Wayne Gibson piles on points for Edendale against Pioneer in 1990.....Southland Rugby...

Edendale had a big win over Pioneer to give it a place in the Wallis Shield final 
and also a chance to win the Ensign Cup.   Edendale won the game in 1990, 30 to 9.  It was all about the Edendale forwards dominating the game, so much so that the referee, Mike Pewhairanga ruled the scrums too dangerous and opted for free kicks instead.  In say this though Pioneer had only 1 regular front rower, which did not help matters.

Bain McCall was in devastating form and was probably disappointed that the scrums were abandoned as scrummaging is his forte.
It was a different story though in the lineout where Pioneer's Eugene O'Neill had a great tussle with Alistair Duncan.

Pioneer's Gary Fordyce (first five eight), had a good game and as did Edendale's Phillip Hewitson.  

Edendale:  Ricky Gutsell, David Cowan, Mike Cunningham, Wayne Gibson (1), (2Con) (1PG), Gavin Yates (1DG).
Pioneer:  Gary Fordyce (1), Sean Feller (1Con) (1PG).

Reference:  Edendale Shines Against Pioneer - Southland Times.  August 1990 

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Albion kept their hopes alive with a 19-15 win over Mossburn Pirates.
Both forward packs were even, the difference was the defence of the Albion mid-field backs.  Jack Pay was good at first five eight and Dwayne Millane superb for Albion.
Albion:  Steve Holland, Chris Morris (1), Jack Pay (1Con) (3PG).
Mossburn Pirates:  Craig Rutland (1), Graham Hume (1Con) (3PG).

Mataura convincingly beat Waikaia 48-0.
Mataura:  Ken Scott, George Henderson, Terry Newton, Ken McDowall, Ken Clarke, Peter Kimura, Chris Swale, Kelvin Chamberlain (1), 1 Penalty Try. Scott (6 Con).



Waikaka was the upset of the round being defeated by Riversdale 19-6 at home.
It was up front that they were beaten and Riversdale managed a push over try.
Ross McKee was inspired and completely dominated the lineouts.
Riversdale:  Roger Haywood (2), Nick Miller, Ian Clarke (1), Darryl Will (1PG)
Waikaka:  Peter McIntosh (2PG)

Balfour beat Te Anau 20-6 with lock for Balfour, Roger Sutherland turning in a great  display and was well supported by No. 8, Ian Orr.
Balfour:  Brett Hurley (2), Murray Hurly (1), Tony Waller (1Con) (2PG)
Te Anau:  Dean Hunt (1) Colin Flynn (1Con).

Lumsden 33: Peter George, Peter Richards, Grant Patterson, Andrew Patterson, Chris Senior (1) (2Con) (3PG).
Wyndham 6: Grant Fotheringham (2PG).