In the first week of round two, Old Boys beat Coastal 17-10. In the week's other games, Inglewood beat Southern 32-25, Stratford beat Eltham-Kaponga 18-8 and Clifton beat Spotswood United 32-26.
Clifton are the new leaders in the Taranaki division one club rugby competition after they scored their sixth consecutive win on Saturday, beating Spotswood United 32-25 in Tikorangi.
Aided by previous leaders and defending champions Tukapa having the bye, as well as the points being halved after the first round, Clifton had to survive a promising comeback from Spotswood before nailing the game late in the second half.
"We got up by three tries early and I think the guys thought it was going to just happen," Clifton coach Chris Moller said.
"They came back with a couple of tries and really upped their game."
Having watched his team surrender their 24-3 lead to be behind 26-24, Moller thought Clifton were going to lose before his players rallied, captain Brad Cooper knocking over a penalty before Phil Young latched onto a grubber kick and scored in the corner late in the game.
Moller said he was pleased with the performance of a number of his players, most notably the midfield pairing of Josh Kendall and Phil Young, who he said shut down Spotswood's space, stopping them off-loading to dangerous winger Waisake Naholo.
There was also praise for prop Sione Lea, while Spotswood coach Kevin Walden singled out loose forward Samuela Vunisa and second five-eighth Codee Kee-Sue for their performances.
The Taranaki Steelformers and Central Roofing feature match of the day saw New Plymouth Old Boys get the better of a lacklustre Coastal side 17-10 in Rahotu.
It was a victory set up by the Old Boys forwards who produced arguably their best 80-minute effort of the season to frustrate and then dominate their opposites.
Led by a tireless display around the breakdown and a strong defensive game from captain John Willis, the Old Boys front eight managed to turn over plenty of their opposition's ball, especially near their own line when it looked certain Coastal would score.
Coastal were left to rue the absence of top points scorer Mark Davis with the majority of their kicking game not up to scratch and a couple of vital shots at goal going astray.
The home side had taken the lead in the match when centre Will Helau scored after 28 minutes before Old Boys hit the lead seven minutes later, winger Heinz Grimsall going over in the corner after the visitors finally put some constructive phases together.
Ahead 7-5 at the break, Old Boys extended their lead just a minute into the second half when hooker Jeremy Burton crashed over to take the score out to 12-5.
It remained that way until six minutes from time, not that Coastal did not have chances.
They turned down two penalty kick opportunities in favour of two 5m lineouts – both failing. Then, from almost nothing, fullback Brent Stevenson scored out wide to narrow the gap to just two.
Thoughts of a comeback were dashed, however, when Coastal failed to cover a late, long-range penalty attempt by Frazier Climo, the ball bouncing off the posts before it was recovered by Old Boys and pushed wide to Willis to score in the corner.
Coastal coach Joe Lawn cut a frustrated figure on the sideline after the game, the former Taranaki rep lamenting their inconsistency from week to week.
Willis, in contrast, was delighted with the effort of his side, especially the way his forwards defended around the fringes and competed for the ball on the ground, while their lineout worked the best it had all season.
Inglewood also had to withstand a late comeback from Southern in Hawera before they won 32-25.
Forced to play with 14 men after replacement halfback Sean White was red-carded for stomping 10 minutes from halftime, Southern scored two late tries to close the margin to seven points before the visitors saw the game out.
Up 15-0 at the break, Inglewood added tries to Maifea Maifea, Robbie Sua and Paul Petrowski in the second half.
Petrowski and locking partner Cameron Gall played well, as did New Zealand under-20 flanker Heiden Bedwell-Curtis, while Southern's best were former rep centre Willie Rickards and No 8 Mark Neilson.
Stratford had a hard time of it holding off Eltham-Kaponga before they won 18-8 in Stratford.
Behind 15-8 with eight minutes left, Eltham-Kaponga coach Rawiri Mako thought wing Justin Boag had won the race to gather in a kick over the line but referee Max O'Leary ruled otherwise.
Mako was impressed with several of his players, including prop Hamish Mellow, flanker Adam Joblin and veteran fullback Shayne Austin, while Stratford coach Chris Drummond was pleased with the form of No 8 Mick Hall and fullback Jayson Potroz.
