Counties Manukau convincingly beat Hawke's Bay 48‑20 in an all Premiership battle in New Zealand's National Provincial Championship last night in Napier to record their second straight win.
Having narrowly defeated Bay of Plenty 39‑34 on Sunday, Counties went up another gear as they dismantled a Hawke's Bay team that lost the battle of the big forward packs.
Halfback Augustin Pulu, who was installed as Counties captain for this game, was superb in setting up two of his team's tries and showed that he will be a great acquisition for the Blues next season.
