2023 Hawke's Bay Club Rugby
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@Stargazer Thats good to hear, always great when our local talent decides to stay home and play. Fancy me not knowing about the last player you listed and rewatching the video can confess to not recognising the name or face! Still I'm sure I must know him if he played at Tech last season.
The guy from Feilding is showing as a hooker in that Taradale promo. Must be that some of the real good hookers already plying their trade might be moving on in the next year or three. I suppose you could aim that mainly at Tyrone Thompson as it would be silly for him not to explore great paying positions overseas if he is not called up to higher honours post William Web Ellis Cup.
Levi Aiolupotea shows as a loose forward in the video so he might have been somewhat young and small when at HBHS and filled out size wise later on? -
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@Stargazer Tech was up 61 - 00 at halftime when I arrived from Taradale after my Colts duties (we lost 24 -10 but was meritorious after fielding just 14 players and having 2 in the bin at different times - lots of other kids sticking their hands up to come and play now that we have got a team that are up and running) but watching the remainder of the game it was almost inconceivable that the score was that big given the way Aotea went in the second half. Either my guys must have dropped off or Aotea hugely lifted themselves, probably a fair bit of both but just on the second half viewing alone there is no way the visitors were 70 points worse than the Altherm Texans. Not sure who got all the tries, and there were obviously plenty of them, but my last years Colts man Tane Hiha got player of the day for the Prems so that has given all us Colts officials from last year something to be very pleased about.
No Premier games next weekend but the Texans do take on @Stockcar86 Napier Old Boys outfit in a night game on April 12. God what I would give for a similar scoreline (in my guys favour of course) in that game! -
Watched Tamatea v Taradale yesterday, easy win to Taradale 56-7 without having to play well.
Taradale scored first and then Tamatea equalised with a breakout try to level at 7-7.
Score should have been bigger but Taradale only converted 3 of their 10 tries. Used three kickers who goaled one each.
Ezra Malo looked good at first five with a running game, found the gap a few times, but his kicking out of hand and for goal was poor. He missed a conversion from in line with the left hand upright and missed another from 5m to the left of the posts.
Apparently Central's win over Hastings yesterday was their first win over Hastings since 2010.
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With scorers:
Hawke’s Bay premier rugby competition (round two):
Napier Old Boys Marist 49 (Tries: Hannon Brighouse, Kade Manuel-Green, Mitchell Gibson (2), Josh Gimblett, Paoraian Manuel-Harman, Michael Beech; Conversions: Jonty Stewart (7)) defeated Havelock North 5 (Try: William Underwood)
Central Hawke’s Bay 34 (Tries: Kaliova Mocetadra, Joseph Elisha, Jeri Kavekai (2); Conversions: Jordan Soli (4); Penalties: Jordan Soli (2)) defeated Hastings 8 (Try: Titi Motusaga; Penalty: Oscar Sowman)
Napier Pirate 26 (Tries: Tipene Maxwell, Luke Russell, Al Momoisea (2); Conversions: Lincoln-Blake Bowman (3)) defeated Clive 23 (Tries: Bronson Hokianga, Sam Wong; Conversions: Tianua Poto (2); Penalties: Tianua Poto (3))
Napier Tech 78 (Tries: Liam Udy-Johns (2), Bayden Brewer (2), Pevelise Faumuina (2), Timothy Farrell, Tamati Samuels, Waitangi Tuisuga, Nik Patumaka, Troy McIvor, Perrin Manuel; Conversions: Sheridan Rangihuna (6), Waitangi Tuisuga, Bayden Brewer) defeated Aotea 0
Taradale 56 (Tries: Ezra Malo, Hemaua Samasoni, Josh Eden-Whaitiri, Brayden-Trevaughn Lansdown-Cunningham (3), Iakopo Petelo Mapu, Junior Saufoi, Majella Tufuga, Nathan Ramsay; Conversions: Ezra Malo, Brayden-Trevaughn Lansdown-Cunningham, Dylan Ramsay) defeated Tamatea 7 (Try: Sawelio Macenalagi; Conversion: Oranga Harris)
MAC Sports bye
Table (after two rounds): Napier Tech 10, Napier Old Boys Marist 10, Central Hawke’s Bay 7, Taradale 5, Napier Pirate 5, Aotea 5, MAC Sports 4, Hastings 4, Havelock North 2, Clive 1, Tamatea 0.
