2019 club rugby
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Taradale (2nd) beat Hastings RS (3rd) 56-31.
Taradale scored their 4th try for the bonus point after just 22 minutes and led 28-7.
Early in the second half it was 31-31, then Taradale 1st five Brad Truesdale kicked a penalty goal from halfway for a 34-31 lead.
Hastings RS lock got a yellow card for offside in his 22 after the referee had given Hastings RS a warning for conceding too many penalties under pressure, and while he was off Taradale kicked another penalty (for the lock's offside) and then scored two more tries with the player advantage to lead 49-31, game over.
For Hastings RS Mason Emerson (concussion) did not play, Danny Toala came on as sub for the whole second half and played at first five-eighth. Josiah Tavita-Metcalfe played the whole game at number eight.
Caleb Makene played fullback for Taradale, and their reserve halfback Humphrey Shield has got a damn good pass on him. Don't know why he didn't start.
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Thanks for update. I have no news on NOBM club day as I didn't get to leave my office all day as I needed to work - didn't even get to see the Chiefs game
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@Stockcar86 I'm still waiting for all the score details, but NOBM Prems beat Havelock N Prems 47 - 17 (HT: 33 - 0).
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MAC 50 (Jackson Waerea, Everard Reid, Paul Fa'amoe, Filimone Asolua, Falemiga Selesele, Roger Paewai, Vailoa Kereki, Taina Huia tries; Tom Iosefo 5 conversions)
Tamatea 31 (unavailable).
HT: 24-12 to MAC.Clive 19 (Zac Southwick 2, Eti Collins tries; Tianua Poto 2 cons)
Napier Pirate Rugby and Sports 26 (Kingi Teamo, Hayden Hann, Ted Symes, Kane Nepe-Apatu tries; Zion Clarke 2 cons, Tipene Lord con).
HT: 19-7 to Pirate.Central 24 (Mckenzie Smith, Tom Beachem, Mathias Konia, Warwick Flingsby tries; Brandon Hardwidge 2 cons)
Napier Technical Old Boys 23 (Misi Lealaisalona, Tane McGuire, Tamatiu Samuels tries; Leighton Shaw 2 pen, 1 con).
HT: 10-8 to Central.Hastings Rugby and Sports 31 (Ben Smith 2, Jacob Devery, Sakopo Ofa tries; Smith 4 cons)
Taradale Rugby and Sports 56 (Andrew Gardner, Cristobal Niedmann, Ioakopo Mapu, Nathan Ramsay, Grayson Hewitt, Caleb Makene, Angelo Mufana tries; Brad Trusedale 6 cons, 3 pens).
HT: 28-24 to Taradale.Napier Old Boys Marist 47 (unavailable)
Havelock North 17 (RyanPTongia 2, Jessie Paewai tries;PTongia con).
HT: 35-0 to NOBM.What's up with the HBT always getting players' names wrong?
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@Stockcar86 No sweat Stockcar.
Both Stacy Ili and Sam McNicol played for NOB Marist - McNicol scored a try after a 60 metre run.
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McNicol played at centre too, so got through lots of contact
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sammcnicol95:
Was good to finally get back in the mixer yesterday in the new colours! It’d been a long 20 months away from the game, with 14 months out due to concussion and another 6 with wrist surgery. Want to thank my mate and trainer @tobyjbanfield for keeping me motivated and pushing me everyday - what a top lad
Cheers for the support team. 
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Results from the weekend:
Havelock North 24 (M Vuicakau 2, J Paewai tries; A Blake 3 cons, pen),
Napier Pirate Rugby and Sports 6 (Z Clarke 2 pens).
HT: 10-6.Napier Technical 59 (S Quickfall 4, T McGuire, L Shaw, C Houkamau, T Walters, P Manuel tries; Shaw 7 cons),
Tamatea 21 (Not supplied).
HT: 21-14.Taradale 66 (M Tapili 2, G Ewart 2, O Sapsford 2, A Tuck, L Maulolo, N Waa, B Uriarau tries; B Truesdale 7, C Makene cons),
Central 22 (B Parsons, W Slingsby, S Baker tries; K Drury-Hawkins 2 cons, pen).
HT: 38-10.Napier Old Boys Marist 90 (S Paese 5, H Brighouse 2, M Drew, M Buckley, P Teddy, P Benzanilla-Corte, R Hayes, L Edwards, T Symon-Burke tries; J Lauano 7, Edwards 3 cons),
Clive 31 (J Fuimaono 2, D Mataira, J Kaifa, J Tuhua tries; T Poto 3 cons).
HT: 57-14.Hastings Rugby and Sports 47 (D Toala 2, P Smith, J Tavita-Metcalfe, F Fakatava, A Mikaele-Tu'u, T Vaiusu tries; Smith 6 cons),
MAC 12 (F Asolua, V Kereti tries; P Siofolau con).
HT: 26-5.https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503460&objectid=12245281
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@Stargazer We will just have to wait and see then. I hope to be on the sidelines at Whitmore Park tomorrow (taking my boots just in case!!!!!). First time up home this season and would you know it there is a private function on in the Texans lounge starting at 6.00pm thus a shortened time for supporters to discuss the finer points of the game before being turfed out. Might have to take in a few tips on how the real old timers coped in the days of the six o'clock swill times!
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Went down to Waipukurau to watch the Central v Clive match.
Brodie Retallick played 51 minutes for Central, didn't get actively involved but made one charge which led to a try. His locking partner was Ben Parsons, no sign of elder brother Tom.
Unsurprisingly, Central had their biggest crowd of the year.
Josdh Kaifa played second five for Clive and replaced at halftime - don't know if it was injury or tactical. One who did stand out for Clive was flanker Liam Udy-Johns, his first year out of school (last year's Hastings BHS captain.
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@Number-10 Kaifa in the backs??? I know he's been moving between 6 and 7, but this is something else!
Udy-Johns was outstanding for Hastings last year; good to hear he's playing well in club rugby, too. I'm not sure whether we will have a good U19 squad this year and whether we have good candidates for next year's NZU20s, but he should be one of them. That is, if there's a new coach, because with Philpott, I don't expect anything anymore.
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Yeah, odd to see Kaifa in the backline. Apparently his 40 minutes stint was because he played all 80 minutes for the Magpies midweek v Manawatu, and there was nothing on the result for Clive - the semi-finalists had already been confirmed last week.
NOB Marist beat Tamatea 133-7, even with the game being called off seven minutes early.
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have just come across this forum of great comments and interesting perspectives this morning.
