Manawatu have made a brilliant start to this game. Emery made a break down the left hand side, a few phases later West was caught offside. Te Rure nails another 3 points.

Te Rure gets the scoring underway with a handy penalty near the posts. Putting Manawatu 3 points clear 2 minutes in

Welcome everyone to todays Ultimate Rugby coverage of this first round encounter between Hawkes Bay and Manawaku. Although The Bay enter this match favourites Manawatu have all to play for and commence this competition with a win and set them up for a good start.