Hawke's Bay Club Rugby 2022
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@Stargazer Played on the left wing. Did not really pay that much attention to the game as I was too busy pressing the flesh with Tamatea supporters and one of them who knew of him from his Pirates days sort of referred to him as Cruz but used another family name. Anyway he looked ok but think that might have been the first time I have really looked at him.
Tamatea were surprisingly competitive and although the scoreline would not indicate it they gave as good as they got. In fact their 21 points were probably the mosty my guys have conceded all season. They did have Keanu Kereru-Symes and Denon Robinson Bartlett startling and Lincoln McLutchie coming off the bench. KKS got binned for a high tackle, something a similar infringement from one of my guys did not receive. Tech again too powerful up front which meant there was never any real danger of defeat but you have to admire Tamatea for the spirit in which they played. And for @Nepia their Clubrooms are indeed back up and running after they were closed for a year or so maybe three years back, long may they prosper.
Both The Barracuda and Ash Dixon were on the sideline watching their fellow Texans annex the Nash Cup with a round to spare. This is my guys first win of that trophy since 2013. The party is in full swing, sadly without my participation! Oh and someone told me Hika Elliot was also amongst the spectators at the game. -
HBT's article about yesterday's premiers games.
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@Higgins said in Hawke's Bay Club Rugby 2022:
And for @Nepia their Clubrooms are indeed back up and running after they were closed for a year or so maybe three years back, long may they prosper.
My cousins not going to be happy, he's just had a new born.
I think they may close up soon for good though as the hapu are looking at putting more papakainga housing in around there.
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Round 11 Nash Cup (Fri 24 June 2022)
Taradale v NOBM - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/17002
Aotea v Hastings - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/17003
MAC v Central - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/17004
Clive v Tamatea - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/17005
Pirates v Villagers - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/17006Bye: Tech
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The first team lists have been posted:
Taradale
1 Lolani Faleiva, 2 Dylan Gallien, 3 Wiremu COTTRELL, 4 Andrew GARDNER, 5 Angelo MUFANA, 6 Josh EDEN-WHAITIRI, 7 Kristino Savea, 8 Iakopo Petelo Mapu, 9 Humphrey Sheild, 10 Ezra Malo, 11 Majella TUFUGA, 12 Nathan RAMSAY, 13 Kienan HIGGINS, 14 Brayden-Trevaughn Lansdown-Cunningham, 15 Hemaua SAMASONIReserves: 16 Toby SINGLE, 17 Sam Combs, 18 Jayden WALKER, 19 Thomas EDEN, 20 Karl HEWITT, 21 Kalani GRANT, 22 Dylan RAMSAY
NOBM:
1 Johnny Faleiva, 2 Reilly Hannan, 3 Pulea Faleiva, 4 Matthew Monaghan, 5 Boris van Bruchem, 6 Logan Ede, 7 William Tremain, 8 Hannon Brighouse, 9 Zachary Donaldson, 10 Jonty Stewart, 11 Josh McIntyre, 12 Duff Penitito, 13 Pedro Bezanilla, 14 Kere Penitito, 15 Paoraian Manuel-HarmanReserves: 16 Pio Mauga, 17 Lee Moleli, 18 Iakopo Tana, 19 Pouvi Fatialofa, 20 Ponesi Penitito, 21 Bain Champion, 22 Michael Buckley
Hastings
1 Ned Saifiti, 2 Blake Tresidder, 3 John Palu, 4 Emil Crichton, 5 Jessie Lesa-Sipaia, 6 Eugene Sandilands, 7 Jardine Chungching, 8 Faleapuna Matamata, 9 Thomas Kirikiri, 10 Jordan Thompson-Dunn, 11 Isaac Hinton, 12 Luke Rosvall, 13 Troydyn Bird, 14 Bryson Ioane, 15 Oscar SowmanReserves: 20 Saifiti Saifiti
MAC
1 TK Kata, 2 Damarus Hokianga, 3 Abraham Lauaki, 4 Fraser Taurima-Heperi, 5 Lexus Greening, 6 Tupou Afungia, 7 William Benson, 8 Fa'alemiga Selesele, 9 Zedakiah Te Rongonui Kingi Awa, 10 Tom Iosefo, 11 Meni Manase, 12 Penisini Taufa, 13 Mefiposeti Tupou, 14 Roger Paewai, 14 Sivinia Koroi, 15 Josiah SakariaReserves: 16 Amiga Mikaele, 17 Duane Awa, 18 Lanson Randell, 19 Solomone Fono, 20 Joeli Tora, 21 Vailoa Kereti, 23 John Ika
Central
1 Tui Kuru, 2 Rhys Hardwidge, 3 Ben Hince, 4 Wilbur Redward, 5 Tom Parsons, 6 Joel Hintz, 7 William Gunson, 8 Sam Pringle, 9 Tom Beachen, 10 Tate Harte, 11 Nicholas White, 12 Zaccheaus Simpson, 13 Matthew Ellmers, 14 Sam Grigg, 15 Braydon HardwidgeReserves: 18 David Parker
Tamatea
1 Tane Cooper, 2 Uenuku Haerara, 3 Mason Kean, 4 Daniel Paku, 5 Anaru Kupa, 6 Te Rira Rowlands, 7 Donovan Godinet, 8 Andrew Malama, 9 Ash Robinson-Bartlett, 10 Lincoln McClutchie, 11 Sekope Nalovo, 12 Hunta Marsh, 13 Dennon Robinson-Bartlett, 14 Jordarn Harmer, 15 Mataeus MarshReserves: 16 Te Maangi Hamlin, 17 John Ropoama, 18 Bo Ross, 19 Ramo Leef, 20 Jamie Muir, 21 Raymond Manupuna, 22 Dylan Panghal, 23 Oranga Harris
Pirates
1 Daniel Boon, 2 Nicholas Agnew, 3 Ethan WEBBY, 4 Tom Nichol, 5 Eli Rore, 6 Patrick Nichol, 7 Hugh Taylor, 8 Lynyrd Hall, 9 Phillip King-Panapa, 10 Zion Clarke, 11 Tipene Meihana, 12 Liam Batt, 13 Grayson Ewart, 14 Tipene Maxwell, 15 Matthew MURTHAReserves: 16 Rocky HOFFMAN, 17 Tayla-Jay DEBENHAM, 18 Ryan Gardiner, 19 Filipe Tavutu, 20 Bryce LOCH, 21 Noa Boseidaku, 23 Caleb Lewis
Havelock North with Bryn Evans!
