Hawke's Bay nearly put the icing on the cake but Lespinas was held up over the try line. Hawke's Bay with he perfect start to their campaign smashing the Turbos 45 points to 18.

With a number of substitutes on the paddock it appears the scrums have gone back to a shambles. That is 3 resets in a row, the game fizzling out some what after some entertaining running rugby.

Just as they did when Manawatu scored their last try, the Magpies hit back immediately! O'Connor showed great toe for a flanker to then offload to Lowe who stretches out to score.

Hawke's Bay looked like they were building the platform to score another try as they built the phases in Manawatu's 22, however an incorrect entry into the ruck has cost them possession.

Possession Stats 65 mins
Bay 55%
Manawatu 45%

Shot

Huge scrum from Hawke's Bay. A scrum like that highlights that there is still a contest at scrum time, which many feared there wouldn't be due to already being bound before the push.

Fantastic try which came out of nowhere. Emery was brilliant to break the tackle then offload to Marshall who dove over to score

West from right in front converts the try that he set up!

Off the back of the 5 metre scrum West took on the line at first receiver, he broke one tackle and then offloaded to Mathewson who scores under the posts.