Hawke's Bay Club Rugby 2022
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My guys have bulked up their backline with a regular No.8 starting on the wing after a couple of wingers went down big time with injuries last week. A clear indication that the Texans will try to grind the Havelock team into the ground up front like they did last time the two teams met. Havelock still persevering with a very similar front row that really struggled last time as well but they do bring in a couple of international players in Bryn Evans and Tony Lamborn . Both loose trios look excitingly strong but they did last time as well and my guys did shade them slightly. Hopefully more of the same this time too.
Havelock looked to have rejigged their backline after their crash bash attempts last time did not work and my guys have upped their aggressive attacking defence considerably since that game so we will have to wait and see the outcome there. Defence is made somewhat easier when your team monopolises the ball it must be said! -
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@Stargazer Yes Tim Farrell was red carded after he cleaned out Tony Lamborn beautifully. Lamborn did not like it and extracted revenge old fashioned style but fortunately the Touchie saw the punches and Lamborn was duly red carded. The referee then red carded Mr. Farrell for what must have been the clean out as I did not see him thrown any punches in retribution. But then again I only see offences against my team and not usually by my team.
The match needed to be moved to a field right down the other end of Whitmore Park (only two fields run in the same direction, something important when such a decent breeze was blowing) after a sickening clash when Altherm Tech No 8 Nick Patumaka had the misfortune to have his head forcefully come into accidental contact with what I thought was the leg of his hooker in a truly sickening incident. Someone at he Club had checked up on him in Hospital before I left the clubrooms and they said that he was regained consciousness and was as well as could be expected. Obviously this is the end of the season for this highly promising player.
The live coverage of the game ceased when the game moved as there was no elevation for he cameraman to film from. The crowd was well over 1000 and probably even over 1500 so things were rather crowded on the sidelines of the new field. -
I'll beat @Stargazer to it with the following semifinal results
Maddison Trophy
Altherm Napier Tech Old Boys 27 - 22 Havelock NorthColts - Pat Ryan Memorial Trophy
Metro Direct Napier Tech Old Boys 42 - 10 Napier Pirates
@Magpie_in_aus will be delighted! Not so delighted about Galbraith Earthmovers Napier Tech Old Boys dropping their semifinal over in Hastings against Hastings RSC 26 - 39 in Division 2. -
Club Finals, all at McLean Park
Friday, 15 July 2022
5.30pm: Div 3 (Maury Cody Cup) - Clive v Taradale - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/17329
7.20pm: Div 1 (Hepa Paewai Memorial Trophy) - Pōrangahau v MAC - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/17330
Saturday, 16 July 202211.20am: Div 2 (Tom Mulligan Cup) - Hastings v Waipawa - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/17331
1.10pm: Colts (Pat Ryan Mem. Trophy) - Clive v Tech - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/17334
3.00pm: Premiers (Maddison Trophy) - Tech v Taradale - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/17013 -
This lifted from https://www.facebook.com/Ahuririadvocate but not sure how to transfer it with the photos etc through professionally,
Ahuriri Advocate
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GEORGE MADDISON & the 96 Year Old MADDISON TROPHY
Hawke's Bay's Senior Club Rugby Trophy.
George Maddison, - Whistle-blowing Mayor
Dapper draper from Hastings, George Alfred Maddison, was prominent in rugby as a referee and administrator. He was Mayor of Hastings on two occasions from 1922-29 and 1933-41.
Consequently, when he was in control of the highest scoring first-class rugby match in New Zealand at the time between Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa in 1926 (the Magpies won 77-14), he also held the office of Mayor of the neighbouring city to where the game was played in Napier.
One of the two Hawke's Bay hookers, and 'lnvincibles' All Black Bill 'Bull' lrvine was reputed to have muttered to Mayor Maddison during the 17-try romp: Stay down that end, your worship - we'll just keep bringing the ball down to you!
Maddison did control a Ranfurly Shield match at Nelson Park, Hastings, while Mayor of the city - against Manawatu on August 30th, 1924 won by Hawke's Bay 31-5.
It's unique to rugby and Maddison – a sitting Mayor refereeing a first-class rugby match and a Ranfurly Shield challenge to boot, in his city.
One is left to surmise whether a conclusion was drawn among the spectators as to "George dragging the mayoral chain" in keeping up with Bert Grenside and Jackie Blake as they ran in their eight tries between them that day.
He held the whistle in two other Ranfurly Shield challenges during this era in 1923 and again in 1924. Maddison later controlled an International side when Great Britain played Poverty Bay-East Coast and Bay of Plenty in 1930 (Tori Reid's first taste of international rugby from the East Coast).
Maddison was one of the few Hastings rugby and civic administrators to gain the confidence of Hawke's Bay rugby supremo Norman McKenzie who held an abiding dislike for the city and people who promoted its interests.
