NZ Club Rugby 2022 ( General)

[Bovidae]

@mikedogz Taupiri have probably run out of Litts.

The Gatland-coached 1992 winning team had some decent players like S Gordon and Hopa, and some other ex-HOB players.

[Pepe]

@tim said in NZ Club Rugby 2022 ( General):

@higgins Maybe they've been replaced in Premier 1 by Helensville? Can't see them in Prem 2 either though. Weird.

When was the last time Mahurangi actually won a game? Perhaps back in the old Navy club days?

[Tim]

@pepe Long time, that's for sure.

[ploughboy]

@bovidae they were paying big time then .taupiri at that time had taupiri sevens at their peak.

[mikedogz]

Onewhero are just running an U85s this year. The U85 side has a lot of local boys compared to what the premier side had.

https://www.steelers.co.nz/community-rugby/latest/news/schedule-set-after-waiuku-onewhero-withdrawal.html?fbclid=IwAR1AJAVm4v6Jy4LQoYPKqT2H5tKKmldpXqeyf0d9kAcgXhBt2SGveN-uvug

[Higgins]

I have heard whispers that there could be a covid19 related default in Wellington premier rugbys Swindale Shield tomorrow. Hopefully this is not a start of things to come. Take care of yourselves and get well soon guys if it proves to be true.

[Tim]

Big win for Silverdale, getting up over Northcote. Massey must be better this year, keeping Takapuna close.

[JK]

@tim yep great win for silverdale.

I’m not sure re Massey and I’m equally unconvinced about how good Takapuna are this year too. Looks an interesting season ahead!

[Higgins]

Disappointing to see both Otahuhu and University conceding their games by default in Auckland rugby in this weeks opening games of their pre-season tournament.

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[Tim]

@higgins Auckland Uni is remote only this semester (and last), so would have been tough for them to get organised, I suspect.

[Higgins]

@tim There must be a decent number of players in the club that still live in Auckland, be they students or non students.

[muddyriver]

@higgins they have had plenty of games in last couple of weeks maybe they were travelling

[Bovidae]

Waikato Premiership club rugby starts this weekend. Looking at the team lists there are a few of the Chiefs WTG players involved.

HOB - Cobb
Hautapu - Burr, M Jacobson
Varsity - Brown

TA Sports seem to have picked up at lot of the Hamilton BHS school leavers like Sean Ralph, Taha Kemara and Austin Anderson, as well as Malachi Wrampling-Alec (all named in the 2021 NZ Schools team). Latrell Smiler-Ah Kiong is at fullback.
Varsity has some of the young BOP players (Josh Bartlett, Nikora Broughten and Veveni Lasaqa) involved.

[Bovidae]

[Tim]

[Stargazer]

Interesting to see that Kahn Fotuali'i is playing club rugby in Manawatū again (at 10 for Freyberg Old Boys).

[Bovidae]

Here is the draw for week 2 of the Waikato Draught Premiership:

Fraser Tech v Otorohanga - Waikato Steel Fabricators Park (Ron Crawford Memorial Trophy)

Hamilton Marist v Hamilton Old Boys - Marist Park

Morrinsville Sports v United Matamata Sports - Campbell Park

Te Awamutu Sports v Hautapu - Albert Park

University v Melville - Waikato University

Jack Lam is playing for Marist. Adam Thomson on the bench for HOB.

@gt12 Here's your TA team.

[Tim]

Shore vs. Silverdale should be a good game.

[Bovidae]

The other funny thing about the TA Sports vs Hautapu game is the coaches. Jackson Willison is one of the TA coaches, and he played all of his club rugby for Hautapu. Similarly, Jono Armstrong is one of the Hautapu coaches, and he was a TA stalwart, who IIRC, only moved to Hautapu at the very end of his career.

[Stargazer]

@Bovidae I noticed that Adam Thomson is a player/coach, too. Just like Declan O'Donnell for Melville.