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
Press Release – Auckland League
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 South Island rep Christian Pese which saw him taken from the field via stretcher.
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, 22 January 2021, 6:15 am
Upon signing with UK Super League side the Leeds Rhinos
this week, Manurewa Marlins junior King Vuniyayawa took time
to thank the south Auckland club for helping him to achieve
his dream.
The 25-year-old forward appeared for
Manurewa in Auckland s Crown Lift Trucks Fox Championship as
recently as 2019, before going on to make his NRL debut in
2020, playing five first-grade games with the New Zealand
Warriors before suffering a season-ending broken
hand.
Vuniyayawa, who is a capped Fijian
international, also played first-division league with Howick
and Papakura prior to making his NRL
debut.
Accompanied by his agent from Aria