The battle between four Bay of Plenty rugby clubs continues to heat up as they jostle for the top spot.

The logjam at the top of the AR Plus Premier title race continued on Saturday, with Te Puke Sports holding a paper-thin one point advantage at the top of the standings, from Greerton Marist, Te Puke and Tauranga Sports who are locked together.

The Te Puke Pirates posted a solid 50-13 win over Judea to reinstate their place at the top of the leaderboard.

Defending champions Te Puna ran rampant against Marist St Michaels in putting 78 unanswered points on the Rotorua side.

There would have been some joy and celebrations in the Rangataua club house after their team dispatched Mount Maunganui 24-21 in a cliffhanger. Rangataua came back from a 7-9 deficit at halftime to bank the win points on offer.

Another game that went down to the wire, was the inter-city match between multiple Baywide champions Tauranga Sports and Whakarewarewa.

The Western Bay of Plenty representatives won the close fought contest, 35-29, with Whakarewarewa picking up a bonus point to keep in touch with the top four.

Greerton Marist continued their 2024 season renaissance in defeating Ngongotaha 75-12. The Greerton Park sides first mission is to secure a top four spot before turning their attention to a maiden Baywide crown.

Mount Maunganui, continued their assault on the Baywide Colts crown, when the beat archrivals Tauranga Sports 68-7.

Their latest win continued their unbeaten run, and took them to a massive 401 points scored and just 29 points conceded since the season kicked off in mid April..

Te Puna beat season new recruits Papamoa 59-18 with Greerton Marist defeating Kahukura 36-21.

BOPRU AR Plus Club Rugby Results May 25 2024

Premier

Rangataua 24 Mount Maunganui 21, Te Puke Sports 50 Judea 13, Te Puna 78 Marist St Michaels 0, Greerton Marist 75 Ngongotaha 12, Tauranga Sports 35 Whakarewarewa 29.

Points Table: Te Puke Sports 29, Greerton Marist 28, Te Puna 28, Tauranga Sports 28, Whakarewarewa 24, Rangataua 20, Mount Maunganui 13, Marist St Michaels 10, Judea 1, Ngongotaha 1.

Colts

Te Puna 59 Papamoa 18, Greerton Marist 36, Kahukura 21, Mount Maunganui 68 Tauranga Sports 7, Te Puke Sports the bye.

All Draws & Points Tables can be found at www.boprugby.co.nz