By Bay of Plenty At a glance
win of the season, with the Counties Manukau Heat trumping the Manawatū Cyclones 19-13 at Central Energy Trust Arena in Palmerston North, with wing Ruby Tui going over for both the visitors’ tries.
In the second round of the championship division, the Otago Spirit made it two wins from two with a convincing 39-10 victory over the Northland Kauri at
Farah Palmer Cup, Week 3
■ Bay of Plenty Volcanix 7 (Azalleyah Maaka try; Kiki Tahere con) Auckland Storm 3 (Sophie Fisher pen).
HT: 0-0.
■ Counties Manukau Heat 19 (Ruby Tui 2 tries; Hazel Tubic 3 pen)
Manawatū Cyclones 13 (Lauren Balsillie try; Carys Dallinger 2 pen).
HT: 5-3.
■ Tasman 27 (Bethan Manners, Becky Davidson, Laura Bayfield tries; Cassia Siataga 3 con, 2 pen)
Taranaki Whio 17 (Danika NorthcottWeherua, Keighley Simpson, Sharna TitoGreen tries; Danielle Muggeridge con). HT: 10-12.
■ Otago Spirit 39 (Oceana Campbell, Paige Church, Cheyenne Cunningham, Sheree Hume, Kiana Wereta tries; Georgia Cormick 4 con, 2 pen)
Northland Kauri 10 (Kerri Johnson try; Krystal Murray con, pen). HT: 20-3.
■ Hawke’s Bay 32 (Nicolette Adamson 2, Gemma Woods, Melanie Te Whaiti, Jaimee Robin tries; Krysten Cottrell 2 con, Emma Jensen pen)
North Harbour 5 (Melita Williams try).
■ Waikato 23 (Awhina Tangen-Wainohu, Renee Holmes tries; Holmes 2 con, 3 pen) Wellington Pride 16 (Ayesha LetiI’iga 2 tries; Thamsyn Newton 2 pen).
Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin, while Tasman overcame a 12-10 halftime deficit to score a 27-17 win over the Taranaki Whio at Trafalgar Park in Nelson.
Yesterday, the Hawke’s Bay Tui beat the North Harbour Hibiscus 32-5 in their championship game at North Harbour Stadium and Waikato triumphed 23-16 over Wellington Pride at Porirua Park.