Pick your clubs all time team.
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Bloody clubrooms. Marist had rooms on Mandeville St in Riccarton when I was at school (unsure where the home ground was) and by the time I played for them from 1997, they'd amalgamated with Albion and were at Lochee Rd, Riccarton, on a site with several fields sharing facilities with The Riccarton Club whilst also having adjoining rooms of their own. This was a great set up, and we were able to walk to our sponsor pub on Blenheim Rd as well. Latterly all that set up somehow turned to shit and now they share a bowling club on Condell Ave, Bishopdale. Unsure if they play at the adjacent fields these days, but suspect still Lochee Rd.
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@shark Yes they play at Condell Ave these days. Been there for a few years now.
@African-Monkey said in Pick your clubs all time team.:
@shark Yes they play at Condell Ave these days. Been there for a few years now.
Thanks for clarifying. I thought I recalled a score update cross last year on Red n Black radio that had them at Lochee Rd, but I must have been deluded, or drunk, or severely hung.
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Is rotorua and te puke gone as well? There was that one amazing ground in rotorua, in a natural bowl. Great deck on it too.
@mariner4life said in Pick your clubs all time team.:
Is rotorua and te puke gone as well? There was that one amazing ground in rotorua, in a natural bowl. Great deck on it too.
Te Puke.. I think has lost clubrooms as well.
Smallbone is awesome, but all the teams over there have changed. Hard to keep up. None of teams you played still exist -
@mariner4life said in Pick your clubs all time team.:
Is rotorua and te puke gone as well? There was that one amazing ground in rotorua, in a natural bowl. Great deck on it too.
Te Puke.. I think has lost clubrooms as well.
Smallbone is awesome, but all the teams over there have changed. Hard to keep up. None of teams you played still exist@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Pick your clubs all time team.:
@mariner4life said in Pick your clubs all time team.:
Is rotorua and te puke gone as well? There was that one amazing ground in rotorua, in a natural bowl. Great deck on it too.
Te Puke.. I think has lost clubrooms as well.
Smallbone is awesome, but all the teams over there have changed. Hard to keep up. None of teams you played still existThat's so strange to think
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback said in Pick your clubs all time team.:
@mariner4life said in Pick your clubs all time team.:
Is rotorua and te puke gone as well? There was that one amazing ground in rotorua, in a natural bowl. Great deck on it too.
Te Puke.. I think has lost clubrooms as well.
Smallbone is awesome, but all the teams over there have changed. Hard to keep up. None of teams you played still existThat's so strange to think
@mariner4life Central folded, St Michael's folded, RBHS doesn't have a real cricket program. A team called Indians started up in B grade did well and to Prem grade, then changed to be Central Indians, some team called Geyser city us still knocking about. Taupo as well has a Prem team.
Things aren't as grim as I appear to be saying, the scene is still strong, very strong. -
Petone Rugby - feel free to fill in the gaps
- Ken Gray
- ?
- Neemia Tialata
- James Blackwell
- Ross Filipo
- Brad Shields
- Ben Herring
- Andy Leslie
- ?
- Lima Sopoaga (Junior Rugby)
- Jared Kahu (Junior Rugby)
- Riky Flutey
- Tana Umaga
- Vince Aso
- Allan Hewson
@Canes4life Even though Tana was from my hometown he never actually played for Wainui so you can have him
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My Wainuiomata team
15.Josh Robertson Weepu
14.Uale Mai
13.Peter Umanga-Jenson
12.Thomas Umaga-Jenson
11.Jonah Lomu
10.Earl Va’a
9.Piri Weepu
8.Marvin Karawana
7.Gensis Mamea
6.Henry Stowers
5.Sharne Eru
4.Bevan Clark my mates lil bro absolute beast though
3.Justin Va’a
2.Deon Leolofi
1.Dave Va’a -
This is tough! Or more likely my memory is crap.
HOBM Eagles.
