Hometown hero Benji Marshall was among the players razzling and dazzling at the 28th Whakatane Touch Tournament.
Held across 18 fields and four parks, the tournament is the biggest touch competition in New Zealand and attracted about 1000 players at the weekend.
The open men's competition was taken out by Counties Manukau side Playin Up while the open women's competition was won by Bullets, another team from Counties Manukau.
The star-studded Baa Baaz team entered the tournament for their 16th year featuring big- name rugby league and union players such as Marshall, Rotorua's Liam Messam, Piri Weepu, and Logan Swann.
Tournament director George Rogers, who helped start the competition in 1986, said they must have had about 5000 people at the event on Friday and Saturday, either playing or spectating. He said the Baa Baaz team won all three of their games in pool play but decided not to play in the knockout stages of the men's restricted competition.