2023 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby
-
Rep games on Saturday 9 September 2023:
• Hawke's Bay U19 v Hurricanes Heartland U20 - 1.00pm at McLean Park, Napier (curtain raiser Battle of the Bays)
• Whanganui U18 Boys v Hawke's Bay U18 Boys - 1.00pm at Spriggens Park, Whanganui
• Manawatū U18 Girls v Whanganui U18 Girls v Hawke's Bay U18 Girls - Palmerston North (game of 3 halves)
• Hawke's Bay U16 A v Wellington U16 Black - 1.00pm at Bill Brown Park, Palmerston North (preseason)
• Hawke's Bay U16 Dev v Wellington U16 Dev - 1.00pm at Bill Brown Park, Palmerston North (preseason)I'm not entirely sure whether our Development team is done for the season with the official competition over. They may still have a game against a more random opponent from outside the Hurricanes region or one of the many Wellington teams. If they play, it won't be a home game or a Wellington home game.
-
A call out to the tippers in the Hawkes Bay Tipping Team that have yet to get their entry in for this week. There are less than three hours to go now to get your tips in for our clash against Bay of Plenty so get a wriggle on please. We had a bit of a hiccup last week when a late Manawatu try caused a swing of about thirty points against us (mostly concerning the lowest scoring team for the week) meaning we got toppled by the combined North Harbour Auckland outfit and crashed to our first loss of the season.
This week we take on Bay of Plenty who are currently in fifth place and need a win to be in with a chance of sneaking into the playoffs whilst we sit in third spot but could still get knocked out on a who beats who or points differential if we somehow manage to lose this week. A win is easier said that done considering that the whole match will probably revolve around the result at McLean Park as each tipper is bound to tip for their own side to win so one way or the other the margin between the tipping teams is likely to be quite decisive.
Naturally I am hoping, probably against all odds after the last two feeble efforts from the Magpies, that we can roll them. Have had to temper my expectations a bit and have taken the 17+ home win and placed it on the back burner just for this once!
Anyway @Stargazer @Stockcar86 @Paj you can use this link to get your tip in before 7.05pm tonight, especially one who ran out of fuel getting to the start line and missed out tipping completely last week (not that it made any difference in the end).
Good luck guys -
Because us Magpies supporters need something to cheer us up. I don't have all the results yet:
Hawke's Bay U19 47 - 19 Hurricanes Heartland U20
Hawke's Bay U18 83 - 0 Whanganui U18
Hawke's Bay U16A 34 - 31 Wellington U16 Black (not sure about this one) -
Whoop whoop for my Number 26!
Tui players fly into Black Ferns back-up squad
The Tui reap the rewards of getting to the cup semi-finals.
-
Yes, pretty stoked she and halfback Kahlia Awa made the Black Ferns XV, although I had obviously hoped for a few more Tui to be named.
By the way, after Manawatū lost the Championship Final on Sunday and Wellington relegated, the Tui will be the Hurricanes region's only FPC team in the Premiership in 2024. I hope that will translate in a few more Aupiki spots. Not holding my breath though.
-
Rep games this weekend:
Saturday 16 September 2023:
• HB U18 Boys v Wellington Samoans U18 - ?pm in Palmerston North
• Manawatū U16 v HB U16 A - 1.00pm at Ongley Park, Palmerston North
• HB U16 Dev v Wairarapa-Bush U16 - 1.00pm at Rugby Park, DannevirkeSunday 17 September 2023:
• Wairoa Rugby Sub-union v Uawa - 1.30pm at Lambton Square, Wairoa
The U16 games are pre-tournament games that count as round 1 of the Hurricanes U16 Tournament to be held in Hastings (HB Regional Sports Park) from 25 September.
-
The HB Tipping Team are also in action again this week, albeit licking their wounds after a poxy one point loss to BoP last week. As expected the side that won the match at McLean Park would also be the team that took out the tipping clash and so it proved. Full credit to our guys though getting so close with some astute tipping in the remaining fixtures to all but nut BoP on the line (and would have had the referee played a proper advantage right on full time and HB within a penis length of the BoP try line!)
