Pick your clubs all time team.

[Baron Silas Greenback]

@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.

[mikey07]

@Canes4life Even though Tana was from my hometown he never actually played for Wainui so you can have him

[mikey07]

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

[Bones]

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
1

Eastbourne

4 Sam Lousi

[African Monkey]

@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.

[mikey07]

@Bones You reckon we could get a game each out of Piri

[dogmeat]

@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

[JK]

@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
15

A 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.

[Bovidae]

I only remember Craies as a 1st 5.

[dogmeat]

@ 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

[JK]

@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
15

Cupboards pretty bare then I think!

Did Terry Wright actually play any games in the maroon and gold? (at prem level)

[Canes4life]

@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.

[Tim]

@dogmeat Loteru Tolai is a good hooker. Ben Nee-Nee and Danny Drake were solid NPC locks.

[Bones]

@mikey07 there's enough of him to go around these days!

[Bones]

@Canes4life he can just be the whole tight 5 on his own.

[Chris B.]

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.

[ploughboy]

mate of mine tells the story of his first senior game . he was goog to be marking a waikato hooker .our all black no8 told him as the first scrum breaks up to lean to the left he repled what to be told again just go left .so first scrum goes down and finished mate leans to the left just in time for the punch from the back of the scrum to go passed his head to smack the hooker in the head.after a bit off a scrap game goes on and mate had no problems out of oppersition hooker for rest of game

[Canes4life]

This isn't my club but Norths (Porirua) would have a fairly handy team.

1. Jacob Ellison / Anthony Perenise
2. Leni Apisai
3. John Schwagler
4. Chris Middleton
5. Api Naikatini
6. Jerry Collins
7. Du'Plessis Kirifi / Serge Lilo
8. Faifili Levavae
9. TJ Perenara
10. Jackson Garden Bachop
11. Alapati Leiua
12. Tamati Ellison
13. Robbie Fruean
14. Connor Garden Bachop
15. Buxton Popoali'i

[Canes4life]

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

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
1

Ope Peleseuma - Centre (Wellington Lions)
Brian Lima - Utility (Auckland, Highlanders, Blues)
James O'Reilly - Hooker (Wellington Lions, Hurricanes)
Joe Apikitoa - Prop (Wellington Lions, Hawkes Bay)
Ben Power - Hooker (Hawke's Bay)
Salesi Rayasi (Wellington, Auckland, Hurricanes, NZ Sevens)

[Bovidae]

@ploughboy Similar to the Marty Brooke move for Auckland to target the opposition hooker.