Follow @RedefinedRugby 23 August 2014 Sth Canterbury 31 v 18 Wanganui South Canterbury's Kurt Rooney dives over for a try in front of Wanganui's Rhema Sagote and Clive Stowers at Alpine Energy Stadium on Saturday. PHOTO/CLIVE CALLOW They have been brought in to shore up the team's greatest vulnerability but with
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Early thrashings in the Heartland Championship
Follow @RedefinedRugby King Country and Poverty Bay have shown plenty of intent in the opening round of the Heartland Championship season, dispatching visitors to their respective home turfs. Pre-season form side Wairarapa Bush were sent packing from King Country's home ground in Taupo, on the back of a 32-13 loss. Poverty Bay dished
Away points hard to come by
Follow @RedefinedRugby Just how much winning on the road will be vital to success in this year's Pink Batts Heartland Championship was made abundantly clear as only one visiting team gained competition points amongst a number of surprise results on Saturday. Thames Valley came back from 14-6 down in Levin to draw
Heartland Championship -Week 1 Scoring Details
Follow @RedefinedRugby Results from the first round of Heartland rugby on Saturday were: Thames Valley 19 (Josh Turner, Nic Judd, Watisona Lotawa tries; David Harrison 2 con) Horowhenua 19 (Haamea Ahio, Antony Fox tries; Hamish Buick 3 pen). HT: 6-14 South Canterbury 31 (Jared Trevathan, Erenimo Tua, Paula Fifta, Kurt Rooney tries; Fifta
Counties retain Ranfurly Shield
Follow @RedefinedRugby Counties-Manukau kept their hands on the Ranfurly Shield after beating Otago 29-25 at ECOLight Stadium. Saturday's win sees the Steelers continue their unbeaten start to the 2014 season after drawing with Taranaki last Thursday in New Plymouth. But it wasn't a simple victory as Otago fought until the bitter end, ultimately