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Late attacking charge sees North Harbour outclass Magpies in tight NPC contest

September 22, 2018

Relive 1 NEWS NOW's live coverage of today's Mitre 10 Cup clash between Hawke's Bay and North Harbour at McLean Park in Napier.

FULLTIME - HAWKE'S BAY 34 HARBOUR 51

79 mins: HAWKE'S BAY 34 HARBOUR 51

TRY!  Pasqualle Dunn goes in over to score for Harbour as they secure the W in Napier. James Parsons steps up to take the conversion in his 100th NPC match and he nails it with his attempt grazing the left upright before going over the posts. 

72 mins: HAWKE'S BAY 34 HARBOUR 44

TRY! Bryn Gatland steps off his right foot and charges over to score a crucial try for Harbour. Magpies are running out of time with only five minutes remaining in this NPC clash.

The North Harbour star is one of four new faces in the All Blacks' end of year tour squad.

Gatland converts his own try.

69 mins: HAWKE'S BAY 34 HARBOUR 37

THREE! Bryn Gatland fires a penalty kick from over 30m out and Harbour lead with 10 minutes left in the match.

61 mins: HAWKE'S BAY 34 HARBOUR 34

TRY! Harbour hit back! This time Bryn Gatland finds his mark. He throws a skip pass wide to left winger Tevita Li who dives over to score down the left flank.

Bryn Gatland is off target with his kick from the sideline.

58 mins: HAWKE'S BAY 34 HARBOUR 29

TRY! JJ Taulagi makes a break around haflway and finds a support runner in Brad Weber with the fullback throwing an inside pass to Weber. The halfback sprints away to score under the goal posts. Taulagi has been everywhere in this match.

JJ Taulagi bangs over his conversion with ease.

54 mins: HAWKE'S BAY 27 HARBOUR 29

TRY! Shaun Stevenson runs an excellent line and steps his way over to score to level up the scores.

Harbour hit the front after a successful kick by Bryn Gatland. 

53 mins: HAWKE'S BAY 27 HARBOUR 22

NO TRY! Harbour butcher an easy walk over try with Bryn Gatland throwing a poor pass to Tevita Li who had no defender in front of him. Gatland's pass goes flying over the touch-line.

48 mins: HAWKE'S BAY 27 HARBOUR 22

TRY! Hawke's Bay hit back! Lincoln McClutchie holds up the ball and delivers a perfect pop pass to a charging JJ Taulagi who steps his way over to score under the posts.

JJ Taulagi converts his own try from in front of the sticks.

44 mins: HAWKE'S BAY 20 HARBOUR 22

TRY! North Harbour set up a great driving maul from a line-out 5m out of Magpies' own goal line and they rumble over to score. James Parsons' is the one who comes up with the ball and he has his second try of the match in his 100th NPC match.

Bryn Gatland is online with his conversion attempt from out wide.

42 mins: HAWKE'S BAY 20 HARBOUR 15

THREE!  JJ Taulagi is on target with his penalty kick at goal to extend Hawke's Bay lead.

40 mins: HAWKE'S BAY 17 HARBOUR 15

And we are back underway with Lincoln McClutchie kicking off deep towards North Harbour.

HALFTIME - HAWKE'S BAY 17 HARBOUR 15

40 mins: HAWKE'S BAY 17 HARBOUR 15

TRY! Shaun Stevenson spots acres of space in behind the Magpies and puts in a smart grubber kick for Matt Duffie to run onto. He gets to the ball first and delivers a killer blow to the home side just before the break. He dots down for his side's second try of the match.

Bryn Gatland's shot at goal hits the left uprights and his side trail by two-points at halftime. 

32 mins: HAWKE'S BAY 17 HARBOUR 10

TRY! Hawke's Bay fire back! The Magpies have numbers out to the right and they give the ball to their speedster Jonah Lowe who gets on the outside of his defender before throwing a dummy. The North Harbour defenders fall for the dummy and Lowe brings the ball around and scores close to the uprights.

JJ Taulagi slots the coversion with ease, he is 3/3 with the boot today.

29 mins: HAWKE'S BAY 10 HARBOUR 10

TRY! Harbour spin the ball wide down the right edge with Matt Duffie breaking through the defensive line, he throws an inside pass to his halfback Bryn Hall who then fires a perfect ball to Sione Teu.

Teu shows some great pace for a flanker and is tackled 5m out from Magpies' goal line. James Parsons is the first Harbour player to arrive at the breakdown and he goes himself. He scores Harbour's first try in his 100th NPC match.

Bryn Gatland adds the extras.

26 mins: HAWKE'S BAY 10 HARBOUR 3

NO TRY!  Hapakuki Moala-Liava'a is denied a try after the referee ruled Sione Teu of holding back Magpies flanker Marino Mikaele-Tu'u as Moala-Liava'a crossed the try-line.

14 mins: HAWKE'S BAY 10 HARBOUR 3

NO TRY! Shaun Stevenson gets on the outside of his opposite Jonah Lowe, he attempts an offload for Harbour winger Tevita Li but he can't control it and fumbles the ball 5m away from the try-line. A great last ditch tackle by Lowe which forced Stevenson to throw the pass.

12 mins: HAWKE'S BAY 10 HARBOUR 3

THREE! North Harbour are on the score-board after Bryn Gatland lands a monster 40m penalty kick.

6 mins: HAWKE'S BAY 10 HARBOUR 0

TRY! Magpies hooker Kianu Kereru-Symes rumbles over from close range to score the first-five pointer of the match. It all started inside their own 22 when centre Stacey Ili made a break and put in a clever kick to get his side inside Harbour's 22.

The conversion is online by JJ Taulagi.

3 mins: HAWKE'S BAY 3 HARBOUR 0

THREE!  JJ Taulagi lands a penalty kick at goal from 41 metres out.

HAWKE'S BAY 0 HARBOUR 0

KICK-OFF! Bryn Gatland gets things underway! He kicks off deep to Hawke's Bay.

TEAMS

Hawke's Bay: JJ Taulagi, Jonah Lowe, Stacey Ili, Pasqualle Dunn, Mason Emerson, Lincoln McClutchie, Brad Weber (co-captain), Gareth Evans (co-captain), Josh Kaifa, Marino Mikaele-Tu'u, Michael Allardice, Tom Parsons, Ben May, Kianu Kereru-Symes, Mark Braidwood.

Reserves: Ben Power, Joe Apikatoa, Pouri Rakete-Stones, Geoff Cridge, Devan Flanders, Folau Fakatava, Sasa Tofilau, Michael Buckley.

North Harbour: Shaun Stevenson, Matt Duffie (co-captain), James Dargaville, Harrison Groundwater, Tevita Li, Bryn Gatland, Bryn Hall, Hapakuki Moala-Liava'a, Dillon Hunt, Sione Teu, Danny Drake, Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, Mike Tamoaieta, James Parsons (co-captain), Luatangi Li.

Reserves: Luteru Tolai, Chris Eves, Sione Mafileo, Jacob Pierce, Murphy Taramai, Lewis Gjaltema, Daniel Hilton-Jones, Mark Telea.

48 mins: HAWKE'S BAY 27 HARBOUR 22

69 mins: HAWKE'S BAY 34 HARBOUR 37

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