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Maraku, 21, spent a chunk of the Super Rugby season with the Blues and he said he learnt a lot with them. It showed when he returned for club games with Feilding, where he was a standout back. Manawatū, again sporting Linton Army jerseys, showed heart on defence this week and looked a lot more competitive. Maraku was happy with how they improved from a week ago, but still felt they could get better. “We’ve got quite a few work ons in that game where we could improve. Definitely more confidence going into next week.” He said they looked sharp on attack, but needed to improve their defence, while they also needed to hold on to the ball longer and build phases. ....
He said he hoped for third time lucky in this year’s final. Lock Micaiah Torrance-Read, who missed the semifinal with an Achilles problem, could be back for the final. COB coach Bryan Matenga said it was disappointing to miss out, but Varsity were clinical. He said they didn’t execute their game plan in a poor first half, but he was proud of his side falling just short. Varsity were slow to start and after conceding two early tries, one a 50-metre intercept by COB flanker Elyjah Crosswell, looked off the pace. But Varsity wing TamaToa Ropati scored an intercept try of his own before half-time to swing the match in Varsity’s favour, as they took a 13-12 lead into the break. ....