Hawkes Bay No 8 Gemma Woods’s tackle is too late to stop her scoring. Photo: Gregor RichardsonA tougher challenge awaits, but the Otago Spirit can take plenty of confidence out of this one. The side put on a classy display to beat Hawke’s Bay 34-10 at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Saturday’s Farah Palmer Cup Championship semifinal. But it was its defence that really earned it the trip to face Wellington in next week’s final at Jerry Collins Memorial Stadium. Whatarau then won the line-out after the throw went long and she ran another 30m.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 14, 2018 20:37 UTC