29 Oct 2018

Mitre 10 Cup final: Auckland battles back to beat Canterbury

From Morning Report, 8:48 am on 29 October 2018

Auckland battled back in extra time to edge out Canterbury 40 to 33, and grab their first domestic premiership title in more than 10 years. Going into the game at Eden Park, Canterbury had won ten of the last 11 titles while Auckland were hunting their first title since 2007. Down 20 points to seven at halftime, Auckland roared back with three tries to level the scores at 26-all and send the match into extra time. Ben Meyer is the High Performance Manager with Auckland Rugby. He talks to Susie Ferguson.