Provincial Classics
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@nzzp I think Blair Feeney was pretty key in that side. Don't forget the likes of Andrew Roose and Api Naevo too. Quality, quality side. Semi innovative with the uniform change too, even if it was a copy of the North Sydney Bears. Errol Brain was one of the best post game interviewees ever.
@shark said in Provincial Classics:
@nzzp I think Blair Feeney was pretty key in that side. Don't forget the likes of Andrew Roose and Api Naevo too. Quality, quality side. Semi innovative with the uniform change too, even if it was a copy of the North Sydney Bears. Errol Brain was one of the best post game interviewees ever.
Agree with all this except for the uniform change, the old jersey was much better, the North Sydney Bears copy rivals that mythical Central Vikings jumper for ugliness.
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I went to a shield game at Eden Park in 79 I think it was that left an impression on me , I was about 17, Auckland had only just won it
Auckland v Counties , Counties won, they had a team that was flying at the time, I was living in Auckland but had done most of my growing up in Counties area, there with my Auckland mates ,
Those were the days where you could take your own Beer into the ground, chilli bins full of it , place was rocking,
There were drunken punch ons out in the streets leaving the ground, spot fires breaking out everywhere ,like scenes from an old western movie with random knocked out bodies around the place, which wasnt much of a big deal then , different times thats for sure
@kiwiinmelb Counties didn't win. They never won the Shield until 2013.
I was at that 79 game on the Terraces. It was the last game I saw in NZ for 13 years.
Akl had only just lifted the Shield from North Auckland and had to face the challenge of Counties in their first defence. Counties were undefeated for the season and had been crowned NPC champs .
EP was packed (50K in those days) on a fine spring day. First half was attritional but Counties took a deserved 3-0 lead into the break.
Akl pack stated to assert dominance in the second half before Counties broke out from inside their 22 and scored from a speculative kick helped in large measure by the ref inadvertently obstructing the Akl cover defender. 9-0 to Counties.
However Akl took control of the game and the much vaunted and popular Counties side choked. They started putting balls out on the full, missing tackles etc but with 15 minutes to go Akl still hadn't converted the pressure into a score. They then scored a couple of unconverted tries. One to Farrell can't remember the other. 9-8 Counties. Less than 5 minutes to go and inexplicably Counties tried to run it from under their own posts and got nailed. Penalised at the resulting ruck. 11-9 Akl.
Cue much jubilation in the stands and on the pitch (well for half the crowd) and a very, very big night.
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@shark said in Provincial Classics:
@nzzp I think Blair Feeney was pretty key in that side. Don't forget the likes of Andrew Roose and Api Naevo too. Quality, quality side. Semi innovative with the uniform change too, even if it was a copy of the North Sydney Bears. Errol Brain was one of the best post game interviewees ever.
Agree with all this except for the uniform change, the old jersey was much better, the North Sydney Bears copy rivals that mythical Central Vikings jumper for ugliness.
@Nepia said in Provincial Classics:
@shark said in Provincial Classics:
@nzzp I think Blair Feeney was pretty key in that side. Don't forget the likes of Andrew Roose and Api Naevo too. Quality, quality side. Semi innovative with the uniform change too, even if it was a copy of the North Sydney Bears. Errol Brain was one of the best post game interviewees ever.
Agree with all this except for the uniform change, the old jersey was much better, the North Sydney Bears copy rivals that mythical Central Vikings jumper for ugliness.
I didn't say it was better. I said it was "semi innovative".
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@Nepia said in Provincial Classics:
@shark said in Provincial Classics:
@nzzp I think Blair Feeney was pretty key in that side. Don't forget the likes of Andrew Roose and Api Naevo too. Quality, quality side. Semi innovative with the uniform change too, even if it was a copy of the North Sydney Bears. Errol Brain was one of the best post game interviewees ever.
Agree with all this except for the uniform change, the old jersey was much better, the North Sydney Bears copy rivals that mythical Central Vikings jumper for ugliness.
I didn't say it was better. I said it was "semi innovative".
@shark said in Provincial Classics:
@Nepia said in Provincial Classics:
@shark said in Provincial Classics:
@nzzp I think Blair Feeney was pretty key in that side. Don't forget the likes of Andrew Roose and Api Naevo too. Quality, quality side. Semi innovative with the uniform change too, even if it was a copy of the North Sydney Bears. Errol Brain was one of the best post game interviewees ever.
