Powerful maul from Hawke's Bay and Mitchell collapses it cynically

Show and go from Fakatava who snipes and pops it to Toala to score

Little chip ahead from McKenzie and Ormond gathers on the right to offload inside to Te Tamaki to score

Hawke's Bay take a 17-6 lead over Southland into halftime. Hawke's Bay opened the scoring with an early try, but two Southland penalties saw the visitors in front 6-5. Hawke's Bay would cross for two tries in the final 15 minutes of the half for an 11 point advantage at the break.

Hawke's Bay drive over again as Dixon bags a double