Colts quarterfinal match highlights: Tawa (26) v Petone (17)

The two teams met at the Petone Rec on Saturday in their Colts quarter-final.

There could only be one winner to progress through to this coming week’s semi-finals and this proved to be Tawa. They came back from 12-5 down at halftime and then 17-5 behind early in the second half to win 26-17.

The match was played in not unpleasant conditions, but there were a couple of showers of rain before and during the match which made conditions slippery and possession at a premium.

When these teams had met back in the opening weekend of the season it had been Petone that had won on the fulltime hooter with a match-winning try. This time it was Tawa that came back to win, scoring their winning try with about 10 minutes to play.

Highlights of this match are below: 

The results from the quarter-finals in the Colts Division 1 John E Kelly Cup were (top qualifier HOBM with the bye):

This coming Saturday’s Colts Division 1 semi-finals are:

HOBM Green v Oriental-Rongotai, Hutt Rec, 11am.

OBU Green v Tawa, Rugby League Park, 11am

Bonus track

The main game that followed was the now famous 100-minute match between Petone and Ories in the Jubilee Cup. Ories won the game because they scored more tries than Ories.

Highlights below.