2019 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby

[Stargazer]

The 2019 Hawke's Bay Tui squad has been named:

Nicolette Adamson, Davina Atkin, Michaela Baker, Sylvia Bockman, Hanna Brough, Kathleen Brown, Forne Burkin, Krysten Cottrell, Lukika Faavae, Teani Feleu, Kara Huata, Chanel Huddleston, Te Aroha Hunt, Rebekah Hurae, Tori Iosefo, Niamh Jefferson, Emma Jensen, Teagan Meyer, Liana Mikaele-Tu'u, Te Maari MacGregor, Holly Macdonald, Whitley Mareikura, Whitney Olsen, Ashley Palu, Felicity Powdrell, Jennifer Simati, Jess Taueki, Cortez Te Pou, Shaylee Tipiwai, Gemma Woods.

Extended Wider Squad under-18s: Tuia Edwards, Amber McKenzie, Anna Powdrell.

Injured players in contention: Natalie Cotton, Lara Kendrick.

Two current Black Ferns (Burkin and Cottrell), a former BF (Jensen), a Manu Sina rep (Simati) and a former Kiwifern (Huddleston) and some exciting young teenage talent in Te Pou and Mikaele-Tu'u (yes, younger sister of Marino).
Not in the squad from last year's squad, among others: Laurae Blake and former BF Amy Williams

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503460&objectid=12253800

[Number 10]

This Tui's team looks like it could be best team since the 2006 team set the benchmark for the Tui's. That 2006 team, finished 3rd in the 1st division round robin and was the first team to beat Auckland in the history of the women's championship, which started in 1999. Auckland had won 50 straight games from 1999 until the Tui's beat them 15-13.
The Tui's then lost the semi-final 10-24 to Auckland.

[CMK]

@Stargazer - yes great to see Treyah repping the Canes jersey with pride, but please let it be known that he was not poached by St Kent's at all.

[Stargazer]

Rep games Saturday 3 August 2019 (all preseason games)

HB Saracens v King Country Rams - Tremain Field 1 - k/o 1.00pm

Squad:
Kodie Drury-Hawkins, Travis Jansse, Mataeus Marsh, Ted Walters, Simon Quickfall, Marty Watson, Johnny Ika, Phil McRoberts, Damien Scott, Jason Cutbush, Donovan Mataira, Lucas Albornoz, Terry King, Frank Tupuola, Teremoana Joel. Substitutes: Forwards, Matt Morrison, Jody Allen, Tipene Lord, Everard Reid, Cristobel Niedmann. Backs, Humphrey Sheild, Johnny Lauano, Anzelo Tuitavuki, Jesse Paewai, Kalin Paewai, Trent Hape.

HB U19 v HB Saracens XV - Temain Field 1 - k/o 2.45pm

Manawatu Samoa v Hawke's Bay Samoa - Bill Brown Park, Palmerston North - k/o 3.00pm

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Results:

Hawke's Bay Saracens 90 - 12 King Country Rams

HBT's write-up below.

The Manawatu Samoa v Hawke's Bay Samoa game wasn't a preseason game, but already the first game for the High Commissioners Cup. Hawke's Bay Samoa won 39 - 15.

Edited to correct the HB Samoa score.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503460&objectid=12255385

[Stargazer]

Edited to add that the Tui, U19 and Saracens games are preseason games.

[Kiwidom]

Where is Joe Apikatoa at the moment? He was with the Highlanders earlier in the year, and am sure he was signed with the magpies for 2019.(sorry if this has been mentioned in this thread already)

[Stargazer]

@Kiwidom I don't think he was signed with the Magpies for 2019; after preseason with the Highlanders, he went back to Wellington and played club rugby there (not many games, I think). Not sure where he is at the moment.

[Stargazer]

Results 10 August 2019

Manawatu Cyclones 35 - 40 Hawke's Bay Tui
Hawke's Bay Saracens 17 - 38 Whanganui
Hawke's Bay U19 35 - 7 Whanganui Development
Hawke's Bay Samoa 42 - 25 Horowhenua-Kapiti Samoa

By the way, this was the U19 squad that played against Whanganui Dev:

And this was the Saracens' line-up:

[Stargazer]

This year's U19 squad has been named:

[Stargazer]

I wasn't sure where else to post this.

One of four Hawke's Bay players in the New Zealand Marist Colts side which is on a four-match tour of Poverty Bay and Hawke's Bay, Teddy, is relishing the opportunity to receive tips from the team's head coach Steve McDowall who played 81 matches, including 46 tests for the All Blacks from 1985 to 1992.

