Takahiwai make it game of two halves

Takahiwai rediscovered their game in the second half to come from behind to beat Portland 52-32 in the Northland club rugby league competition on Saturday.
The Ruakaka club's coach, Manu Tuhoro, said his side's second-half performance silenced the Portland crowd.
Takahiwai trailed 12-26 at half-time in the match between the long-time rivals, but began to claw their way back into the match in the second spell.
"We had a pretty good second half, our forwards pulled finger and finally got going and that opened up some holes and we scored 40 points in the end," Tuhoro said.
It was an important win for Takahiwai, taking them to an eight-win two-loss record and seeing them challenging Kaikohe and Moerewa at the top of the competition.
 Back-rower Dwayne Bainbridge and standoff Kyle Hool were the visiting standouts on the day.
Kaikohe maintained their lead on the table by beating the Bay Slayers in controversial circumstances at Kerikeri.
The Bay Slayers were hot on attack trailing by just two points, 18-16, when one of their players, Matt Rogers, seriously injured his knee just short of the tryline 10 minutes into the second spell.
Play was halted as the injury  required an ambulance.
But it never arrived and about 30 minutes later, the referee was forced to call off the game,  with the result going the way of the team in front at the time.
Kaikohe coach Benson Selwyn said the decision was controversial but the referee had little choice.
"You can see their [the Bay Slayers'] point of view, if the shoe was on the other foot, I'd be jumping up and down too," he said.
City just held off a brave Hikurangi Stags comeback to get the points 42-40 at Fishbone Park.
The home side led 16-4 at half-time and continued to lead until Hikurangi began to close in the final quarter.
The scoring rate began to soar as the players tired, which saw the more fleet footed players cashing in.
 In the end, it was heart-in-your-mouth stuff for the City supporters, but they held out in a great team effort.
At Hokianga, the Pioneers proved too slick for visiting Otaua in the second spell, after the two sides were tied up at 18-all at halftime.
On the back of some good work by their promising youngsters, in particular centre Jarlal Beckham and old heads like Mare Katene and Son Taylor, Hokianga outscored their rivals in the second spell to win 50-24.
Otaua never gave up, with Kuri Warren, Toots Harris and Hamuera Turakau all putting in good performances.
Moerewa Tigers were largely untroubled by Northern Wairoa in Dargaville, with the visitors winning 46-4, after being ahead 24-0 at the break.