Waikato's Farah Palmer Cup team have fled twice in five days to avoid level 3 and ensure Saturday's final in Christchurch goes ahead after plenty of Covid-19 chaos.
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After the pool stage of the women’s competition, Whakatōhea had 10 points, Ngāti Maniapoto had four, wile Tūhoe failed to pick up a bonus point in either of their two defeats. In the final, between the top two teams, Ngāti Maniapoto jumped out to an early lead against Whakatohea, with Hannah Brough scoring a try with a run from 70m out after just 90 seconds.
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Stacey Fluhler, co-host of the Toa 10s, had a role with the commentary team durinig the one-day tournament. Giorgi Tomini hit back for Whakatōhea with a long range try down the same edge a few minutes later. With both of these tries scored in the bonus zone, the score was 7-7.