Agree with all this except for the uniform change, the old jersey was much better, the North Sydney Bears copy rivals that mythical Central Vikings jumper for ugliness.
I didn't say it was better. I said it was "semi innovative".
I don't think making something uglier is semi innovative.
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@shark said in Provincial Classics:
@Nepia said in Provincial Classics:
@shark said in Provincial Classics:
@nzzp I think Blair Feeney was pretty key in that side. Don't forget the likes of Andrew Roose and Api Naevo too. Quality, quality side. Semi innovative with the uniform change too, even if it was a copy of the North Sydney Bears. Errol Brain was one of the best post game interviewees ever.
Agree with all this except for the uniform change, the old jersey was much better, the North Sydney Bears copy rivals that mythical Central Vikings jumper for ugliness.
I didn't say it was better. I said it was "semi innovative".
I don't think making something uglier is semi innovative.
@Nepia said in Provincial Classics:
@shark said in Provincial Classics:
@Nepia said in Provincial Classics:
@shark said in Provincial Classics:
@nzzp I think Blair Feeney was pretty key in that side. Don't forget the likes of Andrew Roose and Api Naevo too. Quality, quality side. Semi innovative with the uniform change too, even if it was a copy of the North Sydney Bears. Errol Brain was one of the best post game interviewees ever.
Agree with all this except for the uniform change, the old jersey was much better, the North Sydney Bears copy rivals that mythical Central Vikings jumper for ugliness.
I didn't say it was better. I said it was "semi innovative".
I don't think making something uglier is semi innovative.
you're clearly not in a marketing departmetn
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@Nepia said in Provincial Classics:
@shark said in Provincial Classics:
@Nepia said in Provincial Classics:
@shark said in Provincial Classics:
@nzzp I think Blair Feeney was pretty key in that side. Don't forget the likes of Andrew Roose and Api Naevo too. Quality, quality side. Semi innovative with the uniform change too, even if it was a copy of the North Sydney Bears. Errol Brain was one of the best post game interviewees ever.
Agree with all this except for the uniform change, the old jersey was much better, the North Sydney Bears copy rivals that mythical Central Vikings jumper for ugliness.
I didn't say it was better. I said it was "semi innovative".
I don't think making something uglier is semi innovative.
you're clearly not in a marketing departmetn
@nzzp said in Provincial Classics:
@Nepia said in Provincial Classics:
@shark said in Provincial Classics:
@Nepia said in Provincial Classics:
@shark said in Provincial Classics:
@nzzp I think Blair Feeney was pretty key in that side. Don't forget the likes of Andrew Roose and Api Naevo too. Quality, quality side. Semi innovative with the uniform change too, even if it was a copy of the North Sydney Bears. Errol Brain was one of the best post game interviewees ever.
Agree with all this except for the uniform change, the old jersey was much better, the North Sydney Bears copy rivals that mythical Central Vikings jumper for ugliness.
I didn't say it was better. I said it was "semi innovative".
I don't think making something uglier is semi innovative.
you're clearly not in a marketing departmetn
No, but I do work closely with them when I reach the end of my Indesign skills.
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@kiwiinmelb Counties didn't win. They never won the Shield until 2013.
I was at that 79 game on the Terraces. It was the last game I saw in NZ for 13 years.
Akl had only just lifted the Shield from North Auckland and had to face the challenge of Counties in their first defence. Counties were undefeated for the season and had been crowned NPC champs .
EP was packed (50K in those days) on a fine spring day. First half was attritional but Counties took a deserved 3-0 lead into the break.
Akl pack stated to assert dominance in the second half before Counties broke out from inside their 22 and scored from a speculative kick helped in large measure by the ref inadvertently obstructing the Akl cover defender. 9-0 to Counties.
However Akl took control of the game and the much vaunted and popular Counties side choked. They started putting balls out on the full, missing tackles etc but with 15 minutes to go Akl still hadn't converted the pressure into a score. They then scored a couple of unconverted tries. One to Farrell can't remember the other. 9-8 Counties. Less than 5 minutes to go and inexplicably Counties tried to run it from under their own posts and got nailed. Penalised at the resulting ruck. 11-9 Akl.
Cue much jubilation in the stands and on the pitch (well for half the crowd) and a very, very big night.
@dogmeat said in Provincial Classics:
@kiwiinmelb Counties didn't win. They never won the Shield until 2013.
