Magpies 2023
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@Canes4life said in Magpies 2023:
@Stargazer good to know, we really need some big, athletic locks in our engine room. Hopefully like Gus Brown, he isn't eventually signed by competing franchises.
Excuse me, this is a Hawkes Bay thread so you using the words "we" and "our" in reference to Hawkes Bay players when discussing a Hawkes Bay team is not tolerated or accepted.
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I'll retreat back to my Wellington Lions thread then and will see you all on the 30th of September when we lock away the Shield for the summer again.
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So utterly gutted about this. :sad_but_relieved_face: I consider him as one of our best in the squad at the moment.
Leaving way too soon IMO. I blame the Highlanders :face_with_raised_eyebrow:
At least he'll still play NPC for us, this season. If Samoa don't pick him up for the RWC.
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@stargazer Goodness, debut was six years ago, my hasn't time flown by since that eminently forgettable season (including that unfortunate season opening reversal against Wellington 26 - 36)? I put the root cause right at Mr. Philpott's doorstep!
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There's supposed to be a King's Birthday game on Monday 5 June between Hawke's Bay XV and Manawatū Evergreens in Dannevirke. I assume at Coronation Park. Haven't seen a kick-off time or line-ups, yet.
@Stargazer Given Coronation Park (usual home of the HB 7s) is in Waipawa you will have travelled about 70km too far north if you are intending to travel up to watch the game. Dannevirke play their rugby at the aptly named Rugby Park if my memory serves me correctly.
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@Stargazer Given Coronation Park (usual home of the HB 7s) is in Waipawa you will have travelled about 70km too far north if you are intending to travel up to watch the game. Dannevirke play their rugby at the aptly named Rugby Park if my memory serves me correctly.
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I don't know about anyone else, but its getting a bit concerning that we still don't have any signings. Seems most other provinces are announcing, but we're not. Anybody know anything.
@Billsy111 I don't know anything either, but I expect they're going to do the same as last year: drip-feeding the squad in the lead-up to the full squad announcement (early August, I presume). Last year, they announced a signing/squad member every week-day. So I guess we'll have to wait a few more weeks.
I find it frustrating that we don't know whether we've signed at least one of the Sullivan brothers (Bailyn more likely than Zarn, I think). I think the HBRU should throw us a bone.
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@Billsy111 I don't know anything either, but I expect they're going to do the same as last year: drip-feeding the squad in the lead-up to the full squad announcement (early August, I presume). Last year, they announced a signing/squad member every week-day. So I guess we'll have to wait a few more weeks.
I find it frustrating that we don't know whether we've signed at least one of the Sullivan brothers (Bailyn more likely than Zarn, I think). I think the HBRU should throw us a bone.
@Stargazer I think ya right mate. But it would be good if they us something.
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Really, how hard is it for unions to keep us up-to-date of preseason games? All you need is a phone and a social media account, which they all have.
@Stargazer Come on HBRFU give us something.
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I've been keeping an eye on our players in the MLR and have noticed that in the last few rounds, Kianu Kereru-Symes has been playing at prop (LH). He used to play at prop for HBHS and only changed to hooker after he left school. Would that be a solution for our potential lack of depth at LH prop? Not a permanent change, just as a back-up in case of injuries?
By the way, if you'd like to watch him and Joel Hintz play for NE, their next game is tomorrow (Monday) at 2.30pm. It's streamed for free at the Rugby Network. You'll have register, but it won't cost you anything.
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I've been keeping an eye on our players in the MLR and have noticed that in the last few rounds, Kianu Kereru-Symes has been playing at prop (LH). He used to play at prop for HBHS and only changed to hooker after he left school. Would that be a solution for our potential lack of depth at LH prop? Not a permanent change, just as a back-up in case of injuries?
By the way, if you'd like to watch him and Joel Hintz play for NE, their next game is tomorrow (Monday) at 2.30pm. It's streamed for free at the Rugby Network. You'll have register, but it won't cost you anything.
@Stargazer said in Magpies 2023:
I've been keeping an eye on our players in the MLR and have noticed that in the last few rounds, Kianu Kereru-Symes has been playing at prop (LH). He used to play at prop for HBHS and only changed to hooker after he left school. Would that be a solution for our potential lack of depth at LH prop? Not a permanent change, just as a back-up in case of injuries?
By the way, if you'd like to watch him and Joel Hintz play for NE, their next game is tomorrow (Monday) at 2.30pm. It's streamed for free at the Rugby Network. You'll have register, but it won't cost you anything.
The Rugby Network is also available for free on Samsung Smart TVs - but it's a hard watch if you have a large screen tv as it broadcasts in what at best looks like 720p.
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@Stargazer said in Magpies 2023:
I've been keeping an eye on our players in the MLR and have noticed that in the last few rounds, Kianu Kereru-Symes has been playing at prop (LH). He used to play at prop for HBHS and only changed to hooker after he left school. Would that be a solution for our potential lack of depth at LH prop? Not a permanent change, just as a back-up in case of injuries?
By the way, if you'd like to watch him and Joel Hintz play for NE, their next game is tomorrow (Monday) at 2.30pm. It's streamed for free at the Rugby Network. You'll have register, but it won't cost you anything.
The Rugby Network is also available for free on Samsung Smart TVs - but it's a hard watch if you have a large screen tv as it broadcasts in what at best looks like 720p.
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Magpies pre-season games:
Sunday 23 July v Auckland, Taupo
Friday 28 July v Waikato, Taupo
@Number-10 Thanks for the reminder. I know I had already posted those games months ago, but couldn't find them anymore!
Same location and same opponents as the preseason games last year. I guess they're having a camp in Taupō in-between those games. I liked it more when they used different locations and mixed it up, making it easier for (different) fans to attend those preseason games. I still remember going to a preseason game against Ta$man not too long ago, I think it was in Lower Hutt (at the Hutt Recreation Ground?). If only they livestreamed those preseason games ...
