Waikato 2022

[OleOleOle]

@Bovidae Yeah, TA recruited heavily in the school leaver space over the last couple of years so I guess its a reflection of that

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@OleOleOle said in Waikato 2022:

@Bovidae Yeah, TA recruited heavily in the school leaver space over the last couple of years so I guess its a reflection of that

And they play for the seniors, not the U21s.

It will be interesting to see how this team goes. There are 5 players from last year's NZ Schools and 3 from the Barbarians U18s in the 23.

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Waikato Women Juniors 35-15 Auckland Development
Waikato Men Juniors (U19s) 69-3 Taranaki U19s - ouch

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[Dice]

@Bovidae A couple of boys from Kelston in there.

Senita Lauaki following in the footsteps of Sione.

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@Dice I remember watching him play for Kelston. Who is the other one?

Jole Naufahu went to AGS and Maikel Tuala Kings.

[Dice]

@Bovidae Dominic Gagaeolo is the other one. A very athletic lock/loosie.

[Bovidae]

Gagaeolo wasn't in the original squad, so a new name for me.

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Waikato Women Juniors 32-21 Bay of Plenty Development
Waikato Men Juniors (U19s) 12-13 Counties Manukau U19s

The U19 game would be an upset based on the 1st round results.

[mikedogz]

Players selected only from the Colts grade.

[Bovidae]

I will probably go to this game. A couple of players return after not playing last Sat but Blaikie is the third-choice 1st 5. I am sure Cashmore will be playing for BOP.

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Waikato Men Juniors 33 - 27 Bay of Plenty U19s
Waikato Divisional Colts 65 - 7 Thames Valley Colts
Waikato Divisional XV 72 - 0 Counties Manukau Divisional XV

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Waikato Men Juniors 10-14 Auckland U19s
Waikato Divisional XV 20-17 King Country Development

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[Stargazer]

@Bovidae What is the "Divisional XV" for a team? Is that Waikato's development team? Assuming the Juniors team is the U19 team, who play in the Colts team?

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@Stargazer said in Waikato 2022:

@Bovidae What is the "Divisional XV" for a team? Is that Waikato's development team? Assuming the Juniors team is the U19 team, who play in the Colts team?

I don't think Waikato has a Development team. As mentioned above, the Colts Divisional team are from players who play in the Colts grade, and won't include players in the HP programme. The Divisional XV appears to be players who aren't in the Premier grade of club rugby.