2019 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby

[Stargazer]

Try Fakatava after a great dummy. Toala converts.

43 - 28 to the Bay. 3 minutes to go

[Stargazer]

Another great tackle from Emerson on Gregory!

[Stockcar86]

Great desire in defence to keep them out at the end

[Stargazer]

Awesome. Another bonus point win and denying Northland their 4 try bonus point.

FT: Northland 28 - 43 Magpies

[Nepia]

Somehow a Northland player won MOTM - but I guess he had god on his side so seems about right.

[Stargazer]

@Nepia Was it Mayanavanua 3 points, McClutchie 2 and Dixon 1?

[Stargazer]

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

Somehow a Northland player won MOTM - but I guess he had god on his side so seems about right.

God = ref? :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes:

[Nepia]

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

@Nepia Was it Mayanavanua 3 points, McClutchie 2 and Dixon 1?

I only saw them award it to the Northlander.

[Stargazer]

These Duane Monkley medal points are awarded in such a random way. There were several other players who were more deserving that that Northland prop. Makene, who has shown once again his awesome footwork; Emerson, great, courageous defence for such a small man (keeping Gregory under control), Cridge very good in the breakdown and line-out; Rakete-Stones, who's turning into a very good ball-carrying prop and scrummager; and Fomai showing he can find the holes in the defence and finish well.

[Nepia]

That was close to Emerson's best game for the Pies. I was less impressed by Cridge, actually think I'd prefer him to go back to lock and Flanders to play 6. Fomai was impressive, has some gas too.

[Stargazer]

[Stargazer]

Results from the new Hurricanes Trustbank Secondary School Shield (U18) competition:

Hawke's Bay Saracens 49 - 21 Ngāti Porou East Coast

Other results:
Wanganui 51 - 22 Poverty Bay
Horowhenua-Kapiti 7 - 36 Wellington Samoans
Wairarapa-Bush 22 - 36 Centurions RFC

[Canes4life]

Wellington Under 19s doing it easy against their HB counterparts.

[Stargazer]

Junior Magpies squad for the Jock Hobbs U19 tournament:

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Our first game of the tournament:

Junior Magpies v Southland (match 5)
k/o 2.15pm - Owen Delany Park, Taupo, Field 2

I don't think any of the games are televised, but IIRC (some) games were livestreamed, last year. Not sure whether that was on the first tournament day.

[Stargazer]

Rep Rugby this weekend:

7/9, 9.45am, Havelock North HS:
HNHS invitational team v Hawke's Bay U15 Co-ed

7/9, 1.00pm, Tremain Field 1:
Tui v Northland

7/9, 1.00pm, Tremain Field 2:
Hawke's Bay Saracens v Wellington Centurions

7/9, ?, Gisborne:
Poverty Bay U18 v Hawke's Bay U18

8/9, 2.15pm, Owen Delany Park, Taupo, Field 2:
Hawke's Bay U19 v Southland U19

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[Higgins]

There are a few names that are unknown to me. In the starting lineup numbers 4, 7, 9, 14 & 15 fall into this boat. Anyone willing to help others also struggling to identify these guys become more familiar weith them would be appreciated.

[Stargazer]

@Higgins Google tells me Cristobal Niedmann is a Chilean, who played for Taradale, this year.

Phil McRoberts already played for Havelock North and the Saracens, last year. I've found references to him being the Saracens' captain and playing at no. 8.

I wonder whether the halfback is the same player as this one: https://djcoilrugby.com/2019/02/13/utah-warriors-simon-quickfall/

Travis Janssen's name is spelled wrong. He plays for Central. Don't know anything about him.

Watson plays for MAC. That's all I know.

[Higgins]

@Stargazer Thanks, still don't mean an awful lot to me. Presumably they are only real longshots of making the NPC team if a real bad injury crisis happened to strike. Don't think the fullback played for MAC when I saw them play at Whitmore Park last time I was home. He certainly did not appear on the published team list that day anyway which had Tom Iosefo listed in the number 15 jersey.