“The Methven Raiders got all the luck for the first 12 turns but it turned out to be a close match as shown by the score line. The Joker in the Pack got noi luck at the start with two of their players having niggling injuries at the start. Also at the end of the first half on an uncaught pass the ball ended up bouncing out of bounds and landed two squares away from the Jokers end zone with a Methven player on a clear route to it making the score 3-1 at the end of the half and that bit of fortune for the Methvern Raiders turned out to be crucial as the jokers turned on the style scoring on their 4th and 6th turns of the second half and were needing just one knock down more to have the possibility of making it 4-3 but it wasn't to be and the final score 3-3 not a good result for either team as the Jokers could have won it and the MEthven shouldn't have threw away a two score lead.”