They can slap sunscreen and Jandals on the Ranfurly Shield in New Plymouth as Taranaki's convincing win over Hawkes Bay ensured it would stay in the province for the summer.

Taranaki completed their championship campaign with a 29-11 victory over Hawke's Bay at New Plymouth.

Bay of Plenty flicked the flair switch to beat Southland 29-17 in a ITM Cup rugby match at Invercargill today.

Canterbury have booked their place in next week's ITM Cup final after a 29-16 victory over Otago at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin.

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Wellington's threat of relegation has been extinguished with a nailbiting 29-28 win over North Harbour at North Harbour Stadium in Albany.

The hectic, jam-packed provincial rugby schedule may be taking a toll, on the evidence of the past few days.

Waikato put their Manawatu blues behind them to stay on track for a premiership final place last night.

Hawke's Bay have cemented second position on the Championship table with a comprehensive 44-14 win over Counties Manukau

Tasman and Otago are level at halftime of their round 11 ITM Cup match at Trafalgar Park in Nelson.

There wasn't a wet eye in the North Harbour house when they came to farewell Luke McAlister last week.