While Te Puke Sports and Tauranga Sports re-inked their credentials at the top of the PGG Wrightson Baywide premier standing, the bonus point victories came in completely contrasting circumstances.

Defending Baywide champions Te Puke Sports, were in involved in a close contest with Rotoiti, throughout the eighty minutes of rugby at Murray Salt Stadium in Te Puke.

Te Puke had a 10-3 lead at the half way stage of the match, which they extended to a 14 point advantage.

However the Rotoiti side charged back into the game to tie up the encounter at 17 all, before Te Puke grabbed their fourth touchdown of the match, to post a 24-17 win.

Gideon Uelese grabbed two of the Te Puke four tries, with Simon Rolleston and John Corbett being awarded a touchdown apiece.

Baywide rugby followers were struggling to remember a bigger premier score line, after Tauranga Sports ran over Waikite 118 nil at the Tauranga Domain.

While the Rotorua visitors never gave up the chase, they were simply out gunned by the home side, who spun the ball wide at every opportunity.

Tauranga halfback Lewis Hancock brought up his 100 hundred points for the season with four tries, while Johan Mientjies and Nick Thompson grabbed three touchdowns apiece. Another to post a significant milestone in the encounter was Nick Evemy who took his season tally to 143, with two tries and eight conversions.

Whakarewarewa kept their playoff chances alive, with a hard fought win against Opotiki 20-18 in the Sulphur City.

Whaka made the early running with Chanse Ritete-Perham and Tofu Pomale running in first half touchdowns.

The try awarded to Ritete-Perham was a beauty, with the talented youngster involved in the build-up on several occasions, before dotting the ball down under the crossbar.

Opotiki grabbed a one point lead in the second spell, before Maurice Stone calmly slotted a penalty goal to clinch the match for the home side Te Puna's high scoring 38 all draw, with Greerton Marist at Greerton headquarters, ensured that both sides made progress on the point's ladder.

Te Puna moved to within one point of the top four, while Greerton took a significant step to avoiding relegation at the end of the season. Mount Maunganui won a relatively even contest against Rangataua, before running in two late touchdowns to post a 37-23 victory.

Te Teko, who were desperate to get their Division One playoff hopes back on track, had a battle of attrition in the local Eastern Bay derby, with second placed Paroa at Dunderdale Park.

The 17 all draw reflected a game of real intencity, with neither side able to assert any real authority in the encounter.

Ruatoki belied their place at the bottom of the standings, when they led Whakatane Marist for much of the contest, before the Marist side got home 24-21.

Rangiuru took their unbeaten run to 14 straight games when they despatched Poroporo 53-10 in the Eastern Bay of Plenty.

Marist St Michaels defeated Reporoa 24-13, with Ngongotaha winning a hard fought encounter against Kahukura 27-16.

Mount Maunganui Colts continued their run of outstanding form, when they beat defending titleholders Te Puke Sports 22-8, in the curtain raiser at Blake Park.

The former age group championships look to be the team to beat in the title race, with just a solitary defeat on their season ledger card.

Te Puna sneaked home from Greerton Marist 23-20 at Greerton Park, with Tauranga Sports made to fight for the 19-11 win over Marist St Michael's Waikite Colts provided their club with some compensation for their senior sides big defeat, when they returned home from the Western Bay, with a 26-22 win over Rangataua. Ruatoki ran over Rotoiti 75-5 with Opotiki posting an equally impressive victory defeating Whakarewarewa 88-7.

PGG Wrightson Baywide Results June 30, 2012

Premier:

Te Puke Sports 24 (Gideon Uelese 2, Simon Rolleston, John Corbett tries; S Rolleston 2 con) Rotoiti 17 (Rob McCann, Kevin Guptil tries; Whakataki Cunningham 2 con pen) HT 10-3

Whakarewarewa 20 (Chanse Ritete-Perham, Tofu Pomale tries; Maurice Stone 2 pen 2 con) Opotiki 18 (Te Amo Wilbore, Luke Morris tries; Sam Howe 2 pen con) HT 14-8

Tauranga Sports 118 (Lewis Hancock 4, Johan Meintjies 3, Nick Thomson 3, Luke Braid 2, Dwayne burrows, Nick Evemy 2, Alan McRobbie, Philip Togo Togo Rua tries; N Evemy 8 con, Andrew Burke 5 con, L Hancock con) Waikite 0, HT 66-0

Greerton Marist 38 (Ryan Abbott, John Cunningham, Cameron Bennett, Blair Tristram tries; Tristram 4 pen, 3 con) Te Puna 38 (Chad Tuoro, Pomare Pearson, Hamish Boyce, John Pareanga, Tyrone Heke tries; Darrell Houia 5 con pen)

Mount Maunganui 37 (Mike Kiangia 2, Duncan Walker 2, Zane Butler tries; Ben Lloyd 3 con 2 pen, Matt Golding con) Rangataua 23 (Rodney Voullaire, Daiyu Ishimori tries; Adam McGarvey 3 pen 2 con) HT 20-13

Points Table: Te Puke 66, Tauranga Sports 60, Opotiki 48, Rotoiti 44, Te Puna 43, Whakarewarewa 40, Mount Maunganui 39, Greerton Marist 15, Rangataua 14, Waikite 8.

Division One: Whakatane Marist 24 Ruatoki 21, Marist St Michaels 24 Reporoa 13, Te Teko 17 Paroa 17, Rangiuru 53 Poroporo 10, Ngongotaha 27 Kahukura 16.

Colts – Section One: Tauranga Sports 19 Marist St Michaels 11, Mount Maunganui 28 Te Puke Sports 8, Te Puna 23 Greerton Marist 20 - Section Two: Waikite 26 Rangataua 22, Ruatoki 74 Rotoiti 5, Opotiki 88 Whakarewarewa 7.