Baywide rugby win for Tauranga

Tauranga Sports are the winners of the Bayfair Baywide Club Rugby Premier competition after claiming a 26-14 victory against Te Puke Sports.

Tauranga Sports are the winners of the Bayfair Baywide Club Rugby Premier competition. Photo: Bay of Plenty Rugby Facebook.

Te Puke also scooped one trophy winning 16-13 over Tauranga in the Baywide Premier Development final at Murray Salt Stadium this afternoon.

Bayfair Baywide Premier Final Results:

Tauranga Sports 26 vs Te Puke Sports 14

Bayfair Baywide Development Results:

Te Puke Sports 16 vs Tauranga Sports 13

Bayfair Baywide Division One Results:

Arataki 14 vs Rangiuru 9

Earlier report:

An update from BOP Mafia Facebook says that at 3.30pm, Tauranga Sports was ahead in the first half, 14-8.

Speaking to SunLive ahead of the game today, Tauranga Sports captain Carl Axtens and Te Puke Sports captain Tim Bond said they saw both teams as top sides in the Baywide competition.

It's a long time between bragging rights for both teams, with Te Puke winning back-to-back titles in 2011 and 2012, and Tauranga Sports last lifting the trophy in 2013.

It's the biggest game of the season, but both sides are sticking to what they know.

With Te Puke's undefeated 2015 record hanging over their heads, Tauranga Sports won't let the opposition's good form effect their play.

'It's all good,” says Carl. 'We're pretty comfortable. We've just got to make sure we do our thing right.

Te Puke Sports' captain Tim says they won't be changing their game plan much either.

'It's a pretty set piece,” he explains, 'and we'll be focusing on that and looking to have a really physical type of game.”


Te Puke's development team holding their Baywide Premier Development tophy hihg. Photo: Bay of Plenty Rugby Union.

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