The Bay of Plenty continue to track towards a finals spot at this year's Roller Mills Tournament after thrashing Taranaki 79-0 yesterday.

Day two of the week-long tournament, being played at Kensington Oval in Northland, saw the Bay and tournament hosts Northland rack up high scoring games, with Northland winning their pool play match 71-0 against Thames Valley.

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Defending tournament champions Auckland East opened their tournament with a strong performance, beating Northland 32-5.

In the other match of the day, Waikato were too strong for Counties Manukau, winning 17-5. King Country and Auckland West had received a bye.

Today's match will see the Bay of Plenty take on Counties Manukau, while Auckland East go up against Northland, King Country play Thames Valley and Auckland West are set to meet Taranaki.

North Harbour and Waikato both have byes.