NZ Club rugby (general)

[Bovidae]

[Bovidae]

@mikedogz Out of interest, do Putaruru still play in blue and red, i.e., the same colours as Te Rapa?

[mikedogz]

@bovidae yes. Sometimes one team wears alternate. Today they didnt . They had more blue in their pattern.

[mikedogz]

My club Te Rapa attended the judiciary last night. The win against Putaruru was overturned due to the game finishing early by a few minutes and Putaruru not getting the chance to kick a penalty or use their 15 vs 13 advantage. The other guys will be filthy at the guys that started the fight. The B's are in the final still.

[taniwharugby]

Semi-final match ups for the Northland Premier and Reserves Comp

[Tim]

[Canes4life]

Interesting TJ selection for Norths this week.

[Stargazer]

@canes4life Haha, typical club rugby. You these "interesting" selections all the time!

[Canes4life]

@stargazer atleast the Wainui coach has enough sense to start PUJ at 13.

[Tim]

Background on one of the props starting for Takapuna in their semifinal:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/125103611/dad-snags-second-shot-at-rugby-dream-for-seriously-injured-exnz-schoolboy

[Tim]

Harbour teamsheets are available here each week:

https://www.sporty.co.nz/nhrugbydrawsandresults#modal

Between the Tonga/Samoa game, and NZ U20, quite a few players are unavailable for their Auckland and Harbour clubs (e.g. Eden are missing their 6 and 8).

Jack Heighton has seen the light and moved from EBC to Takapuna, and starts at 10 with Bryn Gatland on the bench.

[Bovidae]

Waikato SFs tomorrow. Team sheets show James Tucker playing for Marist, so maybe wanting to play NPC again. Laghlan McWhannell starting again for Hautapu and Adam Thomson as a player/coach for HOB.

[OleOleOle]

@bovidae James Tucker is back with Waikato for the NPC. Its good to see McWhannell getting game time!!

[Tim]

@oleoleole said in NZ Club rugby (general):

McWhannell

Has he been able to play for Waikato or the Chiefs yet? Horror injury run.

[Bovidae]

@tim McWhannell played club rugby last week but I don't know if he played previous to that. The start of his return from those injuries. He has yet to play for the Chiefs but has for Waikato back in 2017-18.

@OleOleOle Tucker and McWhannell as the starting locks would be good.

[mikey07]

@canes4life Wainui with be hitting him with heaps of high balls.

[JK]

@tim said in NZ Club rugby (general):

Harbour teamsheets are available here each week:

https://www.sporty.co.nz/nhrugbydrawsandresults#modal

Between the Tonga/Samoa game, and NZ U20, quite a few players are unavailable for their Auckland and Harbour clubs (e.g. Eden are missing their 6 and 8).

Jack Heighton has seen the light and moved from EBC to Takapuna, and starts at 10 with Bryn Gatland on the bench.

I will hopefully make the Taka vs Cotes game tomorrow

[Machpants]

@canes4life said in NZ Club rugby (general):

Interesting TJ selection for Norths this week.

Honestly at that level TJ could hold his own at any position from 6 out!

[Bovidae]

Faifili Levave still playing at 35.

[Bones]

@bovidae I was gonna say Greg Lealofi can't be far behind, but seems he's just been around forever.