NZ Club rugby (general)
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Semi-final match ups for the Northland Premier and Reserves Comp
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Interesting TJ selection for Norths this week.
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@canes4life Haha, typical club rugby. You these "interesting" selections all the time!
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@stargazer atleast the Wainui coach has enough sense to start PUJ at 13.
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Background on one of the props starting for Takapuna in their semifinal:
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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.
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@oleoleole said in NZ Club rugby (general):
McWhannell
Has he been able to play for Waikato or the Chiefs yet? Horror injury run.
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@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.
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@canes4life Wainui with be hitting him with heaps of high balls.
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@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
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@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!
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Mid Northern beat OBM 36-30, in a game where the lead swapped numerous times, MN took the win over OBM who had sat atop the table from round 1 until 2nd to last round.
In the other semi the Sharks put Kamo away 36-19, following the score online it looked like kamo lead early from a penalty but once Sharks got ahead they were just too good, as they have looked against everyone else the past 2 months and will surely be faves for the final next week (which will be thier 1st final I believe since the amalgamation of 2 lower division teams 5 or so years back)
MN reserves also won thier semi over the Shark reserves, while Kamo won a tight and scrappy encounter with Hora Hora in the other semi.
Kamo received 2 yellow cards and a red while HH recieved a yellow and 2 reds.Several players from the Kamo and Sharks reserves jumped in thier cars after thier games and drove to Dargaville to sit on the bench for thier Prems side.
Premiership Final:
Western Sharks v Mid Northern
Reserves Final:
Kamo v Mid NorthernWorth noting MN were on the verge of relegation in 2019 but for the top team from div 1 not being able to field a team, MN got a reprieve from the promo-relegation match.