Discipline issues, notably when suffering a sin-binning three-quarters of the way through the game, proved costly for Whanganui as it had to bow to South Canterbury's superior control in their 47-36 ...

South Canterbury has become phenomenal under Walsh ... If I’d asked to pray with a Fijian in the 90s, I would have been laughed at. Today that’s acceptable. It’s about respecting everyone’s core ...