4th minute: Manurewa striker Graham Kay rifles a shot past Napier City Rovers keeper Shaun Peta from inside the 18m box to put the visitors up 1-0 as their jubilant flag-bearing fans burst into cheers and whistles.
9th: Napier City Rovers skipper Regan Cameron works the ball up, puts it out
the left to Josh Stevenson but striker Andy Pickering's header sprays wide of the near upright from the ensuing cross near the corner flag.
23rd: Striker Stu Wilson's cross finds the far post but Pickering comes off second to Manurewa keeper Clayton Chappell. Bluewater fans cry foul from Matt Hastings' ensuing cornerkick after the banana curler catches rightback Eammon O'Brien and rolls towards the goalmouth line but the defender recovers quickly to clear it.
Halftime:
49th: Stevenson's cross from the left-flank corner but midfielder Sven Exeter's header from inside the 18m box leaves little to be desired.
59th: Joe Simpkins comes on for Exeter while Manurewa's Dave Allan replaces Martin Rodwell in the engine room.
60th: Stevenson has all the time in the world from the 18m box but shoots wide after a cross from left flank.
63rd: Manurewa centreback Jon Bodman heads in a freekick past keeper Peta to make it 2-0 as the visiting fans chant: "Let's go Rewa, let's go."
65th: Penalty after keeper Chappell brings down Wilson in the 18m box. Referee Jamie Cross shows the keeper a yellow card before awarding a spot kick, which Wilson deftly plants to the top, left corner. Rovers trail 2-1.
66th: Kay makes a run and clips the upright but Bay assistant referee Jordan Williams rules it offside.
67th: David Firisua comes in for Mark Atkinson in the midfield for Manurewa.
69th: Striker Matt Single substitutes Pickering.
70th: Firisua smashes a ball from a freekick on an oblique angle on the right flank after Bill Robertson fouls Kay but Peta is equal to the occasion with a mid-air parry.
72nd: Manurewa left wing Josh Ming collects a yellow card for kicking the ball away after captain Stu Roberts fouls Simpkins. The visitors are asking referee Cross how much time is left.
77th: Robertson concedes another freekick, which beats everyone into the goalmouth but the ref pings lanky defender O'Brien, running back like John Cleese, for taking Peta out.
78th: Single collects a yellow card for kicking Bodman, who hobbles off while Brad Armstrong runs on.
80th: Wilson receives a pass in the 18m box with his back to the goalmouth, turns 180 degrees and crisply strikes it past a defender as an obscured Chappell dives desperately but the ball pushes past his fingertips into the left corner of the net. Rovers draw, 2-2.
82nd: Price receives a ball from Single in the 5m box but the flick beats everyone, including a bewildered keeper, past the post.
84th: Price collects a yellow card for abusing the ref after taking exception to a tackle.
89th: Hastings, Single and Price work the ball up to Wilson whose shot keeper Chappell fumbles but Single is too late to capitalise.
91st: Price's replacement, Luke Chapman, back heels a ball in the Rovers' 18m box but keeper Peta saves the blushes as Blues fans breathe a collective sigh of relief in the four minutes of added time.
First 15 minutes of extra time:
5th: Fergus Neill has a one-two with Hastings, whose cross goes past far post but Wilson's reply yields a cornerkick.
8th: Single's header keeps ball in play on the sideline as Stevenson collects, beats a slipping defender but, instead of having a shot at goal from a 45-degree angle, opts to pass into the 18m box. Wilson is caught shy.
11th: Stevenson pushes the ball to the near post but Chapman's finish is feeble.
14th: Single brings joy to the hosts with a header after Wilson's cross finds the lanky striker unmarked. Rovers lead for the first time, 3-2 lead.
Second spell of 15 minutes:
4th: Kieran Nevey's freekick develops into a goalmouth melee but Danny Wilson clears the bar for a cornerkick. From the ensuing Nevey cornerkick lanky O'Brien's header sails over the crossbar.
8th: Kay has a chance to equalise but his shot is too feeble.
10th: Ming turns and rifles a shot agonisingly close to the top, right upright. The ref flashes a yellow card at keeper Peta for wasting time from the ensuing goal kick.
12th: Stevenson almost makes Manurewa pay after their keeper Chappell throws the ball to Firisua in the middle rather than hoofing it up for speedy attack but the policeman's shot goes off a tangent.
15th: Just after fourth official Peter Linney indicates two minutes of added time, the ref shows Stevenson a yellow card for diving in the box.
4th minute: Manurewa striker Graham Kay rifles a shot past Napier City Rovers keeper Shaun Peta from inside the 18m box to put the visitors up 1-0 as their jubilant flag-bearing fans burst into cheers and whistles.
9th: Napier City Rovers skipper Regan Cameron works the ball up, puts it out
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