In spite of the opposition touching down three tries to one, Mount Maunganui grabbed a narrow 25-19 PGG Wrightson Baywide Premier victory over Rotoiti at the weekend - courtesy of twenty points from the boot of Mount first five Matt Golding.

Matt opened the scoring with his first penalty goal, before Rotoiti's flying winger Manasana Bole waltzed around the Mount Maunganui defence to score under the posts.

Two further penalty kicks saw the home side take a narrow 9-7 advantage into the half time break.

Just a minute into the second spell, the visitors to Blake Park hit the lead when Luke Cassidy crashed over for Rotoiti's second touchdown, to lead 12-9.

Three further penalties from Matt, gave the advantage back to Mount Maunganui before Mount halfback Scott Bradley, finished off a Mount attack to score out wide. With the clock ticking down Rotoiti stormed the try line, with Manasana Bole picking up his second touchdown of the match.

Mount Maunganui's hard fought victory, moves them into the top four for the first time this season albeit alongside Opotiki, Rotoiti and Te Puna.

Te Puna stormed back into championship contention, when they won a high scoring affair in Rotorua, defeating Whakarewarewa 42-32. Te Puna ran in five tries, with the icing on the cake the 17 points slotted by Te Aihi Toma.

The Te Puna touchdowns were awarded to Whanahou Peita, Teroia Kuka, Heywood Kuka, Tapene Mika, and Marty Stevenson - with the Whaka bonus point coming from the four tries grabbed by Courtney Mika, Trent Sweeney, John Ririnui and Theo Heta.

Competition leaders Te Puke Sports cemented their place at the top of the standings, with a solid three try 28 nil win over Opotiki at Murray Salt Stadium. Gideon Uelese, Isaac Takai and Jack Wilson scored tries; with Te Pukes ace goal kicker Nick McCashin adding 13 points with his boot.

Tauranga Sports ran riot over Rangataua at the Tauranga Domain, running in fifteen tries on the way to a 99-9 win. Tauranga Sports star of the match was Nick Thompson who dotted the ball down five times, with Jeremy Cave grabbing three tries. Greerton Marist picked up their first success since earning promotion to the premier ranks when the cruised past Waikite 36-19 in the Western Bay.

Paroa lost their unbeaten record in Division One, when Kahukura used home ground advantage in Rotorua to upset the competition leaders 22-11. Rangiuru joined Paroa at the top of the standings, running over Reporoa 77 nil on the Bay of Plenty border.

Whakatane Marist cemented their mid-table position with a 34-17 win against Marist St Michaels. Te Teko edged out Ruatoki 26-16 with Poroporo and Ngongotaha battling to a 22 all draw in the Eastern Bay.

Marist St Michaels belied their position near the bottom of the Colts standings, when they gave competition leaders Mount Maunganui a real fright in the early game at Blake Park. Mount Maunganui was made to fight all the way before posting a 25-17 victory. Greerton Marist had little trouble cementing second place with a 90-3 win over cellar dwellers Kahukura.

Tauranga Sports remained in contention, sweeping aside the Rangataua challenge 59-19 in the curtain raiser at the Tauranga Domain. Defending age group titleholders Te Puke Sports posted their third successive win defeating Waikite 45-15 with Te Puna proved too strong for Whakarewarewa winning 44-25.

PGG Wrightson Baywide Rugby Results 5 May 2012

Premier

Mount Maunganui 25 (Scott Bradley try; Matt Golding 6 pen con) Rotoiti 19 (Manasana Bole 2, Luke Cassidy tries; M Bole 2 con) HT 9-7

Te Puna 42 (Whanahou Peita, Teroia Kuka, Heywood Kuka, Tapene Mika, Marty Stevenson tries; Te Aihe Toma 4 con 3 pen) Whakarewarewa 32 (Courtney Mika, Trent Sweeney, John Ririnui, Theo Heta tries; Maurice Stone 3 con 2 pen) HT 20-19

Te Puke Sports 28 (Gideon Uelese, Isaac TakaI, Jack Wilson tries; Nick McCashin 3 pen 2 con) Opotiki 0 HT 13-0

Tauranga Sports 99 (Nick Thompson 5, Jeremy Cave 3, Adam Robinson, Phillip Togotogorua, Kane Hames, Steve Honey, Bosco Tangaloa, Rob McGregor, Nick Evemy tries; Lewis Hancock 12 con) Rangataua 9 (Daiyu Ishomori 3 pen) HT 45-9

Greerton Marist 36 (Richard Nauer 2, Karl Perrott, Brendan McKeown, Blair Tristram tries; Tristram 4 con pen) Waikite 19 (T Wijohn 2, Jacob Marsters tries; Scott Thompson 2 con)

Points: Te Puke Sports 32, Tauranga Sports 26, Whakarewarewa 22, Opotiki 21, Rotoiti 21, Mount Maunganui 21, Te Puna 21, Waikite 7, Greerton Marist 6, Rangataua 0.

Division One: Whakatane Marist 34 Marist St Michaels 17. Kahukura 22 Paroa 11, Rangiuru 77 Reporoa 0, Te Teko 26 Ruatoki 16, Poroporo 22 Ngongotaha 22.

Colts: Tauranga Sports 59 Rangataua 19, Mount Maunganui 25 Marist St Michaels 17, Te Puke Sports 45 Waikite 15, Te Puna 44 Whakarewarewa 25, Greerton Marist 90 Kahukura 3, Ruatoki won by default.