Provincial Classics
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Anybody know where I could get a copy of the DVD from a classic provincial game. Hawkes Bay against Wellington from 1982 for the Ranfurly Shield. What a game that was. Was at Eden Park in 1993 when the Bay challenged Auckland and got beaten 69/31 but again a great game which I also wouldn't mind getting a copy of.
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I think the ultimate classic was the the Auckland team of the 80s taking the shield off Canterbury at Lancaster Park to start off their long shield run
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@canefan Yes. That was a game and a half. 24/0 down at halftime, to come back and all but win . Plus of course Grizzs well chosen halftime words.
@Billsy111 said in Provincial Classics:
@canefan Yes. That was a game and a half. 24/0 down at halftime, to come back and all but win . Plus of course Grizzs well chosen halftime words.
That was a who's who of All Black rugby
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Canterbury vs Waikato 1997 semi final is a game I'd like to watch again. I think it see-sawed quite a bit, and we came out on top. Angus Gardiner possibly mowed down a Waikato back who was in the clear. Maybe Tony Marsh.
@shark said in Provincial Classics:
Canterbury vs Waikato 1997 semi final is a game I'd like to watch again. I think it see-sawed quite a bit, and we came out on top. Angus Gardiner possibly mowed down a Waikato back who was in the clear. Maybe Tony Marsh.
Did Tony Marsh ever play for Waikato? He was a Counties dude.
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Anybody know where I could get a copy of the DVD from a classic provincial game. Hawkes Bay against Wellington from 1982 for the Ranfurly Shield. What a game that was. Was at Eden Park in 1993 when the Bay challenged Auckland and got beaten 69/31 but again a great game which I also wouldn't mind getting a copy of.
@Billsy111 said in Provincial Classics:
Anybody know where I could get a copy of the DVD from a classic provincial game. Hawkes Bay against Wellington from 1982 for the Ranfurly Shield. What a game that was. Was at Eden Park in 1993 when the Bay challenged Auckland and got beaten 69/31 but again a great game which I also wouldn't mind getting a copy of.
Funny you are asking about that particular game as my flatmate and I were talking abhout iy just this morning. We were trying to come up with who played halfback for Hawkes Bay in that extremely unluck 13 - 12 loss this morning. We are sztill wondering who played inside Brian Morris that day.
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@Billsy111 said in Provincial Classics:
Anybody know where I could get a copy of the DVD from a classic provincial game. Hawkes Bay against Wellington from 1982 for the Ranfurly Shield. What a game that was. Was at Eden Park in 1993 when the Bay challenged Auckland and got beaten 69/31 but again a great game which I also wouldn't mind getting a copy of.
Funny you are asking about that particular game as my flatmate and I were talking abhout iy just this morning. We were trying to come up with who played halfback for Hawkes Bay in that extremely unluck 13 - 12 loss this morning. We are sztill wondering who played inside Brian Morris that day.
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@Billsy111 Thanks, I leny my collection of programmes to a mate about twenty five years ago and haven't got round to getting them back yet!
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@Billsy111 Thanks, I leny my collection of programmes to a mate about twenty five years ago and haven't got round to getting them back yet!
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Any rugby game from the 70s and 80s that was shown on TV would likely be in the TVNZ archives gathering dust. Sky has shown some of their classic NPC games in recent years and I recorded a couple that interested me.
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Not sure about those two so can’t really give you an answer there. I do know I got round to recording every programme I had on a couple of sheets of paper many years back but have no idea where it might be now probably in the boxed that programmes were in when they got “lent”. I do know I was at Nelson Park in the 70s when the Bay beat the Coast by about eighty points so there might be one there if that was 1974. Have no recollection about BoP around that time. One day I might get round to retrieving the programmes, particularly the collection of the entire Shield reign ones!!!!!!! -
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Not sure about those two so can’t really give you an answer there. I do know I got round to recording every programme I had on a couple of sheets of paper many years back but have no idea where it might be now probably in the boxed that programmes were in when they got “lent”. I do know I was at Nelson Park in the 70s when the Bay beat the Coast by about eighty points so there might be one there if that was 1974. Have no recollection about BoP around that time. One day I might get round to retrieving the programmes, particularly the collection of the entire Shield reign ones!!!!!!!@Higgins Yeah me too. I remember Mark Jones tearing the Coast defence apart a few times. The East Coast and Bay of Plenty from 1974 are what I need to complete the 1974 Hawkes Bay programmes. Been looking for ages. Willing to pay good coin for the buggers.
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@Higgins Yeah me too. I remember Mark Jones tearing the Coast defence apart a few times. The East Coast and Bay of Plenty from 1974 are what I need to complete the 1974 Hawkes Bay programmes. Been looking for ages. Willing to pay good coin for the buggers.
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@Billsy111 East Coast in 1970 was 57/3. In 1974 it was 67/3. 74 was at McLean Park.
@Billsy111
Probably must have been the 1970 game then as I do recall I was not very old at the time and now you mention it 57 – 3 does ring a bell. Definitely was not at McLean Park but that does not mean I don’t have one but might take another few years to find that out! -
I've still never seen the game where the Bay lifted the shield in the mid-2000s...
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Getting my games mixed up. We played Counties in the final but I don't think it was much of a game. The semi vs Waikato was a ripper I'm sure. Angus Gardiner definitely mowed down a back in one of those games to save a try though.
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I've still never seen the game where the Bay lifted the shield in the mid-2000s...
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Getting my games mixed up. We played Counties in the final but I don't think it was much of a game. The semi vs Waikato was a ripper I'm sure. Angus Gardiner definitely mowed down a back in one of those games to save a try though.
@shark OK I've just found some highlights of the 97 final. Tony Marsh broke through, was in the clear and was tackled by Leon MacDonald who was the last line. He managed to offload to Craig Glendinning who was a fairly small replacement flanker, but a fellow flanker nonetheless, and Gardiner had tracked back and brought him down. So not exactly Sattler on Byrne but a stirling effort and recognised as such by the commentary team, and the crowd who went bananas. Certainly a try-saver and at 19-3 and 42 mins in it could have got Counties back into it.
