NZ Club Rugby 2025 ( General)

[WoodysRFC]

@Steven-Harris said in NZ Club Rugby 2025 ( General):

Miracle Faiilagi started at 6 for Auckland Marist yesterday against Grammar Tech in Round 6 of Auckland Club Rugby along with Semisi Tupou Taeloa who started off the bench
Kitiona Vai started at no 8 and Cody Vai at centre
Makes you wonder if Faiilagi along with Tupou Taeloa will be in blue and white colours this year

Semisi is signed through to 2026 with Southland.

[African Monkey]

@Steven-Harris said in NZ Club Rugby 2025 ( General):

Miracle Faiilagi started at 6 for Auckland Marist yesterday against Grammar Tech in Round 6 of Auckland Club Rugby along with Semisi Tupou Taeloa who started off the bench
Kitiona Vai started at no 8 and Cody Vai at centre
Makes you wonder if Faiilagi along with Tupou Taeloa will be in blue and white colours this year

Weird how they play their club rugby there and then play NPC somewhere else, like when guys like Andrew Makalio and Isi Tu'ungafasi used to turn out for Grammar TEC despite playing NPC and Super Rugby elsewhere.

[mikedogz]

North Harbour club rugby, Julian Savea at 12 for Silverdale, Nili Latu opposite him at 12 for Kumeu.

[African Monkey]

@mikedogz said in NZ Club Rugby 2025 ( General):

North Harbour club rugby, Julian Savea at 12 for Silverdale, Nili Latu opposite him at 12 for Kumeu.

Nili Latu must be approaching 50 by now lol.

[mikedogz]

43, He might be at prop by 50.

[Bovidae]

I've been trying to watch each Waikato Premier club team play at least once this year. As a couple of games were played on Friday I went to two of them over this long weekend. Melville v Ōtorohanga was actually closer than the final score suggested. Melville were held up over the goal line twice but poor ball skills and a lack of awareness of space out wide when they camped on the goal line cost them. The other game was Fraser Tech v Hautapu. This game probably wasn't as close as the final score but Tech kept coming back. Hautapu had some Waikato reps playing. Mitch Jacobson came off the bench and packed down at lock. That's club rugby for you!

[Bovidae]

This is Week 12 despite the graphic.

I went to the HOB-Tech game as I was interested to see Tepaea Cook-Savage playing 1st 5 for the latter. A heavy ground and intermittent rain didn't help but he was tidy and generally kicked well. Not afraid of contact either.

[taniwharugby]

WTF

Related, Horowhenua-Kapiti canned all club rugby for a weekend due to referee abuse

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360740454/southern-rugby-player-handed-hefty-ban-referee-attack

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360736169/horowhenua-kapiti-rugby-football-union-postpones-all-club-games-after-fresh-referee-abuse

[SouthernMann]

A few video highlights from Dunedin Club Rugby. Things looking very grim down there.

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[antipodean]

@SouthernMann said in NZ Club Rugby 2025 ( General):

A few video highlights from Dunedin Club Rugby. Things looking very grim down there.

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Conditions look like real winter rugby.

[mikedogz]

Semi Final time in Counties' top grade. Ardmore Marist the big improver.

[mikedogz]

Finals time for most grades, Div 3 semi finals.

[Bovidae]

Waikato rugby were slackers and haven't published the club results on their FB page.

[Bovidae]

This was the final round. SFs next week. I watched the Marist-Matamata game in a huge mismatch. Marist could bring Waikato reps off the bench and played a loose forward on the wing in the 2nd half, who still distributed like a back.

[MacDazzler]

Varsity won the Manawatu final today against Kia Toa 29-27.

[UpTheHarbs]

For the fifth year in a row, the North Harbour club rugby final will be between North Shore and Takapuna, while Helensville have taken out the Plate title after an upset win over Silverdale.

Championship Semis:
North Shore 50-3 East Coast Bays at Vauxhall Sportsfields
Takapuna 15-14 Massey at Moire Park

Plate Final:
Helensville 22-19 Silverdale at Silverdale War Memorial Park

[Smudge]

Jason Rutledge gets his 11th Southland club title, playing a full 80 minutes at age 47.

Logan Savory

The legend continues: Rutledge's 11th title at age 47

“As they say, you get old when you stop doing things, and I would rather keep playing to keep me young.”

[mikedogz]

Karaka won the Counties competition.

[UpTheHarbs]

Harbour club rugby finals to be streamed live on Facebook on Saturday

[JK]

North Shore beat Taka 33-15 to take out the North Harbour club final on sat.

Back to back to back for North Shore who really are the dominant force in North Harbour rugby