Tasman have kept their NPC finals hopes alive with a 38-27 victory over Taranaki at Trafalgar Park in Nelson

The Mako led 21-6 at halftime and weathered a surge from the Bulls in the second forty.

Hooker Quentin MacDonald became the most capped Mako of all time with 105 games, and he told Sky Sport the result's an important momentum builder.



Meanwhile Wellington have beaten Otago 32-26 in the capital.