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Heartland Rugby preview: Sky Blues willing to go to ‘dark places’ to advance

Oct 10 2024 Updated October 10, 2024

Ben O’Brien-Leaf

4 min read

Ngati Porou East Coast forward Willy Bolingford in action against King Country in last season's Heartland Championship. The teams square off in a do-or-die Lochore Cup semifinal in Taupo this weekend. Photo / Paul Rickard

Owen Delany Park has been the site of many a great day in rugby.

And tomorrow, from 2.30pm, hearts will beat quickly at Taupō as the King Country Rams host Ngati Porou East Coast Kaupoi in the 5 v 8 Lochore Cup do-or-die semifinal in the Bunnings Warehouse Heartland Championship.

The Coast have won just five of the teams’ 36 clashes — the first of those was a 20-11 win to the Rams on ...