Hawke’s Bay club rugby: Taradale make winning start with new coach, birthday boy scores three
A full wrap-up of round two of the Hawke's Bay premier club rugby competition.
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@stargazer Did you happen to pick up on Joe Walding Karaitiana named on the bench for Havelock against NOBM? Last I heard of him he was plying his trade for Marist St Pats two or three years ago. Think he might even have had a run for Wellington against Auckland in a preseason game over on Evans Bay Park circa 2017ish that I happened to catch. Amazing how you can sometimes manage to fit work around watching rugby when necessary! I can recall he had big wraps on him during his HBHS days and made some decent teams but never really broke through at the top level for whatever reason
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Ah found it but was out by a year, it was 2018
Waldrom to start at No. 8 in Friday's NPC pre-season match
Avalon Wolves stalwart Thomas Waldrom will play his first rugby match back in New Zealand since 2010 after he was named to start at No 8 for a Wellington XV when they meet Auckland at Evans Bay Park on Friday afternoon. Waldrom played the last of his 80 matches for Wellington in 2009 before heading...
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@Higgins I don't remember him. Google tells me he also played for Wellington U19 at the Jock Hobbs Tournament in 2015.
Also found this:
Above: Joe Walding-Karaitiana (white headband) enters Evans Bay Park in a recent match with his MSP teammates.� In the space of two games this season Joe Walding-Karaitiana has gone from a regular bench warmer to captain of Marist St Pat’s...
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@Stargazer said in 2023 Hawke's Bay Club Rugby:
With scorers:
Hawke’s Bay premier rugby competition (round two):
Napier Old Boys Marist 49 (Tries: Hannon Brighouse, Kade Manuel-Green, Mitchell Gibson (2), Josh Gimblett, Paoraian Manuel-Harman, Michael Beech; Conversions: Jonty Stewart (7)) defeated Havelock North 5 (Try: William Underwood)
Central Hawke’s Bay 34 (Tries: Kaliova Mocetadra, Joseph Elisha, Jeri Kavekai (2); Conversions: Jordan Soli (4); Penalties: Jordan Soli (2)) defeated Hastings 8 (Try: Titi Motusaga; Penalty: Oscar Sowman)
Napier Pirate 26 (Tries: Tipene Maxwell, Luke Russell, Al Momoisea (2); Conversions: Lincoln-Blake Bowman (3)) defeated Clive 23 (Tries: Bronson Hokianga, Sam Wong; Conversions: Tianua Poto (2); Penalties: Tianua Poto (3))
Napier Tech 78 (Tries: Liam Udy-Johns (2), Bayden Brewer (2), Pevelise Faumuina (2), Timothy Farrell, Tamati Samuels, Waitangi Tuisuga, Nik Patumaka, Troy McIvor, Perrin Manuel; Conversions: Sheridan Rangihuna (6), Waitangi Tuisuga, Bayden Brewer) defeated Aotea 0
Taradale 56 (Tries: Ezra Malo, Hemaua Samasoni, Josh Eden-Whaitiri, Brayden-Trevaughn Lansdown-Cunningham (3), Iakopo Petelo Mapu, Junior Saufoi, Majella Tufuga, Nathan Ramsay; Conversions: Ezra Malo, Brayden-Trevaughn Lansdown-Cunningham, Dylan Ramsay) defeated Tamatea 7 (Try: Sawelio Macenalagi; Conversion: Oranga Harris)
MAC Sports bye
Table (after two rounds): Napier Tech 10, Napier Old Boys Marist 10, Central Hawke’s Bay 7, Taradale 5, Napier Pirate 5, Aotea 5, MAC Sports 4, Hastings 4, Havelock North 2, Clive 1, Tamatea 0.
