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So near, and yet so far. The Colts were in touching distance of a memorable win over North Shore, only for an intercept try in the dying moments to allow the Green and Whites a 30-29 win. He could have been a whisker offside, but the ref ruled in favour of the attacker, and there wasn’t enough time to catch up.
It was a heck of a game, fast, high-scoring and entertaining. Shore started the fastest, taking advantage of a couple of Cote errors and saw them out to a 10-0 lead before Cote started to turn the possession and territory advantage they had into points.
Jared Nathan bulldozed his way over, Potroz Rimoni charged across from a delightful lineout move, Harry Carter touched down, and then Tristan Uhi slipped a pass around a tackler to set Tyler Thomson clear and a 26-15 halftime lead.
But that was the end of the Northcote try-scoring. The second-half defence was primarily strong, but Cote had to do rather too much of it. They couldn’t find a way to spend extended time in the Shore half, and eventually, the continuous defending told, culminating in that soul-destroying try in the last minute. Sometimes life is a b*tch.
Colts (U21) | Played | Wins | Losses | Draws | Byes | Defaults | Bonus | For | Against | Diff | Points | |
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Massey | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 584 | 123 | 461 | 62 |
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Takapuna | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 341 | 249 | 92 | 53 |
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ECB | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 306 | 224 | 82 | 45 |
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Silverdale | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 318 | 299 | 19 | 40 |
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North Shore | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 319 | 271 | 48 | 39 |
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Northcote | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 245 | 447 | -202 | 29 |
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Kumeu | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 134 | 634 | -500 | 11 |