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RUGBY: When Jubilee Cup winners Feilding soared to 17-0 as if on a training gallop, Varsity coach Scott Lewis might have sent out a mayday call at Johnston Park on Saturday. But after 80 minutes it ended only 27-20 to the Jubilee Cup champions Yellows who also regained the Stuart Freebairn Cup after the students had dominated for long periods even without 12 on the injured list including eight starting players. So come the heart of the second round, if the Varsity wounded can be repaired and they can unearth some attacking flair in the backs, they could re-emerge as threats.
The cornerstone of Yellows’ recent dominance, their scrum, gave them an armchair ride in the second half. Feilding started dominating in the tight, with big men Sam Wasley, Hayden Stratford, Sean Rankin and Tietie Tuimauga all hard to stop. FOB-Ōroua were stuck in their end and couldn t come up with much on attack. Wild scored his second try late in the game to seal the win and his kicking kept the Stags pinned in their half. Both teams let scoring opportunities go, with dropped ball in the rain costing them, including Feilding wing Brad Carr, who spilled the ball over the line.