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Hurricanes Development rugby competition champions Hawke's Bay got a reminder of the depth in Canterbury yesterday.
Canterbury Development beat Hawke's Bay Development 43-15 at Napier's Park Island after leading 17-10 at halftime.
"It was always going to be a tough ask for our boys with a short turn around after the weekend's final. We had a lot of players unavailable either through injury, work or illness and only had a squad of 21 to take on their squad of 28," Bay manager Mike Smith said.
"Under those circumstances all our boys battled hard and with 20 minutes remaining the score was 29-15," Smith added.