Northland defense doing great work by managing to win the possession back. Still under pressure inside their own 22

attacking scrum to Southland on the Northland 22

The homeside applying the pressure on attack and making good use of the possession they have had early on , allowing the young nuggety half back to dot down under a pile of bodies

Northland looking to clear their lines with a kick up field is charged down with the openside flanker making himself large , and the ball bounces fortuitously for him to dot down for the try

Better scrum and Northland clear their lines

scrum being reset again with both sets of packs hoping for a third time lucky situation

The scrum being reset as both front rows collapsed

Game under way and the first scrum of the game with Northland to feed

Northland host Southland in Whangarei. SOuthland managed to get a draw in their first game and Northland collected no points at all in their first game. Both sides with a lot to play for early on in this seasons competition. Kick off minutes away, so stay tuned for extensive coverage of the game on Ultimate Rugby.

Should be a win for the stags