The youngest of the Bay quartet, Teddy, had 25 minutes off the bench at hooker in Saturday's 79-21 drubbing of the Poverty Bay Development team in Gisborne. On Monday he had 70 minutes as the starting tighthead prop and scored a try in a 29-7 victory against a Wairoa Selection in Wairoa.

He is expecting to mark some familiar players including clubmate Lee Moleli when the tourists take on a combined Hastings Rugby and Sports-Napier Old Boys Marist Colts XV at Elwood Park from 6pm today and a Saracens XV in the curtainraiser to the Magpies Mitre 10 Cup Championship match against the Wellington Lions at Napier's McLean Park on Friday night.

After this tour the apprentice builder's attention will return to the Hawke's Bay under-19 team's campaign.

The Hastings Rugby and Sports trio of loosie Fale Matamata, lock JJ Scales and first five-eighth Shamara Brooks are the other Bay players in the New Zealand Marist Colts team. Hastings-based New Zealand Marist Rugby Federation general manager Neil Murphy said all four Bay players have performed well to date and he has been impressed with how well the squad has gelled during the short time it has been together.

Players from all 31 New Zealand Marist clubs are represented in the squad. The concept of the New Zealand Marist Colts tour began in 1974 and each year a different region of the country is visited.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503460&objectid=12258233

[Stargazer]

Rep games Saturday, 17 August 2019:

1:30pm: Poverty Bay v Hawke's Bay Saracens - MoreFM Park, Gisborne

U19 seeding game:
1.00pm: Hurricanes Heartland U20 v Hawke's Bay U19 - Sports and Rugby Institute, Palmerston North

U19 line-up:

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HB Saracens team for today's game

[Stargazer]

Results from Saturday, 17/8:

Preseason:
Poverty Bay 29 - 33 Hawke's Bay Saracens
Bay of Plenty Volcanix 37 - 22 Hawke's Bay Tui

Hurricanes U19 Seeding Tournament:
Hurricanes Heartland U20 3 - 36 Hawke's Bay U19

Other Hurricanes U19 result:
Wellington U19 28 - 0 Manawatu U19

I think our U19 play Manawatu at home on Saturday 24/8.

[Stargazer]

Games Saturday, 24 August:

Hurricanes U19 Seeding Tournament:
Hawke's Bay U19 v Manawatu U19 - 1.00pm - Tremain Field, Napier

Samoa High Commissioners Cup
Whanganui Samoa v Hawke's Bay Samoa - 1.00pm - Playford Park, Levin

U19s squad:

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Results 24 August 2019

Disappointing result from the U19 seeding game. The Junior Magpies lost 5 - 15 to Manawatu. To reach the upper division of the Jock Hobbs Tournament, they will need to beat Wellington in Wellington, next week, which seems near impossible.

Wellington U19 beat Hurricanes Heartland U20 by a whopping score of 83 to 7.

Hawke's Bay Samoa won the High Commissioners Cup by also winning their last game against Whanganui: 34 - 30.

Next week starts the Farah Palmer Cup, but all teams in the Championship Divisition have the bye, so the Tui won't play, yet.

I'm still trying to figure out what competition the Hawke's Bay Saracens play in this year, because the HBRU website still has the info of 2018 and I understand things have changed. There's also a Hawke's Bay Saracens colts team that will play in a new U18 competition that starts next weekend.

A new U15 Hawke's Bay Co-ed team will play two games in September and obviously, there are the U14 and U16 rep games. Haven't seen any info about an U18 Girls rep competition this year, although other provinces have announced teams.

The HBRU web/social media/info person must have left, because the info coming out of the HBRU is significantly worse this year than last year.

[Higgins]

Was it any better last year than it currently is?

[Stargazer]

@Higgins Yes. Last year, our U19s got smashed by Wellington (7 - 47) in the seeding games, but we beat Manawatu (31 - 12) and the Heartland U20 (55 - 26) and ended up in the top division of the Jock Hobbs tournament, for the first time. We can forget that top division after this result against Manawatu, because Wellington is also likely to beat us next week.

[Nepia]

@Stargazer said in 2019 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby:

The Junior Magpies lost 5 - 15 to Manawatu

[Number 10]

Since the switch to Under 19 in 2014, from Under 20, to tie in with the establishment of the national Jock Hobbs tournament, our results in the Hurricanes Under 19 tournament have been pathetic.

Including yesterday, we have lost five out of six to Manawatu and all five to Wellington.

Perhaps the new HB Under 18 rep team established this year is a step to try and improve this?