I was at that 79 game on the Terraces. It was the last game I saw in NZ for 13 years.
Akl had only just lifted the Shield from North Auckland and had to face the challenge of Counties in their first defence. Counties were undefeated for the season and had been crowned NPC champs .
EP was packed (50K in those days) on a fine spring day. First half was attritional but Counties took a deserved 3-0 lead into the break.
Akl pack stated to assert dominance in the second half before Counties broke out from inside their 22 and scored from a speculative kick helped in large measure by the ref inadvertently obstructing the Akl cover defender. 9-0 to Counties.
However Akl took control of the game and the much vaunted and popular Counties side choked. They started putting balls out on the full, missing tackles etc but with 15 minutes to go Akl still hadn't converted the pressure into a score. They then scored a couple of unconverted tries. One to Farrell can't remember the other. 9-8 Counties. Less than 5 minutes to go and inexplicably Counties tried to run it from under their own posts and got nailed. Penalised at the resulting ruck. 11-9 Akl.
Cue much jubilation in the stands and on the pitch (well for half the crowd) and a very, very big night.
You remember the details of the game a lot better than me , it may have been the lion reds,
But the lasting impression on me was the nature of the crowd ,
Something in NZ I was only used to seeing at test matches
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@Billsy111 The Bay didnt challenge for the shield in 1993, you must be thinking of a different team or year.
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@Billsy111 The Bay didnt challenge for the shield in 1993, you must be thinking of a different team or year.
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@Baron-Silas-Greenback Yes they did. They played Auckland at Eden Park and got beaten 69/31.
@Billsy111 said in Provincial Classics:
@Baron-Silas-Greenback Yes they did. They played Auckland at Eden Park and got beaten 69/31.
You are a bit new on this forum so it's understandable that you won't "get it". The Bay, at the moment is Bay of Plenty. The other lot are known as Hawkes, until the beat the bay
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@Billsy111 said in Provincial Classics:
@Baron-Silas-Greenback Yes they did. They played Auckland at Eden Park and got beaten 69/31.
You are a bit new on this forum so it's understandable that you won't "get it". The Bay, at the moment is Bay of Plenty. The other lot are known as Hawkes, until the beat the bay
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@Billsy111 Some inside jokes here are ten years+ in the making and have gotten pretty obscure.
@Kirwan said in Provincial Classics:
@Billsy111 Some inside jokes here are ten years+ in the making and have gotten pretty obscure.
FABSH?
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@Kirwan said in Provincial Classics:
@Billsy111 Some inside jokes here are ten years+ in the making and have gotten pretty obscure.
FABSH?
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@Kirwan said in Provincial Classics:
@shark How many hats do I have to eat?
Rings a bell but I can't recall the context!
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@shark Something like “if Scott Hamilton becomes an All Black, I’ll eat my hat” followed by AB team announcement, probably on a Thursday, and various helpful recipes for hats.
I thought it was you predicting FABSH?
@Snowy said in Provincial Classics:
@shark Something like “if Scott Hamilton becomes an All Black, I’ll eat my hat” followed by AB team announcement, probably on a Thursday, and various helpful recipes for hats.
I thought it was you predicting FABSH?
And in a small squad he picked five fucking wingers so we got to scrap the bottom of the barrell.
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I just googled Scott Hamilton, went to his wiki page and check this out! Obviously someone from TSF or familiar with it has written or updated this page. Gold!
"Unlike many of his peers, Hamilton did not feature in age group teams in his development years. In fact, while at school at Christchurch Boys' High School, Hamilton could not make his first XV, instead playing in the third XV. However, with his skill set, and at the end of the Crusaders and Canterbury backlines, it was considered by most rugby pundits to be a formality that he would eventually go on to higher honours – a point alluded to by his nickname FABSH (Future All Black Scott Hamilton).[citation needed] Indeed, it was a surprise to many that it took as long as it did for him to be named in the All Black squad for the first time. He was named in the All Blacks squad to play Ireland.[5] All Blacks coach Graham Henry said of Hamilton's All Black selection, "We like the way he anticipates, he's got a good feel for the game in the back three. He reads the play well. He's got a huge work rate and he's deserved of selection".[6]
Due to an injury to All Black wing Sitiveni Sivivatu, Hamilton was promoted from the bench of the 2006 mid-year series against Ireland, to the starting 15 for the Argentina test. This was Hamilton's All Black début, and he celebrated it by scoring a match winning try in the second half. "
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