Auckland Rugby 2025

[taniwharugby]

Bates was U20s coach last year wasnt he?

Which TBF in Auckland, would seem like it should be a pretty easy gig with the young talent at his disposal, its getting the right ones, and keeping them would be a huge issue for Auckland.

I believe he was key to retaining Hainsworth-Fa'aofo who is obviously highly rated.

[Bovidae]

@Duluth said in Auckland Rugby 2025:

Anyone know much about the new players. Cohen Norrie seems to be rated highly?

I would liken Norrie to Stanley Solomon. Quick, elusive but not that tall.

[Duluth]

@taniwharugby said in Auckland Rugby 2025:

its getting the right ones, and keeping them

Which is why the selection policy last year was so bad. Putting an emphasis on experience meant picking a lot of players past their best

In particular the outside backs where you should be taking chances on younger men

[Daffy Jaffy]

Auckland team sheet v Northland today -

[Daffy Jaffy]

Auckland 52 - 7 Northland in the warmup game. It appears from the clips that Segner was captain.

[taniwharugby]

@Daffy-Jaffy I heard the packs both had a good battle but Auckland carved us up out wide.

[Daffy Jaffy]

Today Ponsonby U21's beat Marist in the championship final to add that trophy to our Men's and Woman's titles. Not a bad seasons work from the grand old club.

23K views · 281 reactions | It’s a Ponsonby Rugby Club trifecta!! 🐎...

It’s a Ponsonby Rugby Club trifecta!! 🐎 For the first time in History one club, has won the Men’s Premier, Women’s Premier & Under 21s Division all in the same season, all against the same opponent. 🤯.

[Bovidae]

I thought that this photo was interesting in that Josh Beehre is quite a lot shorter than Tom Allen. I've seen Allen listed as 1.98 m. So Beehre would be an undersized lock at international level.

[Daffy Jaffy]

@Bovidae Allen's stats are likely from 2023 when he first played NZU20's as an u19 player. He is likely 2m.ish now. The game in general is very lazy at updating height and weight stats ( Auckland hasn't even bothered with a player profile page at all for 2 seasons.) Beehre is listed by the Blues at 1.98m. Also the angled lines across that picture create a bit of an optical illusion and make the difference look more than it is . Even Beehre could be a bit taller than his listed height. Here he is next to Darry who is 2.03m.

[WoodysRFC]

Beehre seems to have lowish shoulders too, which probably doesn't help. Running a line through the top of Beehres head though does show somewhat of a difference. Would be stoked if Allen is 2m+.

[zedsdeadbaby]

Sorry if it’s been covered. Allen is a loan player? From HB?