CANTERBURY 65 NORTH HARBOUR 10
Winger Joe Maddock showed why he's an exceptional rugby player last night.
The only non-All Black in the starting Canterbury team, Maddock scored five tries in their 65-10 win over North Harbour in the NPC-Ranfurly Shield match in Christchurch.
North Harbour showed plenty of resistance
early in the game and even threatened the Canterbury line on a number of occasions.
But once the star-studded Canterbury lineup settled down, they moved the ball swiftly along the backline and scored four tries in the first half to lead 29-3.
Then Maddock raced in for four consecutive Canterbury tries to rip the heart out of Harbour's Shield challenge and take the scores to 58-10. Only flanker Matua Parkinson's sole try for Harbour interrupted Maddock's sequence.
Maddock now leads the first division try scorers with 10 and isn't likely to be beaten in the round-robin.
Canterbury 65 (Joe Maddock 5, Caleb Ralph, Mark Hammett, Mark Robinson, Chris Jack tries; Andrew Mehrtens 2 pen, 7 con)
North Harbour 10 (Matua Parkinson try; Luke McAlister pen, con)
Halftime: 29-3.
- NZPA
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