Rugby pictures from the weekend

CLASH OF THE COASTS: East Coast halfback Ryan Buchanan sees a hole in the line. Pictures by Paul Rickard

EAST met West in a Heartland Championship clash of the Coasts at Ruatoria’s Whakarua Park. Victory went the way of the southerners, 32-19, leaving Ngati Porou East Coast still looking for a first win in the 2017 competition.

They are second-from-bottom on the table, their superior points differential putting them just ahead of LeaderBrand Poverty Bay. The Bay and the Coast meet in Gisborne this Saturday in a local derby shaping up to be a thriller.

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