The Junior Warriors scored after the final siren to draw 28-28 with the Otahuhu Leopards in today's under-20 trial at North Harbour Stadium in Albany.
With eight minutes to play, the Junior Warriors were seemingly well out of it with the Leopards leading 28-14, but late tries to halfback EkoMalu and winger Viliami Lolohea gave the defending Toyota Cup champions a sniff.
And with their last shot, rugby union convert Ngataua Hukatai scored to lock the score up at 28-28. Hukatai tried to bring the ball around as close as possible to the posts for what could be the match-winning conversion, but Braxton Stanley's attempt from about 15 metres to the right of the posts went wide to the left.
