Canterbury thrash Bay of Plenty
August 31, 2001

Canterbury have beaten Bay of Plenty 72 - 3 to retain the Ranfurly Shield at Jade stadium tonight.

Canterbury showed their dominance within the first 10 minutes of the game with an 80 metre breakaway converted try set up by Robinson and scored by Mauger. Vunibaka scored the Cantabrians second try which was closely followed by another from Mauger. A last minute penalty to Bay of Plenty saw them make it onto the scoreboard just before halftime with Canterbury leading 25-3.

The second half wasn't much better for Bay of Plenty as their defence crumbled with Canterbury running in seven tries to seal the game 72-3.

Canterbury
Tries: Mauger (2), Vunibaka (2), Blair (1), So'oala (3), Maddock, Ralph
Conversion: Ben Blair (8)
Penalties: Ben Blair (2)

Bay of Plenty
Tries:
Conversion:
Penalties: Jackson (1)

Halftime score: 25-3

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