The loss relegates us to 4th place (but still ahead of BoP!) going into the final round robin match against the combined South Island outfit. They have played shorthanded all season but it would be just our luck for them to front with a full lineup and play the match of their lives this week. Anyway there is not much we can do about that other than make sure we too front with a full squad after being one down these last few weeks and tip with accuracy and flair and by that I mean serious consideration being given to a HB 17+ tip in expectation of a real on field flogging of the 'Poo in what just might not be the best of conditions at McLean Park tonight. Just the three tippers to get their entries in as we try to confirm our play off spot so come on @stockcar86 @stargazer and @Paj (hopefully he will get this reminder before milking time today) use the link below to get you selections submitted before kick off time of 7.05pm tonight - good luck guys -
Good results from our rep teams:
• HB U18 Boys 31 - 12 Wellington Samoans U18
• Manawatū U16 5 - 12 HB U16 A
• HB U16 Dev 43 - 24 Wairarapa-Bush U16A match report of the U18 game can be found in this article:
Wellington Gold and Hawke’s Bay A win U16s openers as Hawke’s Bay wins U18s feature match
The Hurricanes U16s competition opened today around the region. In two Division 1 games, the Hawke’s Bay As beat Manawatu 12-5 at Ongley Park, Palmerston North and Wellington Gold defeated Wellingt…
-
A thumping 50 - 32 away win to the HB Tipping Team last week over the combined Sth Island Team saw us leap a spot into third position earning a semifinal against another combined mob, this time Nth Harbour-Auckland. They somehow eeked out a miserly three point win over us a couple of weeks back and remain still unbeaten to this point, what a better time to smack them hard and boot them in the shins sending them skedaddling out of this year's race! They have been pretty consistent all season long so we will all have to be on our game to come out on top. Having said that they must also be due to have a stinker and what a better time to have it! Just @kiwimatrix and @Propsicle in so far so @stargazer @Paj and @stockcar86 keep doing your last minute studies deliberating over everything before stabbing your pin in to get your tip! Cut off again is 7.05pm tonight and what would normally be a shoe i HBN 17+ might not be so clear cut given the massive amount of rain they have had down south, not to mention the single figure temperature forecasted for tomorrow.
Good Luck guys
-
Rep games on
Saturday 23 September 2023:
Hurricanes Youth Rugby Council Girls U18 tournament at NBHS (20 minute games):
- HB U18 Girls v Manawatū - 12.30pm at NBHS #1
- HB U18 Girls v NP East Coast - 1.00pm at NBHS #2
- HB U18 Girls v Wellington - 2.00pm at NBHS #1
The HB U18 Boys team is supposed to play their final game of the season against Manawatu (in Napier), but I've not been able to find any info about what time and where. The HBRU info about rep rugby has totally stopped, it seems. Maybe the game has been moved to somewhere in Manawatu? Or cancelled?
Sunday 24 September 2023:- Wairoa Rugby Sub-union v Ruatoria - 1.30pm at Lambton Square, Wairoa
Monday 25 September 2023:On Monday, the HYRC U16 Boys tournament kicks of at HB Regional Sports Park. The other tournament days are Tuesday and Thursday (play-offs). I'll post the k/o times on Sunday.
The HYRC U18 Girls tournament also continues on Monday at NBHS.
-
Hurricanes U16 Tournament
Result from today:
HB U16 'A' 15 - 17 Wellington Gold
I haven't seen the result from the non-competition game between HB U16 Development and Whanganui U16.
Tuesday fixtures, again at HB Regional Sports Park #1:
11.00am: HB U16 Development v NP East Coast
2.30pm: HB U16 'A' v Wellington Black -
Booooo
In a thrilling conclusion to the 2023 Hurricanes Under 16 Tournament played at Mitre 10 Park in Hastings today (proudly supported by New Zealand Community Trust), Hawkes Bay and Wellington fought to a stalemate result, with each side having scored 22 points at full-time.
Under the Rules of the Tournament, in the event of a draw, the team that beat the other in pool play is declared the winner, meaning that Wellington won the Don Broughton Shield, having defeated Hawkes Bay by 17 points to 15 earlier in the Tournament.
