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What a kick by West which could easily have been 5m further back. He kicked that from about 50m out on the touch line
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Ihaia West with a pin point kick to Buckman after a quickly recycled ball. Buckman took that catch in his stride and dove over in the corner
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Hawke's Bay on attack and the Barracuda goes in and the TMO is called in
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Codey Rei marks the ball after Tongia breaks down the left hand touch line and is forced to kick as the cover defence wraps him up
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Naholo knocks a ball down intentionally and spoils a great attacking opportunity by Hawke's Bay. He is lucky not to get carded for that
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Taranaki string a phase of terrible passes together and waste what could have been a great attacking opportunity.
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Taranaki are taking more control of the game now as they kick 2 penalties in quick succession and take a great break down the left hand side but the last pass was adjudged to be forward
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What a try! Quick turnover and quick hands into the midfield to Dixon who straightened slightly and offloaded well to Tongia who had plenty of work to do and his pace and step made it look easy
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Certain try butchered by Lamborn as he does not pass out wide. Buckman eventually gets the ball on the other side of the field but can't score
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Marshall with a great option to straighten the line checked the cover defence. The ball went quickly wide and Tamanivalu ran a good tight line inside the first receiver to go in untouched and score