DESPERATE DEFENCE. Kuba Jerabek can't stop a Taradale attack but celebrated afterwards with Gisborne Thistle winning 3-0 on their homeground at Childers Road Reserve on Saturday.
Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates took on East Coast side Uawai in a practice match at the Oval on Saturday.
The two teams played each other for the first time in a decade as they prepared for the resumption of their respective club competitions next week after the Covid-19 lockdown.
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visitors defeated Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates by 35 to 5. Pirates coach Willie Waitoa said Uawa were “a lot hungrier than us”. He did like the performances of Willie Bollingford, Wayne Collins, Abbey Wawatai and the two props Jesse Sweeney and Hauraki Downs, who “got better as the game went on”.
Meanwhile, in their first Pacific Premiership match of the season, Gisborne Thistle won 3-0 on their homeground at Childers Road Reserve on Saturday against Taradale. For more on this match, see Gisborne Herald reporter John Gillies' story .
