Tasman are under pressure once again. They have a 10m lineout which they over-throw before losing it forward. Taranaki have a 10m attacking scrum. Opportunity to take the lead.

Tasman have a scrum on the Taranaki 22m, opportunity to strike back immediately. However Taranaki seem up to the job and put in a good show on defense. They have a lineout on their own 22m and attack the midfield. McKenzie makes a halfbreak before putting Marshall through a gap. Beautiful play. They eventually put a kick through which sets up a Tasman linoeut near their own 22m. Taranaki showing a lot more confidence.

Wow, is this the same Taranaki team? they have come out firing in the second, fantastic stuff from the lineout, which saw them barge over defenders before attacking the blind side and sneaking over in the corner.

Taranaki win a penalty early on and are able to set up a lineout on Tasmans 22m.

The second half is underway. Tasman have the wind at their backs and Taranaki have it all to do.

Tasman have had 72% possession to Taranaki's 28%

Absolutely beautiful try by Tasman. Almost every player had a part in it from a build up inside their own half. After a great up and under and some very impressive hands between forwards and backs, its Wheeler that go over for a try just before halftime. Tasman have had a huge percentage of the possession and are looking full of confidence going into halftime.

And the ref is forced to make a decision. After what looked like a dominant scrum from the Taranaki front row, they are penalised for collapsing.

Ref is losing patience with the number of reset scrums, soon he will need to make a decision.

Taranaki never looked dangerous, Tasman steal the ball at the ruck after a few phases and run the ball back towards the halfway. Clinical stuff for the home team. 5min remaining in the half.