Sports made the early running, taking a 13-3 lead into the halftime break, courtesy of a Steven Honey try and two penalties and a conversion from Eru Haimona.  A dramatic change in the encounter came when two Tauranga Sports players were yellow carded. In an action packed twelve minutes, the Mount seized the opportunity and ran in four long-range tries. Mount halfback Steven Wallace finished off a couple of attacking runs to be rewarded with two touchdowns. The try of the match came when Bay Steamer Colin Bourke received the ball around half way, ran down the sideline and chipped ahead to regather the ball, then dotted the ball down for the third Mount touchdown. The fourth Mount try came from Chad Jacobs, to give the home side a major advantage with a quarter left in the game. A consolation Tauranga try was scored by Mike Rogers – with a further penalty from Mount fullback Sam Jurisich taking the final score to 32-18.  A head to head battle between Whakatane Marist and fellow Eastern Bay side Te Teko next weekend, will decide which team grabs a place in the Baywide Premier championship. In Blue section results on Saturday Te Teko scored the last try of the encounter, to snatch a 17 all draw with Te Puke Sports. Whakatane Marist set up next weekend’s decider, when they won a high scoring match against fellow Marist team Greerton. Six tries to the home team resulted in a 43-21 victory, with Greerton kicker Andrew Boyd keeping his side in the match with seven penalties.  The anticipated battle of attrition in the Gold section between Opotiki and Rangataua became a reality – with Rangataua holding out the home side 12-6. Taipari Kuka and Ashley Mason scored tries for Rangataua, with John Ririnui adding a conversion – while Sam Howe kicked two penalties for Opotiki.  The two Rotorua Baywide heavyweights, both continued on their winning way posting solid victories. Rotoiti ran in eight tries to post a 51-17 victory, against a game Waikite team that never gave up the fight. Whakarewarewa were too strong for Te Puna with Tofu Pomale grabbing four tries in the 48-5 win. In division two Kahukura, Arataki and Ngongotaha all retained their unbeaten records. Kahukura won a relatively high scoring encounter with Papamoa 39-24 – Arataki sneaked past Eastern Districts 17-10 with Ngongotaha defeating Kawerau 33-15. Other div two teams to post victories were Paroa who defeated Ruatoki 24-18, Rangiuru who got home by a solitary point 15-14 from Reporoa and Marist St Michaels winning an arm wrestle with Judea 8 nil.   

Bay of Plenty Bartercard Baywide Rugby Results 30 May 2009Division oneBlue section:Mount Maunganui 32 (Steven Wallace 2, Colin Bourke, Chad Jacobs tries; Sam Jurisich 3cons 2pens) Tauranga Sports 18 (Steven Honey Mike Rogers tries; Eru Haimona 2pens con) HT 3-13
Te Teko 19 (Tu Williams, Scott Sutherland, S Meyes tries; Ryan Hahipene 2con) Te Puke Sports 19 (David Whitecliffe, Josh Harrison tries; Simon Rolleston 2pens, Brett McLeod pen)
Whakatane Marist 43 (QJ Ohia 2, Murray Sturt, Clinton Toopi, Kiti Boag, Steve Mapu tries; Max Bullivant 4con pen, Craig Edwards con) Greerton Marist 21 (Andrew Boyd 7pen).Gold Section:
Whakarewarewa 48 (Tofu Pomale 4, Wayne Hughson, Steven Schenk, Paula Asaeli tries; Kelly Haimona 5con pen) Te Puna 5 (Daniel Schuster try). HT: 10-5.
Rangataua 12 (Taipari Kuka, Ashley Mason tries; John Ririnui con) Opotiki 6 (Sam Howe 2pens)
Rotoiti 51 (Sikeli Bola 3, Rob Rewi, Nikki Nepia, Josevata Taiweke, Peter White, AJ Thompson tries; Bola 4con pen) Waikite 17 (Tuamoana Wijohn 2, Jacob Masters tries; Marcus McGarvey con) HT: 22-12. BOPRU Bartercard Baywide Division One Points TableGold: Rotoiti 20, Whakarewarewa 18, Rangataua 9, Te Puna 6, Opotiki 5, Waikite 1.Blue: Mount Maunganui 15, Tauranga Sports 14, Te Puke Sports 13, Te Teko 9, Whakatane Marist 9, Greerton Marist 1. Division TwoBlue Section: Paroa 24 Ruatoki 18, Ngongotaha 33 Kawerau 15, Arataki 17 Eastern Districts 10.Gold Section: Rangiuru 15 Reporoa 14, Kahukura 39 Papamoa 24, Marist St Michaels 8 Judea 0.  For further information contact:

Mike Rogers     BOPRU Operations Manager