2018 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby

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U19 squad

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Apparently, the Saracens are absolutely destroying Wellington Māori.
HT: 43-8

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Full time: Saracens 96-15 Wellington Māori.

Disappointing, so close to 100. :smiling_face_with_open_mouth:

[Higgins]

Superb effort, shame another try could not have been scored. I have also heard a strong whisper that the Tui turned over the Wellington Lionesses (or whatever they are called) by a couple of points. still to be confirmed mind you.

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@higgins Yep, just saw it on FB. The Tuis have beaten Wellington Pride 25-22. That's awesome.

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That's good to hear. I will certainly have an extra spring in my step at my club's prizegiving here tonight after to such notable victories over Wellington outfits.

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And another win! Our U19s have beaten the Hurricanes Heartland U20s 55 to 24.

From FB:

A good win today for the team against the Hurricanes Heartland Under 20 side - final score 55-24. After a close tussle in the first half, things came together really well in the second stanza, with our guys rattling on 47 points - with both Danny Toala and Lincoln McClutchie in dominant form. Clerk Kopelani had another strong performance in the mid-field, Trei Nepe-Apatu was a work-horse in the loose, and Lee Moleli was strong in the carry and at scrum time.

Points:
Tries - Lincoln McClutchie (2), Nikau McGregor, Danny Toala, Lolani Faleiva, Jack White, Dan Sharplin and Kyle Cornelison

Conversions- Danny Toala (4), Lincoln McClutchie (2)

Penalty - Danny Toala

National Tournament next week - we are in the top 8 for the first time ever at this tournament - so we are mixing it with the big boys! This group of young men are up for the challenge though, and ready to go!!

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Saturday, 8 September 2018

CENTRAL REGION SAMOA HIGH COMMISSION CUP
1.00pm: Hawke's Bay Samoa v Manawatu Samoa @ Whitmore Park, Napier

HURRICANES SHIELD DEVELOPMENT COMPETITION
2.00pm: Hawke's Bay Saracens v Wellington Centurions @ McLean Park, Napier
curtain raiser to Magpies game

FARAH PALMER CUP
2.45pm: Otago Spirit v Hawke's Bay Tuis @ Logan Park #6, Dunedin

Sunday, 9 September 2018

JOCK HOBBS MEMORIAL NATIONAL U19 TOURNAMENT
10.45am: Bay of Plenty U19 v Hawke's Bay U19 - Owen Delany Park #2, Taupo

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Hawke's Bay U19 Squad

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Former Hawke's Bay schoolboys in U19 squads of other provinces (as far as I recognse the names):

U19
Jayden Falcon (Tiaan's little bro and also a 1st 5/8 from Lindisfarne): Manawatu
Josh Bokser (former Napier BHS captain and flanker): Canterbury
Dennon Robinson (Hastings Boys' centre): Bay of Plenty (played for them in seeding games)
Humphrey Sheild (Napier BHS halfback): Ta$man

Former Hawke's Bay schoolboys playing Mitre 10 Cup for other provinces:
Kini Naholo not released by Taranaki?

Not "poached", but playing for the Magpies:
Folau Fakatava
Kianu Kereru-Symes

Whatever happened to Jeriah Mua? Thought he'd gone to BOP, but haven't seen him in any squad for the seeding games. Injured?

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@stargazer said in 2018 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby:

Former Hawke's Bay schoolboys in U19 squads of other provinces (as far as I recognse the names):
U19
Jayden Falcon (Tiaan's little bro and also a 1st 5/8 from Lindisfarne): Manawatu
Josh Bokser (former Napier BHS captain and flanker): Canterbury
Dennon Robinson (Hastings Boys' centre): Bay of Plenty (played for them in seeding games)
Humphrey Sheild (Napier BHS halfback): Ta$man
Former Hawke's Bay schoolboys playing Mitre 10 Cup for other provinces:
Kini Naholo not released by Taranaki?
Not "poached", but playing for the Magpies:
Folau Fakatava
Kianu Kereru-Symes
Whatever happened to Jeriah Mua? Thought he'd gone to BOP, but haven't seen him in any squad for the seeding games. Injured?

Did his ankle in pre-season for BOP 19's. Miracle Lolofie another who went HBHS.

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Results:

Hawke's Bay Saracens 33 - 25 Wellington Centurions (HT: 5 - 17)
Otago Spirit 31 - 12 Hawke's Bay Tuis (HT: 24 - 0)

[Higgins]

Excellent result, the first one anyway. Any news on the Under 15s yet?

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@higgins Lost to Hamilton, unfortunately. Can't remember the score. That's assuming you meant Napier BHS U15s.

[Higgins]

Another late dubious penalty by any chance?

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Holy batshit. This was half an hour ago:

Bay of Plenty lead Hawke's Bay 50 - 0

U19s

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@stargazer said in 2018 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby:

Holy batshit. This was half an hour ago:

Bay of Plenty lead Hawke's Bay 50 - 0

U19s

WTF!

Lucky we won the big one.

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Final score: 0 - 90.

That must be one hell of a BOP team this year. They had defeated Taranaki 94-0 in the Chiefs comp.

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Bloody hell, that's a bad result.

BOP definitely has a very good team, but we have some seriously good players in ours, particularly Flanders, Devery, McClutchie, Toala and a few others like Dodd-Edwards and Giles. Admittedly, I don't know many of the other players. Do we have the right coach for this team? I expected a loss, especially after the result against Wellington, but this is crazy.

We were only in the top division because Manawatu was so utter shit this year and maybe playing in the bottom division would have been better for our team?

Hopefully, the boys can still perform well against the other teams.