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Farah Palmer Cup champions run riot

19:16 pm on 19 September 2020

Canterbury's flexed its muscle in its second game of the Farah Palmer Cup season.

Canterbury celebrate scoring one of their seven first-half tries against Otago Photo: Photosport Ltd 2020

The reigning champions have run away with a resounding 85-10 win over Otago in Christchurch, outscoring their southern neighbours 13 tries to two.

Canterbury led 47-5 at halftime.

The Red and Blacks joined the Wellington Pride at the top of the south pool with a maximum 10 points from two matches.

The Pride comfortably won the first game of the day, beating the Hawke's Bay Tui 67-17.

Wellington outscored Hawke's Bay 11 tries to three and led 31-17 at halftime.

Taranaki Whio's recorded its first win in the north pool, beating North Harbour Hibiscus 32-29 in Inglewood and Waikato's beaten neighbours Bay of Plenty Volcanix 21-10 in Rotorua.