2023 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby
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@Nepia said in 2023 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby:
@Higgins said in 2023 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby:
@Nepia Coming home to where Clint played is hardly called annexing.
I was more referencing the fact there are four of them from Whanganui Collegiate in there.
I guess with the Poo having no money these days we're the next option over.
I've always considered Poverty Bay part of our catchment area.
Yep, Poverty Bay and East Coast. They also get players from us if they don't make the NPC squad. Carlos Kemp went very well steering East Coast to the Lochore Cup win!
Maybe Harry Godfrey and Ezra Malo set a new trend for Whanganui players?
Malo also played for Whanganui in the Heartland competition in 2022, despite being in our Academy.@Stargazer said in 2023 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby:
Maybe Harry Godfrey and Ezra Malo set a new trend for Whanganui players?
Malo also played for Whanganui in the Heartland competition in 2022, despite being in our Academy.That's ok as his father Ace(?) played about 500 games for Wanganui over about twenty five years.
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The Hawke's Bay Academy challenge looks like Surf to Peak, but without swimming.
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Assuming this is the right Joshua Smith ...
spcrugby PLAYER TO WATCH
With a combination of Fijian and Tongan genes thereâs no surprise Joshua Smith is a big lad. Until this year he has always played at tighthead prop. However, 18 months ago he knew he needed to make some big changes. He wanted to crack the 1st XV but knew he had to get fitter. So over that time heâs thrown himself into running, gym work and boxing. He now stands as the fittest tight forward in the 1st XV at 6â2â and a lean 110kgs. A 70 minute player now pulling on the number 5 jersey with a huge workrate and one of the first names on the team sheet. Heâs played in every 1st XV match this year and currently leads the MVP points tally. Itâs safe to say this intelligent young man has knocked his goals out of the park.
Undoubtedly youâll be seeing hard running and tough defense from him this Saturday but keep an eye on the subtle handing too. Well played Josh. -
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Didn't know where else to post this. Still gutted we lost her to the dark side.
legendofmartybanks Hawkes Bay FPC player Amelia Pasikala has headed over to Australia to play league for the Bulldogs U19 team.
Might have to watch her games every week
Shout out to Shannon Nightingale for putting me onto yesterdayâs game
@amelia.pasikala
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Is any of you familiar with the location of the HBRU Training Centre and knows whether it has been damaged?
Also, our Academy team is supposed to play Wellington Academy on Saturday (in Palmerston North), but I somehow can't see that go ahead. Many players are probably busy helping in the clean-up and may not have been able to train. There are more important things than playing a game, at the moment.
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Hawke's Bay Academy squad to take on Manawatū Academy on Sat 25 Feb 2023 (at SRI, Palmerston North):
Good squad on paper and in normal times they should be able to beat Manawatū, but how have the events of the last 2 weeks affected them? How many times have they been able to train?I hope the people at Club Rugby will cover this game, so we can get some highlights.
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Looking at those photos, I'm not sure Cooper Flanders played. Definitely not in the 6, 7 or 8 jersey.
@Stargazer said in 2023 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby:
Looking at those photos, I'm not sure Cooper Flanders played. Definitely not in the 6, 7 or 8 jersey.
@Stargazer how tall is Tom Allen? Hopefully the Canes have him in his sights, he looks like a 2m lock from those photos but the other players could be really small.
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@Stargazer said in 2023 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby:
Looking at those photos, I'm not sure Cooper Flanders played. Definitely not in the 6, 7 or 8 jersey.
@Stargazer how tall is Tom Allen? Hopefully the Canes have him in his sights, he looks like a 2m lock from those photos but the other players could be really small.
@Canes4life I don't know his height, but he is quite tall. On the photo below, he's in the 5 jersey, in-between Bethel Malasia (13) and his brother Reuben (19). Bethel is a big back; Reuben is also a lock.
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Tui halfback Kahlia Awa played for Petone Rugby, today.
I hope that doesn't mean Wellington have poached her, too. That would mean we've lost our first and second Tui halfback, with Jensen retiring.
@Stargazer Two obvious props there but the rest of them look like they restrict their play to somewhere in the backline, must be a ten aside team.
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The Farah Palmer Cup draw has been released.
The Tui will play in the Premiership in 2023, so I expect them to be absolutely trashed in most games. I'll be happy to be wrong though! Their round robin games are below. I haven't included the finals.
Day Date Time Home Away Venue Sat 15 July 2023 12.05pm Hawke's Bay Auckland Regional Sports Park Hastings Sat 22 July 2023 Bye Sat 29 July 2023 2.05pm Hawke's Bay Waikato Regional Sports Park Hastings Sun 6 August 2023 12.05pm Wellington Hawke's Bay TBC TBC Sat 12 August 2023 2.05pm Hawke's Bay Canterbury Regional Sports Park Hastings Sun 20 August 2023 12.05pm Bay of Plenty Hawke's Bay TBC TBC Sat 26 August 2023 12.05pm Counties Manukau Hawke's Bay Navigation Homes Stadium Pukekohe -
@Higgins Not holding my breath that the HBRU will post one. They didn't for the first game.
As written in this article, it will be a mix of mainly Academy players and other club rugby players. There are very few Magpies that are not playing SR or MLR.
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The Tui have a new head coach: last year's assistant coach Sione Cherrington-Kite. He coached Hastings R&S when they won the Maddison Trophy in 2020.
