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Ultimate Rugby Sep 9

Tahuriorangi works the blindside, beautiful quick hands by the forwards sees Hall in space, he swerves to beat the final defender and is over for the try

Ultimate Rugby Sep 9

Scrum penalty to Taranaki, taken quickly and Baker is in space

Ultimate Rugby Sep 9

Mo'unga with the restart, out on the full, scrum to Taranaki on halfway

Ultimate Rugby Sep 9

Laulal caught offside

Ultimate Rugby Sep 9

Cut out pass to Ormond, he's in touch so they will come back for a penalty

Ultimate Rugby Sep 9

Elliot up to the 22, great charge by Taavao-Matau

Ultimate Rugby Sep 9

Elliot finds his jumper, Rei has a go himself

Ultimate Rugby Sep 9

Rei gets the match underway, Drummond clears to touch

Ultimate Rugby Sep 9

Both teams are on the field, kick off is just moments away

Ultimate Rugby Sep 9

Undefeated Canterbury hosts defending champions Taranaki to close out week 7 of the ITM Cup in Christchurch.
Canterbury remains the only unbeaten team in the competition with seven wins from seven matches and not surprisingly tops the Premiership standings.
The home side had to work extremely hard in mid-week to secure a narrow 18-17 victory over Waikato, but the character of the side shone through. They will be looking to make it eight wins in a row and all but secure a home semi-final spot.
Defending champions Taranaki started this season slowly, but have built some momentum in recent weeks to lie in 4th position on the Premiership log.
Coming off a comprehensive 41-0 thumping of Waikato, the visitors will be in a confident mood and fully intent on causing an upset.