NZ Club rugby (general)

[Bones]

Caught some of the live stream of HOBM vs Poneke on Saturday - keep an eye out for Fritz Rayasi eh, was creating havoc and looks to have a similar game to Clarke.

[Rapido]

I read recently that Waikato Club rugby compeition is only 50 years old. The Breweries Shield.

Anyone explain this? Before that was it sub-union based competitions?

[Bovidae]

@Rapido said in NZ Club rugby (general):

I read recently that Waikato Club rugby compeition is only 50 years old. The Breweries Shield.

Anyone explain this? Before that was it sub-union based competitions?

It looks like the Waikato-wide club competition only started in 1966.

Based on the info on the mooloo website there were separate sub-union club competitions before then.

1936
Taupiri, Waipa and Hamilton sub-unions combine for a club competition and compete for the Stag Trophy. The inaugural winner is Hamilton Old Boys.

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[mikedogz]

The counties season has been abandoned with no champions announced.

[Rapido]

Watching East Coast final (found a Grassroots Rugby on my mysky I hadn't watched).

Both teams are wearing the same kit.
Both have Red shirts and black shorts but with some indescribable black swirls on the shirts supposedly making them 'different '.

But to add to the confusion, 1 guy doesnt have his team kit and is wearing a Counties Manukau style jersey!

Wait. Looks like a sub has come on now in second half wearing a black Jersey. Now 4 different types of jerseys on the field, but unfortunately 28 of the players still look identical.

[mikey07]

@Bones My boys against yours for the Hardham Cup this weekend

[Bones]

@mikey07 oh geez we're only in the hardup cup?

[mikey07]

@Bones Yip you guys where top of the table for most of the season then fell away to finish 5th OBU vs Norths for Jubilee Cup

[Bones]

@mikey07 said in NZ Club rugby (general):

@Bones Yip you guys where top of the table for most of the season then fell away to finish 5th OBU vs Norths for Jubilee Cup

Ahh gotcha, so they're not doing full rounds, just splitting 1-4 and 5-8? Good idea.

Axemen to get the axe.

[mikey07]

@Bones They went full Swindale Shield so everyone played everyone then split top 4 5-8 and then 9-12

Axeman axes themselves to 13/14th

[Higgins]

@mikey07 And Axed Avalon so badly that they never even showed up! A very well celebrated 13th position if I say so myself.

[mikey07]

@Higgins Yeah I noticed that, I don’t think I’d really be that keen to play for the spoon.

[mikey07]

Hey @Bones sorry mate my Wainui boys beat HOBM 17-15 for the Hardham Cup I was quite surprised.

[Bones]

@mikey07 said in NZ Club rugby (general):

Hey @Bones sorry mate my Wainui boys beat HOBM 17-15 for the Hardham Cup I was quite surprised.

All those Wainui-ites planted at HOBM paid off eh? Congrats.

[Bones]

@mikey07 said in NZ Club rugby (general):

Hey @Bones sorry mate my Wainui boys beat HOBM 17-15 for the Hardham Cup I was quite surprised.

Did you go watch mate? How did Rayasi look?

[KiwiMurph]

@Bones said in NZ Club rugby (general):

@mikey07 said in NZ Club rugby (general):

Hey @Bones sorry mate my Wainui boys beat HOBM 17-15 for the Hardham Cup I was quite surprised.

Did you go watch mate? How did Rayasi look?

Looked dangerous (if erratic) on the wing for Auckland.

[Bones]

@KiwiMurph said in NZ Club rugby (general):

@Bones said in NZ Club rugby (general):

@mikey07 said in NZ Club rugby (general):

Hey @Bones sorry mate my Wainui boys beat HOBM 17-15 for the Hardham Cup I was quite surprised.

Did you go watch mate? How did Rayasi look?

Looked dangerous (if erratic) on the wing for Auckland.

Fritz would've had a tough time doing that...

[mikey07]

@Bones Nah mate my son had his 1st Birthday party so had that I kept looking at the score on tribe though.

[Bovidae]

Hautapu are on the hunt for players as the club looks to field an U21 team for the upcoming 2021 season.
The club has aquired the services of Jono Armstrong and Tabai Matson as the teams coaches.

I had thought Matson would be leaving the region to find a head coaching gig. Hautapu has the

[Yeetyaah]

My mate just signed up to play at Melville this year and just told me Carlos Spencer is coaching the prem A team.