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The Clive v Tamatea match will have huge ramifications.
If Clive win, Tamatea are relegated.
If Tamatea win, and Central lose to MAC then Central are relegated.
If Tamatea win, and Central beat MAC then Clive will be relegated.The above doesn't take into account the possibility of bonus points.
If Tamatea beat Clive it is possible for a five-way tie on 13 points between Tamatea (no bonus point), Aotea (lose to Hastings with no bonus point), Pirates (lose to Havelock with 1 bonus point), Central (lose to MAC with 2 bonus points) and Clive (lose to Tamatea with 2 bonus points).
If 3 or more teams finish on the same number of points the rankings are determined on points differential.
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@Number-10 Talking to some of the Tamatea management in the Tech Clubrooms last Saturday night they are confident of rolling Clive and quite frankly I thought they looked a reasonable team eventhough the score did not really show it. Clive got rolled by about 80 points when they played my guys but obviously have improved a bit since then but weighing things up I would put my money (or hopes in all honesty) on a Tamatea win. If Lincoln McLutchie starts it will make a huge difference, along with the Robinson-Bartlett boys in the backs and Keanu Kereru-Symes and prop Mason Keane along with a couple of other useful "no name" players should be enough to see them home. They do have a couple of very young guys as well and their overall depth might be tested, time will tell I guess. Clive obviously hamstrung by having none of their Super Rugby players available for them.
To be brutally honest we cannot afford to lose any clubs from the Premier grade. Once you go down it is a mammoth task to get back up again as many players will depart to other premier clubs making it even more difficult to get back up again. The second Division will be way too easy for the relegated club and there will be lots of blowout wins for the relegated team. Aotea have proved that right to a certain extent but they have looked competitive amongst the teams surrounding them in the lower levels of Premier and it is important that the players in Dannevirke have something to aspire to. Similarly Central HB. Give Aotea a bit more time and they may develop more players to become a bit more competitive in years to come but being a small area far away from getting City players travelling to play for them it will be a challenge for them numbers wise. Not so much for CHB who are a little over half an 3/4s of an hour away from Hastings/Napier so not such a travel commitment time wise (wouldn't like to be paying the fuel bill at the moment though!).
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Results round 11 Nash Cup (Fri 24 June 2022)
Taradale 32 - 29 NOBM
Aotea 28 - 40 Hastings
MAC 34 - 31 Central
Clive 26 - 24 Tamatea
Pirates 24 - 50 VillagersBye: Tech
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Altherm Tech V Aotea @ Whitmore Park No 1 - 3.00pm
A change at halfback, also takes away an almost 100% goalkicker. One of those named in the starting lineup might well feature in the Exodus thread shortly (one of the Clubs in the Greene King IPA Championship (Pommie 2nd Div)) if my sources are correct.
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Maddison Trophy - Quarter Finals (Sat 2 July 2022)
Tech v Aotea - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/17007
NOBM v Clive - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/17008
Taradale v Hastings - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/17009
Havelock North v MAC - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/17010 -
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@Stargazer Yes, But it must be recorded that it is a combined team comprising Tech and Taradale players. Having said that Tech had ten of the starting lineup and Taradale five. My leave pass ran out at 6.00pm and they were only then moving from their private celebrations in their rooms into the main lounge shortly before I had to depart. Needless to say they looked extremely happy with themselves. I managed to Petone Shuffled my way to the front of the queue and got one of the first sips out of the Cup when they brought it in!
Incidentally the Hastings 7 points came well into injury time of the second half. A bit gutted that the Ladies did not quite down trou them.
