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Ultimate Rugby Aug 8

Jordan finishes off an try. All the work was done in midfield as some good offloads finds Jordan in space

Ultimate Rugby Aug 8

Morris goes over after the Tasman driving maul steamrolled over

Ultimate Rugby Aug 8

Hunt chips on his 22m, Jordan runs onto it and takes it all the way to the Manawatu 10. Christie quickly send it right, through the hands to Spowart to score in the corner

Ultimate Rugby Aug 8

Brilliant from the big wing. Fainga'anuku takes an inside pass after coming off his wing, takes it up from the linebreak, before finding Christie in support

Ultimate Rugby Aug 8

Good lineout move. Christie finds Squire who drifts out and pops inside to Taufua to score

Ultimate Rugby Aug 8

Hugh Roach scores from the driving maul

Ultimate Rugby Aug 8

Squire opens the scoring for Tasman. After the maul was taken down on the line, Squire picks and drives over with some help to score

Ultimate Rugby Aug 8

Tasman were relentless in the first 40 minutes. They scored 5 unanswered tries and the score should've been more as they blew 4 or 5 chances earlier in the half. Manawatu need o be ready as they only had one chance and could be in a lot of trouble in the 2nd half

Ultimate Rugby Aug 8

Hunt kicks off

Ultimate Rugby Aug 8

Top of the table host Manawatu in a Round 3 Mitre10 cup match. Tasman have started off brilliantly and are unbeaten, while Manawatu are yet to win and have a mammoth task ahead of them. They haven't won away at Tasman since 2011.