{"id":5928,"date":"2019-08-31T16:20:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T04:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westcoastrfu.com\/wp\/?p=5928"},"modified":"2025-03-03T22:44:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T09:44:24","slug":"west-coast-on-top-in-heartland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoastrfu.com\/wsct\/2019\/08\/31\/west-coast-on-top-in-heartland\/","title":{"rendered":"West Coast on top in Heartland"},"content":{"rendered":"

West Coast continued their storming start to move to the top of the Mitre 10 Heartland competition when travelling to Levin and downing Horowhenua Kapiti 27-21.<\/span>
\nBut they had to come from 7-14 down to claim the win. Their effort followed an opening round 56-27 win over King Country.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the usual top teams in the competition who contributed players to the New Zealand Heartland XV for their international on Saturday found the going a little tougher.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mid Canterbury were pushed all the way by East Coast before getting home 22-15<\/span><\/p>\n

North Otago made the most of ‘home advantage’ when playing the curtain-raiser to the Ranfurly Shield match at Forsyth Barr Stadium to record a useful 25-11 win over Wairarapa Bush.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wanganui, beaten last week by Wairarapa Bush struggled again as Thames Valley recovered from its upset loss to Poverty Bay in the first round by claiming a 36-30 win over Wanganui. Down 19-25 at the break, Thames Valley contained the home team to only one try in the second half.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of more concern, however, was the concession of penalty goal chances within goal-kicking range and Regan Crosland made no mistake when landing seven penalty goals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Buller suffered a setback when going down 12-34 to King Country in Taupo.<\/span><\/p>\n

Poverty Bay were not able to back-up their upset first round win when going down to South Canterbury 29-40. Brad Tunnicliffe picked up three tries for South Canterbury while Clarence Moli scored two.<\/span><\/p>\n

Heartland Week Two<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

North Otago 25<\/strong> (Howard Packman, Samuel Tatupu, Lemi Masoe tries; Robbie Smith 2 con, 2 pen)
\nWairarapa Bush 11<\/strong> (Brock Price try; Tipene Haira 2 pen). HT: 7-6<\/span><\/p>\n

King Country 34<\/strong> (Alefosio Tapili 2, Sisa Vosaki 2, Zayn Tipping tries; Evaan Reihana 3 con, pen)
\nBuller 12<\/strong> (Gabba de Kock 2 tries; Timoti Manawatu con). HT: 22-7<\/span><\/p>\n

East Coast 15<\/strong> (Zac Guildford, Epeli Lotawa tries; Zane King con, pen)
\nMid Canterbury 22<\/strong> (Jon Dampney, Matt McAtamney, Manasa Bari tries; Corey McKay 2 con, pen). HT: 0-10<\/span><\/p>\n

Horowhenua Kapiti 21<\/strong> (Kane Tamou, Nathan Kendrick, Himiona Henare tries; Codi Hemi 3 con)
\nWest Coast 27<\/strong> (Josh Tomlinson, Sam Lebezeit, Jesse Pitman-Joass tries; Todd Struthers 3 con, pen; Pitman-Joass dropped goal). HT: 7-14<\/span><\/p>\n

Poverty Bay 29<\/strong> (Adrian Wyrill 2, Ethan Reeves tries, penalty try; Andrew Tauateluva 2 con, pen)
\nSouth Canterbury 40<\/strong> (Brad Tunnicliffe 3, Clarence Moli 2, Zac Saunders tries; Theo Davidson 2 con, pen; Reilly Cormack pen). HT:<\/span><\/p>\n

Wanganui 30 (<\/strong>Nick Harding, Roman Tutauha, Dane Whale, Shay Wiperi tries; Harding 2 con, 2 pen)
\nThames Valley 36<\/strong> (Laulea Mau, Matiu Abraham, Jason Laurich tries; Regan Crosland 7 pen). HT 25-19<\/span><\/p>\n

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