Hawke's Bay receive a relieving penalty on their line and they clear up towards their 10m line

Penalty to Northland for a high tackle, need to watch their tackles as yellow cards will be shown if it continues

Northland have possession and they break into the 22 but tackled well

Northland Kick off and Hawke's Bay receive well

Halftime Score 17-7 to Northland!

Hawke's Bay break the line but lose it forward after a tackle and Northland have the ball through Breen and they kick it out for halftime, exciting game so far with some enterprising skills by both teams

Northland attack again and break the line but Hawke's Bay turn it over and look dangerous now and receive a penalty for not releasing the ball

Hawke's Bay restart and Northland receive well and take the ball up

Dan Pryor goes over following the maul and they take a more impressive lead into halftime, just a couple of minutes away

Maul formed and getting closer to the line