{"id":475249,"date":"2026-06-13T10:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T10:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/475249\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T10:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T10:25:14","slug":"broncos-turn-frustration-into-gutsy-win-against-grizzlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/475249\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos turn frustration into gutsy win against Grizzlies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alhambra-Union shook off the disappointment of being docked five competition points with a gutsy 43-41 win against Green Island in a Dunedin division 1 match at Miller Park this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The Broncos&#8217; 38-10 win against Zingari-Richmond in round 10 was rescinded for fielding an ineligible player.<\/p>\n<p>But they turned that frustration into a memorable win against the Grizzlies.<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element img-responsive file-default\" data-delta=\"1\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/rugby_1_130626.jpg\" width=\"1314\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"Action from this afternoon's Dunedin division 1 match between Alhambra-Union and Green Island at...\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Action from this afternoon&#8217;s Dunedin division 1 match between Alhambra-Union and Green Island at Miller Park. Photo: Peter McIntosh<\/p>\n<p>They brushed off an indifferent opening 15 minutes, which saw them concede three tries, to roar back into contention.<\/p>\n<p>First five Will Thode had a memorable day. He scored late to tie the scores 41-41 and chipped the conversion through from a handy spot.<\/p>\n<p>Southern crushed University 54-22 at the University Oval. That was the students\u2019 fifth consecutive loss.<\/p>\n<p>Dunedin eased to a 45-24 win against Zingari-Richmond and Taieri edged Harbour 26-12 at Peter Johnstone Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alhambra-Union shook off the disappointment of being docked five competition points with a gutsy 43-41 win against Green&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-475249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}