Taranaki will not play at their home ground of Yarrow Stadium this Mitre 10 Cup season due to safety reasons.
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Stadium owners Taranaki Stadium Trust say a safety-first approach is behind the reason to make the stadium unavailable in 2018, after geotechnical testing on the stadium's West Stand showed that it was a significant earthquake risk.
Reports into the West Stand were commissioned after a November report found the stadium's East Stand was earthquake-prone.
"It's a real blow and we apologise to everyone involved. The Trust informed key partners, including the TRFU, of the report's findings yesterday," says TST trustee Mike Nield.