2018 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby
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@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 ...
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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
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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
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@stargazer said in 2018 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby:
Result:
Hawke's Bay U19 31 - 12 Manawatu U19
If we can beat the Hurricanes Heartland team in the next match it will confirm our appearance in the top division of the Jock Hobbs tournament for the first ever time. Overdue.
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I was at the game last Sunday and agree we got demolished, at least on the scoreboard. What not many people will know was that about five players had been subbed off within the first 20 minutes which obviously upset things. Whether that was injury related (at least a couple were) or simply because of the scoring blitz Wellington were handing us will never be known outside of the team environment.
I did not have a programme so do not know whether there were any changes to the HB Team published beforehand. I have only seen Denny Toala play once previously ( Well Coll v HBHS) and the guy playing 2nd five on Sunday did not really look like the way my memory of him was. Physically he looked a lot bigger and he certainly did not exhibit the same things on the field anyway. The second five reminded me of the days of Hallum Kupa, some nice breaks/half breaks but not looking for his supporting players when needed, also some rather ineffective chip kicks were returned with considerable intertest by Wellington.
There were a couple of guys in the 22 and 23 jerseys that came on and did draw my attention with some nice jinking runs but by then the game was well and truly lost and Wellington had also run on their entire bench during the second half.
Lincoln McClutchie (or whoever it was at first five) looked accomplished and scored a nice solo try underneath the crossbar after cutting through the defence early in the second half. Might have to do a bit of work on his punting as some of his kicks did not travel all that far but a lot of the time the defence was up on him quickly and he was receiving back foot ball so that probably contributed.It must be remembered that a number of others that could have been run out actually turned out on Rugby Park in Invercargill about two hours after this game finished. I also heard that one of the players also fronted for HB Samoans the day before so that would not have helped much.
All in all whilst extremely disappointing (more so after losing a jug to one of the guys that fronted for Wellington!) it must be remembered that Wellington did play very well and scored a couple of long range tries. Not the best return for the $25.00 game entrance it cost me but it was a HB rep team playing and it was my duty to be there to support them no matter what. -
Try highlights of yesterday's U19s game (found on FB).
A solid performance by the boys today - getting up over Manawatu 31-12. JJ Scales was strong up front, Lee Moleli added good impact off the bench, Nathan Giles was strong on defence, and Luke Johnson was always a threat on the flank. Tries were scored by Jacob Devery, Josiah Tavita-Metcalf, JJ Scales, Lincoln McClutchie and Luke Johnson. Lincoln added 3 conversions Players player was JJ Scales. -
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Rep games 1 September 2018
CENTRAL REGIONS SAMOA HIGH COMMISSION CUP
12.00pm: Hawke's Bay Samoa v Horowhenua-Kapiti Samoa @ Bill Brown Park, Palmerston North
Edit: Horo-Kap has defaultedFARAH PALMER CUP
1.00pm: Hawke's Bay Tuis v Wellington Pride @ Tremain Field #1, NapierHURRICANES U19 SEEDING TOURNAMENT
1.00pm: Hawke's Bay U19 v Hurricanes Heartland U20 @ Tremain Field #2, NapierHURRICANES SHIELD DEVELOPMENT COMPETITION
2.30pm: Hawke's Bay Saracens v Wellington MÄori @ Tremain Field #1, Napier.
Tuis squad v Wellington
