James Fisher-Harris who hails from Kohukohu in the Hokianga Far North and has proved to be one of if not the best Front rower in the world, definitely with Moses Leota forming one of the best Front Rower combinations of all time started it all off leading from the front. They absolutely dominated the Samoan duo of Payne Haas and Tino Fa’asuamaleaui with their line speed and also laying the platform on attack who along with Koro Kieran Foran playing out of position at hooker but gave excellent service, ensured Kiwis enjoyed plenty of possession and field position. The brilliance of Jahrome Hughes and Dylan Brown capitalised on the forwards work, who in turn were able to free up Jamayne Isaako and Ronaldo Mulitalo showing off their finishing skills. Mulitalo even managed to pull off a “Get that into ya”, “Smashed em bro” hit on Cookie Islander Valentine Holmes.  Charnze Nikoll-Klokstad capped off an awesome year with another colossal performance in winning the Man of the Match award. From where Ricky Stuart put him a couple of years ago to where he is now is such an awesome story of redemption and belief. It showed through in his emotional speech. Malo lava Charnze.