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Ultimate Rugby Aug 8

Heinz with another sensational line break and he sets up Osborne who adds the cherry on the icing.

Ultimate Rugby Aug 8

Matt Todd adds the icing on the cake as he steals the ball from Auckland after about 9 phases of attack.

Ultimate Rugby Aug 8

Willie Heinz uses up his get out of jail free card for the season as he runs behind his line and fends off 3 defenders only to run the ball out 30m

Ultimate Rugby Aug 8

Auckland are back to a full compliment of players as Hickey kicks the ball out for a line out after an offside

Ultimate Rugby Aug 8

Hickey gets a shocker of a first ball around his laces and he spills it. Canterbury put in a hige push on that scrum

Ultimate Rugby Aug 8

Drummond comes on at scrum half and Heinz seems to have moved to a roaming 15 role as he fills in at 10 every few phases

Ultimate Rugby Aug 8

Peter Saili saves the day by getting to the ball first after Osborne was charging down on it but quickly turns to villain as he is carded for not rolling away. Cynical and professional foul. Line out drive sets up Matt Todd for a try on his 50th game

Ultimate Rugby Aug 8

Canterbury have all the answers to Auckland's attacking questions. The are relentless on attack but handling errors and great defence are undoing all their hard work

Ultimate Rugby Aug 8

Tom Taylor is down after he took a knock in an attempted tackle, he got his head on the wrong side

Ultimate Rugby Aug 8

Auckland only have themselves to blame as they butcher their own line out. Heinz pounces on it and quick clever hands open the spaces. Bonus point try for Canterbury