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Home / Bay of Plenty Times / Sport

Why was coach grumpy after 29 point win?

By Alison King
Bay of Plenty Times·
26 Jun, 2011 10:47 PM3 mins to read

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It's a sign of a team's dominance in a competition when they can win by 29 points and have the coach call it their worst performance of the year.
But that was how Tauranga Sports coach Mike Rogers described their 41-12 win over Waikite at Bellevue Rd.
With the scores at 31-5
at half-time the signs were there that the visitors could add at least another 30 to their tally, especially as they were able to make good use of the southerly blasting across the field.
But Waikite came back in the second half and held Tauranga back to a solitary penalty and converted try.
"We're fairly disappointed with how the boys played, that was our worst performance of the year," Rogers said. "We just didn't play well."
Tauranga showed their might within minutes and restricted Waikite to their own half for much for the first half.
Josh Hall was the first to get on the scoresheet and once the points were up they kept on rolling in, first-five Nick Evemy not missing a chance to convert a try or penalty.
It was easy to see Waikite were going to get outplayed in front of a quiet home crowd, every time they kicked forward it found a Tauranga player, every time there was a player to be tackled they seemed to evade them.
There were a few magic moments, however, such as when Tumoana Wijohn bulldozed his way across the line to get Waikite their first points.
Hamu Hudson was the recipient of a movement that started on the right side of the field and made its way to the left wing. He took advantage of a clear gap to gift Waikite their second try.
But they should have had more, but forward passes and mis-timed runs were their let down.
Meanwhile, Steamers captain Colin Bourke provided the icing on the cake for Mount Maunganui with his side's third try as they downed Opotiki at Blake Park.
Mount carried on their recent surge of form which has seen them win seven of their last eight matches with a hard fought 26-10 victory. Mount kicker Sam Jurisich kicked three penalties in the first half before Roha Maxwell crashed over for Opotiki, with the conversion and penalty slotted by Sam Howe giving Opotiki a 10-9 lead at halftime.
However, the home side held Opotiki scoreless in the second spell while running in three tries. Mount fullback Tutere Waenga grabbed a double, with Bourke sealing the result late in the game. The latest Mount Maunganui victory re-inks their second place on the points table.
Te Puke Sports provided Whakarewarewa, who led the standings up to the last game of the first round, with further misery. In a close run encounter Whaka led 12-10 at half time courtesy of four penalties to Kelly Haimoana.
Three penalty goals to Nick McCashin, and a further three pointer to Haimoana resulted in Te Puke narrowly taking it out 19-15. Te Puna moved off the bottom with a narrow 19-16 win against Rotoiti and Rangataua won a high scoring encounter 31-25 against Whakatane Marist, with the Eastern Bay side picking up a valuable bonus point to help stave of relegation.
Te Teko continued their lead in division one when they despatched Kahukura 50-26. Greerton Marist got their semi-final aspirations back on track when they upset Ngongotaha 27-5.
See this weekend's Baywide club rugby results here

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