Bay of Plenty Times
  • Bay of Plenty Times home
  • Latest news
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Sport
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
  • Sport

Locations

  • Coromandel & Hauraki
  • Katikati
  • Tauranga
  • Mount Maunganui
  • Pāpāmoa
  • Te Puke
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • Thames
  • Tauranga
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Bay of Plenty Times

Bayleys National Sevens: Bay of Plenty men lift Plate

David Beck
By David Beck
Multimedia sports journalist·Rotorua Daily Post·
14 Jan, 2018 09:05 PM3 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Bay of Plenty's Te Aihe Toma makes a run in the Bayleys National Sevens Plate final against Auckland. Photo / Ben Fraser

Bay of Plenty's Te Aihe Toma makes a run in the Bayleys National Sevens Plate final against Auckland. Photo / Ben Fraser

The Bay of Plenty men beat Auckland 31-12 in the men's Plate final at the Bayleys National Sevens to finish fifth overall.

Bay of Plenty started the tournament with a bang, beating Mid Canterbury 43-0 in the first round of pool play. They then produced hard-fought victories over powerhouses Canterbury and Auckland, 19-10 and 24-14 respectively, to book a Cup quarter-final against Taranaki.

In the quarter-final they let Taranaki get out to an early lead through try-scoring machine Declan O'Donnell. Bay of Plenty finished strongly, thanks to a Teddy Stanaway hatrick, but they ran out of time and lost 24-17, consigning them to the Plate.

In the Plate semifinal it was Stanaway who opened the scoring, crossing the line in the first 30 seconds, and Bay of Plenty never looked back, cruising to a 26-7 victory to earn a place in the final.

Stanaway, one of the standout players of the tournament, opened the scoring in the final against Auckland. He was put into space on the right-hand side, near halfway, put a kick in for himself, raced around the defender, regathered and scored in the corner.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
New Zealand sevens representative Teddy Stanaway was a standout player for Bay of Plenty at the Bayleys National Sevens. Photo / Ben Fraser
New Zealand sevens representative Teddy Stanaway was a standout player for Bay of Plenty at the Bayleys National Sevens. Photo / Ben Fraser

Captain Te Aihe Toma added another try as he shrugged off tackles with ease before scoring under the posts. Auckland responded with a try to Sam Livingston to reduce the deficit to 12-7. Josh Honey added a third try for Bay of Plenty to make it 17-7 at halftime.

Stanaway added his second try of the game shortly after halftime, before Ngarohi McGarvey-Black added another with a superb kick and chase, to extend Bay of Plenty's lead to 31-7 and secure the win.

Bay of Plenty coach Paul Tietjens said in losing the Cup quarter-final, his side learned the hard way that it was a two-day tournament, not just one.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

"Obviously we were really disappointed after playing so well yesterday. Unfortunately, we didn't start well against Taranaki, there were key moments we didn't get right and they punished us.

"Obviously the boys bounced back against a good Manawatu side in the Plate semifinal and then beat a good Auckland side for a second consecutive day, so that was really pleasing. Any Auckland side you come up against is a good side, so to put 30-odd points was pleasing," Tietjens said.

He said McGarvey-Black and Luke Masirewa were his standout players of the tournament.

"They're both going into the New Zealand camp this week to play for contracts, so full credit to those boys. The boys around them, my core forwards and my captain, I couldn't have asked for a better side to play this tournament with," he said.

Discover more

Sport|rugby

LIVE: Bayleys National Sevens as it happens

12 Jan 08:40 PM

Bay of Plenty sevens sides reach quarter-finals

13 Jan 05:15 AM
Sport|rugby

Live: Sevens glory for Waikato and Manawatu

14 Jan 01:00 AM

Five things we learned from National Sevens

14 Jan 08:00 PM

The national champions in the men's competition were Waikato, led by Zac Guilford, who beat Tasman 21-17 in a hard-fought final after surviving the 'pool of death' with Counties Manukau and Taranaki on day one.

Save

    Share this article

Latest from Bay of Plenty Times

Bay of Plenty Times

Baywide rugby: Whaka look to break 19-year drought

Bay of Plenty Times

Netball: Magic narrowly lose to Pulse after scores still tied in final minutes

Bay of Plenty Times

Revealed: ‘Major milestone’ for education system announced by Government 


Sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Bay of Plenty Times

Baywide rugby: Whaka look to break 19-year drought
Bay of Plenty Times

Baywide rugby: Whaka look to break 19-year drought

Whakarewarewa beat Greerton Marist 25-17 to reach the Baywide final.

14 Jul 05:17 AM
Netball: Magic narrowly lose to Pulse after scores still tied in final minutes
Bay of Plenty Times

Netball: Magic narrowly lose to Pulse after scores still tied in final minutes

14 Jul 04:28 AM
Revealed: ‘Major milestone’ for education system announced by Government 
Bay of Plenty Times

Revealed: ‘Major milestone’ for education system announced by Government 

14 Jul 04:00 AM


Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky
Sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

06 Jul 09:47 PM
NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Bay of Plenty Times e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Bay of Plenty Times
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP