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  •   Home > News > Sports > Rugby

    A bold tyre strategy has paid off for Supercars driver Matt Payne after winning race three of the Tasmania Super 440 by the third-closest margin the sport's history

    A bold tyre strategy has paid off for Supercars driver Matt Payne after winning race three of the Tasmania Super 440 by the third-closest margin the sport's history


    He qualified 11th for the race, but opted to take his second compulsory pit-stop during a mid-race safety car, leaving him on his final set of tyres for the remaining 48 laps.

    Payne held on by 0.05 of a second as championship leader Broc Feeney bore down.



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    Soccer:
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    Basketball:
    Kiwi Finn Fisher-Black has ended cycling's Tour Down Under with a bang, crossing second in a sprint on the final stage to take 25th overall 18:07

    Cricket:
    Rain is disrupting the men's Super Smash T20 encounter in Christchurch...with the ladder-leading Northern Brave 51 for one in the 15th over against hosts Canterbury, scoring at just over eight and a half runs per over 17:57

    Hockey:
    The New Zealand women's hockey team have succumbed to the United States once again 17:47

    Law and Order:
    Mother shares tribute to 15-year-old Max trapped under Mount Maunganui landslide 16:47

    Law and Order:
    A Waikato man who escaped the deadly Mount Maunganui landslide, is crediting Lisa McClenna,n as the camper who saved lives 16:17

    Motoring:
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    Law and Order:
    Armed police are patrolling a Central Auckland suburb, following an assault this afternoon 14:57


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