Masterton Red Star produce stunning comeback to win

Two last gasp tries sparked wild celebrations as Masterton Red Star produced a stunning comeback to draw 24-24 with East Coast in a Senior A club rugby match at Colombo Road on Saturday.
Down 24-10 with less than four minutes remaining, the home side were for all money dead and buried but somehow found enough in the tank to secure a share of the points.
Bren Pine's last minute effort was also the side's fourth five-pointer, earning them a bonus point.
Stoic Red Star coach Barry Southey said he was happy to take the points after losing the majority of his team to injury and absence for the match.
The side was so short even club captain Peter Bresaz earned a call-up, capping it off with a try.
"I was struggling to get 15 on the paddock, we were pretty short with a few injuries and other guys out at weddings so we had guys backing up from the thirds benching for us," Southey said.
"It was a game we'd targeted to win and we probably should have, but I'm not discouraged at all.
"When I get my top 15 out on the field we won't be taken too lightly but it's a struggle for numbers at the moment."
The match was not without controversy, with an East Coast conversion judged to have gone over despite it appearing to have sailed wide, though Southey was loathed to make criticism knowing his side had pulled off one of the great escapes.
There was no such luck for Carterton however, with the defending champions crashing to their fourth consecutive loss despite having hometown advantage against Greytown/Tuhirangi.
The 17-6 loss renders the side squarely at the foot of the competition ladder with a top six spot looking an unreachable goal.
Carterton was well in the match for its duration and could count themselves unlucky with the final score line after Greytown's BJ Parker scored from a breakaway in the dying stages.
"At 10-6 with about 15 to go it was anyone's match really, but it just didn't fall our way," Carterton coach Rex Playle said.
"It was a typical Greytown/Carterton match, it hit boiling point at times but their defence was very good and they probably deserved to win.
"We lost two of our forwards and our scrum was a wreck after that but we battled on and kept our heads and the boys didn't disgrace themselves at all."
Over at Memorial Park Pioneer effectively beat themselves as they squandered a series of try-scoring opportunities to hand Marist a 27-19 victory.
The visitors completely dominated the first half and should have hit the sheds up by more than 19-10 after dropping the pill with the line open on at least four occasions.
Marist, well directed by first-five Paddy Rimene, clawed their way back to lead 20-19 with time almost up and sealed victory with a try on the hooter.
It was a little more regulation for table topping Gladstone who eventually fended off the brave Puketoi challenge to romp home 54-8.
Though it was not all one-way traffic, with the visiting Puketoi scoring first and keeping their more fancied rivals honest for the entire first half.
However, Gladstone unleashed in the second spell with wingers Angus Chris (3) and Baden Stevenson (2) scoring five tries between them.
Down south, Martinborough could not quite match it with Eketahuna, going down 33-3.