Sunday, 14 March 2021, 5:43 pm
Auckland Blue shot to the top of the NZRL National 20s
ladder with a 34-4 road victory over the South Island on
Sunday afternoon.
Doubles to powerful Richmond centre
Ben Kosi and captain Zyon Maiu’u did much of the damage
for the visitors, who led 8-4 at the break before scoring 26
unanswered points in the second spell to record a
comprehensive victory.
Unfortunately there were some
negatives to emerge from the game as well, with the loss of
Mt Albert flyer Nehumi Teu to what appeared to be a serious
lower leg injury and an injury to Auckland product turned