Mitre 10 Cup Round 3 Highlights: Wellington v Southland
- 1944
A Wellington side packed with All Blacks put in a dominant display to brush off Southland 52-7 in round 3 action. The host went into the break with a confident 40-0 scoreline. Southland impeded Wellington's momentum in the 2nd half to score their only try in the match but Wellington had too much for the visitors to record their 2nd win of the campaign. Ben Lam finished the game with a hattrick while William Fukofuka dotted down for the visitors.