2018 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby

[Stargazer]

@higgins I don't know. Maybe the HB Samoan team has a bigger player pool and are better organised because they have an actual competition to play in? For the HB Māori team this was a one-off game.

[Stargazer]

I've been able to find the results of two of the three preseason rep games:

Hawke's Bay Saracens 62 - 12 Poverty Bay
Wanganui Dev 38 - 25 Hawke's Bay U19

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The remaining preseason result from Saturday:

Hawke's Bay Tuis 43-12 Taranaki Women

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Rep rugby weekend 18-19 August:

Preseason games - Sat 18/8:
1.00pm: Hawke's Bay Tuis v Manawatu @ Tremain Field, Napier.
2.00pm: Wanganui v Hawke's Bay Saracens @ Marton Park, Marton
2.30pm: Wellington Samoa v Hawke's Bay Samoa @ Tawa Rugby Club.

U19 Seeding Tournament - Central Region - Sunday 19/8
11.30am: Wellington U19 v Hawke's Bay U19 @ Westpac Stadium.

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This is the U19 Extended Training Squad as posted on 10 August. I haven't seen a final squad.

I think it's the same squad as posted on the Magpies FB page yesterday (what's up with announcing squads in sometimes difficult to read gifs/videos?).

[Stargazer]

That's more like it. Tomorrow's U19 squad for the seeding game against Wellington. That'll be a tough game.

[Nepia]

@stargazer Does 'Player of Origin' mean a player who's based in another province but is from the Bay?

[Stargazer]

@nepia I haven't seen the regulations applicable to U19 rep teams, but if they're the same as those for the Heartland Competion, this is what the Heartland Regs say (note what it says under d):

[Stargazer]

@Nepia A quick google search tells me that both Nikau McGregor and Nathan Giles attended Napier BHS.

[Higgins]

@stargazer said in 2018 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby:

That's more like it. Tomorrow's U19 squad for the seeding game against Wellington. That'll be a tough game.

Oh dear, an 11.35am kick off looks to be a bit of a challenge getting out of bed in time to get there for kick off. With a bit of luck there will be a free entry for early comers, gatekeepers and spectators in particular!

[Stargazer]

@higgins Yeah, it's the curtain raiser to the Wellington v Otago Mitre 10 Cup game, which starts at 2.05pm.

[Stargazer]

From the HB Facebook page:

The HB Under 19 game on Sunday is going to be broadcast live on radio. In Wellington it will be on 1161AM, and we are hopeful that it will be simulcast in Hawke's Bay on 94.3FM. Listeners can also live-stream the commentary on http://www.teupoko.co.nz/

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Two results from today:

Wanganui 19 v Hawke's Bay Saracens 34
Wellington Samoa 41 v HB Samoa 27

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Our U19s are being butchered in Wellington. 3 tries in the last 10 minutes.

26 - 0 Wellington

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Half time:

Wellington U19 (40) v (0) Hawke's Bay U19

They started well, but couldn't get past the Wellington defence. But lots of handling errors and the last 20 minutes it was all Wellington. Disappointing.

[Number 10]

@stargazer said in 2018 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby:

Half time:

Wellington U19 (40) v (0) Hawke's Bay U19

They started well, but couldn't get past the Wellington defence. But lots of handling errors and the last 20 minutes it was all Wellington. Disappointing.

Jesus H. Christ ...

[Stargazer]

Apparently, a much better second half from our U19s. What I took from the commentary (I didn't listen the full game) is that McClutchie had a good game; Toala several breaks, but also dropping the ball several times. The commentators called left wing Nathan Giles a promising player.

Full time: Wellington 47 - 7 Hawke's Bay

[Number 10]

Obviously a much better second half - any wind factor?

[Stargazer]

@number-10 Not much wind in Wellington at the moment. Excellent conditions for rugby.

[Higgins]

Chainsaw was at the game with his camera so there might be some shots put up on his chainsawphotos.co.nz website sometime in the not too distant future

[Chainsaw]

Yep I was there, sorry should've posted this earlier.
My photos of the U19 game v Wgtn here-
https://www.chainsawphotos.co.nz/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=619