NZ Club rugby (general)
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@higgins apologies, there obviously is a lot of feelings, was really just kind of proud my old club has made it to 150 years
@higgins said in NZ Club rugby (general):
@kiwiwomble Dunedin might have claims as the second oldest continuous club ie fielding teams in the club's own name (and not combined with another club) every season since 1871 but the Wellington Axemen have done so since 1870.
you say that and Dunedin say otherwise
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@kiwiwomble All good, I spent a year with the Blues (Nelson) as a supporter in the late 80s and have been up at the Axemen since I came to Wellington in the late 1990s. It has not been an easy road for them in that time but they battle away as probably the 4th ranked Club in a very small area with Wellington, MSP and Poneke being only about five hundred metres apart and Ories about another kilometre away.
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@higgins thought i would go and ask, Dunedin claim wellington haven't fielded a prem team every year where as Dunedin has, thats how they are defining it
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@ploughboy said in NZ Club rugby (general):
@bovidae
and atu moli on bench for varsityGood spotting. I noted that his brother is now playing for Varsity not Hautapu, as a no.8.
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@kiwiwomble Not quite correct. Wellington has always fielded a First XV but sometimes they have not been in the top grade of rugby. At one stage the Premier Division in Wellington was restricted to ten teams so some clubs obviously missed out. Dunedin's grasp at the title seems to ignore that a club is more than it's top side.
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went along to watch Old Boys Marist hosting Wellsford, with the home side one of 2 undefeated sides so far.
Conditions perfect underfoot, warm but a stiff breeze but was more across than end to end
With Wellsfords injury toll and the side OBM were putting out, this was always going to go to the home side.
About 20 mins in, Wellsford lost a prop, and it was golden oldies from there, and at the break it was 12-12, with Ranger featuring heavily in Wellsford game.
BUt after the break, Wellsford couldnt get the ball and OBM ran away with it, taking the chocolates at 43-17, although Wellsford did have the final say with a lovely try on FT, although I expect if it wasnt golden oldies the score coulda been bigger.
For OBM, big Uluilakepa was a real handful with ball in hand, and often popped up with a big hit, but jeez he is unfit! Was about 10 mins into 2nd spell at a restart he was set up by us and and grinning he was like 'I need a rest' and then he started singing!
Isi Manu at 8 was also very punishing, scored 3 tries I think in the end, great acceleration.
Jared Byrne looked good on the side of the scrum for OBM and out in a huge hit on Ranger in full flight, Rayasi had a nice little cameo in the final 20 including a couple of big runs, one about 60m to score a try that still needed some work, he is a big lad!
For Wellsford, Ranger had a very good first spell, some lovely short and long passes, 1 resulted in a super 60m try that went through several hands including a prop taking the pass form Ranger and tip toeing down the side line before drawing and passing to the centre, Jevahn (dont know his last name) who ended up scoring, and this kid looked bloody good too, always dangerous when he got the ball.
Paddy-Joe Atkins looked tidy around the park, put in some big hits too. The Wellsford 8 got through some work too.
In the end, Wellsford just didnt have the power to keep up with OBM.
Was a messy opening 20, but the 20-60 mins was some bloody good footy, the last 20 OBM should put a few more tries in but I think a bit of white line fever struck a few lads.
Ranger did cop a YC for work on the ground when OBM were in a position to score at about 50 mins, but he was as influential for his team as you would expect him to be.
BUt I gotta say, neither side had anyone of height, and Kamo/Waipu last week didnt really either, so tall locks is a massive issue as far as I can see.
Rayasi gets the ball below and scores
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@bones Had a beer in the Axemen's Isherwood Lounge with the venerable Mr. Quinn last night after the Axemen narrowly failed to defeat Wainuiomata. Paying the penalty for not attempting two very kickable penalties in the last 15 minutes and losing 14 - 16. Vaea Fifita donned the WFC jersey for the first time since 2016 playing the full eighty minutes and was Mt. Everest heights above everyone else on the field in terms of prety much everything worthwhile measurable. Even managed to make a couple of effective tackles but did miss one when a huge guy Wainui had playing on the wing managed to avoid his covering corner-flagging attempt to shove him into touch Incidentally his last three appearances for the Axemen have all been against Wainui, one being a seven point win and the other two being one and two point losses.
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/3844/nz-club-rugby-general/210?_=1618713373994Kept buying beers to shout Mikey07 in case he turned up, but if he did he was incognito. Still the beers were certainly not wasted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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@stargazer saw that, looks in good shape still.
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@stargazer said in NZ Club rugby (general):
@dan54 I just read this article. Didn't you know Inglewood had a former All Black on the bench?
Bugger me star, I was at game, was looking at Masoe's picture in clubrooms (alongside Trapper Loveridge) but didn't take any notice of their bench, or actually grab a programme!
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went along to watch Kamo host Kerikeri today, with Kamo sitting undefeated in 2nd and KK in 5th.
In perfect conditions, with 10 go, Kamo were trailing 12-29 and deservedly so, KK put on 15 points while Kamo's centre was in the bin for a no arms tackle.
But the final 10 saw Kamo finally playing with some urgency and disipline and take the chocolates 31-29 with the conversion from just outside the uprights on the full time hooter.
While down by 12, Kamo looked to have scored to get within striking distance, but despite a professional foul by a KK player over the line, the ref awarded a defensive scrum to KK.
MOments later a long range counter saw Kamo benefit from a forward pass right in front of the ref and Blake hohaia aran 25m to score. They then took a quick droppie that barely snuck inside the right upright, but as ref wasn't quite ready, neither tj behind, they weren't able to confirm it went over and didn't award it.
Kamo were camped on the line winning penalty after penalty for the last few minutes, and just as it seemed they would fall short, they snaffled it at the death.
KK were the better team for 70 mins, with Kamo's ill disipline and impatience costing them.
No real standouts for either team, but Blake Hohaia did show some class in the final 10, Nikau GRaham looks great running the ball from 10, but gee his kicking can be shit too. Grayson Thyne was busy as always at 8. THe KAmo back 3 were heavily involved in the last 10 and made you wonder if they had played the first 70.
The Kamo scrum had the edge for the game, and some well timed subs certainly added something in the final quarter too
Tamati Tua was running the water today, looks in a good shape, if not a bit lean, Luke Jacobson was still on the sidelines too, seemed to be calling some of the shots in regards to subbing.
For KK they have some strong ball runners, without a team sheet I cant name any of them, but thier lock was a big unit that took some stopping with ball in hand, similarly a couple of thier front rowers.
Thier 10 and 12 looked more like props, but had some good pace and were light on thier feet.
Right now OBM and Kamo are undefeated and leading the way but MN and Western Sharks both within striking distance, while last years winners, Waipu sit 7th on the table
