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The first home game of the season for the Raiders Premiers was also the team’s chance to qualify for the Auckland Rugby League Fox Memorial Premiership.
It was a must-win game, and a vocal crowd of supporters turned out at the Raiders Stanmore Bay grounds on April 29 to cheer them on. They were treated to a decisive win in the Reserves’ curtain raiser, and a strong start by the Premier team – at half time the score was 10-4 to Raiders.
However, Bay Roskill came out strongly in the second half and the final score was 32-16 to Bay Roskill.
Head coach Anthony Swann says it was disappointing, but the Premier team will now compete in the Sharman Cup, second tier, same as last season. The top four in that division at the end of the season again go into Fox Memorial Premiership qualifying rounds.
“The focus now is to win the Sharman Cup – something Raiders have done in the past,” he says.
