NZ Club Rugby 2023 ( General)
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@Bovidae said in NZ Club Rugby 2023 ( General):
A TK Howden is playing at 6 for Melville
And no longer appearing on his Manawatū club team sheet.
So moving to Waikato for the NPC? Possibly Chiefs, too?
@Stargazer said in NZ Club Rugby 2023 ( General):
@Bovidae said in NZ Club Rugby 2023 ( General):
A TK Howden is playing at 6 for Melville
And no longer appearing on his Manawatū club team sheet.
So moving to Waikato for the NPC? Possibly Chiefs, too?
No idea. Waikato has a few 6s to chose from. Opensides, not so much.
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@mikedogz That's awesome!
Edit: although I can't really see that's Ardie. I have to take his word for it.
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@mikedogz That's awesome!
Edit: although I can't really see that's Ardie. I have to take his word for it.
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@Stargazer at the request of the AB selectors after seeing Beauds this weekend.
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@mikedogz That's awesome!
Edit: although I can't really see that's Ardie. I have to take his word for it.
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@Stargazer said in NZ Club Rugby 2023 ( General):
@mikedogz That's awesome!
Edit: although I can't really see that's Ardie. I have to take his word for it.
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Sheesh, imagine you're playing some social rugby and you see Ardie running at you from fullback.
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@mikedogz That's awesome!
Edit: although I can't really see that's Ardie. I have to take his word for it.
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@Stargazer said in NZ Club Rugby 2023 ( General):
@mikedogz That's awesome!
Edit: although I can't really see that's Ardie. I have to take his word for it.
Edit 2:
Sheesh, imagine you're playing some social rugby and you see Ardie running at you from fullback.
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I'm not from Wellington but it looks like he was in the Premier 2 team game at 1pm. The Ories don't even have a team in their competition version of Senior 3 (Reserve Grade).
If you go here and click on the club name, the team sheet comes up. Looks like he benched for the top team as well.
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I'm not from Wellington but it looks like he was in the Premier 2 team game at 1pm. The Ories don't even have a team in their competition version of Senior 3 (Reserve Grade).
If you go here and click on the club name, the team sheet comes up. Looks like he benched for the top team as well.
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Here is one close to my heart. I have spent innumerable hours in and around the Club's facilities and playing ground at Hataitai Park, particularly in the Isherwood Lounge (featuring an impressive amount of memorabilia on display) where a good selection of beautiful craft beers from local brewers, Waitoa Brewery, are available on tap and will be doing so again in a couple of weeks time! It starts by featuring Keith Quinn who, like him or not, recounts some rugby history.
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@Smudge Struggling to confidently identify Girv other than most likely Hamish? I have been away for the best part of two club seasons and there has been a big change in playing personnel (as is obvious by the results recorded) and to a lesser extent the helpers and administrators. If it is Hamish then he is a good bloke that takes care of a lot of the admin and behind the scenes stuff and from memory is one of the directors of the Club. In fact I think I still might owe him for a copy of Keith Quinn's Wellington FC 150th Year book even though I still haven't picked it up yet! It is guys like Hamish that keep clubs ticking over when volunteers are becoming harder and harder to find and keep.
Hopefully the results will start improving as there is a lot of work getting done in that area but having been only average, at best, playing results wise for over 20 years now it takes a lot of ongoing persuasive confidence building needed to overcome the negativity of a prolonged down period to attract any players much less those with higher playing aspirations. It can be done as three or four years ago who would have believed that Paremata-Plimmerton would be leading the Swindale Shield and Johnsonville running in the top three or four sides this season. Even in the Axemen's poorer recent years you could almost ink in games against those teams as almost certain wins, but not now!!!!! It just shows you it can be done but it ain't easy nor something that happens overnight. As an aside there are four Axemen (Vaea Fifita @ Scarlets, Angelo Smith @ Melbourne Rebels, Olly Sapsford @ ACT Brumbies and Gareth Simpson @ Western Force and but transferring to maybe Harlequins - one of the Guinness Premiership teams anyway) currently running around in the major professional leagues so it can be done if players give the lesser ranked clubs a try. Not a bad record from a club with a modest playing record and something to look back with pride at as they all got their breaks at the Axemen.
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Fetuli Paea (Highlanders) & Xavier Tito Harris (NZ Sevens) making their debut for Manukau Rovers v Suburbs Round 11 tomorrow
Sione Tuipulotu starting at lock for Rovers ,Lolagi Visinia at fullback for suburbs
The Fetuli Paea starter is interesting one @Tim -
I couldn't see Paea getting a lot of gametime for Ta$man this year, if he was to stick with them
