Sonny Bill Williams has been demoted to the bench to make way for Ryan Crotty who is returning this week from injury. The Canterbury coach has obviously lost his mind - Sonny Bill's offloading has been second-to-none over the past three weeks and he even scored a try last weekend. But the coach made a thoughtless decision in benching the former league star in a match which has been made free admission following recent earthquakes in the Canterbury region. But let's get on to tonight's low-scoring Shield defence.
Southland won their Ranfurly Shield defence against Auckland 9-6; this was also their first win against Auckland since 1971. All points in this match were scored off the foot, with Southland's coming from three penalties courtesy of Robbie Robinson and Auckland's coming from two penalties courtesy of Matt Berquist.
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