Taranaki edge out Waikato
September 1, 2001

Taranaki have scored thier first win of this year's NPC with a shock 20-15 victory over Waikato in Hamilton.

In the inaugural battle for the Ryan Wheeler Memorial Trophy, Daryl Lilley opened the scoring for Taranaki with an early penalty.

The Mooloo men struck back with a converted try and a penalty goal in the next five minutes, and a try by Bruce Reihana took the score to 15-3.

The first half closed with two tries to Taranaki in as many minutes, Andrew Hore and Campbell Feather bringing the score almost even.

Taranaki scored the only points in the second half with a converted try pushing them ahead 20-15.

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