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David Unwin/Stuff College Old Boys hooker Cory Purton, centre, goes up the guts against Te Kawau at the Arena on Thursday night. 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...

Otherwise there was nothing between them in a game of kicking misfires and ruck penalties, aside from OBM gobbling more ball in the second half. They just couldn't breach the Te Kawau pickets other than Lee Thompson slotting two penalties to tie the game. OBM butchered an early try with the line open, but in the 33rd minute wing Max Harris broke cleverly to put wing Will Treder over. Te Kawau scored two tries, one after waves of crossfield attacks off a lineout. A Kameli Kuruyabaki intercept try took them to 17-11 against the grain, but OBM's toilers Jay Rolleston, Ben Crozier, Matene R...