NZ Club rugby (general)
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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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My club Te Rapa attended the judiciary last night. The win against Putaruru was overturned due to the game finishing early by a few minutes and Putaruru not getting the chance to kick a penalty or use their 15 vs 13 advantage. The other guys will be filthy at the guys that started the fight. The B's are in the final still.
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Semi-final match ups for the Northland Premier and Reserves Comp
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Interesting TJ selection for Norths this week.
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@canes4life Haha, typical club rugby. You these "interesting" selections all the time!
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@stargazer atleast the Wainui coach has enough sense to start PUJ at 13.
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Background on one of the props starting for Takapuna in their semifinal:
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Harbour teamsheets are available here each week:
https://www.sporty.co.nz/nhrugbydrawsandresults#modal
Between the Tonga/Samoa game, and NZ U20, quite a few players are unavailable for their Auckland and Harbour clubs (e.g. Eden are missing their 6 and 8).
Jack Heighton has seen the light and moved from EBC to Takapuna, and starts at 10 with Bryn Gatland on the bench.
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@oleoleole said in NZ Club rugby (general):
McWhannell
Has he been able to play for Waikato or the Chiefs yet? Horror injury run.
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@tim McWhannell played club rugby last week but I don't know if he played previous to that. The start of his return from those injuries. He has yet to play for the Chiefs but has for Waikato back in 2017-18.
@OleOleOle Tucker and McWhannell as the starting locks would be good.
