Mark Brown looked like he'd seen a ghost shortly after Canterbury's latest defeat, one which leaves them in a desperate relegation fight. The co-coach was standing out the back of the changing sheds at Christchurch's Orangetheory Stadium on Friday night, collecting his thoughts following a 23-16 loss to Otago, the red and blacks' third straight defeat.
Former All Blacks captain Kieran Read has gone out triumphant in what is likely to be his last game ever played on New Zealand soil. Counties Manukau's heartstopping 31-27 victory against Taranaki in Inglewood on Sunday was the 35-year-old's final outing in this year's Mitre 10 Cup, before he turns his attention back to Toyota Verblitz, and the veteran No 8 put on a hugely influential display in his swansong.
The winless Turbos have a great chance to get on the board as they take on the struggling Stags in Feilding.
Manawatū have broken their duck in the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup, and maybe they have their change of venue to thank for it. In a battle of two struggling championship division sides, the Turbos saw off Southland 24-12 on Sunday in Feilding, marking their forced move away from their Palmerston North home ground in style.
Sport| Rugby Hawke's Bay dominated possession and territory, were awarded 13 more penalties and had 54 more carries, but it was Bay of Plenty who came away with a 22-17 win in their 'Battle of the Bays' Mitre 10 Cup clash in Tauranga.
The red-hot Steamers chase a third straight win as they take on the Championship-leading Magpies in Tauranga.
Tomorrow marks a repeat of last year's provincial premiership final between Tasman and Wellington but it's guaranteed to look different. In fact, there could be some extra feeling in tomorrow's game if not simply some extra big hits with it being the first time a provincial match is being played at Porirua's Jerry Collins Stadium.
Manawatu's secured their first win of the Mitre 10 Cup season, eight weeks into the competition
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North Harbour can still dream of a place in the Mitre 10 Cup premiership semifinals, after downing Northland 24-8 in a controversy-filled crossover clash in Whangārei on Saturday. Referee Cam Stone and TMO Llew Smart were at the centre of a couple of dramatic mid-air tackle calls, which first saw Harbour first five-eighth Bryn Gatland sin-binned, then saw Northland centre Scott Gregory - ironically the man Gatland collided with - sent off.
You would expect Wellington to be the masters of wet weather rugby, with a northerly gale thrown into the mix. Instead it was Tasman, the defending Mitre 10 Cup premiership champions, who gave their hosts a lesson in trying conditions at Jerry Collins Stadium in Porirua, north of Wellington, on Saturday.
Saturday results Tasman 19 Wellington 3 North Harbour 24 Northland 8 Auclkland 31 Waikato 10 Auckland 31 (Rayasi x3, Tuipulotu tries, Plummer 4con, 1pen) bt Waikato 10 (Roe try, Reihana con, pen) HT - Auckland 14-7 Fulltime - And that's the game. Stunning second-half performance from Auckland and a superb display on the bight from Salesi Rayasi.
Cards flew as an improving North Harbour side got the better of the hosts in Whangarei.
Tomorrow marks a repeat of last year's provincial premiership final between Tasman and Wellington but it's guaranteed to look different. In fact, there could be some extra feeling in tomorrow's game if not simply some extra big hits with it being the first time a provincial match is being played at Porirua's Jerry Collins Stadium.
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The Canterbury rugby team has a fight on its hands to avoid relegation in the Mitre 10 Cup
North Harbour have claimed a 24-8 win over Northland in the Mitre 10 Cup in Whangarei
On Thursday, October 15th, the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) indicted six Russian military officers connected to the SandWorm advanced persistent threat (APT) group, a threat group attributed to Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU).
A new Mitre study has recommended four measures the U.S. government should take to help maintain the competitive edge of the country's commercial geospatial intelligence industry and one of those is consolidating and sharing commercial GEOINT needs with the private sector.
U.S. investment in commercial geoint has been relatively flat over the last five years WASHINGTON - A new study by the MITRE Corp. says the U.S. commercial geospatial intelligence industry is being outpaced by foreign competitors and the U.S. government could do more to help. U.S.