Otago Spirit 58 Tasman 11
Te Atawhai Campbell scored four tries for Otago Spirit on the way to her side’s 58-11 demolition of Tasman at Forsyth Barr Stadium.
Campbell bookended the scoring for the Spirit – four of her team’s 10 tries on the day.
Tegan Willocks also scored two in quick succession after starting on the bench.
Tasman kept pace with the home side for most of the first half, their first five eighth Lucy Hall banging over two penalty goals to see the scoreline 7-6 halfway into the half.
But after Kim Lammers scored, it was one way traffic for the home side, as they ran in six more tries.
Tasman boasted three starting debuts for Ashley Stevens, Dallas McKnight and Lucy Hall, while Harley Huntey came off the bench to make her debut.
Auckland Storm 46 Counties Manukau Heat 26
Auckland Storm maintained their strong comeback into the Premiership, retaining the JJ Stewart Trophy, and defeating Counties Manukau Heat 46-26.
The hosts scored five times, through Aldroa Itunu, Hollyrae Mete-Renata, Taufa Bason, Eloise Blackwell and Karla Wright-Akeli, before the Heat replied on the cusp of half time through Grace Gago, seeing the scoreline at halftime 31-7.
Counties battled hard in the second stanza to stem the flow of Auckland tries, and scored first through Fou Sefo.
Glory Aiono and Stephanie Kelleway scored with 15 minutes to play, before Bason grabbed her second of the day, blowing out Auckland’s lead to 46-14.
Esther Amataga and Lesieli Fotu scored in the last five minutes to ensure Counties grabbed a well-earned bonus point defeat.
Waitomo Waikato 78 Bay of Plenty Volcanix 5
Waitomo Waikato scored 12 tries against Bay of Plenty Volcanix as they further cemented their spots as one of the competition favourites this season.
Kiriana Nolan scored a hattrick amongst her side’s dominating scoreline, holding the visitors to a single try, scored by Kaiarihi Puku in the second half.
Ten different scorers touched down for the Mooloos in a display the coaching staff will be delighted with.
The Mooloos kept their pedal to the metal till the end, scoring two tries inside the final 10 minutes to blow out the score to nearly a point a minute.
Northland Kauri 27 North Harbour Hibiscus 14
Northland Kauri continued their winning ways at the top of the Championship ladder, knocking over North Harbour Hibiscus 27-14 at Semenoff Stadium.
Lyla-Blue Paparoa opened the scoring for the home side 10 minutes in, before Trisha Vaka added the Kauri’s second.
The Hibiscus fought back with a try to Rialani Onesemo-Tuialepa, before Tyler Nankivell scored on the brink of half time for the Kauri.
Early in the second half, Ema Laveamaau put the visitors to within three points, but late tries to Renae Nona and Michella’e Stolz put the result to bed for the home side, taking away a 13-point victory.
Hawke’s Bay Tui 37 Wellington Pride 29
A tight game produced a brilliant result for Hawke’s Bay Tui, fending off a strong-willed Wellington Pride to win in Napier in front of a home crowd.
Leilani Hakiwai nailed a penalty goal to put the Tui ahead, before Wellington scored three quick fire tries in the space of five minutes in response.
Sanita Levave opened the scoring for the Pride, before Keira Su’a-Smith pounced, as did Lynda Rabeni-Vatuloka, putting Wellington 3-19 in the lead.
Georgie Beaufoy, Tori Iosefo and Talaivosa Lolohea responded for the Tui before the half was out though, putting the home side just a point ahead, 20-19.
In the second half, Hayley McKay resumed the scoring for Hawke’s Bay, but Giavanna Leo and Fia Laikong had other ideas, scoring for Wellington to put them 25-29 ahead.
Two late tries from Addison Henry and Jaye Nepia snared the win for the Tui in an all-action Championship match.
Manawatū Cyclones 17 Canterbury 50
A close fought first half from a plucky Manawatū Cyclones blew out to a big Canterbury victory in the second half.
Binky Muamua was at the heart of it for the red and blacks in the opening stanza, scoring twice, before Maisy Allen added a third, to see Canterbury 17-0 up inside 20 minutes.
Chantay Poko added another for the home side, before the Cyclones stabilised and hit back twice before the break, through Kaia Walker-Waitoa and Kokako Raki – who scored twice on the day.
Going into the second half, Manawatū was 10-24 down, when Raki scored her second to close the gap to just seven points.
The final 15 minutes was all Canterbury though – with four tries coming late through Paris Lokotui, Fiaalii Solomona, Amy Milnes and Rosie Moffitt, securing a 33-point win to maintain Canterbury’s position at the top of the pile.