FAN IN THE STAND: Loo and behold, it was Sinoti to the power of two

Mate, it's amazing what you can pick up in the bog.
Here I was, in the pit-stop lane just before the Hawke's Bay Magpies were kicking off and, eventually, I found myself in pole position.
I walked in and locked the door and there, in the corner next to the toilet bowl, sat six cans and four stubbies of beer.
No doubt some dudes "dunching" (sounds like brunching but it's a cross between lunch and dinner) at the old Centennial Hall, had thought long and hard about what they were going to have at halftime.
When I got out, this joker asked another: "So how do you think we're going to go?"
The other joker replied: "Mate, we can't do any worse than last week, eh."
It was looking a little suspect in the first half and I think the boys who left the booze in the bog had a nifty insurance policy.
The Magpies were looking a little lethargic as North Harbour kept piling on the points.
Our tackling was a wee soft and when tighthead Anthony Perenise ran away from his support players they were always going to score a try.
Call me old-fashioned, possums, but when you have a lumbering forward, like Bryn Evans, joining a backline move, then things will be a little dicey. His sloppy pass, with a yawning overlap, saw a try go begging.
People were beginning to give referee Keith Brown the raspberries but, really, we needed to lift our game.
It was a worry when Harbour shot to 16-0 and the ref sent No8 Michael Coman to the naughty boy's corner for 10 minutes.
However, as the floodlights started getting brighter the Magpies began to warm up to the task.
It was good to see Zac Guildford score a try in his 50th appearance and that old fellah MJ (blindside flanker Michael Johnson) dive over for another to make it 16-14.
Whatever co-coaches Peter Russell and Tom Coventry did or said in the changing rooms worked because the boys started kicking butt in the second half with Coman showing the way.
Bucky (winger Richard Buckman), who missed a conversion wide out just before the break, also polished his boots.
Ryan McLeod and Chris Eaton's tries were bonza and while Harbour scored a try with two minutes to go they were just not good enough.
Winger Sinoti Sinoti was my player of the day, aggressively breaking tackles and unloading. But whatever you do, don't let Paul Henry loose on him with a double-barrell name like that.
Kahn Fotuali'i again showed his class and the backline did it without Izzy (Israel Dagg).
The forwards were clinical but Lowey (flanker Karl Lowe) and Critter (Clint Newland) had a blinder.
Critter must have said something to get the ref going to cop that yellow card.
Hika Elliot must have had the All Black tour on his mind because he didn't make too many bullocking runs.
I wouldn't want to get hurt like Piri Weepu either but Hika deserves his call up.
I tell you what, Waikato's Stephen Donald should buy a Lotto, mate. How did he get in the squad?
Auckland's Daniel Braid got in but Lowey couldn't have been too far away.
And what's with the SBW (Sonny Bill Williams) deal?
Coach Graham Henry reckons they didn't promise him an AB jersey before he switched from rugby league.
Yeah right!
I'll watch the last round against Counties-Manukau this Sunday arvo at Pukekohe but, even if we beat them with a bonus point and Southland lose, we won't make top seven.
The Kamo Kid (former All Black-cum-commentator Ian Jones) was saying at the pre-match function that we should be playing against the likes of Wellington and Canterbury if we finish at the top of the table.
Let's hope so.
It was great to see so many young children enjoying themselves thanks to the special-price offer on the Centennial Stand but, unfortunately, it was the last home match of the season.
That's life.