Heartland Championship - news

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[mikey07]

Round 3 Results
Thames Valley 30 - 15 Buller
Horowhenua- Kapiti 38 - 31 East Coast
Mid Canterbury 20 - 32 North Otago
Poverty Bay 34 - 20 West Coast
South Canterbury 72 - 0 King Country
Whanganui 22 - 18 Wairarapa-Bush

[Higgins]

That's more like it Bush. It will be so much better to watch you playing better that the first two games of the season when I come up to watch you sometime this season.

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Week 4 fixtures - Saturday, 9 October 2021:

Buller v Horowhenua Kapiti - 2.30pm - Victoria Square, Westport
East Coast v South Canterbury - 2.30pm - Whakarua Park, Ruatōria
King Country v Whanganui - 2.30pm - Owen Delany Park, Taupō - LIVE on Sky Sport 2
North Otago v Poverty Bay - 2.30pm - Whitestone Contracting Stadium, Oamaru
West Coast v Thames Valley - 2.30pm - John Sturgeon Park, Greymouth
Wairarapa Bush v Mid Canterbury - 6.00pm - Trust House Memorial Park, Masterton

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[Bovidae]

Cane will be playing 40 mins. He also gets himself a King Country tie.

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Mainfreight Rugby (EP 3, 2021)

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https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/provincial/126620015/sam-cane-still-set-for-king-country-debut-after-extension-of-waikatos-level-3-border

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King Country team to play Whanganui:

Carl Carmichael (c), Nick Barnes, Dan Ross, Bradly Jeffries, Cruise Dunster, Karney Dunster, Sam Cane, Reeve Satherley, Nathaniel Smith, Maximus Dunster, Sisa Vosaki, Sio Tapili, Josevata Malimole, Baven Brown Jr, Kody McGovern; reserves: Sam Stewart, Nick Holt, Sam Trangmar, Leveson Gower, Dion Petersen, Jesse Douglas, Zayn Tipping.

https://www.sporty.co.nz/kcrfu/newsarticle/108748

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[Bovidae]

Some interesting names in these teams. Two halfbacks playing 1st 5 for H-K and TV.

[Higgins]

I see one of the schoolboy superstar s signed by Wellington a couple of years ago is now turning out as the halfback for Thames Valley this weekend. Darren Larsen is certainly earning his paycheck!

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[mikey07]

@higgins said in Heartland Championship - news:

I see one of the schoolboy superstar s signed by Wellington a couple of years ago is now turning out as the halfback for Thames Valley this weekend. Darren Larsen is certainly earning his paycheck!

Ben Bonnar??

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Round up for Round 4
King Country 13 - 48 Whanganui
Buller 12 - 27 Horowhenua-Kapiti
East Coast 12 - 34 South Canterbury
North Otago 12 - 10 Poverty Bay
West Coast 8 - 27 Thames Valley
Wairarapa-Bush 18 - 28 Mid Canterbury

Points Table
South Canterbury 20
Thames Valley 19
Horowhenua-Kapiti 18
Whanganui 15

Mid Canterbury 15
North Otago 14
Poverty Bay 11
West Coast 6
East Coast 3
Wairarapa-Bush 1
Buller 0
King Country 0

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Next week, East Coast plays Buller at home. They could finally get a win. They haven't won a game since 2013.