Pick your clubs all time team.

[Canes4life]

Petone Rugby - feel free to fill in the gaps

1. Ken Gray
2. ?
3. Neemia Tialata
4. James Blackwell
5. Ross Filipo
6. Brad Shields
7. Ben Herring
8. Andy Leslie
9. ?
10. Lima Sopoaga (Junior Rugby)
11. Jared Kahu (Junior Rugby)
12. Riky Flutey
13. Tana Umaga
14. Vince Aso
15. Allan Hewson

[Daffy Jaffy]

@Canes4life John Dougan, Ian Stevens, Jason O'Halloran, Mike Clamp, Laurence Hullena, Simon Mannix - 9 Stevens, 10 Dougan, 12 O'Halloran, 11 Clamp and you have a hella skillful almost All Black backline.

[Bovidae]

@Daffy-Jaffy Mark Nicholls at 10? He was considered one of the best ABs of his era.

[junior]

@Canes4life said in Pick your clubs all time team.:

Petone Rugby - feel free to fill in the gaps

1. Ken Gray
2. ?
3. Neemia Tialata
4. James Blackwell
5. Ross Filipo
6. Brad Shields
7. Ben Herring
8. Andy Leslie
9. ?
10. Lima Sopoaga (Junior Rugby)
11. Jared Kahu (Junior Rugby)
12. Riky Flutey
13. Tana Umaga
14. Vince Aso
15. Allan Hewson

Tim Mannix at hooker and Simon Mannix at 10, surely? Marty Leslie at 7 and Jason O'Halloran at 12?

[Daffy Jaffy]

@Canes4life three more candidates from the 90's -
Inoke Afeake, Alex Telea, Karl Te Nana -

[Canes4life]

@Daffy-Jaffy Petone updated:

1. Ken Gray / Laurence Hullena
2. Tim Mannix
3. Neemia Tialata
4. Inoke Afeake / James Blackwell
5. Ross Filipo
6. Brad Shields
7. Martin Leslie / Ben Herring
8. Andy Leslie
9. Ian Stevens
10. Simon Mannix / Lima Sopoaga / John Dougan
11. Alex Telea
12. Jason O'Halloran / Riky Flutey
13. Tana Umaga / Vince Aso
14. Mike Clamp / Karl Te Nana
15. Alan Hewson

[Tim]

Some past players from Takapuna:

ALL BLACKS

GAJ Burgess 1980-81 (2 matches, 1 test), SB Conn 1980 (1 match), GW Dowd 1991-92 (8 matches, 1 test), BP Larsen 1992-96 (40 matches, 17 tests), GM Osborne 1995-99 (29 matches, 19 tests), EJ Rush 1992-96 (29 matches, 9 tests), J Parsons 2014 + 2016 (2 tests), M Duffie 2017(2 matches) Karl Tu'inukaufe 2018 (current)

NORTH HARBOUR REPS

H Amosa 1991 (8 matches), MI Begbie 1987 (1), SC Bendall 1987-90 (12), S Biddles 2007-2008 (13), D Boland 1985 (2), LD Bone 1999 (3), KG Boroevich 1990-95 (17), GW Brunsdon 1986-88 (2), PR Cole 1991 (6), GS Davis 1996-99 (40), A Donald 2001 - 2006 (34), GW Dowd 1985-94 (106), C Eagle 1994-96 (11), J Elrick 2005-2013 (20), SB Eskrigge 1996 (8), IF Fa'alogo 2000 (1) PIP Feeney 1985-90 (66), M France 2008-2009 (20), RJ Fry 1987 (6), AJ Fulton 1997-99(17), D George 1992-98 (39), S Hall 1991 (6), RD Hartley 1986-88 (25), SE Kose 1990-91 (10), AC Larkin 1995-97 (26), B P Larsen 1991-97 (82), Z Lawrence 2004-2007 (26), PFH Leonard 1985-91 (40), MJ Lord 1999-00 (13), J Manihera (24), P Masani 1996-97 (6), MW Mills 1985-87 (25), CW Moors 1995-99 (11), S Neville 2010, 2017 (7), NM Ngapaku 1999 (2), MD Nichols 1985 (10), GM Osborne 1994-99 (53), SK Palmer 1992-97 (31), WJ Pivac 1986-87 (13), H Reid 2002-2003 (12), MP Roberts 1995-98 (7), DH Robson 2000 (1), CJ Rose 1998 (3), RB Rush 1995-96 (3), EJ Rush 1991-99(90), MC Ruth 1989-91 (9), C Smith 2007-2013 (55), JC Smith 1998-00 (7), C Thomas 1998 (1), J Tofa Va'a (9) 2015, BW Urlich 1998-00 (28), M Veale 2003-2005 (32), WCA Walker 1997-98 (7), HG Wallace 1999-00 (8), GL Walsh 1991-96 (55), DR Williams 1988-89 (12), PG Woods 1994-97 (41), B Wilson 2003-2011 (30) Wiggins 2015 (2)

