Opportunity lost as there was an extra man on the outside but the ball never managed to reach that far so we are brought back for a previous penalty and Ripia steps up to the mark

The Bay are now on attack inside Wellington's 22 metre and if they manage to get the ball out wide there may be a scoring chance

Just as we thought Wellington were about to score up the other end of the field. BOP won the ball back and it was recycled through 4 sets of hands before Dave Thomas put his foot on the gas and had 60 metres of open field in front of him as he runs for the line and touches down under the posts. Ripia Converts and suddenly BOP are back in contention

Wellington were attacking on BOP's line however the defence get the ball back and Ripia clears

Poor start by Ripia as he kick off goes out on the full

Ripia tops off the first half with another 3 points leading the half time score 20 points to 6. Bay of Plenty are playing well when they have the ball in hand making good use of their wingers however Wellington have managed to convert their ball possession into points and enter the second half 14 points clear.

BOP find themselves inside Wellington's 22 with a scrum, can they make anything of this

They lose the lineout and Sopoaga clears Wellington's line

BOP make some headway and have a lineout on Wellington's 5 metre line

Superb set piece try, clean off the top of a lineout and spread through fly half and through 12 before landing in Tim Bateman's arms. He steps inside the defence and has 20 metres to run before diving for the line just to the left of the posts. Sopoaga converts