Canterbury to host Counties Manukau in Farah Palmer Cup final ANDREW VOERMANSky SportCounties scored 24 second-half points to beat Waikato and reach the Farah Palmer Cup final. Canterbury will host the Counties Manukau Heat in the final of the Farah Palmer Cup Premiership after they both won their semifinals on Saturday. Next week's final in Christchurch will be a rematch of last year's, which Canterbury won 13-7. Wellington will be favourites to go up to the Premiership when they host Otago in the Championship decider. Farah Palmer Cup, semifinalsPremiership: Canterbury 31 Manawatū 12, Counties Manukau 24 Waikato 14Championship: Wellington 33 North Harbour 7, Otago 34 Hawke's Bay 10Relegation playoff: Bay of Plenty 25 Auckland 22- StuffComments

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