Hawke’s Bay club rugby: Taradale make winning start with new coach, birthday boy scores three
A full wrap-up of round two of the Hawke's Bay premier club rugby competition.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it - the Tech OB scoring only adds up to 76 - two points short.....
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@Number-10 Pretty sure it was 61 - 00 at halftime and from memory only one of the second half tries were converted thus it must have been Sheridan Rangihuna that kicked 7 but having said that one guy I was talking to was very close to the scoreboard and he told me that Liam Udy-Johns had also taken a kick before I got there so maybe it was him that got the other 2 points (maybe he was allowed to take the conversion for one of his two tries?). I do know Udy-Johns did narrowly miss the final conversion though.
It is important that we get this sorted out once and for all so I will report the discrepancy to the Team Management when I see them next! -
Round 3 Nash Cup results:
Aotea 38 - 31 Havelock North
Tamatea 0 - 47 Pirates
Central 24 - 37 Taradale
Clive 7 - 37 MAC
Hastings 28 - 26 NOBM
Bye: Tech
Some teams looked understrength, with some regular starters missing from the team sheet.
Jacob Devery not playing for Hastings; back with the Canes (as back-up)?
Cooper Flanders still not playing. I hope he'll be fit for the NZU20s, assuming he'll be in the squad.
Josh Kaifa for the first time on the team sheet for Central (on the bench).
The next, fourth round is the mid-week round played on Wednesday, 12 April 2023. -
@stockcar86 If you haven't already discovered it the refereeing appointments for the Ray White Nash Cup Round 4 matches have been annnounced.
The Altherm Tech v your Napier Old Boys outfit match at Bond Field starting at 6.30pm Wednesday night has been allocated Mr. Bredin. If by some chance he is unable to locate the ground then his No 1 touch judge is Mr. Eden Whaitiri.
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@Higgins grrrrrr I expect a high penalty count then
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@Stockcar86 I wonder how many visits to the Sin Bin there will be? Needless to say once he has made his call there will be no point in either captain trying to discuss any of his decisions with him.
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Just this minute back from Park Island and am delighted to report to @Magpie_in_aus that our Texans triumphed in very satisfying order over @Stockcar86 's Napier Old Boys by the tune of 35 - 24 on a field right in their backyard. It would have been classified as mightily satisfying if NOB-M didn't get the four try bonus but sometimes you don't always get what you want. Mr. Bredin surprised us with nowhere near the number of penalties expected by the soothsayers and hardly anything that drew the ire of either team's supporters.
The Napier Old Boys outfit looked will drilled and did not make many mistakes but despite probably shading the possession and territorial statistics did not really look like winning at any stage. My Tech side were a bit of a mixture with some really good fast striking backline moves and quite a few half breaks by the one and two out runners and about three or four real big line breaks by various players (my old eyes aren't quite as sharp as they used to be in the dark!) that looked certain tries but alas an equal number of dropped passes and some pretty sold Napier Old Boys defence put paid to the try being scored.
Napier Old Boys also had a few line breaks, with most of them from broken play, through a slightly out of sorts defensive performance by the Texans. Having two new guys in midfield playing together for the first time probably contributed to that but at least now we have something to work with in plugging the leaks now that the guys know more about each other.
Both teams had a few wonky lineouts and by the end of the game the Texan's scrum was well on top. It was with a bit of chagrin that I had to grit my teeth at least twice as a result of penalties being awarded for early pushes when it was patently obvious that the real problem was Napier Old Boys were struggling to hold my guys almost from the engage call much less before push was allowed.
All in all a nice evening for rugby that was not cold but the rugby was not quite as solid and slick as it could have been, at least for my side anyway. Still I'm pleased to have reduced my indebtedness to @stockcar86 to about five or six jugs now after the Texans consecutive punishings of his mob on their home ground!
Final Score if it has not been mentioned above
NOB-M 24 - 35 Altherm Napier Tech Old Boys
Not sure of the other results so will have to await @Stargazer to ferret those out.
Tech are at home to Hastings Rugby and Sports on Saturday in the next game.
