HB Club Rugby 2018
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Good to see you back for a game Higgins. I'm looking forward to hopefully catching some more club rugby this season. Have made the decision to sell up in Auckland and move back home. Currently prepping house for sale up here, before I start looking in Napier - probably looking at being in HB within 2 months, so should be there for the pointy end of the Madison Trophy hopefully.
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Glad you enjoyed it Higgins.
Must have been nerve wracking waiting for the final whistle before the inevitable relief of winning ...
The right winger was. apparently, Sebastian Visinia who played for Auckland Under 19 last year. He is a big boy, when I saw him against Napier OB Marist he was midfield.
Are you sure Trent Boswell-Wakefield did not come on for the last 20 minutes? On Friday the Tech captain told me he would.
@number-10 said in HB Club Rugby 2018:
Glad you enjoyed it Higgins.
Must have been nerve wracking waiting for the final whistle before the inevitable relief of winning ...
The right winger was. apparently, Sebastian Visinia who played for Auckland Under 19 last year. He is a big boy, when I saw him against Napier OB Marist he was midfield.
Are you sure Trent Boswell-Wakefield did not come on for the last 20 minutes? On Friday the Tech captain told me he would.
He might have done as there was a tallish "skinny" looking guy that came on with about 15 minutes left. As I said the TMO panel I was watching the game with told me has arrived back home minus a fair bit of weight. My concentration by that time had waivered a bit and we were became deeply involved in discussing that famous try yours truly scored against the Dannevirke Derelects way back in 1987 and why I did not bring it round behind the goalposts.
There was even a good old fashioned one on one stouch shortly before halftime that saw some decent aggressive punches thrown (almost all of which missed). The TMO panel disagreed with the Referee's decision to wave just the one yellow card! Oh and the players (and at least one supporter) aftermatch feed was up to proper non main centre provincial standards, not a spoonful of pasta, mince or curried sausage to be seen. Ahhhhh, the pleasures of one of my all too infrequent visits home these days, supplemented by the happy hour that kicked in at 6.00pm.
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Tamatea have defaulted their quarter final against NOB
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Tamatea have defaulted their quarter final against NOB
Mtoday@stockcar86 Wow. NOBM was always going to win, but this really gives them an easy ride into the semis.
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Tamatea have defaulted their quarter final against NOB
Mtoday@stockcar86 said in HB Club Rugby 2018:
Tamatea have defaulted their quarter final against NOB
MtodayDoes duck shooting start a week earlier in HB than the rest of the country?
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@number-10 Yeah, that was a meaningless game for 9th place though. Not sure whether that was an officially scheduled game or a friendly.
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Two defaults marred today's round in Hawke's Bay's Tui Nash Cup premier club rugby competition. Yesterday Central defaulted their playoff for ninth place against Clive at Farndon Park. Central officials told Hawke's Bay Rugby Football Union's club development officer Gary Macdonald a high injury count contributed to the default. At 10am today Tamatea defaulted their quarterfinal against defending champions Napier Old Boys Marist at Park Island. Eleven of our regular 22 players are on our injured list. Among those are four of our six adequately trained frontrowers and we don't have a seconds team which we can pick from," Tamatea head coach Matt Marsh explained. "It's the first time we've defaulted and it wasn't an easy decision. We put an SOS out and got no reply. We're not blessed with 10 frontrowers like our neighbours across the road," Marsh said referring to Hastings Rugby and Sports who have regularly played one of their props at No 8 this season.Results and scorers:
Taradale 16 (D McIntyre try; D Loibl 2, B Truesdale pens; Truesdale con), Havelock North 13 (I Paewai try; D Snee 2 pens; R Tongia con). HT: Havelock 7-6. Napier Technical 55 (J Taulagi 5, T Joel, D Ramsay, T Walters, S Visibia tries; Taulagi 5 cons), MAC 5 (F Selesele try). HT: 17-0. Hastings Rugby and Sports 52 (D Toala 2, T Agnew 2, T Vaiusu 2, J Saifiti, F Matamata tries; Vaiusu 5, I Ioane cons), Napier Pirate Rugby and Sports 18 (G Naera, T Symes tries; Z Clarke 2 pens, con). HT: 28-6. Napier Old Boys Marist beat Tamatea by default. Clive beat Central by default..
JJ Taulagi is a try-scoring monster. Hope he will do the same for the Magpies!
Can someone confirm that Visibia is indeed Visinia? Is this an alternative spelling, or do HBT spell it consistenly wrong?http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503460&objectid=12041444
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Bugger; it's starting already.
