Back-to-back wins for Lions

Magpies: Kept scoreless in the second half by rampant Lions

Wellington scored 24 unanswered points in the second half to beat Hawke's Bay 30-15 in Tuesday's ITM Cup clash at Westpac Stadium.

The home side trailed 15-6 at half-time after a lacklustre first half, but racked up four tries in the second spell to bag a bonus-point win and maintain their winning start to the season.

The Lions upped the ante after the break thanks to a fast paced and direct approach opening up holes in the Magpies defence, with number eight Victor Vito, hooker Dane Coles, loosehead prop Arden David-Perrot and full-back Jason Woodward all crossing the whitewash.

Their strong scrum was another positive facet of their play.

The Magpies had scored the only two tries of the first half, both involving Hika Elliot, as the hooker first went over himself before setting up fly-half Dan Waenga for another.

For Wellington:
Tries: Vito, Coles, David-Perrot, Woodward
Cons: Woodward 2
Pens: Woodward 2

For Hawke's Bay:
Tries: Elliot, Waenga
Con: Waenga
Pen: Waenga

Wellington: 15 Jason Woodward, 14 Alapati Leiua, 13 Charlie Ngatai, 12 Shaun Treeby, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Tim Bateman, 9 Frae Wilson, 8 Victor Vito, 7 Scott Fuglistaller, 6 Lua Lokotui, 5 Ross Filipo, 4 Jeremy Thrush (c), 3 Jeff Toomaga-Allen, 2 Dane Coles, 1 Arden David-Perrot.
Replacements: 16 Motu Matu'u / Liu Taituave, 17 Solomona Sakalia, 18 Whetu Henry, 19 Mark Reddish, 20 Kayne Hammington, 21 Genesis Mamea, 22 Matt Proctor.

Hawke's Bay: 15 Gillies Kaka, 14 Tino Nemani, 13 Star Timu, 12 Andrew Horrell, 11 Zac Guildford, 10 Dan Waenga, 9 Chris Eaton, 8 Mike Coman (c), 7 Karl Lowe, 6 Trent Boswell-Wakefield, 5 Maselino Paulino, 4 Ross Kennedy, 3 Peter Borlase, 2 Hika Elliot, 1 Ben Tameifuna.
Replacements: 16 Ash Dixon, 17 Brendon Edmonds, 18 Kieran Coll, 19 Tivaini Fomai, 20 Isaac Paewai, 21 Tua Saseve, 22 Nick McLennan.