Country took the honours in the Queen's Birthday match between Town and Country in wet conditions at Maheno on Friday night. The closeness of the final score impressed North Otago coach Jason Forrest. "The 17-10 final score showed how tight it was, and I put it down to the tightness of our club rugby. It took Country 27 minutes to put points on the board, when from a scrum 8m out Country No8 Josh Hayward detached to score. But in the final 30 minutes Town came back into the game.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 02, 2019 16:41 UTC