A 70 nil victory by the Bay of Plenty Under 16 team against King Country on Saturday (24 September 2011), has set up a Northern Region championship decider, at Blake Park, Mount Maunganui next weekend.

As usual a large band of Under 16 team parents and supporters accompanied the side to Te Kuiti, where the Bay side were always in control posting 70 unanswered points. The victory cemented their unbeaten record at the top of the Northern Region point’s table. Next Saturday (1 October 2011) they will have the home advantage in the title decider against Waikato in the Western Bay of Plenty.

The Bay of Plenty Under 18 team took on the best of New Zealand’s largest city Under 18 players, when the Bay side walked out onto Maramatanga Park at Te Puna, to face Auckland A. The encounter started at as cracking pace, however some solid defence from the home side, saw Auckland take just a 10 nil lead into the half way break in play.

In the second spell the Bay of Plenty teams attacked the visitors line on several occasions, before their opponents ran in two tries to take out the game 24 nil. The Bay team will round out their Northern Region campaign at Blake Park next Saturday when they meet North Harbour.

A solid win for the Bay of Plenty Roller Mills (primary school) representatives in the curtain raiser at Maramtanga Park, augurs well for the Bay side in their quest for Roller Mills honours in the tournament that kicks off on the 9th October 2011. The Bay team wrapped up an unbeaten pre-season campaign with a 53-12 victory against Counties Manukau in their last pre-tournament hit-out.

BOPRU Representative Results 24 September 2011
Under 18: Auckland A 24 BOP 0
Under 16: BOP 70 King Country 0
Roller Mills Pre-Season: BOP 53 Counties Manukau 12

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Neil Alton BOPRU Operations Manager 021 570 911