NZ Club rugby (general)
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Assume conditions around Northland very similar to what it was like at Kamo, heavy downpours, but raining for full match (although the scoreline at MN v HH would seem to contradict that given that ground is heavy underfoot at the best of times) but mostly grounds these days hold up well
Was a pretty dark and gloomy game in the first quarter, I thought they shoulda played on the top field under the lights, but it did brighten up again.
Given the conditions, thought both teams handled the ball pretty well, but Kamo shaded Waipu across the park to take the game 16-7 (9-0 at HT)
No real standouts for either team, although a few players showed glimpses of class, Waipu Captain Sam McNamara was shown a red card about 10 mins form the end after accidentally taking the man in the air from a restart.
Waipus best was probably McNamara, with a massive workrate, Pisi Leilua, who looks every bit a player who plays NPC, along with a giant prop Waipu have, gets about the park!
For Kamo Mason Hohaia was one of thier best, while thier loosies (no idea of names as they hadnt put up a team sheet prior to game) all put in some work, thier 10 used his boot to direct play very well to make use of the conditions, while Jayden Laupepe looked dangerous on the wing.
Was also a livestream, not great though
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@mikey07 said in NZ Club rugby (general):
@dan54 My team I Support and that myself and my son play for is Good old Ken Laban country Wainuiomata.
Played against them many years ago in grade rugby when I played a season for Naenae. And played against them, with Ken Laban in it in Golden Oldies, I was playing for the original Crusaders rugby team (from Horowhenua)against the Wainui Wags (Wainuomata Alchohol Guzzler Society or some such thing)
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Waikato Draught Senior Men’s Pool A & B
Hamilton Marist 92-17 United Matamata Sports
Hautapu 72-7 University
Melville 28-22 Otorohanga
Morrinsville Sports 25-18 Hamilton Old Boys
Te Awamutu Sports 15-26 Fraser TechFull results:
Waikato Club Rugby Results 10 April 2021
Waikato Draught Senior Men s Pool A B Hamilton Marist 92-17 United Matamata Sports Hautapu 72-7 University...
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@mikey07 said in NZ Club rugby (general):
@dan54 funny I never knew it stood for that we just used to give them shit and say where are your husbands since your the wags went down a treat.😂
First time I played them, they informed us a tin bin was operating during game (meant you got sent to drink a can of beer at refs behest) as we walked onto field everyone was required to have a drink of rum, (which I couldn't stand the taste of) so in first scrum I let ref know I wondered about his eyesight, so got sent to tinbin as I wanted thinkingg beauty I can have beer to wash away rum. I should of checked that beer has actually got to tinbin so had to have another bloody rum! Seem to recall one other time playing them there were so many of us in tinbin the ref had to order us out of it!
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Key players step up each week to the delight of coach
Kamo and OBM joint leaders after three rounds of Northland club rugby.
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Dunedin RFC celebrating our 150th anniversary, NZ's second oldest club i believe, started the season with the loss though
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@kiwiwomble said in NZ Club rugby (general):
Dunedin RFC celebrating our 150th anniversary, NZ's second oldest club i believe, started the season with the loss though
You might be being a bit optimistic there with the second oldest rugby club claims. The Nelson Club was formed in 1868 and adopted the rules of rugby in 1870. The Wellington Football Club is the second oldest rugby club having been formed in 1870 but holds the distinction in being the oldest continuous club (Nelson fielding combined teams with another club - possibly Rival? during war time counts them out).
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=Wellington Football Club - Axemen
The Christchurch Football Club is NZ oldest but did not adopt the rules of rugby until after their Nelson and Wellington equivalents thus do not enter into calculations re "Oldest" claims! -
@higgins obviously cant prove it, happy to add "arguably", it just what we were always told and 1871 is right in the ball park
found this "The Club was formed in 1871 and is the longest consecutive running rugby club in the country." dont know if that plays into it
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@kiwiwomble There is a lot of feeling about these sort of things but my claims of Nelson being the oldest and Wellington the oldest continuous club cannot be disputed. Dunedin might have claims as the second oldest continuous club ie fielding teams in the club's own name (and not combined with another club) every season since 1871 but the Wellington Axemen have done so since 1870.
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@higgins apologies, there obviously is a lot of feelings, was really just kind of proud my old club has made it to 150 years
@higgins said in NZ Club rugby (general):
@kiwiwomble Dunedin might have claims as the second oldest continuous club ie fielding teams in the club's own name (and not combined with another club) every season since 1871 but the Wellington Axemen have done so since 1870.
you say that and Dunedin say otherwise
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@kiwiwomble All good, I spent a year with the Blues (Nelson) as a supporter in the late 80s and have been up at the Axemen since I came to Wellington in the late 1990s. It has not been an easy road for them in that time but they battle away as probably the 4th ranked Club in a very small area with Wellington, MSP and Poneke being only about five hundred metres apart and Ories about another kilometre away.
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@higgins thought i would go and ask, Dunedin claim wellington haven't fielded a prem team every year where as Dunedin has, thats how they are defining it
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@ploughboy said in NZ Club rugby (general):
@bovidae
and atu moli on bench for varsityGood spotting. I noted that his brother is now playing for Varsity not Hautapu, as a no.8.
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@kiwiwomble Not quite correct. Wellington has always fielded a First XV but sometimes they have not been in the top grade of rugby. At one stage the Premier Division in Wellington was restricted to ten teams so some clubs obviously missed out. Dunedin's grasp at the title seems to ignore that a club is more than it's top side.
