Press Release – Auckland League
Auckland White suffered their first loss of the NZRL National 20s on Saturday, going down to Central Districts 26-24 at Opaheke Sports Park.
Auckland had led by two at the break, but a second half full of errors – coupled with two players being sent to the sin bin – saw the hosts unable to kick on and get the result.
An Oscar Amosa try with two minutes left in the game did hand Francis Meli’s side a chance to tie things up at 26-all, but Doux Kauhiva’s conversion was wide.
The loss leaves Auckland White now facing an uphill battle to qualify through to the April 10 grand final ahead of taking on Auckland Blue in Round 4.
Saturday, 13 March 2021, 5:18 pm
Auckland White suffered their first loss of the NZRL
National 20s on Saturday, going down to Central Districts
26-24 at Opaheke Sports Park.
Auckland had led by two
at the break, but a second half full of errors – coupled
with two players being sent to the sin bin – saw the hosts
unable to kick on and get the result.
An Oscar Amosa
try with two minutes left in the game did hand Francis
Meli’s side a chance to tie things up at 26-all, but Doux
Kauhiva’s conversion was wide.
The loss leaves
Auckland White now facing an uphill battle to qualify
Friday, 12 March 2021, 6:00 pm
Auckland White play at home for the first time this
Saturday in the NZRL National 20s, taking on a Central
Districts side who travel to Opaheke Park for the second
time in three weeks.
There are a handful of forced
changes to the backline, including the withdrawal of
impressive fullback Corey Cassidy-Natano, but up front the
core of the forward pack remains from the Round 1 win over
Wai-Coa-Bay.
Entry to the ground is free and you can
catch the match live on Sky Sports 4 in New Zealand or Fox
League, Kayo and Watch NRL across the
Tasman.