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Nelson mercifully transformed a first-half yawn into an enterprising victory, overwhelming Marist 35-0 in Saturday's Bayleys Real Estate Tasman Trophy club final at Trafalgar Park. Neither team had much to enthuse about in a frustrating first half riddled with turnovers and breakdown penalties, although Galbraith Group Nelson at least cashed in on two of their opportunities to take a 13-0 lead into halftime. But they returned after the break to add a further 22 points into the wind, including three well-taken tries, while also shutting down all of Wakatu Hotel Marist's muted attempts to salvage anything from the series decider.

Biddy Kates Central 34 v New World Huia 8; Star Garter Waimea OB 44 v Moutere 13; Galbraith Nelson 29 v Crafar Crouch Waitohi 7; Wakatu Marist 26 v Enza Riwaka 19; TvA Awatere 33 v Nth/Sth Homes Renwick 12; Taylors Wanderers 61 v BNZ Harlequins 19

2012 BayleysTasman Trophy Final next weekend will be played between Wakatu Marist v Galbraith Nelslon
3:00pm Trafalgar Park

Galbraith Nelson 36 v Star Garter Waimea OB 13; Biddy Gates Central 13 v Crafar Crouch Waitohi 12; Accessman Stoke v Moutere (Stoke win by default); Taylors Wanderers 24 v North South Homes Renwick 22; Tva Awatere 20 v Enza Riwaka 13; Wakatu Marist 36 v BNZ Harlequins 19

Nelson Bays 33 (Jake Cooley, Ropate Rimakama, Niu Taufa, Gary Redmond, Latham Jones tries, James Lash 2 cons, Jason Merrett 2 cons) Marlborough 28 (Gareth Archer, Joe Stewart, Fetu Ieremia tries, Daniel Hawkins 3 pens, 2 cons) Ht 14-10.

Nelson 28 Stoke 27; Huia 20 Waitohi 19; WOB 34 Central 29

Central 23 Stoke 22; Marist 50 Awatere 23; Harlequins 29 Renwick 12; Nelson 75 Moutere 5; Riwaka 22 Wanderers 21; Waimea OB 32 Huia 19.

WOB 22 (Josh Rutledge, Kaide Whiting, James Lowe tries, Rutledge 2 cons, pen) Stoke 15 (Jarrod Aberhart, Chad Lowrie tries, Lowrie pen, con) Ht 15-10. Nelson 31 (Jake Cooley, James Foster, Robbie Malneek, Andrew Goodman, Mitchell Scott tries, Goodman 2 cons, James Lash con) Huia 0. Ht 15-0. Waitohi 22 (Tim Goodyer try, Daniel Hawkins con, 5 pen) Moutere 13 (Tom Halse try, con, 2 pen). Ht Waitohi 12-10.

Marist 30 Wanderers 13,
Huia 37 Stoke 33,
Riwaka 20 Renwick 15,
Waitohi 16 WOB 15,
Harlequins 23 Awatere 22,
Moutere 15 Central 10.

RIWAKA 24 HARLEQUINS 15,
WAKATU MARIST 57 RENWICK 12,
HUIA 40 MOUTERE 36
NELSON 41 CENTRAL 20,
WAITOHI 21 STOKE 10,
WANDERERS 45 AWATERE 15.