That's the situation with this afternoon's 27-27 draw between Hawke's Bay and Waikato, however, the resulting points cubes were comprised differently. Hawke's Bay's points came from tries by Clint Newland and Gillies Kaka, Daniel Kirkpatrick added three penalties and a conversion, and Richard Buckman kicked two penalties. Waikato's points came from tries by Save Tokula, Liam Messam, Trent Renata, and Toby Smith; Renata also kicked two conversions and a penalty.
Meanwhile, Sonny Bill's first start for Canterbury was one in which they beat Northland 27-23. Although he didn't put any points up on the board, he featured in passes that made all of Canterbury's tries possible (for the record, the try-scorers were Robbie Fruean, Luke Romano, and Isaac Ross, and all three tries were converted by Stephen Brett), and to shake things up even further, there was an unprecedented two dropped goals (one by Stephen Brett and one by Andy Ellis). As for Northland's tries, Bronson Murray and Cameron Eyre were the men responsible, and Lachie Munro converted both tries and added three penalties. Pat O'Connor was yellow-carded for a lifting tackle in the 51st minute, and George Whitelock was next in the bin after he played the ball while on the ground during a ruck in the 63rd minute.
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