A 'special player'

FINALISTS FOUND: Woodbank HSOB No.8 Siosiua Moala reaches out to score a try despite the attentions of Larsawn Ngatapa’s Sione Ngatu and Chris Richardson as the 2016 Poverty Bay premier club rugby finalists were sorted at Rugby Park on Saturday. Picture by Paul Rickard

Siosiua Moala was sensational in HSOB’s 36-24 win over Larsawn Ngatapa, his powerhouse performance drawing high praise from his coach Wayne Ensor.

“He’s a special player,” Ensor said.

HSOB moved to within a win of retaining the Lee Bros Shield but to do that they will have to get past a determined Enterprise Cars OBM, who beat Farmvets YMP 28-22 to reach their first premier final since 2008.