1 vs 4 & 2 vs 3) with home games to the teams finishing 1st and 2nd. Galatea v Whaka, Galatea, 1pm and Taupo v Waikite, Taupo, 1pm.