TRY MANUWATU! the visitors hit straight back, created by Milner-Skudder who scythes through the Wellington defence before releasing Stirzaker for his second of the night. George again nails the conversion, giving the away side a healthy lead.

TRY WELLINGTON! Good try in response from Wellington, off a lineout Ngatai gets on the outside of the Manuwatu defence, before putting Hill away in the corner to score.

20 minutes gone here, and Wellington are leading the possession stakes, but ill discipline is letting Manuwatu off the hook time and time again. Manuwatu currently on the attack in Wellington territory.

TRY MANUWATU! And what a try it was, from a lineout on half way George dinks one over the top for Malo to chase, he gathers it and offloads to Stirzaker to score. George cant convert, but what a start from the visitors.

11 minutes gone, and Sopoaga misses again, this time hitting the post from a penalty, after Gibbins was penalised for not releasing the man at the breakdown.

Templeman concedes a penalty, going in off his feet at the ruck, but Sopoaga cant convert the tricky penalty to draw the sides level.

Rank outsiders Manuwatu take a surprise lead, Wellington being pinged at ruck time allowing Nathan George to knock over an easy penalty. 4 minutes gone.

Hello and welcome to Ultimate Rugbys coverage of today's ITM clash between Wellington and Manuwatu from the Westpac Stadium. Its top plays bottom here, as the all conquering Wellington side will look to overcome a Manuwatu team rooted to the bottom of the table. On paper there appears to be only on outcome, but as we all no this game is not played on paper, and Manuwatu will look to come in and catch Wellington cold. Kick off seconds away.