Some big holes in the Southland defence and Manawatu capitalise on this. The ball is taken up the middle by Jason Emery and with good support play it is recycled through 4 sets of hands and brought right up to Southland's try line before going to deck. TMO used to see if the ball was grounded however the outcome was that the ball was held up and we set for a scrum 5

The Stags are making good headway on the right, good hands and nice recycling allow the ball make it all the way up to the Turbo's 22

Welcome everyone to Ultimate Rugby's coverage of the first of today's ITM Cup encounters between Manawatu and the Southland Stags. The Bookies have no favourite in todays game which shows how tight the game will be. Manawatu beating North Harbour by 3 points last weekend and Southland beating Waikato by 4 points shows how strong both of these teams can be.