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Southey Sayer Wairarapa Korus, captain and allrounder Ocean Bartlett, has been named in a New Zealand XI squad to play two warm-up games against the visiting Pakistani women’s team this week.
The teams will play a one-day 50-0ver match tomorrow and a T20 match on Thursday, with both games at Bert Sutcliffe Oval at Lincoln.
RUGBY SEVENS
Wairarapa-Bush narrowly missed a place in the women’s final of the Central Zone Rugby Sevens at Massey University on Saturday. The green and reds qualified for the second vs three semifinal after a 29–5 loss to Hawke’s Bay, a 22–17 win over Whanganui, and a 39–0 loss to eventual champions Manawatū.
That set up a semifinal with Hawke’s Bay, which Wai-Bush led until the final 24 seconds when the injury-hit side conceded a match-winning try.
Wai-Bush finished third in the men’s competition, which was reduced to three teams after the late withdrawal of Whanganui on Friday night. A first-up 24–7 loss to Manawatū was followed by a 49–5 defeat to Hawke’s Bay, who finished the tournament unbeaten.
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The weather had the final say in the fourth round of the Bidwill Cup premier club championship, with both games abandoned without a ball being bowled.
With two rounds to play, the Barbarians lead on 50 points, Inspire Living Greytown are on 39, Burger King Red Star 38, and Lansdowne have 22 points.