Fullback Ryan Tongia collected what appeared to be a serious knee injury in the 70th minute.https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503460&objectid=12041827
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Nash Cup results from 5 May 2018:
Napier Old Boys Marist 89 (E Wilson 4, L Faleiva, R Hayes, C Johnston, J Lauano, M Drew, P Bickle, S Tucker, M Buckley, S Paese tries; Lauano 10, L Edwards 2 cons)
Taradale 17 (K Whakataka, K Hewitt tries; B Truesdale 2 cons, pen)
HT: 40-3Napier Technical 26 (J Faia, M Lealaisalona, J Saufoi, T Walters tries; J Taulagi 3 cons)
Hastings Rugby and Sports 23 (M Emerson, T Vaiusu, F Fakatava tries; Vaiusu 2 pens, con)
HT: HRS 13-12Other Games
MAC 35 (J Ika 2, F Iosi, A Mikaele, F Asolua tries; T Iosefo 5 cons)
Napier Pirate Rugby and Sports 22 (A Momoisea 3, R Gardner tries; Z Clarke con)
HT: 28-10Clive 55 (B Pena 4, S Tofilau 2, E Tuavera, J Lowe, T Poto tries; Poto 5 cons)
Tamatea 35 (A Robinson, D Neho, T Rowlands, H Rowlands, penalty try tries; Robinson 2 cons, 2 pens)
HT: 26-16Havelock North beat Central by default
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This forum badly needs downvote buttons for the last 2 posts :smiling_face:
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@higgins It would definitely make the premiers competition more interesting if NOBM wasn't so dominant.
@stargazer Napier Old Boys Marist have been dominated at set piece scrum time by a couple of other teams,but they counter that by playing the game at pace and moving bigger sides around..
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@stargazer Napier Old Boys Marist have been dominated at set piece scrum time by a couple of other teams,but they counter that by playing the game at pace and moving bigger sides around..
@steven-harris Yes, when I watched the Tech OB v NOB Marist match, second round, the Tech scrum certainly was the superior one.
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Nash Cup results from 5 May 2018:
Napier Old Boys Marist 89 (E Wilson 4, L Faleiva, R Hayes, C Johnston, J Lauano, M Drew, P Bickle, S Tucker, M Buckley, S Paese tries; Lauano 10, L Edwards 2 cons)
Taradale 17 (K Whakataka, K Hewitt tries; B Truesdale 2 cons, pen)
HT: 40-3Napier Technical 26 (J Faia, M Lealaisalona, J Saufoi, T Walters tries; J Taulagi 3 cons)
Hastings Rugby and Sports 23 (M Emerson, T Vaiusu, F Fakatava tries; Vaiusu 2 pens, con)
HT: HRS 13-12Other Games
MAC 35 (J Ika 2, F Iosi, A Mikaele, F Asolua tries; T Iosefo 5 cons)
Napier Pirate Rugby and Sports 22 (A Momoisea 3, R Gardner tries; Z Clarke con)
HT: 28-10Clive 55 (B Pena 4, S Tofilau 2, E Tuavera, J Lowe, T Poto tries; Poto 5 cons)
Tamatea 35 (A Robinson, D Neho, T Rowlands, H Rowlands, penalty try tries; Robinson 2 cons, 2 pens)
HT: 26-16Havelock North beat Central by default
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It's hard to see NOBM not winning the Nash Cup next weekend.@stargazer said in HB Club Rugby 2018:
Nash Cup results from 5 May 2018:
Clive 55 (B Pena 4, S Tofilau 2, E Tuavera, J Lowe, T Poto tries; Poto 5 cons)
Tamatea 35 (A Robinson, D Neho, T Rowlands, H Rowlands, penalty try tries; Robinson 2 cons, 2 pens)
HT: 26-16Didn't notice that until I saw this instagram post from Jonah. Glad he has recovered from his injury and that the Canes actually let him play club rugby. Not holding my breadth that he will get capped this SR season. Hopefully, he'll get a contract at another franchise - without or with a shorter queue of midfielders/wingers - next year.
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I'm sure @Higgins as an Axeman (as well as a Texan) will approve of this
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Premiers Maddison Trophy - Round 1 (19 May) results:
Taradale 19 (F Ah Lim, J Clarke tries; D Loibl 3 pens),
Clive 17 (C Karauria, K Peni tries; T Poto 2 cons, pen). HT: 8-0.Napier Old Boys Marist 66 (M Buckley 3, P Bickle 2, E Wilson, J Lauano, S Paese, R Hayes, D Sharplin tries; Lauano 8 cons),
Tamatea 30 (A Robinson 2, M Marsh, L McClutchie tries; Robinson 2 pens, 2 cons). HT: 19-15.Havelock North 45 (S Takano 2, K Paewai, S Ulufonua, T Brown, I Paewai tries; A Blake 6 cons, pen),
Napier Pirate Rugby and Sports 22 (D Scott, M Matsuyama, H Hann tries; Z Clarke 2 cons, pen). HT: 31-8.Hastings Rugby and Sports 45 (J Devery, F Matamata, J Tavita-Metcalfe, A Fomai, D Toala, J Rihia, B Hamelink tries; Toala 3, I Ioane 2 cons),
Central 17 (P Dunn 2, T Parsons tries; B Hardwidge con). HT: 26-7.MAC 32 (T Iosefo, F Iosi, F Asolua, J Ika tries; Iosefo 3 cons, 2 pens),
Napier Technical 29 (J Faia, M Lealaisalona, P Manuel, S Giddens tries; J Taulagi 2, J Bristol cons; Bristol pen). HT: 21-15..
Good to see that Jacob Devery is back from injury.
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Tamatea have been deducted five points for playing Hika Elliot in their loss to Napier OB Marist last week.
Tamatea did not have an international clearance from Hika's French club, he wasn't a registered Tamatea player, and the club was told prior to the game by HBRU they couldn't play him.
So Tamatea played him anyway.
It's been a long time since Tamatea have been a threat in the Maddison Trophy. Last time they made the top four playoffs was 2005, but off-field decisions like this are just dumb.
