August 08th, 2022

The weather was atrocious and Invercargill (Blues) were without some key players but this did not stop them storming to a 21-7 victory over Pirates.
The storm passed after 20 minutes and it was Milton Haig (Invercargill) half back that broke from the back of a scrum and passed ball to centre, Vaughan Allison, who had speed to burn, to score the first try.
Pirates was given no respite by Milton Haig as he had a grand game controlling the play.
Full-back, Kevin Burns kicked a penalty and then another when half-back Barry Dunn kicked ahead and dived across for a try.
Pirates were ahead 7-4 at halftime.  It did not take long for Invercargill's Peter Harrison to kick a penalty goal.
Invercargill camped on Pirates line and it did not take long for Kerry Flowers to dive over from a lineout to score.
Tries soon came to Milton Haig and Stephen Molloy.
INVERCARGILL: Vaghan Allison, Kerry Flowers, Milton Haig, Stephen Molloy tries, Peter Harrison (1) Con (1) PG
PIRATES: Barry Dunn, try Kevin Burns (1) PG