A 15-10 win for the Bay tonight to move us onto 18 points, 2 behind the leaders Wellington who also won. 23 points was enough to make the top 8 last season so we may be just one win away now.

Tonight was not the best of the Bay, too much dropped ball and failure to finish off chances, especially in the first half. We donated a try to them when Hunt dropped it 10 yards out and Holwell scored. They gave us one back from a lineout 5 metres out. The winning try was scored in the second half after a break by Latimer who waited for MacDonald to scoot through and finish it off. We were hanging on at the end as Northland drove at the line until we turned it over. Delany the standout tonight with superb territorial kicking and a match-saving tackle on Vainokolo when he was one-on-one after an intercept.