Taranaki struggles
PA Paeroa By scoring 15 points in the last 13 minutes, Taranaki kept alive its second division national rugby championship chances _ at Paeroa yesterday, beating Thames Valley, 24-7. , The match also served as a solid workout for Taranaki’s Ranfurly Shield challenge and North Island championship final, at Hamilton, on Saturday.. The score flattered Taranaki because for all but the last thirteen minutes Thames
i Valley was right in the i game and ..had the visitors •struggling, particularly in I the forwards. ’ In an even first half Tara- ; naki led, 6-3, all points came : from penalties. For twenty minutes of the ; second spell Thames Valley ■ called the tune and at that ■ stage trailed, 7-9. Then Tara--1 naki gradually battled back • on top and, with a couple of movements which started - from opportunist situations, > it chalked up two converted > tries; '
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Press, 25 September 1980, Page 34
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