Maddison's rugby exploits are given scant regard in City of the Plains: A History of Hastings by M.B. Boyd and published 1984 by Victoria University Press. But Boyd does supply some background information about Maddison the Mayor.
Grandson of a Northamptonshire emigrant to Canterbury in 1854, son of W. C. Maddison, the draper and past-councillor, and son-in-law of the first mayor Robert Wellwood, Maddison was educated at the District and Heretaunga schools and turned from the drapery business to farming.
His rugby record is noted thus:
Maddison was a rugby referee and later president of the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union and the New Zealand Rugby Union, also vice-president of the Hastings Basketball Association.
Maddison first gained the mayoral chains in 1922 not through the electoral roll, but upon the resignation of the sitting mayor who had been elected eight months earlier in 1921.
After eight months in office (William) Hart had a heart attack and resigned. The Council unanimously elected C.A. Maddison to succeed him and he became the youngest mayor in the country.
It's unfortunate that at no stage does Professor Mary Boyd support this claim with either Maddison's age or his date of birth or whether Maddison was the youngest mayor at the time, or the youngest mayor in New Zealand political history. For a "reader in History at Victoria University" and presumably an academic of some note, this is a startlingly loose piece of research.
For the record, Maddison was born in Hastings on October 9th, 1884 and died in Dannevirke on January 7th, 1949. Consequently, it should have been a simple task for Professor Boyd to record that in 1922, Maddison was the youngest mayor at the age of 38 years.
Maddison was a founding vice-president of the Hastings Rugby Football Club in 1918 but was not among the 13 who attended the first meeting of the club in Booth McDonald's iron shed on Market Street.
Maddison was to remain a vice-president until 1948.
Another of the vice-presidents in the club at the time was Lou Harris and it was through Harris that Maddison became acquainted and then befriended Norman McKenzie, the Hawke's Bay sole selector.
Elected to the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union as a vice-president in 1926, Maddison worked hard to ensure that his city received an equal number of representative games during the season as those scheduled for Napier.
President of the New Zealand Rugby Union in 1928, Maddison also served on the parent body's council from its inception in 1937 until 1945.
During the 1930s, Maddison became one of the Hawke's Bay delegates to the New Zealand Rugby Union's annual meeting in Wellington. He was instrumental in campaigning to rid the parent body of its domineering chairman Stan Dean in 1947 when Dean was offered the carrot of life membership.
Maddison was elected to represent New Zealand at the International Rugby Conference to be held in South Africa in 194O, but the outbreak of the Second World War brought the cancellation of the conference so Maddison stayed at home.
An enthusiastic and ardent follower of the game, Maddison forged a strong partnership with Norman McKenzie, held fast to the tenets of the game including its amateur ethic, loyalty to the cause, and playing within the laws of the game.
He was an extremely sociable and affable administrator who enjoyed the camaraderie of the after-match and the national and provincial rugby functions.
Well versed in the machinations of political intrigue, Maddison could also work diligently behind the scenes for a cause he believed in and he was a raconteur and debater of rare skill.
A stickler for punctuality, Maddison would always be at the required place at the set time which would paint him as conservative. But in his conservative era, Maddison displayed, in his terms as Mayor of Hastings, a soft spot for the down trodden and a desire to improve the lot of those not as fortunate as others - remembering that these were times of the Great Depression.
Maddison was consequently a popular mayor among the citizen of Hastings when re-elected to his last two terms of office from 1933-37 and again in 1937-41
George Alfred Maddison (1884-1949)
Club: Hastings (1918 to 1948).
First-class rugby referee: 1924-1930.
Hawke's Bay Rugby Union.- Vice-president: 1926-45.
Delegate to NZRFU ACM: 1928-45.
President NZRFU Council: 1937-45.
President NZRFU: 1928.
Delegate to lnternational Conference 1940.
Others:-
Mayor of Hastings: 1922-39; 1933-41 .
Vice-president of the Hastings Basketball Association (netball)
THE MADDISON TROPHY
The lasting memorial to Maddison in Hawke's Bay rugby is the Maddison Trophy contested among the premier club teams in Hawke's Bay.
Former Hastings mayor George Maddison donated the trophy in 1926 with the intention of boosting the fitness of players before the season.
He was also the president of the Hawke's Bay/Poverty Bay Athletics so it was initially for an athletics competition between the rugby clubs,
Then the union's management committee decided in June 1932 that it now be allocated for the senior rugby competition winner because numbers in athletics and club entries were dwindling. They also decided that the Maddison Trophy looked more superior to the Senior Cup. The motion was moved by Maddison & seconded by McKenzie.
It was to replace the creatively named Senior Cup which had been introduced in 1911 after the Ormond Cup had been won in three successive seasons by Scinde District in 1906-07-08. It had been stipulated that any club winning the Ormond Cup in three successive seasons was allowed to keep it.
