AUCKLAND BEATEN
Last-Minute i Penalty f.V Z. Press Association > AUCKLAND. With a last-minute penalty goal, W. J. Potae ( helped Bay of Plenty to , beat Auckland, 20-18, in a I representative Rugby j match at Eden Park yes- . terday. j Bay scored four stunning tries and deserved to win. The full-back. D. Laurie, kicked six penalty goals to score all Auckland's points. Auckland had numerous chances to score tries, but lapsed Into errors with dropped passes and erratic running. Laurie kicked his first goal (in the nineteenth minute, to (make Auckland, 3-14, and two (more had Auckland 9-14 at half-time. I Eleven minutes from the (end he kicked his sixth penalty and Auckland led. 18-17, (for the first time in the match. ( But in the last minute (Auckland was penalised in a (ruck 43 yards from the posts (and Potae kicked the goal. The Bay forwards were a powerful, crashing eight for most of the game and its backs ran, passed and caught much more accurately than the Aucklanders. For Bav of Plenty, O. Stephen, M. J. Docherty, M. Stone and R. G. Oswald scored tries, and Potae kicked one conversion and two penalties.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31164, 14 September 1966, Page 19
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193AUCKLAND BEATEN Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31164, 14 September 1966, Page 19
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