Taranaki absorb plenty of pressure from Auckland and they turn it. Kurt Baker gets the ball and puts in a great clearing kick to relieve the pressure

Taranaki win a penalty and McKenzie takes the kick quickly but misses touch.

The ball is held up and Auckland have a 5m scrum and their tails are up

Auckland 7m out and attacking well, stringing together a number of good phases

The sides trading penalties in this exciting end to the first half.

Great set piece try by the Naki as they were sneaky at the line out with a short throw. The ball goes to Tamanivalu who smashes over his opposite number to offload to his captain who scores

No try as there was millimeters in it and Auckland have a scrum feed 5m from their line

20 unanswered points by Auckland as the game settles down a bit but Taranaki steal it and kick ahead and Taranaki may have scored. TMO ruling

Moala picks from the base and runs diagonally at a few half attempted tackles and powers over the line

Taranaki not rolling away on the 14th attacking phase by auckland and anscombe has a chance to kick 3 points