- Taranaki Daily News
ANDY JACKSON/Taranaki Daily News
MAUL DIVING: Coastal No 8 Jeremy Newell tries his luck at climbing over the New Plymouth Old Boys in Saturday's division one club rugby match in Rahotu. Old Boys won 17-10.
Aided by previous leaders and defending champions Tukapa having the bye, as well as the points being halved after the first round, Clifton had to survive a promising comeback from Spotswood before nailing the game late in the second half.
"We got up by three tries early and I think the guys thought it was going to just happen," Clifton coach Chris Moller said.
"They came back with a couple of tries and really upped their game."
Having watched his team surrender their 24-3 lead to be behind 26-24, Moller thought Clifton were going to lose before his players rallied, captain Brad Cooper knocking over a penalty before Phil Young latched onto a grubber kick and scored in the corner late in the game.
Moller said he was pleased with the performance of a number of his players, most notably the midfield pairing of Josh Kendall and Phil Young, who he said shut down Spotswood's space, stopping them off-loading to dangerous winger Waisake Naholo.
There was also praise for prop Sione Lea, while Spotswood coach Kevin Walden singled out loose forward Samuela Vunisa and second five-eighth Codee Kee-Sue for their performances.
The Taranaki Steelformers and Central Roofing feature match of the day saw New Plymouth Old Boys get the better of a lacklustre Coastal side 17-10 in Rahotu.
It was a victory set up by the Old Boys forwards who produced arguably their best 80-minute effort of the season to frustrate and then dominate their opposites.
Led by a tireless display around the breakdown and a strong defensive game from captain John Willis, the Old Boys front eight managed to turn over plenty of their opposition's ball, especially near their own line when it looked certain Coastal would score.
Coastal were left to rue the absence of top points scorer Mark Davis with the majority of their kicking game not up to scratch and a couple of vital shots at goal going astray.
The home side had taken the lead in the match when centre Will Helau scored after 28 minutes before Old Boys hit the lead seven minutes later, winger Heinz Grimsall going over in the corner after the visitors finally put some constructive phases together.
Ahead 7-5 at the break, Old Boys extended their lead just a minute into the second half when hooker Jeremy Burton crashed over to take the score out to 12-5.
It remained that way until six minutes from time, not that Coastal did not have chances.
They turned down two penalty kick opportunities in favour of two 5m lineouts – both failing. Then, from almost nothing, fullback Brent Stevenson scored out wide to narrow the gap to just two.
Thoughts of a comeback were dashed, however, when Coastal failed to cover a late, long-range penalty attempt by Frazier Climo, the ball bouncing off the posts before it was recovered by Old Boys and pushed wide to Willis to score in the corner.
Coastal coach Joe Lawn cut a frustrated figure on the sideline after the game, the former Taranaki rep lamenting their inconsistency from week to week.
Willis, in contrast, was delighted with the effort of his side, especially the way his forwards defended around the fringes and competed for the ball on the ground, while their lineout worked the best it had all season.
Inglewood also had to withstand a late comeback from Southern in Hawera before they won 32-25.
Forced to play with 14 men after replacement halfback Sean White was red-carded for stomping 10 minutes from halftime, Southern scored two late tries to close the margin to seven points before the visitors saw the game out.
Up 15-0 at the break, Inglewood added tries to Maifea Maifea, Robbie Sua and Paul Petrowski in the second half.
Petrowski and locking partner Cameron Gall played well, as did New Zealand under-20 flanker Heiden Bedwell-Curtis, while Southern's best were former rep centre Willie Rickards and No 8 Mark Neilson.
Stratford had a hard time of it holding off Eltham-Kaponga before they won 18-8 in Stratford.
Behind 15-8 with eight minutes left, Eltham-Kaponga coach Rawiri Mako thought wing Justin Boag had won the race to gather in a kick over the line but referee Max O'Leary ruled otherwise.
Mako was impressed with several of his players, including prop Hamish Mellow, flanker Adam Joblin and veteran fullback Shayne Austin, while Stratford coach Chris Drummond was pleased with the form of No 8 Mick Hall and fullback Jayson Potroz.
- Taranaki Daily News
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