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Pakuranga U19s 10 v 25 Yorkshire Terriers

1. Aikman 2. Maycock (c) 3. Quigley 4. Rhodes 5. Smith 6. Cross 7. Larder 8. Kirwan 9. Gemmell 10. Watkinson 11. Downey 12. Gill 13. Taylor 14. Almond 15. Bowler

Tries
Larder x 3
Theakston

Penalty
Watkinson

Conversion
Watkinson

Today saw the tourist's final match of the tour, and it promised to be their toughest test to date.
In preparation, the squad trained at Victoria Park in the shadow of the imposing Sky Tower, it was then an afternoon of rest and relaxation before the big match at Lloyd Elsmore Park against Pakaranga.
The match lived up to expectations and was the tougest test the Terriers had faced all tour, and they found themselves 7-0 down after just over ten minutes. This was the first time the tourists had been behind at any stage on tour, but they reacted well with Joe Larder scoring a push over try a little over five minutes later. Sam Watkinson added a penalty five minutes later in reply to a Pakaranga penalty to make to score 10-8 to the home side after 25 minutes.
Larder popped up again to score his second of the match on the stroke of half time, Watkinson converted to give the Terriers a slender 15-10 lead at half time.
The first half saw the Terriers create a lot of chances, but they were unable to convert their territory into points, and knew they must be more clinical in the second half.
Joe Larder completed his hat-trick five minutes in to the second period to give the tourists a bit of breathing space at 20-10. The match as a contest wasn't over however until Lee Theakstone came off the bench to score in the corner on the hour mark to give a final score of 25-10 to the Terriers.
This was certainly a competitive contest, and the Terriers, despite not converting all of their territory and possession into points, certainly battled well against a physical Pakaranga outfit.
This victory made it five from five for the tour!!!