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Frank Lochore, Matt Jensen and Phil Bradford each scored a try for the Warriors, who fell to 4-5 on the season with 24 points after salvaging a bonus point with a late try.

Hawke's Bay and Auckland head their respective conferences in the Bunnings NPC after the second round at the weekend.

On what would have been his 26th birthday, a moment's silence was observed before kick-off.

Loss to Taranaki disappointing, but coach Peter Russell says the problems are fixable.

The experienced outside back is juggling playing with being an assistant coach this year.

Morale is high in the Manawatū turbos' camp after their third win of the season.

Maraku, 21, spent a chunk of the Super Rugby season with the Blues and he said he learnt a lot with them. It showed when he returned for club games with Feilding, where he was a standout back. Manawatū, again sporting Linton Army jerseys, showed heart on defence this week and looked a lot more competitive. Maraku was happy with how they improved from a week ago, but still felt they could get better. “We’ve got quite a few work ons in that game where we could improve. Definitely more co...

He said he hoped for third time lucky in this year’s final. Lock Micaiah Torrance-Read, who missed the semifinal with an Achilles problem, could be back for the final. COB coach Bryan Matenga said it was disappointing to miss out, but Varsity were clinical. He said they didn’t execute their game plan in a poor first half, but he was proud of his side falling just short. Varsity were slow to start and after conceding two early tries, one a 50-metre intercept by COB flanker Elyjah Crosswe...

Feilding will be missing Maraku, as well as loosie TK Howden who is with the New Zealand under-20s, and prop Tietie Tuimauga, who is in the Samoa team to play the Māori All Blacks. Dangerous fullback Drew Wild is back in the side though and even with the three key losses, coach Nathan Williams was confident he had enough depth in the rest of the team. He said it had taken them years to build the experienced core of players who had helped them win the last two championships. “We’re expe...

Feilding Yellows are on track to turn their season into a golden one now they are two games away from a three-peat Hankins Shield triumph.