Something special brewing at Surrey Park, Pirates-Old Boys crush Marist
Robyn Edie/Stuff Pirates-Old Boys player Cory Hoffman-Grey, left, eyeing up the Marist players about to tackle him during the Southland premier club rugby game at Surrey Park. But it was the way Pirates-Old Boys won on Saturday which would have sounded some alarm bells around the premier division. Marist had just come off a victory over Woodlands but by halftime against Pirates-Old Boys found itself trailing 19-3. It was extended to 26-3 early in the second half through second five-eighth Desmond Spooner’s second try of the day, before Marist finally started to halt the Pirates-Old Boys ...