2018 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby

[Higgins]

Seeing that that Taranaki mens team are referred to as the Taranaki Bulls I am disappointed that the Taranaki womens side is not called the Taranaki Heifers.

[Stargazer]

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They should call this game the "Battle of the Birds".

[trooa]

HB 19s up 21-8 on Naki at HT, Flanders & Fakatava playing

[trooa]

40-13 HB FT

[Stargazer]

@trooa Glad they finished the tournament with a win! It's a pity they only televise a few games of the tournament and don't livestream the other games. I would have liked to watch some of our future Magpies play.

Found this photo on Facebook. Looks like Flanders, one of the guys lifting the lock? I feared he was injured after he didn't seem to play the second game and seeing an (unidentifiable) player on crutches on one of the photos on FB.

[Higgins]

Just back from the Hutt Rec and am pleased to report that Hawkes Bay B smoked the Wellington Samoans by a score of something like 43 - 19 in absolutely beautiful conditions. More details to folow

[Stargazer]

From the HB U19s FB page:

Great finish to the week, with a 40-13 win over Taranaki giving us 7th place at Nationals!!

This has been a big week of rugby - with a number of highs and lows. For these young men to bounce back from the heavy defeat to BOP on Sunday, the narrow loss to  Ta$man, to getting up on finals day to claim the win was a great effort by all involved with the campaign.

These young men have come a long way - from the early days back in June to a 7th place finish at tournament is a credit to the effort put in by them all.

Points scored today:
Tries - Lincoln McClutchie (2), Folau Fakatava, Danny Toala, Lolani Faleiva, Dan Sharplin

Conversions - Lincoln McClutchie (4), Danny Toala

Interesting to read that Fakatava was playing, after having played in the Magpies game on Thursday.

[Stargazer]

Hawke's Bay Tuis defeated Taranaki 55 - 10.
Hawke's Bay U14 beat Manawatu 62 - 10.
Hawke's Bay U18 girls lost to Poverty Bay U18 31 - 38 (HT: 14 - 24).

[Number 10]

@stargazer Devan Flanders was in Hamilton with the Magpies as injury cover, which is why he missed the Under 19's match v Ta$man on Wednesday.

[Stargazer]

Rep games - Saturday, 22 September 2018

Farah Palmer Cup
11.35am: Hawke's Bay Tuis v Harbour Hibiscus @ McLean Park, Napier

Hurricanes Shield development competition
12.00pm: Hawke's Bay Saracens v Manawatu Dev @ Tremain Field, Napier

Hurricanes Pre-tournament games
1.00pm: Poverty Bay U16 v Hawke's Bay U16 @ Lambton Square, Wairoa
1.00pm: Wanganui U16 v Hawke's Bay U16 Dev @ Lincoln Park, Ashhurst

1.00pm: Hawke's Bay U18 girls v Manawatu U18 girls @ Tremain Field, Napier

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Slightly surprising half time score at McLean Park, with the Tuis leading 16 - 5 against North Harbour.

Harbour should normally be the stronger team, but the Tuis are dominating territory & possession, and dominate the scrum.

The Tuis second try scored by Te Maari MacGregor was a beauty.

[Stargazer]

Great result for the Tuis, beating Harbour 52 to 10. Very dominant performance.

Having watched them play last year, I noticed a significant improvement this year. Passes stick, the scrum worked well, better defence and attack. Krysten Cottrell is a class act; you can see why she was picked for the Black Ferns. Having Emma Jensen back in the team helps a lot, too.

Far from the finished product, but hopefully they can improve further and become a team that is fit for the Premiership. This result should help them reach a spot in the semis. It's probably too early for the step up, but considering they finished last the last two years (losing all their games), this season is going really well.

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The Hawke's Bay Saracens have - predictably - retained the Hurricanes Development Shield. It was an absolute bloodbath and they defeated Manawatu Development 100 - 15.

This development competition is clearly not strong enough for the Saracens. Next week they'll play Wellington Dev and we'll see where they're at.

By the way, Wellington Dev is playing Ta$man B today, Canterbury B on 6 October and Auckland B on 13 October. It would be great if the Saracens could play these teams as well. Games against much better opposition would actually help in the development of our development players.

[Stargazer]

Try scoring highlights from the Saracens' game.

[Higgins]

100 points, it will take about an hour to view them all.

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Saturday, 29 September 2018

HURRICANES DEVELOPMENT
1.00pm: Hawke's Bay Saracens v Wellington Development at Tremain Field, Napier

PRE-SEASON
1.00pm: Hawke's Bay U14 boys v Manawatu U14 boys at Tremain Field, Napier
1.00pm: Hawke's Bay U18 girls v Wellington U18 girls at Lincoln Park, Ashhurst

Sunday, 30 September 2018

FARAH PALMER CUP
12.00pm: Hawke's Bay Tuis v Ta$man at Tremain Field, Napier

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That Saracens game will be interesting as it will give an indication of how good they really are, now that they are playing against a more competitive opponent.

Next week (from Monday, 1/10) is also the Hurricanes U16 tournament in Masterton.

[Stargazer]

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Fa'alemiga Selesele not in this squad. Unless he's injured, he might be in the Magpies squad for Sunday. Devery has been named on the bench, so he won't travel to Christchurch. I'm a bit surprised. Unless they're going to use Jason Long again as (reserve) hooker, Kereru-Symes won't get a rest.

Sam Ulufonua also not in the Saracens squad, so he's also likely to play on Sunday. Danny Toala and Shae Tucker missing on this team list, too.

[Higgins]

Looks like I am still in with a chance at no. 23!