Auckland put the Turbo's under immediate pressure from the restart

Intercept by Francis Saili after some slack gassing but he loses it forward

The Turbo's were on a team warning and at the very next ruck the prop, Buydens, flops over.

Both sides guilty of knocking on but the Turbo's don't release the tackled player after the tackle and Anscombe sets up a kick

Great attacking by Manawatu as a number of their players did very well with poor passes and big hits to keep the front foot ball going. Injury break here as Wharewara has done damage to his ankle

Quick tap from the resulting penalty and it goes wide to Moala who has plenty to do and shrugs off the attention of 3 defenders

Ben Lam takes the ball at 1st receiver and smashes through the defence. He sends a great pass out wide but it is not recycled quickly enough

The turbo's are infringing at the ruck and offside lines and Mike Fraser is on top of it and Anscomber will happily kick these all day

Anscombe has an opportunity to extend the lead but hits the upright from 42m out. Auckland do charge down the defensive kick but Lam then knocks it forward

Auckland carried the ball well after receiver it. The forwards did well but most of the impetus was from the backs. Ben Lam carried well and Anscombe receives the ball in the first channel to step his defender and run in