NZ Club rugby (general)
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@kiwiwomble said in NZ Club rugby (general):
@gunner cant wait for some grizzled old mate with 200 games under his belt and the wasteline that goes with it to tell him hes out of position or something
@taniwharugby 216
I certainly fit the above criteria
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went along to watch Kamo host Hora Hora.
And KAmo were up against it from the outset with HH nabbing a 60m intercept inside the first 40 seconds, it would end up being 1 of 2 long range intercepts HH would score from.
Kamo went down 26-36 and have now lost 3 on the bounce, although they are probably secure in the top 4, they have dropped well away from now 3rd placed OBM who drop from 1st to 3rd after losing to Mid Northern who move up to 2nd, while the Western Sharks continued their run beating United Kawakawa-Moerewa to take what is surely their rightful place at the top of the table.
2 pleasing things from the Kamo v HH game today: Tamati Tua made his first start of the season from the bench, one try assist with a nice draw and pass and then a nice 30m try with a fend, a little in and out and ran away to score, looks strong and quick, the other good thing, Will Grant: he looked bloody good today, bloody sharp runner from the base, always a threat.
Manny Snooks who had a stint with the Raiders (think it was their U18's? a couple of years ago) certainly looks to have something about him, would like to see him involved with our HP team.
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Looks like Taine Plumtree will be playing for Wellington this year. He came off the bench for OBU over the weekend and made a huge impact apparently. I really hope the Canes sign him up and his stint with the Blues was only a one off.
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@canes4life said in NZ Club rugby (general):
Looks like Taine Plumtree will be playing for Wellington this year. He came off the bench for OBU over the weekend and made a huge impact apparently. I really hope the Canes sign him up and his stint with the Blues was only a one off.
So he can sit on the bench behind the immovable J. Blackwell?
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@bovidae said in NZ Club rugby (general):
@Rapido Back when Tokoroa was much bigger in population there were 3 clubs (Tokoroa, HSOB and Pirates) but they amalgamated into SURF in 2001.
This article is 2 years old now but gives some background into the problems they have faced in recent years.
A similar post to my "Back in my day" post in the Auckland thread ...
... the first year I played for Putaruru (1994) there were five South Waikato clubs and all in First Division: Putaruru, Tokoroa, Pirates, THSOB and Mangakino. (Old Boys weren't flash though, and Mangakino struggled but they both regularity put out two teams.)
Edit: and we made top four. (Got cleaned up by Tech and Cueball Mitch in particular in ankle deep cloying mud at Nola Block. Worst ground conditions ever. And I played at Eden and three years at Put. But I digress. My point was meant to be the relative strength of South Waikato footy at the time.)
And Putaruru was the result of s merger (Athletic and I think Marist?) only a few years prior .
The Club at Tirau was called Patetere, but I think was part of Matamata sub union, rather than South Waikato. (But they had folded earlier.)
Think it must be me ...
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@booboo Some of the smaller rural Waikato clubs still exist in the lower grades but many have disappeared due to the urban drift. Paul Koteka is Pirates only AB so a bit of history.
Here is the club draw from today - refer to the Championship and Div 2.
Waikato Club Rugby Draw 3 July 2021
Waikato Club Rugby Draw 3 July 2021 Waikato Draught Premiership Week 7 Hamilton Marist v Otorohanga - Marist Park ...
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@booboo my first year playing seniors putaruru were the beaten finalist in waikato comp .1984. in 1983 pirates were beaten finalist. tokaroa won the nz club tournment a few years earlier. at won stage tok had 3 teams in the waikato top 16. not to sure but pirates lost lots of player in eighties to perth i think most of the kotekas ended up there and i think there were 5 of them.
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@bovidae said in NZ Club rugby (general):
@booboo Some of the smaller rural Waikato clubs still exist in the lower grades but many have disappeared due to the urban drift. Paul Koteka is Pirates only AB so a bit of history.
Here is the club draw from today - refer to the Championship and Div 2.
Waikato Club Rugby Draw 3 July 2021
Waikato Club Rugby Draw 3 July 2021 Waikato Draught Premiership Week 7 Hamilton Marist v Otorohanga - Marist Park ...
amazing that the bottom four in championship are taupiri /frankton/putaruru and te rapa there would be a few club premiership title wins there and a lot of history especially first 3
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@ploughboy
Looking at one of the books I have, Tokoroa were club champions in 1974. I went to those Ngaruawahia finals in the mid-80s. Fantastic atmosphere. One thing about the Waikato teams of the 1980s were the number of different clubs that were represented. Not anymore.Hautapu first won in 1998 but weren't a successful club until the money poured in.
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My club Te Rapa won their Semi-Finals today in the A and B grades. Played Putaruru in the A game and Taupiri in the B game. Putaruru started short of players, I think they had to make up numbers at their B game played at Frankton. Te Rapa lead most of the game but Putaruru came back and we only won by 1 point. The game finished with an all in brawl with a couple of minutes to go. We may have one or two missing for the finals. Players at this level lose their heads a bit when under pressure and get the red mist and want to fight instead of play rugby.
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Todays results was merely a step toward the semi's next week with the top 4 winning thier matches reasonably comfortably (although MN woulda had squeaky bum moments as they did trail Wellsford 19-21 at one point)
Semis:
(1) Western Sharks v (4) Kamo
(2) Mid Northern v (3) Old Boys Marist
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