NZ Club rugby (general)
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Probably only of interest to Northland fans, but extended highlights of Western Sharks v Kamo
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Clear top 4 now, OBM (35) Kamo (34) Mid Northern (33) Western Sharks (32) and 5th is on 24 points.
However, the Sharks have stopped both Kamo and OBM unbeaten runs on consecutive weekends, even more impressive is they rolled Mid Northern the week before, meaning they have beaten 3rd, 2nd and 1st on consecutive weekends.
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@higgins said in NZ Club rugby (general):
@tim A default game at premier level. What's going on there?
Same thing in HB club rugby last season @Higgins - I think it was MAC who defaulted, as it was the first day of duck shooting season, and they could not get enough players together
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Glenfield cover a huge swathe of the western North Shore with no other club competition, I say this without actually knowing where Northcote club rooms are.
A hinterland of Glenfield, Birkenhead, Birkdale etc. Gee that's worrying if they cant get a team. All that uncompeted suburbia to its west.
The Kaipātiki Local Board area is 94k people. I guess, technically Takapuna grounds also located in this district. 3 clubs for 94k people. But, tbf, that is actually better than the 1.5 clubs in Devonport/ Takapuna local board area, 64k people. (Navy only really worth being described as half a club these days? Agree?)
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Maybe it has been mentioned before, but I only just noticed that Tima Fainga'anuku is playing club rugby in the North Harbour comp (Marist). Also prop Jody Allen (former HB and most recently Poverty Bay).
Also, is the Lucas Goodin playing for Kerikeri in the Northland comp, the same Lucas Goodin that played for the Magpies (as an injury replacement, several years ago; and Clive)?
I knew he was back in the country, but Carl Axtens is playing for Tauranga Sports.
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@higgins said in NZ Club rugby (general):
@mikey07 Scheduled to be in Napier that weekend for a family function but will see what I can do
Hey @Higgins might have to postpone that beer my seasons done I’ve torn the tendon on my bicep I have the whole Popeye arm going on just waiting on scans to see if I need surgery to reattach.
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Continued from my previous post:
In April, I noticed his name on the team sheet of an Auckland club, but Lisati Milo-Harris is back playing in Taranaki.
Also, there's an Eli Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens playing for Tukapa in Taranaki. I assume he's a brother of Jacob; does anyone know him? Younger, older; good or not?
Now to the South Island. Robbie Malneek, who last played for Ta$man in 2017, is still playing club rugby (Nelson).
Surprised to see former NZ U20 hooker Flynn Thomas play at 6 for Marist RC in the Southland comp.
I haven't finished going through the team lists on my search for "players on the move". Maybe more later.
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@stargazer said in NZ Club rugby (general):
Surprised to see former NZ U20 hooker Flynn Thomas play at 6 for Marist RC in the Southland comp.
I wouldn't get too hung up on the positions played in club rugby. I watched a little bit of a club game at the local park on Sat and Sekope Lopeti-Moli (Waikato and Chiefs Dev hooker) was playing openside for Varsity. He scored a try from a long-range try too. From memory, Thomas wasn't that big and was mobile.
