The stats say it all, Waikato on the attack once again inside Southland's 22. southland given a warning for their discipline in the rucks as once again Reneta gets to add another 3 points.

Possession 17 mins
Waikato 56%
Southland 44%

Territory 17 mins
Waikato 91%
Southland 9%

Waikato get a second chance arising once again from a ruck infringement and Reneta doubles the lead to 6 points.

Reneta makes no mistake and slots the kick to push his side into pole position just 8 minutes in

Southland try an illegal manoeuvre in the ruck trying to scoop the ball back while on his knees allowing Waikato to try add the first points

Southland decide to play the ball from inside their 22 and 4 phases in and the kick clear is brought back as the ball was passed back in to the 22

We line up for the first scrum of the game inside Southlands half almost on the 22 metre line.

Waikato start the match all guns blazing and manage to collect the kick off and put numerous phases together. Southland's defence stays solid

Welcome everyone to the first of todays ITM encounters between Southland and Waikato. Southland with 3 straight defeats to date will look to improve on their 1 point loss to Taranaki last weekend while Waikato had a heavy loss by 37 points to Canterbury. Waikato have quite a bit of experience within the team and will rely on these guys to lead them through todays match, Southland on the other hand with a similar lineup to last weekend need to make use of their speedy wingers. stay with us here at UR for a live analysis on this match