CURRENT PLAYERS: James Parsons, Karl Tu'inukuafe, Bryn Gatland, Matt Duffie, Steven Misa

[rotated]

@Canes4life said in Pick your clubs all time team.:

@Daffy-Jaffy Petone updated:
8. Andy Leslie

Rodders was Petone, no?

[Toddy]

@rotated Wests I think

[Chris B.]

I can make a start at Glenmark, which is pretty impressive for a small country club.

1 Chris Earl
2 Stu Loe
3 Richard Loe
4 Graeme Higginson
5 Todd Blackadder
6 Andy Earl
7
8 Alex Wyllie
9 Bruce Deans
10
11 Craig Green
12
13 Andy Jefferd
14 Scott Hamilton
15 Robbie Deans

[Canes4life]

@rotated he was a coach for a year or two but played for Wests Roosters.

[Smudge]

stepping away from rugby to cricket . . .

Albion Cricket Club (Dunedin) First XI

1. Glenn Turner
2. Mark Richardson
3. Andrew Jones
4. Bert Sutcliffe
5. Ken Rutherford
6. Brendon McCullum
7. Nathan McCullum
8. John Bracewell
9. Martin Snedden
10. Neil Wagner
11. Alexander Downes

12th man: Mark Craig.

[Chris B.]

@Smudge That's pretty impressive.

HSOB and Old Collegians have merged in ChCh and probably able to put out something competitive - Sir Paddles and Shane Bond at the forefront.

[shark]

@Chris-B Pretty handy! And noone is going to name a side on this thread with a greater number of maligned individuals!

[shark]

I wouldn't have the first clue where to start with Marist Albion. Very good side in the mid-to-late 90s though which included Tabai Matson, Steve Lancaster, Chris Hammett, Kevin Nepia and Angus Gardiner. Then from around 2000 Johnny Leo'o and Ben Blair. Maybe also Tala Kele in the 90s.

[Baron Silas Greenback]

@Smudge said in Pick your clubs all time team.:

stepping away from rugby to cricket . . .

Albion Cricket Club (Dunedin) First XI

1. Glenn Turner
2. Mark Richardson
3. Andrew Jones
4. Bert Sutcliffe
5. Ken Rutherford
6. Brendon McCullum
7. Nathan McCullum
8. John Bracewell
9. Martin Snedden
10. Neil Wagner
11. Alexander Downes

12th man: Mark Craig.

Bloody hell, that is really impressive.

[Smudge]

@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Pick your clubs all time team.:

@Smudge said in Pick your clubs all time team.:

stepping away from rugby to cricket . . .

Albion Cricket Club (Dunedin) First XI

1. Glenn Turner
2. Mark Richardson
3. Andrew Jones
4. Bert Sutcliffe
5. Ken Rutherford
6. Brendon McCullum
7. Nathan McCullum
8. John Bracewell
9. Martin Snedden
10. Neil Wagner
11. Alexander Downes

12th man: Mark Craig.

Bloody hell, that is really impressive.

Bit light in the pace bowling department and Albion always was a little creative with their claims for these guys (Sutcliffe played 1 season for Albion and about 14 for North East Valley when he was in Dunedin) but yes, not bad. Proud to be an honorary vice president there.

[Baron Silas Greenback]

@Smudge said in Pick your clubs all time team.:

@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Pick your clubs all time team.:

@Smudge said in Pick your clubs all time team.:

stepping away from rugby to cricket . . .

Albion Cricket Club (Dunedin) First XI

1. Glenn Turner
2. Mark Richardson
3. Andrew Jones
4. Bert Sutcliffe
5. Ken Rutherford
6. Brendon McCullum
7. Nathan McCullum
8. John Bracewell
9. Martin Snedden
10. Neil Wagner
11. Alexander Downes

12th man: Mark Craig.