The union had dithered for a couple of seasons before introducing the Senior Cup in 1911.
However, at a later meeting in June 1932, it was decided that the names of the Senior Cup winning clubs from 1909 to 1931 be inscribed on the Maddison Trophy (again moved by the combination of Maddison and McKenzie). This was accepted and so the first "winner" of the Maddison Trophy appears on the side as 1911 Pirates.
Those clubs whose names appear before 1932, had previously won the Senior Cup and not the Maddison Trophy.
Consequently, the first winner of the Maddison Trophy, as a premier club was Napier HSOB in 1932 not Pirates in 1911.
lf George was to have had presented the trophy in 1911, he would have been just 27 years of age and he didn't undertake any rugby administration until 1918 with the Hastings RFC.
In 2016 the Maddison Trophy was unfortunately returned damaged to the HBRU from the 2015 champions.
In 2017 a new Maddison Cup was awarded for the first time in the Maddison Trophy Final between Napier Old Boys Marist v Clive Rugby & Sports Club. The old Maddison Trophy is still also awarded to the winning club
Today will be the 35th Maddison Trophy final since the title was first decided by a final in 1988.
The Texans and the Maroons have never met in the final, but they have met four times in semifinals, with Tech winning in 1992 and 2013, two of the three years in which it went on to win the final, having first won the final in 1990.
Taradale won semi-finals against Tech in 1989 and 1997, and has won the Maddison Trophy final eight times, in 1993, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2021.
Each side has a major weapon, Tech halfback Sheridan Rangihuna being the top scorer in the competition with 140 points, and Taradale No 8 Iakopo Mapu being the top tryscorer, a unique success for a forward, with 16 tries - four more than the next-best.
PUSH TARADALE!
Postscript
George Maddison's immortality in Hawke's Bay rugby was assured with the Maddison Trophy and it has become the most prestigious and cherished trophy in the province.
But in reality the Maddison legacy was much more than a trophy.
Information for this story was mainly sourced and is, with slight editing, as was published in the Book Magpie Magic by Frank Long, published in 2006c.
Other contributions from Doug Laing’ story published in Hawkes Bay Today on 11 Jul, 2022 titled ‘All Napier final for Maddison Trophy this Saturday’
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@Stargazer Gosh, they have quashed the trophy into something completely different. At least it looks like you can drink out of the one at the bottom of the picture, shame about the name showing as the winners though, although it will no doubt please @Stockcar86
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Taradale
1 Lolani Faleiva, 2 Dylan Gallien, 3 Sam Combs, 4 Andrew GARDNER, 5 Angelo MUFANA, 6 Josh EDEN-WHAITIRI, 7 Kristino Savea, 8 Iakopo Petelo Mapu, 9 Humphrey Sheild, 10 Ezra Malo, 11 Majella TUFUGA, 12 Nathan RAMSAY, 13 Kienan HIGGINS, 14 Flynn Allen, 15 Hemaua SAMASONIReserves: 16 Toby SINGLE, 17 Aloese Aiolupotea, 18 Jayden WALKER, 19 Thomas EDEN, 20 Karl HEWITT, 21 Kalani GRANT, 22 Brad TRUESDALE
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Colts got the W. Now for the prems. Let's go tech. Still remember the 03 or 04 colts final loss due to some questionable time keeping by the ref vs chb in the finals. Glad we got some redemption.
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@Magpie_in_aus Tech has some work to do in the 2nd half. Trailing 13 - 22 at half time.
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@Stargazer said in Hawke's Bay Club Rugby 2022:
@Magpie_in_aus Tech has some work to do in the 2nd half. Trailing 13 - 22 at half time.
Yikes.
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Watching via a mate stories. Missed the kick to take the lead....
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@Magpie_in_aus Commiserations. Taradale has won the game in golden point extra time. I think it was Kienan Higgins who scored the try, almost straight from kick-off. All those missed kicks have cost Tech the title. It shows how important Sheridan Rangihuna's boot has been for Tech; shame he got injured.
FT: Tech 28 - 33 Taradale
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Golden Point extra time would seem to be a new rule this year.
The extra time rule in place for last year's playoff matches - but not required in any of them - was:
- 10 minutes each way.
If scores still level
- Team scoring most tries in the match will be declared the winner
If tries scored is level
(3) Team with best for v against points differential in all comp games played will be declared the winner
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Worst day at McLean Park ever. 3 great games of rugby, and I was stuck in the hall running the HB Table Tennis champs... Congrats Taradale
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@Stockcar86 Excuse me! I kicked every single lamppost between McLean Park and Whitmore Park, some of the two or three times, as I stormed out afterward on the walk back to the Home of the Texans.
Quite happy with the Colts result though as I am one of the self appointed officials of the HB Champions. -
