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Gisborne fight back in Super 8 clash, but damage done by PNBHS

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No.8 Luke Bidois reaches over to score Gisborne Boys’ High School 1st XV’s third and final try in a Super 8 secondary school rugby clash against Palmerston North Boys’ High at the Rectory field on Saturday. The visitors proved too strong, winning 59-21. Bidois won Gisborne’s Most Valuable Player honours. Picture by Paul Rickard

Palmerston North have never put together a better first half of rugby than their hat-trick hero Tom Illston-Park’s side did in their 59-21 win here on Saturday.

They launched a seven-try blitz to make heads spin in the opening 35 minutes of their Super 8 First XV clash at the Rectory field.

Gisborne Boys’ High School co-captains Braith Ingram and Puna led a stirring second-half rally — the...

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