Bloody hell, that is really impressive.

Bit light in the pace bowling department and Albion always was a little creative with their claims for these guys (Sutcliffe played 1 season for Albion and about 14 for North East Valley when he was in Dunedin) but yes, not bad. Proud to be an honorary vice president there.

Good on you. Sounds like a club to be proud of., is it good socially?

[Smudge]

@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Pick your clubs all time team.:

@Smudge said in Pick your clubs all time team.:

@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Pick your clubs all time team.:

@Smudge said in Pick your clubs all time team.:

stepping away from rugby to cricket . . .

Albion Cricket Club (Dunedin) First XI

1. Glenn Turner
2. Mark Richardson
3. Andrew Jones
4. Bert Sutcliffe
5. Ken Rutherford
6. Brendon McCullum
7. Nathan McCullum
8. John Bracewell
9. Martin Snedden
10. Neil Wagner
11. Alexander Downes

12th man: Mark Craig.

Bloody hell, that is really impressive.

Bit light in the pace bowling department and Albion always was a little creative with their claims for these guys (Sutcliffe played 1 season for Albion and about 14 for North East Valley when he was in Dunedin) but yes, not bad. Proud to be an honorary vice president there.

Good on you. Sounds like a club to be proud of., is it good socially?

It was. I'm in Wellington now and haven't played for ages. But the memorabilia in the club rooms is out of this world, thanks to the efforts of the late Warwick Larkins. There's a corner of the rooms set up to the club's triple-hundred scorers (Sutcliffe, Richardson, Turner, Rutherford, McCullum) and a stack of random shirts etc. I was club captain in the late 90s (despite being 19 when the drinking age was 20) & the fact we didn't have a liquor license at the time - something they avoided sorting for another 10 years or so - meant some of the drinks deals were incredibly stupid. But fun.

From what I hear, the culture is still very strong. I was on the committee again when I moved back down in 2012 until leaving in 2016 and when I did attend, the rooms were pretty full on a Saturday night.

[Baron Silas Greenback]

@Smudge said in Pick your clubs all time team.:

@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Pick your clubs all time team.:

@Smudge said in Pick your clubs all time team.:

@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Pick your clubs all time team.:

@Smudge said in Pick your clubs all time team.:

stepping away from rugby to cricket . . .

Albion Cricket Club (Dunedin) First XI

1. Glenn Turner
2. Mark Richardson
3. Andrew Jones
4. Bert Sutcliffe
5. Ken Rutherford
6. Brendon McCullum
7. Nathan McCullum
8. John Bracewell
9. Martin Snedden
10. Neil Wagner
11. Alexander Downes

12th man: Mark Craig.

Bloody hell, that is really impressive.

Bit light in the pace bowling department and Albion always was a little creative with their claims for these guys (Sutcliffe played 1 season for Albion and about 14 for North East Valley when he was in Dunedin) but yes, not bad. Proud to be an honorary vice president there.

Good on you. Sounds like a club to be proud of., is it good socially?

It was. I'm in Wellington now and haven't played for ages. But the memorabilia in the club rooms is out of this world, thanks to the efforts of the late Warwick Larkins. There's a corner of the rooms set up to the club's triple-hundred scorers (Sutcliffe, Richardson, Turner, Rutherford, McCullum) and a stack of random shirts etc. I was club captain in the late 90s (despite being 19 when the drinking age was 20) & the fact we didn't have a liquor license at the time - something they avoided sorting for another 10 years or so - meant some of the drinks deals were incredibly stupid. But fun.

From what I hear, the culture is still very strong. I was on the committee again when I moved back down in 2012 until leaving in 2016 and when I did attend, the rooms were pretty full on a Saturday night.

I love that stuff aye, Guys like you who are prepared to muck in and make a club actually tick are heroes without capes.
My old club was pretty good as well. Back in the 90's some of my fondest memories are drinking in the club and then taking a very short stroll into town for more. WBOP is currently blessed with a few guys who really step in junior cricket and the scene is very good.
In a sad development that I take ZERO pleasure in that my club is the only one in Tga with its own club rooms, not having proper club rooms kills a club IMO.

WBOP cricket is ludicrously strong. So much talent coming through, so many current black caps and ND players. Many have moved to the area, but they still contribute. Junior cricket is run really well in these parts.