2021 Hawke's Bay club rugby
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Both McClutchie and Falcon looked good. Falcon was getting good distance on his kicks out of hand. Placed a superb cross kick in the Tamatea 22 to left wing Tuitavuki for their first try. Tuitavuki just had to stand there, catch it, and fall over.
There was no other obvious standout there who might have played their way in for selection for Wednesday night's Shield defence.
Kianu Kereru-Symes was in a forward pack that struggled - particularly at scrum time.
Magpies assistant coach Josh Syms was there keeping an eye on things.
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Two articles about this weekend's club rugby:
Napier Pirate had an important 39-19 Senior 1 win over Tech's Reserve side, to move back into the grade's top four and revive hopes of a return to Premier rugby for the first-round Nash Cup competition next winter.
The sides ended the day each on 17 points, Pirate claiming fourth place by virtue of the win ...By the way, I noticed on Zarn Sullivan's instagram (and checked the team list) that his dad laced up the boots for the Pirate's game (wearing the 10 jersey). Bailyn was wearing Pirate gear.
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Maddison Trophy - last round before the finals (3 July 2021):
Tech v Central
Taradale v Tamatea
Clive v NOBM
Hastings v MAC - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/15440
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Hastings
1 Angus McGuire, 2 Miracle Lolofie, 3 Dennis Tapusoa, 4 Emil Crichton, 5 Jessie Lesa-Sipaia, 6 Eugene Sandilands, 7 Faleapuna Matamata, 8 Jacob Devery, 9 Connor McLeod, 10 Jordan Thompson-Dunn, 11 Saifiti Saifiti, 12 Ausage Fomai, 13 Danny Toala, 14 Gideon Kautai, 15 Jayden Rihia
Reserves: 16 Matthew Wilson, 17 Jardine Chungching, 18 Joe Taafi, 19 Luke Rosvall, 21 Xavier Hill, 23 Andrew Hayward, 27 Danya Tulou.MAC
1 Amiga Mikaele, 2 William Benson, 3 Maika Fehoko, 4 Elene Vola, 5 Viliami Mafua, 6 Lexus Greening, 7 Tupou Afungia, 8 Fa'alemiga Selesele, 9 Colin Hokianga, 10 Jackson Waerea, 11 Roger Paewai, 12 Vailoa Kereti, 13 Sakopo Ofa, 14 Zedekiah Awa, 15 John Ika
Reserves: 16 TK Kata, 17 Louis Makiora, 18 Fraser Taurima-Heperi, 19 Clinton Vaiusu, 20 Penisini Taufa, 21 Eldius Oli, 22 Tui Paikea. -
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Tamatea defaulted to Taradale.
Watched Clive v NOB Marist. NOB Marist won 41-24. The game turned an intercept try. Clive had just kicked a penalty goal in the second half to close to 17-19 then from the restart Clive spun the ball and NOBM got an intercept for 24-17 and another try quickly after that made it 31-17.
Edit: Sona Taumalolo played for Clive third division team against Havelock North on the next field.
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@stargazer Wait, what??? WTF has happened to Havelock?
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@nepia Round 1 of club rugby - the Nash Cup comp - now has a format with two pools of 5 teams. Only the top four in each pool go forward to the Maddison Trophy. In other words, the teams that rank last in each pool at the end of the round robin don't play for the Maddison Trophy but are instead relegated to Div 1 in round 2 (playing for the Hepa Paewai Memorial Trophy).
At the end of this year's Nash Cup, Pirates were last in pool 1 and Havelock North were last in pool 2, so they played in Div 1 in round 2. Not exactly sure how it works, but I think the teams that play in the final for the Hepa Paewai Memorial Trophy, will play Nash Cup in 2022 ( @Number-10 will probably be able to confirm this). This excludes NOBM Premier Reserve, because they already have team in the Nash Cup. So if I understand it correctly, Aotea is already certain of a spot in the Nash Cup, and Havelock North and Pirates play for the other spot.
The draw for next weekend's semi-finals is now confirmed and one of Havelock North and Pirates won't make the final:
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@stargazer So NOBM could have two teams in the Prems next year?
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@stargazer said in 2021 Hawke's Bay club rugby:
@nepia Nope.
This excludes NOBM Premier Reserve, because they already have team in the Nash Cup.
Good - even though they win enough games, they are weak in several positions, so don't think they have the depth for 2 teams at top level
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@stargazer said in 2021 Hawke's Bay club rugby:
@nepia Nope.
This excludes NOBM Premier Reserve, because they already have team in the Nash Cup.
I shouldn't have skim read.
Good for Aotea.
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Ah, just found this write-up of yesterday's club rugby, that explains it all:
Havelock North and Napier Pirate, the two teams relegated in a competition reformatting after each failed to win a match in the Nash Cup round, kept their hopes alive of an early return to the top grade going by making the Senior Division 1 semifinals.
But they will be playing against each other. Havelock North, already the top qualifiers, completed an unbeaten run of big scores in the lower grade with a 67-17 win in Napier over Tech OB Reserves, who had started with a hope of snatching a playoff position, and Pirate secured the fourth qualifying berth with a 21-19 win over Taradale Reserves.
Division 1 first-round Country winners Aotea, the only other qualifiers eligible for promotion, beat Otane 48-13, to secure a home semifinal against Napier OBM Reserves, who beat Division 1 first-round town champions Maraenui 55-7.
HBRU club rugby manager Sean Davies confirmed that any club that reaches the Division 1 final and does not otherwise have a Premier side will be promoted, and if two of the three lose their semifinals the second promotion rights will go to the winners of the earlier round-robin match between the two sides.So no automatic promotion for Aotea just yet.
Club rugby: We have a final four
One game decides which of 2 players is first to 100 points for the season
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This year's format came about after the players were surveyed after last season and stated they preferred a shorter season.
In 2019 the season started March 16 and finished with the Maddison Trophy final on July 20 = 19 playing Saturdays.
In 2021 the season started April 3 with the Maddison Trophy final on July 17 (including a week off on Queens Birthday) = 15 playing Saturdays.
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@stockcar86 lol another marist hater
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@stargazer that means Aotea will go up as they beat Pirates earlier this year. IMO Aotea are a much better side and far more physical than pirates anyway. Just worried that Clubs won't like the long bus trip and also Aotea may not have the depth required to compete in the premier divison
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@dirtydoolan And what if Havelock North loses its semi? Who won the game between Havelock North and Aotea?
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