Farah Palmer Cup 2020
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HT: Counties Manukau 37 - 3 North Harbour
This game will turn into a blood bath. That's what you get if you mix both divisions in the FPC; last year's Premiership semi-finalist v last year's 5th placed team of the Championship (out of 6 teams). The difference is just too big.
Taranaki (2020 wooden spooners) v Auckland (2020 Premiership finalists), tomorrow, will be even worse.
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Taranaki Whio v Auckland Storm Live stream now
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@Daffy-Jaffy The best game this weekend to see one team savagely butcher another. The gulls will devour the ducks!
And that's after watching the Counties v Harbour game, yesterday.
Edit: Or not. I see it's still nil all after 15 minutes.
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Half time: Taranaki 0 - 12 Auckland
It's hard to believe this score. I keep on waiting for Auckland to explode and start a try fest. Maybe the lack of training is playing a part in their reasonably average game thus far? The bits I've seen of the first half were error-ridden (both teams, and the rain will be partly to blame), although AKL clearly the better team.
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@Machpants These scores are not more typical for the FPC than for the Mitre 10 Cup. It may be a bit worse this year, because they went for a pool North and a pool South (mixing the Premiership and Championship teams), but it has nothing to do with being women's rugby per se. We had some crazy big scores in the Mitre 10 Cup, last year, too. For example, Ta$man v Manawatu (64 - 3), BOP v Otago (50 - 7), Auckland v Southland (64 - 7), Ta$man v Northland (52 - 6), BOP v Manawatu (64 - 3).
I assume it's meant as a cost-cutting measure. Hopefully, it's for one year only.
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Last weekend's results:
North Harbour 17 (Zakiya Kereopa, Pia Tapsell tries Hayley Hutana 2 con, pen)
Bay of Plenty 67 (Alena Saili, Kiani Tahere, Angel Mulu, Mahina Paul 4, Les Elder, Luka Connor, Karli Faneva, tries; Kelly Brazier 7 con, pen).
HT: 3-38
Manawatu 10 (Selica Winiata, Janna Vaughan tries)
Canterbury 36 (Pip Love, Alana Bremner 2, Grace Steinmetz, Cindy Nelles tries; Kendra Cocksedge 4 con, pen ).
HT: 10-15
Waikato 76 (Stacey Fluhler, Cheyelle Robins-Reti 2, Grace Houpapa-Barrett 2, Tanya Kalounivale, Chelsea Alley 2, Toka Natua, Ariana Bayler, Merania Paraone tries; penalty try; Alley 6 con; Tenika Willison con)
Taranaki 14 (Paige Neilson, Chloe Sampson tries; Gayle Broughton 2 con).
HT: 38-14
Ta$man 0
Wellington 62 (Monica Tagoai, Jackie Patea-Fereti, Dhys Faleafaga 3, Thamsyn Newton, Charlene Gubb, Joanah Ngan-Woo, Isadora Laupola, Nina Foaese tries; Newton 6 con).
HT: 0-36
Northland 22 (Victoria Subritzky-Nafatali, Tyla Nathan Wong, Aroha Savage tries; Timara Leaf 2 con, pen)
Auckland 29 (Theresa Fitzpatrick 2, Ruahei Demant, Sylvia Brunt tries; Patricia Maliepo 3 con, pen).
HT: 22-14
Otago 29 (Kiana Wereta, Kilisitina Moata'ane 2, Teilah Ferguson, Rosie Kelly tries; Rosie Kelly 2 con)
Hawke's Bay 20 (Kathleen Brown tries; Kaitlan Bates 5 pen).
HT: 14-11 -
This weekend's draw:
Wellington Pride v Hawke’s Bay Tui
Saturday 19 September
12.30pm, Hutt Recreation Ground, Wellington
Downer Referee: Jono Bredin
LIVE STREAMED ON WELLINGTON FACEBOOK PAGE
Canterbury v Otago Spirit
Saturday 19 September
2.05pm, Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch
Downer Referee: Lauren Jenner
LIVE ON SKY SPORT
Taranaki Whio v North Harbour Hibiscus
Saturday 19 September
2.45pm, TET Stadium & Events Centre, Inglewood
Downer Referee: Tiana Ngawati
LIVE STREAMED ON TARANAKI FACEBOOK PAGE
Bay of Plenty Volcanix v Waikato
Saturday 19 September
2pm, Blake Park, Mount Maunganui
Downer Referee: Becs Mahoney
LIVE ON SKY SPORT
Manawatu Cyclones v Ta$man Mako
Sunday 20 September
11.35am, Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North
Downer Referee: Nick Hogan
LIVE ON SKY SPORT
Auckland Storm v Counties Manukau Heat
Sunday 20 September
2.05pm, Eden Park, Auckland
Downer Referee: Brittany Andrew
LIVE STREAMED ON AUCKLAND RUGBY FACEBOOK PAGE
Double header, double challenge
On the same day as the Canterbury men will defend the Ranfurly Shield, the Canterbury women will defend the JJ Stewart Trophy (a cheap-looking, uninspiring trophy that goes on the line in the holder's home games in the same way as the Ranfurly Shield in the men's competition). -
Some terrible results again in round 3. This format is really bad for the competition. It won't surprise anyone, that the only games in which both teams were really competing - Taranaki v N Harbour, BOP v Waikato and Auckland v Counties - were between teams of the same division.
Wellington 67 (Ayesha Leti-l'iga 4, Thamsyn Newton, Dhys Faeleafaga, Lyric Faleafaga 3, Fa'asua Makisi, Sinead Toala-Ryder tries; Newton 6 con)
Hawke's Bay 17 (Forne Burkin, Michaela Baker, Harmony Kautai tries; Kaitlan Bates con).
