A Te Kowhai man who witnessed a crash that claimed two lives says the memory is still as raw as the night it happened.

Consider this: a bonus point win over Tasman last night would have had Auckland top of the premiership.

Waikato comfortably secured their fourth win on the trot defeating Otago 25-10 at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton.

A teenager has pleaded guilty to murdering an elderly Wellington man in Hamilton last year.