Wow, that was a rather entertaining half of Rugby. Lets hope it continues. Waikato had all possession and territory in the first 20 minutes, but that meant nothing as Northland stepped up and let their backline run riot. However that just seemed to wake Waikato up and were able to equal going into half time after being 7-21 down. Brace yourselves for a cracker 2nd half

Waikato send it left, Lansdown finds pace, but he takes the gap on an angle to touchline, he passes inside to Reece who goes over to score

Hooter has gone, Waikato will have one more chance from the scrum on the Northland 10

Northland win a penalty and can clear up to the 10m

Tucker breaks up past the halfway line. Northland kicks ahead and Lansdown just does enough to kick it out

Stratton takes advantage of the extra man. Goes over from the scrum, 5m out

Smith with a clean break and gets inside the 22m. He is tackled just short. Nock is pinged for coming in from the side, he gets a Yellow for that

Waikato do well to get up to the Northland 22m, but its a penalty and Northland can clear

The ball bounces off someones head, Debreczeni takes a gap and switches with Wright who paces through to score.

Northland break up the right wing. They get up past the 10m. They win a penalty and will have a shot