HIGHLIGHTS: Canterbury v Taranaki

A thrilling game of rugby as Taranaki take the Ranfurly Shield off of Canterbury winning the match 55-43. The home side were relentless as they raced into a 24 point lead after 20 minutes. Taranaki fought back with Seta Tamanivalu intercept try. Canterbury still lead by 10 points in at half time and came out firing in the second half scoring another try in the first 5 minutes. Ricky Riccitelli and Lachlan Boshier then scored tries for Taranaki and Marty McKenzie converted a penalty to tie the game up 38 all with 20 minutes to play. Boshier scored his second try of the match after a great offload by Taminvalu. Manasa Mataele then charged Richie Mo'unga's kick and scored another try to extend their lead to 12 points. Stephen Perofeta then slotted a drop goal to put the match out of Canterbury's reach.