But Border would have to wait another 35 minutes to seal their place in next week's final against PGG Wrightson/Ballance Taihape. It was good reward for Ruapehu who had been aggressive in forcing Border into errors. "Border were clearly the better team on the day so they deserved the win today. Ruapehu player/coach Andrew Evans said his side had made too many mistakes to really test Border. This time around, Border's 34-15 win was nothing more than expected from a side which had only lost one match this season.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 17, 2016 04:25 UTC