15 Colin Sullivan
14 Chase Tiatia (or Bernie Fraser if we can go back to pre-amalgamation)
13 Misi Fata-Meafou
12
11 Hosea Gear
10 Jon Bentley
9 Piri Weepu
8 Doug Power
7 Semo Sititi
6 Gavin Hill
5 Jeremy Thrush
4
3
2 Elvis Taione
1Eastbourne
4 Sam Lousi
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Ponsonby -
15 Bob Scott
14 B G Williams
13 Joe Stanley
12 Sam Tuitupou
11 Va'ainga Tuigamala
10 Carlos Spencer
9 Lyn Colling
8 Alby Pryor
7 Dave Gallaher (C)
6 Maurice Trapp
5 Andy Haden
4 Peter Whiting
3 Olo Brown
1 Peter Fatialofa
2 Ben Hathaway16 Joe Royal (VC)
17 Keith Murdoch
18 Johnny Simpson
19 Ali Williams
20 Keith Nelson
21 Ofisa Tonu'u
22 Gareth Anscombe
23 Brian Lima
I just realised that Rieko Ioane misses out on my team. Maybe due to making the All blacks so young and playing so rarely for club these days. Mind you there are plenty of others not making it - Patrick Tuipulotu, Matthew Ridge, Craig Innes, Terry Morrison, Eric Boggs, Greg Burgess, Malcolm Dick, Vince Aso, Mark Brooke-Cowden, Isitolo Maka, Ron Rangi. I'll stop now. Not bad reserve props - two of the toughest sob's ever to play for the All Blacks!@Daffy-Jaffy Geez we really are stacked with talent over the years aren't we? We could name quite a few sides and still be strong.
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This is tough! Or more likely my memory is crap.
HOBM Eagles.
15 Colin Sullivan
14 Chase Tiatia (or Bernie Fraser if we can go back to pre-amalgamation)
13 Misi Fata-Meafou
12
11 Hosea Gear
10 Jon Bentley
9 Piri Weepu
8 Doug Power
7 Semo Sititi
6 Gavin Hill
5 Jeremy Thrush
4
3
2 Elvis Taione
1Eastbourne
4 Sam Lousi
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@JK This is too hard. Be easier if I could pick leaguies
1 Ron Williams
2
3 James Afoa
4 Snow White (OK he was a LHP but he also played TH and Lock for the AB's)
5 Nick Williams (we are light on locks)
6
7
8 Pod Turner
9 Bryn Hall / Brett Craies
10
11 Richard Kapa
12
13 Marc Ellis
14 Karl Te Nana
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@JK This is too hard. Be easier if I could pick leaguies
1 Ron Williams
2
3 James Afoa
4 Snow White (OK he was a LHP but he also played TH and Lock for the AB's)
5 Nick Williams (we are light on locks)
6
7
8 Pod Turner
9 Bryn Hall / Brett Craies
10
11 Richard Kapa
12
13 Marc Ellis
14 Karl Te Nana
15@dogmeat said in Pick your clubs all time team.:
@JK This is too hard. Be easier if I could pick leaguies
1 Ron Williams
2
3 James Afoa
4 Snow White (OK he was a LHP but he also played TH and Lock for the AB's)
5 Nick Williams (we are light on locks)
6
7
8 Pod Turner
9 Bryn Hall / Brett Craies
10 Mike Harris
11 Richard Kapa
12
13 Marc Ellis
14 Karl Te Nana
15A few other names I recall from back in the day are Paul Carlton (but we good for wingers), Craig Burgess (was he a 15?) and some Ward fella who I think was a loosie who was either bloody quick or offside 80% of the time but he was a machine. Room for any Mayhews? I also think Wayne Pivac played for both Northcote and Takapuna (not sure how anyone could bring themselves to do that!)
Added Mike Harris at 10.
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@dogmeat said in Pick your clubs all time team.:
@JK This is too hard. Be easier if I could pick leaguies
1 Ron Williams
2
3 James Afoa
4 Snow White (OK he was a LHP but he also played TH and Lock for the AB's)
5 Nick Williams (we are light on locks)
6
7
8 Pod Turner
9 Bryn Hall / Brett Craies
10 Mike Harris
11 Richard Kapa
12
13 Marc Ellis
14 Karl Te Nana
15A few other names I recall from back in the day are Paul Carlton (but we good for wingers), Craig Burgess (was he a 15?) and some Ward fella who I think was a loosie who was either bloody quick or offside 80% of the time but he was a machine. Room for any Mayhews? I also think Wayne Pivac played for both Northcote and Takapuna (not sure how anyone could bring themselves to do that!)
Added Mike Harris at 10.
@ JK I was trying to pick guys who would be widely recognised rather than club stalwarts but yeah I'll through in a couple of Mayhews. Pivac did start with Cotes but.... nah...
