The Hawke's Bay men's sevens team finished third at the annual Central Regional 7s Tournament in Levin at the weekend.
So were the Ellery Wilson-coached side happy?
"Umm ... we look at it as a good hit out but, obviously, our goal is to win the tournament and we couldn't quite achieve that," said team manager Tim Jones after they beat Whanganui 36-0 in the pool stages, came up shy to lose 19-14 to Taranaki before trouncing hosts Horowhenua-Kapiti 40-5 at Levin.
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The Neria Fomai-captained Bay, who were runners-up at the same tourney last year, slumped 24-7 to Wellington in the semifinal but kept Manawatu at bay with a a 26-21 victory play-off for third.