HEARTLANDS ROUNDUP Mid Canterbury and West Coast have all but secured their spot in the Meads Cup semifinals of the Heartland Championship with 15-point wins in the North Island today. Up against seventh placed King Country in Taupo, Mid Canterbury turned it on in the final quarter of the match to win 32-17. Further north in Paeroa, West Coast came back from a 13-12 halftime deficit to beat Thames Valley 33-18. West Coast scored two tries in each half in beating Thames Valley in Paeroa, and go joint top of the Heartland Championship with Mid Canterbury and Wairarapa Bush on 23 points. But most importantly, East Coast had a win over local rivals Poverty Bay in Ruatoria, scoring a late try through Lloyd Gabriel to win 22-18. Thames Valley 18 (Lance Easton, Josh Law tries; Kane Adams con, 2 pen) West Coast 33 (Josh Hill, Heroshi Tea, Kevin Moore, Kalave Aualiitia tries; Tim Priest 2 con, 3 pen). HT: 13-12 South Canterbury 30 (Kali Latu, Tenari Saumani, Liam Edwards, Carlos Tuilomo tries; Edwards 2 con, 2 pen) Horowhenua Kapiti 13 (Lennon Carrington, Dave Thompson tries; Adrian Curry pen). HT: 18-3 King Country 17 (Ted Tuoro try; Zane Tipping 4 pen) Mid Canterbury 32 (Murray Williams, Dwayne Burrowes, Willy McGoon (2) tries; Williams, 3 con, pen, dropped goal). HT: 12-7 North Otago 27 (Chris Talanoa 3, Ralph Darling tries; Ed Keohane 2 con, pen) Wanganui 15 (Ace Malo, Pehira Huwyler tries; Zyon Hekenui con, pen). HT: 15-3 Wairarapa Bush 13 (Cameron Hayton try; Glenn Walters con, pen, dropped goal) Buller 3 (Andrew Stevens pen). HT: 13-0 East Coast 22 (Te Rangi Fraser 2, Lloyd Gabriel tries; Chris Palmer 2 con, pen) Poverty Bay 18 ( No scorers provided)
Posted on: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 23:43:23 +0000
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