{"id":509577,"date":"2026-07-04T14:43:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T14:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/509577\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T14:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T14:43:16","slug":"semis-locked-in-after-day-of-dunedin-premier-thrillers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/509577\/","title":{"rendered":"Semis locked in after day of Dunedin premier thrillers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Harbour upset Kaikorai 36-15 at Bishopscourt to seal a spot in the Dunedin division 1 semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>But Kaikorai have not been eliminated. They go through as the lucky loser.<\/p>\n<p>They have a tough assignment, though.<\/p>\n<p>They will have to play competition front-runner Taieri, who edged Green Island 24-14 at Miller Johnstone Park to confirm a home venue for the semifinal.<\/p>\n<p>University secured the other spot. They beat Southern 29-28 in a thriller at Bathgate Park.<\/p>\n<p>They had led 21-7 at halftime but Southern stormed back into the lead.<\/p>\n<p>But Rico Muliaina landed a late penalty to clinch the game for the students and a home semifinal against Harbour, who really impressed.<\/p>\n<p>The Hawks forward pack took control of the game and they never let Kaikorai play their brand of expansive rugby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harbour upset Kaikorai 36-15 at Bishopscourt to seal a spot in the Dunedin division 1 semifinals. But Kaikorai&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-509577","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\/509577","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=509577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}