Moana Pasifika

After a win over the Crusaders in Sydney a week ago, the Waratahs have backed up against Moana Pasifika to claim their first win in New Zealand since 2015.

Getting a big stop early seemed to settle things down for Moana Pasifika, as they began to show plenty on both sides of the ball. Instead, the hosts were up to the task and drove them over the sideline. It's been an area of concern all season for Moana Pasifika, and it looked as though it would immediately cost them when the Waratahs kicked for the corner to set up an attacking lineout.

Seemingly headed for a second famous victory in their maiden Super Rugby season, Moana Pasifika have instead been run down by NSW Waratahs, falling 26-20 at ...

The NSW Waratahs are looking to back up last week's heroics when they face Moana Pasifika at Eden Park.

Moana had a chance to snatch victory at the death but the NSW try-line defence held firm as the Waratahs posted their first win in New Zealand in seven years. But a beautiful long ball from halfback and captain Jake Gordon to winger Mark Nawaqanitawase put the Waratahs ahead for the first time in the 54th minute. Almost as quickly as the Tahs raced to a 17-0 in last week's impressive win over the Crusaders, they trailed 17-0 following two tries in six minutes from Moana.

Moana Pasifika have surrendered a strong early lead, and a half-time advantage, to fall short against the Waratahs at Mt Smart Stadium.

Moana had a chance to snatch victory at the death but the NSW try-line defence held firm as the Waratahs posted their first win in New Zealand in seven years. But a beautiful long ball from halfback and captain Jake Gordon to winger Mark Nawaqanitawase put the Waratahs ahead for the first time in the 54th minute. The NSW Waratahs have dug deep to secure a vital 26-20 Super Rugby Pacific comeback win over Moana Pasifika in Auckland.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — The New South Wales Waratahs rallied from 17-0 down after 21 minutes to beat Moana Pasifika 26-20 Saturday in a hard-fought ...

After an apparent go-ahead try was scrubbed out by a television review, the Waratahs finally secured the lead when Pietsche scored off lead-up work by Gordon and Perese. Moana Pasifika began well and retained the upper hand for most of the first half. Moana Pasifika were hot on attack in the dying moments of the match but weren’t able to break down the Waratahs’ rugged defense.

The NSW Waratahs have overcome a slow start to defeat Moana Pasifika 26-20 at Mt Smart Stadium, registering their first win in New Zealand in eight years.

They were clearly the best team we’ve come up against at the breakdown. We just played tough.” Despite the Waratahs coming into the match as heavy favorites, it was Moana Pasifika who burst out of the blocks, racing to a 17-0 lead by the 20th minute courtesy of tries to Abraham Pole and Levi Aumua.

The NSW Waratahs have dug deep to secure a vital 26-20 Super Rugby Pacific comeback win over Moana Pasifika in Auckland. Tackle-shedding centre Izaia Perese ...

Moana had a chance to snatch victory at the death but the NSW try-line defence held firm as the Waratahs posted their first win in New Zealand in seven years. But a beautiful long ball from halfback and captain Jake Gordon to winger Mark Nawaqanitawase put the Waratahs ahead for the first time in the 54th minute. The NSW Waratahs have dug deep to secure a vital 26-20 Super Rugby Pacific comeback win over Moana Pasifika in Auckland.

Moana Pasifika head coach Aaron Mauger believes that if his side can fix a few small errors, the wins will start piling up for the new Super Rugby ...

So the fact that we’re there, we can take a lot of belief forward. “At the start (of the season), we were really focussed on how much we could grow through the year but we’re at a position now where we’re setting out to win these games. I keep saying to the boys, play with coverage, be prepared to do something different. If you go back to January 5th, we hadn’t even assembled as a team before, you could probably think we might go none from 14 this year but we’ve obviously got a result once and we’ve been knocking on the door for another five or six. “I think a bit more patience (was needed against the Waratahs),” said Mauger. “We’re getting over the line, there’s a couple of really close calls out there and just a couple of sloppy moments from us. When we do those things well, we’re probably the best-looking team in the competition.