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Whanganui Boxon to face Hawera Hawks in TRL Premiership semifinal

By Jared Smith
Sports Editor·Whanganui Chronicle·
18 Jun, 2018 09:22 AM3 mins to read

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Boxon centre Shane Henry gets his pass away in their big win over the Tigers at Cooks Gardens on June 9. The Boxon are back on Cooks this weekend for the semifinals against the Hawera Hawks.

Boxon centre Shane Henry gets his pass away in their big win over the Tigers at Cooks Gardens on June 9. The Boxon are back on Cooks this weekend for the semifinals against the Hawera Hawks.

The Whanganui Boxon are confirmed to be facing the Hawera Hawks at Cooks Gardens this weekend in the TRL Paddock to Plate Butchery Premiership semifinals after the weekend's quarterfinals were a bust.

The original plan for the six-team competition was for the Top 2 teams – the Boxon and the Western Suburbs Tigers – to automatically qualify for the semifinals, while the other four sides would playoff for the right to join them.

However, both bottom of the table teams the Linton Cobras and the Waitara Bears defaulted their quarterfinal games to the Bell Block-Marist Dragons and Hawks respectively.

Tigers get the third-placed Dragons in New Plymouth, while the table leaders Boxon face the fourth placed Hawks.

It was a sad end to the Cobras season, who like the Boxon switched over to the Taranaki Rugby League competition when the Manawatu Rugby League folded their premier grade for the year.

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After losing four straight games, the Cobras went on a four-match winning streak, only to have their fourth win against the Hawks taken off them when it was revealed they fielded an ineligible player.

Both the Cobras and the wooden spoon Bears struggled for numbers after that, defaulting both their final round robin games and the weekend quarterfinals.

On their Facebook page, the TRL thanked the Cobras and Bears for taking part in the Premiership.

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"Although things did not finish as well as you both would have liked, there was a lot to like from both teams who managed to win some magnificent games throughout the season.

"It is hoped both teams regroup and come back even stronger in 2019."

Boxon are guaranteed to have the top tryscorer for the season and likely the leading points scorer as Emitai Logadraudrau sits on 13 tries with the closest players still active being clubmates Jordan Davis and Tautahi Rawiri with seven.

Goal kicker Rawiri will have the opportunity to break the 100-point barrier for the competition as he currently sits on 92.

In the games between the Hawks and Boxon this season, the Hawera side drew first blood at home with a 30-28 win under lights in March at the TSB Hub, scoring the matchwinning try off the final play.

The Boxon got payback in May with a 48-20 win in a day match at the City College grounds, after they blew the scoreline out in the final quarter.

The semifinal will be at Cooks Gardens on Saturday, with a 2.30pm kickoff.

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