Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments
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Of all teams participating in the National Club 7s, I only follow Havelock North on instagram, so I can only give updates on how they're doing:
First game:
Havelock North 14- 7 Linton
(Tries to Ben Kelt, Liam Udy Johns; conversions to Trinity Neera and Sam Walton-Sexton)Second game:
Havelock North 24-7 Otago University
(Tries to Trent Hape, Cooper Flanders, Ben Kelt, Trinity Neera; 2 conversions to Trinity Neera)Havelock North finished 1st in their pool and will now play the Championship Quarter Finals. Don't know who they're playing against.
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@Stargazer that’s a handy line up for havelock
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@mikey07 Yep, a good squad, although they just lost their quarter final against Christchurch RFC (7- 22).
Good mix of young talent (Flanders, Udy-Johns) and experienced players (esp Neera, also the Paewai's). I don't know Kelt, but I understand he's originally from Wanganui.
Havelock North will now play the Plate Semi at 2.40 pm v Te Puna.
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@Stargazer I take it Norths must of bet Te Puna in the quarters
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@Stargazer said in Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments:
@mikey07 Norths squad:
I was going to paste the squad list
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Havelock North beat Te Puna 29 to 5 in the Plate Semi.
(Tries to Ben Kelt 2, Kalin Paewai, Trent Hape, Liam Udy-Johns; 2 conversions to Trinity Neera)This show how a (un)lucky draw can determine where you end up in the finals. If they'd played Te Puna first, they'd been in the Cup play-offs.
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@Stargazer Where’d you get your info from North’s Instagram page doesn’t have a score
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There are two sevens tournaments, tomorrow. One at Massey University in Palmerston North and one at Central Park in Waipukarau.
The Manawatu Invitational 7s at Palmerston North features Men’s, Women’s and Colts teams.The Men’s draw sees nine teams entered in two pools:
Pool A : Kia Toa, Ngamatapouri, Freyberg Old Boys, Manawatu Fijians
Pool B : Palmy Steel, Feilding Yellows, Mohaka Brothers, Linton Army, South Auckland Fijians
The women’s pool sees three local clubs in action: Massey University, Kia Toa and Linton Army.
The Colts section features five teams representing three unions: Hutt Old Boys Marist, Whanganui Metro, Freyberg Old Boys, Feilding Yellows, Martinborough.
Play at Massey starts at 10am across three fields, with the three finals scheduled for 2.20pm, 2.45pm and 3.10pm respectively.
The annual Central Hawke's Bay 7s tournament at Waipukurau features a Men’s and three-team Colts draw.The Men’s draw sees 17 teams entered:
Pool A : Havelock North, RA Barbarians, MAC, Waikato Barbarians
Pool B : Taradale, Napier Pirates 2, Rotorua Fijians Blue, Central
Pool C : Hastings Rugby & Sports, Rotorua Fijians Pink, Wellington Flyers, Hawke’s Bay Fijians White
Pool D : Auckland Nadi Blues, Hawke’s Bay Fijians Blue, Napier Pirates 1, Mohaka Bros, Napier Technical.
The Colts teams are: Lindisfarne College and the Clive and Taradale clubs.
Info from https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2021/02/12/rugby-in-2021-kicks-off-this-weekend/ -
Had a call from my namesake in Fiji earlier today letting me know that the team representing his Nadi area (Nadi Auckland!) won the HB 7s smoking the Rotorua Fijians in the final something like 21 - 07. Needless to say he also took the time to remind me that his birthday is coming up in 11 days time and to text the Western Union collection number to his mobile! I suspect that was probably the primary reason for the call!!!
