Hawke's Bay wins right to Hawke Cup challenge at weekend
Lynn McConnell - 4 February 2002
Hawke's Bay have won the chance to reverse their Hawke Cup-deciding match against Hamilton when the two meet in a challenge in Hamilton at the weekend.
After the competition was revamped to remove metropolitan associations from the challenge format, an elimination series was played last summer and in the match to decide the holder of the Cup, Hamilton beat Hawke's Bay.
Now Hawke's Bay has won the Central Districts elimination series to qualify while Manawatu will have a play-off game with the runner up from Zone One on March 9-11, to decide who will play the Hawke Cup challenge match on March 23-25.
Final points in the CD competition were: Hawke's Bay 38, Manawatu 35, Wanganui 24, Marlborough 23, Wairarapa 19, Taranaki 18, Nelson 13, Horowhenua Kapiti 8.
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