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Blues first five-eighths Stephen Perofeta has never been a player to shy from a challenge, and he has a chance to show that again when starting at first five-eighths in Friday's DHL Super Rugby Pacific game with the Rebels at Eden Park.
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The U20s got off to a flying start when left wing Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens opened the scoring within five minutes, finishing off a clean break from second five-eighth Corey Evans to score in the left-hand corner. Two more tries followed soon after through lock Josh Lord and hooker Soane Vikena, as the Mako struggled to break out of their own half in the early exchanges. After 20 minutes the Mako finally started to find their feet and got back into the match, with left wing Timoci Tavatavanawai impressing both with ball in hand and a couple of crunching hits on defence.
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