Action from Te Puna's 32-10 win over Greerton Marist. Photo / Supplied
Action from Te Puna's 32-10 win over Greerton Marist. Photo / Supplied
RUGBY
Tauranga Sports have maintained their unbeaten run at the top of the Western Bay of Plenty men's premier competition with a hard-fought 21-16 win away at Te Puke. They have now won six wins from six games, including four bonus points.
That was Te Puke's first loss of theseason and they remain in second place.
Third-placed Te Puna beat Greerton Marist 32-10 and fourth-placed Rangiuru beat Rangataua 47-5.
In the Bay of Plenty Premier women's competition, Rangataua continued to flex their sizeable muscles with a 93-0 win over Rotoiti. They remain atop the table with five wins from five and a whopping points differential of +304.
Second-placed Rangiuru beat Waimana 24-0 and third-placed Mount Maunganui beat Te Teko 77-5.
In the Central Bay of Plenty Premier competition, it is Rotoiti and Ngongotahā locked in a battle for second place behind high-flying Whakarewarewa.
Whakarewarewa have played six, won them all and sit comfortably in first on 24 competition points.
On Saturday, Ngongotahā narrowly beat Rotoiti 11-5. The two sides are now both on 12 points, Rotoiti clinging to second place via a superior points difference. Nipping at their heels are Marist St Michael's and Kahukura on eight points.
Meanwhile, in the Eastern Bay of Plenty Division 1 competition, Paroa beat Ruatoki 32-26 and Te Teko beat Whakatāne Marist 22-20 to maintain their unbeaten runs at the top of the table.
Waimana and Rangiuru's women's teams went toe-to-toe on Sunday. Photo / Supplied
RUGBY LEAGUE
Round five of the Bay of Plenty men's competition saw Pikiao and Mangakino maintain impressive starts to the season.
Pikiao beat last year's beaten finalists, Pacific, 26-22 while Mangakino hammered Reporoa 40-14.
The defending champions, Taupō Phoenix, made easy work of Tauhara, winning 78-0.
Pāpāmoa beat Tauranga 24-4 and Ōtūmoetai beat Forestland 56-10.
FOOTBALL
There were mixed results for Tauranga City's NRFL sides at the weekend. In Division 1 they went down 2-1 to Waiheke United - one of the longest away trips in the competition. Waiheke led 2-0 at halftime, Tauranga pulled one goal back through Tim Jentzsch but could not push on for an equaliser.
Meanwhile, Tauranga City's Division 1 Reserve side was able to produce a 1-0 win over Waiheke's reserve team.
In the WaiBop Premiership, Flying Mullet Pāpāmoa maintained their unbeaten run at the top of the table with a 5-1 win over Huntly Thistle.
In the WaiBop W-League, Tauranga City were knocked off top spot via a 7-1 hammering at the hands of the Waiariki women.
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Western Bay of Plenty Premier: Arataki 0-69 Mount Maunganui Greerton 10-32 Te Puna Te Puke 16-21 Tauranga Sports Rangiuru 47-5 Rangataua Premier Development: Judea 15-12 Mount Maunganui Greerton Marist 21-14 Te Puna Te Puke 7-38 Tauranga Sports Rangiuru 5-47Rangataua Senior Reserves: Te Puna 12 vs 24 Tauranga Sports Eastern Districts 25-27 Katikati Greerton Marist 41-17 Pāpāmoa
Eastern Bay of Plenty Division 1: Whakatāne Marist 20-22 Te Teko Galatea/Waiohau v Edgecumbe - No result available Paroa 32-26 Ruatoki Ōpōtiki v Poroporo - No result available
Bay of Plenty Women Premier: Waimana 0-24Rangiuru Rangataua 93-0 Rotoiti Te Teko 5-77 Mount Maunganui Ōpōtiki - Bye
FOOTBALL (Bay of Plenty teams only) NRFL Division 1: Waiheke Utd 2-1 Tauranga City
NRFL Division 1 Reserves: Waiheke Utd 0-1 Tauranga City
WaiBop Championship: Ōtūmoetai Championship 6-4 Tauranga City Tauranga City AFC 1-3 Roundwood Tokoroa Waikato Unicol 1-5 Taupō Flying Mullet Pāpāmoa 4-3 Cambridge Ōtūmoetai 3-0 Hamilton Wanderers Tauranga Old Blues 1-1 Te Puke Utd Claudelands Rovers 3-2 Whakatāne Town
WaiBop W-League: Whakatāne Town 3-2 Tilemax Pāpāmoa Hamilton Wanderers 0-3 Ōtūmoetai FC Waiariki 7-1 Tauranga City
Bay 1: Ōtūmoetai FC 2-2 Kawerau Sports Katikati 4-1 Pāpāmoa Waiariki 0-4 Ōtūmoetai Legends Whakatāne Town 2-1 Tauranga City
Bay 2: Ōtūmoetai Special 0-0 Taupō Lakers Waiariki 3-2 Tauranga Old Blues
Women's Bay 1: Waiariki 1-0 Tauranga City Kawerau - Bye Ōtūmoetai FC 6-1 Plains Rangers
RUGBY LEAGUE Bay of Plenty Premier - Round 5: Pacific 22-26 Pikiao Mangakino 40-14 Reporoa Forestland 10-56 Ōtūmoetai Taupō 78-0 Tauhara Tauranga 4-24 Pāpāmoa