In the Final, Wellington led the match by 17 points to 7 at half-time (with the benefit of a penalty try awarded for foul play in-goal), with Hawkes Bay fighting back to win the second spell by 15 points to 5.
In the Division B Final for the Saracen’s Cup, Poverty Bay leapt out to a 17 points to nil by half-time, before the old rugby truism “it’s a game of two halves” prevailed. Hawkes Bay Development scored three tries, (two converted) in the second half to snatch the title by 19 points to 17.
-
2023 Hurricanes Under 16 Tournament Team (selected by Darren Larsen)
Player of the Tournament: Isireli Qaranivalu (HBRU).
-
@Stargazer Have you overstepped Darren Larsen and put it upon yourself to select the player of the tournament!?
-
@Higgins Isireli did that all by himself!
By the way, I looked him up before posting this and he has already played two seasons for Hastings Boys' 1st XV! That's quite something for a player who's in an U16 team!
I also found a player with the same name (so I assume it's him) who's from Ōtaki and represented Horowhenua-Kapiti at U12 level in 2019. I don't know if and how they're related, but there's a Manu Qaranivalu who played 10 games for Horo-Kap in the Heartland comp between 2008 and 2012.
-
One important result not yet acknowledged from last weekend was the HB Tipping Teams magnificent victory against the combined North Harbour-Auckland mob by a narrow margin of just two - 43 - 41. The Maggies devised a superb gameplan for the season and it worked a real treat. We skilfully managed to underperform all season, generally operating at about 80% unbeknownst to our opponents. Come semi-final time last week against the undefeated NH-A team we aimed to hit them full bore, or that was the plan at least. However that nearly came unstuck when early injuries to Stargazer, Propsicle and Higgins negated their ability to score highly but that was offset by a real Captain's knock from Paj who led from the front with a superb performance in banking a mammoth 52 points (aided admirably by 51 from Stockcar86 with @kiwimatrix cleaning up nicely in the first drop role with 46pts) on what was a tricky weekend points scoring wise anyway to lead his team to victory and a spot in the grand final. Normally that would be against our arch nemesis and Minor Premiers Wairarapa-Bush but, despite also being unbeaten to that point, they got their faces rubbed in the dirt by Wellington to condemn them to the bronze medal match!
As luck would have it both Final teams also meet on the field in the final Ranfurly Shield match of the season (and of Wellington's reign if I have anything to do with it!) so whoever prevails in that will probably also prevail in the Tipping Championship match, unless of course we do the unthinkable. Naturally we expect our opponents to heavily endorse their outfit (the TAB has them as quite large favourites) so whilst it goes horribly against the grain our guys may have to face reality and do likewise, albeit through gritted teeth.
There are a few other tricky games that could go either way so contemplate wisely @Stargazer @Propsicle @Stockcar86 @Paj before making your picks and make sure you get them in before kick off time of 7.05pm tonight.Good luck guys - time to get out of the doldrums we have been in the last couple of years!
-
A big crown at the fish and chip shop tonight but I have just got my tips in so still in with a chance. Just waiting for @Stargazer @Stockcar86 to complete our full lineup. Come on guys not long to go now until 7.05pm kickoff!
-
For the record please be advised the Hawkes Baayy Tipping Team won the Silver Ferns NPC Tipping Competition Team's Championship taking Wellington to the cleaners by three points on the tie breaker in the final. Special appreciation again to skipper and life member @Paj for another stunning captain's knock in the final to get his team home in trying circumstances. Thanks also to team of tippers in @kiwimatrix @Propsicle @Stockcar86 @Stargazer who all contributed to the success when it counted and even grudgingly to @Higgins whose performances in the semi and final were barely of development squad level! Our victory celebrations should have been more boisterous but given outside events and goings on had to be severely pruned. Nothing more to be said about that.
Rest up guys until next time................................
TSF Tipping
Thrilling Draw In Under 16 "Division A" Arm Wrestle | Hurricanes Youth Rugby Council Inc.
