THE weekend in action. For more great photos go to our photos page.
HEARTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP KICKS OFF: Ngati Porou East Coast winger Jayden Milner looks inside for support in the opening week of the Heartland Championship provincial rugby competition. The Coast hosted Thames Valley and it was not the start they wanted. The Sky Blues went down 42-13 at Ruatoria’s Whakarua Park. Pictures by Paul Rickard and Liam Clayton