Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments
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@bovidae its something that really irks me that Māori rugby has really fallen off the radar especially at provincial level..there use to be a brilliant preaseason tournament that included all the coronation shield districts , for those who dont know, Northland,North Harbour,Auckland,Counties Manukau,Bay of Plenty,Waikato and Thames Valley .
There would be senior and colts teams , i realise the advent of super rugby has played a part in the decline of tournments of this nature, but in my opinion it kept young Māori especially in the game ..the number of young lads have looked across the ditch to the NRL has been staggering ..Adam Blair and James Fisher Harris are just a couple of examples of kids that were age group players in Northland but followed the league path , not saying a one off tournament would have kept them but at least it was a pathway ..i know Bay of Plenty ,Northland ,and Hawkes Bay both have a high percentage of Māori in their respective club competions ..be great to see another avenue for these kids to aspire to.Must share a story about a Māori game i attended back in the day up at Moire park in Massey ,North Harboyr Māori playing at home , and they were practically the North Harbour provincial team including the great Buck Shelford..
The Bay of Plenty team ran out looking like they had met in the car park,different colour socks and the odd player wearing different colour shorts ..what harbour did not bank on was how fired up the bay team , they played like men possessed and knocked over the harbour team ,they only had one name player, Ron Preston ..?,at first five , and he steered their team around brilliantly .
This happened well over 30 years ago, but i can remember it like it was yeaterday , it was raining heavily a great leveler back in the day.@steven-harris Now that is a player (Preston) who could control a game with his booming boot. Quite under-rated.
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Awful jersey clash in the men's game. NZ wearing black (obviously); Fiji mostly black with some white (making it look dark grey).
@stargazer said in Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments:
Awful jersey clash in the men's game. NZ wearing black (obviously); Fiji mostly black with some white (making it look dark grey).
It’s not hard NZ=black, Fiji=white, Oz=yellow, baabaas=red
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@stargazer said in Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments:
Awful jersey clash in the men's game. NZ wearing black (obviously); Fiji mostly black with some white (making it look dark grey).
It’s not hard NZ=black, Fiji=white, Oz=yellow, baabaas=red
@machpants Yeah, you'd think so. Don't know why they make it so hard. :man_shrugging_light_skin_tone:
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@stargazer said in Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments:
BFs missing lots of players due to Aupiki.
Was Niall Williams back? Aust didn't send a team - a shame.
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@stargazer said in Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments:
BFs missing lots of players due to Aupiki.
Was Niall Williams back? Aust didn't send a team - a shame.
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Interesting score. The Aussie team has both newbies and experienced players (team naming).
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Next game is at 6.00pm:
