Bay of Plenty beat Manawatu on the back of powerful scrumDavid Rowland Ambrose Curtis scored one of Manawatu's five tries, but it wasn't enough to prevent his side stumbling to a 38-33 loss to Bay of Plenty on Sunday. Bay of Plenty picked up two pushover tries at scrum time, as well as the crucial match-sealing penalty. First Bay of Plenty halfback Riki Tipuna kicked the ball out before the fulltime siren sounded. After a pair of dominant scrums, Bay of Plenty worked their way into the 22 where lock Callum Retallick set up prop Aidan Ross for the try. But a mistake from the kickoff meant Bay of Plenty were right back on attack and flanker Shahn Eru picked up the try.

Source: Stuff October 09, 2016 05:29 UTC