Taranaki to host semifinal...Auckland hanging onSimon O'Connor Taranaki wing Declan O'Donnell breaks through the Auckland defence. The win has guaranteed one thing - Taranaki will host a semifinal next week along with defending champions Canterbury but against who and when has yet to be decided. You got that feeling early in the second half, as well, as they busted tackles with relative ease to put Taranaki on the back foot and scampering. An early Simon Hickey penalty gave the visitors as eight-point buffer as Taranaki started to look more and more tired. It didn't last with O'Leary then ruling the penalty try to Auckland before Halafihi's heroics.

Source: Stuff October 13, 2016 08:26 UTC