HT: 31-17Canterbury 85 (Cindy Nelles, Amy Rule, Angie Sisifa, Terauoriwa Gapper, Martha Lolohea 2, Grace Brooker, Sam Curtis, Lucy Anderson, Alana Bremner 2, Georgia Ponsonby tries; Penalty try; Kendra Cocksedge 6 con; Liv McGoverne 3 con)
Otago 10 (Rosie Kelly, Amy du Plessis tries).
HT: 47-5.Taranaki 32 (Kaya-Rose Kahui, Iritana Hohaia 2, Gayle Broughton, Chloe Sampson tries; Broughton pen, 2 con)
North Harbour 29 (Zakiya Kereopa, Clementine Varea 3, Amy Robertshaw tries; Hayley Hautana 2 con)
HT: 10-5Bay of Plenty 10 (Mahina Paul try; Kelly Brazier con, pen)
Waikato 21 (Stacey Fluhler, Cheyelle Robins-Reti tries; Chelsea Alley 2 pen).
HT: 3-15Manawatu 88 (Selica Winiata, Lucy Brown, Sosoli Talawadua 2, Sam Tipene, Janna Michal Vaughan, Rangimarie Sturmey, Carys Dallinger 2, Crystal Mayes, Kaia-Hayes Walker-Waitoa, Rhiarna Ferris, Rebekah Tufaga, Paige Lush tries; Winiata 9 con)
Ta$man 0.
HT: 47-0Auckland 22 (Nathalia Moors, Cristo Tofa, Lydia Turua-Quedley, Liana Mikaele-Tu'iu tries; Patricia Maliepo con)
Counties Manukau 36 (Kalo Cuthers, Larissa Lima, Ilisapeti Molia, Ruby Tui 2, Harono Te Iringa tries; Hazel Tubic 3 con) -
Re-scheduled games due to Bledisloe Cup:
Farah Palmer Cup
Saturday, 10 October: 11.35am: North Harbour v Waikato (from Sunday, 11.35am)
Sunday 11 October: 10.45am: Northland v Taranaki (from Sunday, 2.05pm)
Sunday, October 18: 1.15pm: Auckland v Waikato at Eden Park (from Saturday, 2.05pm)
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WEEK 4: Farah Palmer Cup Downer Match Appointments
Wellington Pride v Manawatu Cyclones
Friday 25 September
4.35pm, Sky Stadium, Wellington
Downer Referee: Maggie Cogger-Orr
LIVE ON SKY SPORTTa$man Mako v Otago Spirit
Saturday 26 September
11.35am, Trafalgar Park, Nelson
Downer Referee: Jono BredinNorth Harbour Hibiscus v Auckland Storm
Saturday 26 September
1pm, Kumeu RFC, Auckland
Downer Referee: Lauren JennerBay of Plenty Volcanix v Taranaki Whio
Saturday 26 September
2pm, Blake Park, Mount Maunganui
Downer Referee: Larissa Collingwood
LIVE STREAMED ON BAY OF PLENTY RUGBY FACEBOOK PAGEHawke’s Bay Tui v Canterbury
Saturday 26 September
4.35pm, McLean Park, Napier
Downer Referee: Becs Mahoney
LIVE ON SKY SPORTCounties Manukau Heat v Northland Kauri
Sunday 27 September
2.05pm, Navigation Homes Stadium, Pukekohe
Downer Referee: Nick Hogan
Expect these teams to get seriously massacred this week: Ta$man, North Harbour, Taranaki and Hawke's Bay. -
Round 4 results:
Wellington 28 (Thamsyn Newton, Ayesha Leti-l'iga, Joanah Ngan-Woo tries; Penalty try; Newton 3 con)
Manawatu 31 (Janna Vaughan 2, Crystal Mayes, Carys Dallinger tries; Selica Winiata con, 3 pen).
HT: 14-23
Ta$man 24 (Stephani Mitchell 2, Anna Bradley, Ashley Ulutupu tries; Eve Findlay 2 con)
Otago 67 (Hinemoa Watene 2, Kilistine Moata'ane 2, Bree Thomas 2, Leah Miles, Amy du Plessis, Meg Breen, Rosie Kelly, Teilah Ferguson tries; Kelly 6 con).
HT: 5-33
North Harbour 0
Auckland 72 (Daynah Nankivell 2, Patricia Maliepo, Grace Kukutai 2, Charmaine McMennamin, Saphire Abraham 2, Ruahei Demant, Aleisha-Pearl Nelson, Shannon Leota, Joeannah Uaseli-Purcell tries; Maliepo 6 con).
HT: 0-38
Bay of Plenty 73 (Risaleaana Pouri-Lane 2, Pia Tapsell, Mahina Paul, Alena Saili 2, H Parata-Kingi 2, Luka O'Connor, Kelsie Wills, Natalie Delamere, Esra van Ramele, A.N. Other tries; Parata-King 3 con; K Tahere con)
Taranaki 17 (Paige Neilson 2, Tiana Davison tries; Gayle Broughton con).
HT: 41-0
Hawke's Bay 15 (Niamh Jefferson, Cortez Te Pou, Ashley Palu tries)
Canterbury 72 (Alana Bremner 2, Martha Lolohea 2, Grace Brooker 2, Lucy Anderson, Kendra Cocksedge, Isabella Waterman, Grace Steinmetz, Sam Curtis, Trina Greenslade tries; Cocksedge 4 con; Waterman 2 con)
Countries Manukau 20 (K Mailata, Ngatokutoru Arakua, Shonte To'a tries; Hazel Tubic con, pen)
Northland 32 (Tyler Nankivell 4, Leilani Erwin tries; Timara Leaf 2 con, pen).
HT: 20-10
Great win from Championship team Northland over Premiership team Counties Manukau.
Apart from Wellington v Manawatu, the other cross-over games had predictable results.