@Bovidae you are quite right Craies was a 10 - don't know what I was thinking. He originally moved south because Fox was in his way at Akl
@JK This is too hard. Be easier if I could pick leaguies
1 Ron Williams
2 Mike Mayhew
3 James Afoa
4 Snow White (OK he was a LHP but he also played TH and Lock for the AB's)
5 Nick Williams (we are light on locks)
6 Richard Mayhew
7 Nigel Ward
8 Pod Turner
9 Bryn Hall
10 Mike Harris / Brett Craies
11 Richard Kapa
12
13 Marc Ellis
14 Karl Te Nana
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@ JK I was trying to pick guys who would be widely recognised rather than club stalwarts but yeah I'll through in a couple of Mayhews. Pivac did start with Cotes but.... nah...
@Bovidae you are quite right Craies was a 10 - don't know what I was thinking. He originally moved south because Fox was in his way at Akl
@JK This is too hard. Be easier if I could pick leaguies
1 Ron Williams
2 Mike Mayhew
3 James Afoa
4 Snow White (OK he was a LHP but he also played TH and Lock for the AB's)
5 Nick Williams (we are light on locks)
6 Richard Mayhew
7 Nigel Ward
8 Pod Turner
9 Bryn Hall
10 Mike Harris / Brett Craies
11 Richard Kapa
12
13 Marc Ellis
14 Karl Te Nana
15@dogmeat said in Pick your clubs all time team.:
@ JK I was trying to pick guys who would be widely recognised rather than club stalwarts but yeah I'll through in a couple of Mayhews. Pivac did start with Cotes but.... nah...
@Bovidae you are quite right Craies was a 10 - don't know what I was thinking. He originally moved south because Fox was in his way at Akl
@JK This is too hard. Be easier if I could pick leaguies
1 Ron Williams
2 Mike Mayhew
3 James Afoa
4 Snow White (OK he was a LHP but he also played TH and Lock for the AB's)
5 Nick Williams (we are light on locks)
6 Richard Mayhew
7 Nigel Ward
8 Pod Turner
9 Bryn Hall
10 Mike Harris / Brett Craies
11 Richard Kapa
12
13 Marc Ellis
14 Karl Te Nana
15Cupboards pretty bare then I think!
Did Terry Wright actually play any games in the maroon and gold? (at prem level)
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This is tough! Or more likely my memory is crap.
HOBM Eagles.
15 Colin Sullivan
14 Chase Tiatia (or Bernie Fraser if we can go back to pre-amalgamation)
13 Misi Fata-Meafou
12
11 Hosea Gear
10 Jon Bentley
9 Piri Weepu
8 Doug Power
7 Semo Sititi
6 Gavin Hill
5 Jeremy Thrush
4
3
2 Elvis Taione
1Eastbourne
4 Sam Lousi
@Bones said in Pick your clubs all time team.:
4 Sam Lousi
He would have had to lose a few kegs to rep Eastbourne's solo 85kg team.
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@JK This is too hard. Be easier if I could pick leaguies
1 Ron Williams
2
3 James Afoa
4 Snow White (OK he was a LHP but he also played TH and Lock for the AB's)
5 Nick Williams (we are light on locks)
6
7
8 Pod Turner
9 Bryn Hall / Brett Craies
10
11 Richard Kapa
12
13 Marc Ellis
14 Karl Te Nana
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@Bones said in Pick your clubs all time team.:
4 Sam Lousi
He would have had to lose a few kegs to rep Eastbourne's solo 85kg team.
@Canes4life he can just be the whole tight 5 on his own.
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Was talking to a friend over the weekend about some of these old club rugby stories, and he told me a couple of stories from North Canterbury rugby - including about a future AB.
1 A prop was pulling an opposition lock down in the lineout. The opposing prop said, "Boof, if you don't stop pulling him down, I'm going to have to hit you."
Next lineout, and Boof pulled him down - the opposing prop punched him and knocked out his front teeth. The two of them looked at the teeth on the ground. The puncher said, "Are you going to pick them up"?
Boof said, "I don't want them". And ran off.
2 A similar story of a young prop pulling down a lineout jumper, getting warned and then punched. Except, this time the guy got hit in the eye socket and his eye popped out (like the basketball guy). Guy whose eye supposedly popped out got it stitched back in and then went on to play AB rugby.
