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Rugby: Taranaki topple the Taniwha
Taranaki are slowly but surely regaining the type of form that last season brought a maiden ITM Cup title to the province.
Taranaki are slowly but surely regaining the type of form that last season brought a maiden ITM Cup title to the province.
The Magpies are into their third ITM Cup Championship final in four seasons, though nothing came easy for them in this gnarly first semifinal.
Auckland secured fourth in the ITM Cup Premiership with a controlled 38-10 bonus-point win over Northland.
Substitute Latiume Fosita stepped off the bench to hand Northland an nail-biting win over Bay of Plenty in Tauranga tonight.
Whether blowing away the opposition, edging nail-biters or grinding out patchy victories - Taranaki just keep on winning.
Northland have put in an impressive performance in the first game of their southern road-trip, defeating Otago and putting themselves clear in second place in the ITM Cup championship
There won't be many more lopsided affairs on paper in this year's ITM Cup than Canterbury hosting Northland and for the opening quarter of last night's contest, the Taniwha held their own.