2022 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby
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@higgins said in 2022 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby:
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Ezra Malo - from Wanganui, 2022 Hurricanes Under 20s SquadMeni Manase ex Tangaroa College, 2021 Blues Under 18 Development Camp
Matt Monoghan ex Kings College, 2022 Hurricanes Under 20s Squad, Was with Cooper Flanders in the paper only NZ Schools 2021 Team
Jurrell Maiava - ex Mt Albert Grammar, looks to be a big hard running/tackling centre
Brandon Televavae ex Botany Downs College, 2021 Blues Under 18 Development Camp
Nik Patumaka ex Gisborne BH, 2021 Hurricanes Under 18 Development Camp
I wonder where in the Canes region he's from originally?
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@nepia Digging a bit further pre scholarship days he was listed as attending Haunui College when listed amongst the 2020 Blues Under 17 Development squad. Whether he is from Whangarei or from further north I suppose we will have to await confirmation from the likes of @taniwharugby. Looks to be a big munter if the couple of unlabeled photos I saw are indeed him.
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@higgins from Whangarei, son of former Northland, Blues and NZ 7s player, Tony Monaghan.
I havent seen him for a a decent time (played touch rugby against him, one of his brothers and mates in late 2021) so cant comment on his size now, but dont think he was massively tall, more a 6 height IIRC (although that means lock in Hurricane-ville.)
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@taniwharugby Maybe the photos that came up when I google searched weren't him? The guy in those had the Taniela Tupou sort of build but looked a bit taller than Tupou.
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@taniwharugby Thanks! Just watching the Grammar v Kings game on youtube to see what he plays/looks like, the guy pictured above is the Kings tight head prop in that game.
EDIT: @Nepia It looks like he is the guy in the red 4 jersey making a midfield burst running time 14 mins 25sec into the coverage or 5minutes 30 seconds on the game clock. Looks like he was the rear lifter for the guy in No. 6 that won the lineout steal for the play that set up his burst
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@bovidae said in 2022 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby:
His father is an ex-Northland player.
It just means that some of these new players have been selected for the Hurricanes U20s wider squad already.
Yeah, I didn't read it properly and thought it was Hurricanes Schools.
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@number-10 Just imagine what the profit would have been had they been allowed to have proper crowds for the Shield Defences. I guess the gate would have been conservatively affected by at least five or six thousand for each one with the Covid-19 restricted attendances. Our marketing/sponsorship people must be doing a fabulous job to get us to that level (although the annual distribution from the NZRFU must also help) however they sure don't spend much of it on social medial/website news, team naming releases etc!
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I was hoping for one against King Country so the Meads Tremain Trophy could be at contested again. Come to think of it why don't we give heaps more challenges to Heartland Unions in the early season to pad our Shield record out a bit more and to move further clearer from Waikato as the third most successful Union?
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@number-10 said in 2022 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby:
HBRU AGM last night.
All over in 40 minutes.
Profit of $137,000 for 2021. Reserves now over $2.5 million.
Patron and 2 Board members re-elected unopposed.
The new HQ in Orotu Drive is now mortgage free. Two more RDO's appointed.
RDO?
Maybe I am too deep in my works new payroll system implementation, but the only thing I can think of is Rostered Day Off...
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@stockcar86 Rugby development officer?
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@stockcar86 said in 2022 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby:
@number-10 said in 2022 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby:
HBRU AGM last night.
All over in 40 minutes.
Profit of $137,000 for 2021. Reserves now over $2.5 million.
Patron and 2 Board members re-elected unopposed.
The new HQ in Orotu Drive is now mortgage free. Two more RDO's appointed.
RDO?
Maybe I am too deep in my works new payroll system implementation, but the only thing I can think of is Rostered Day Off...
Rugby Development Officer.
Preseason game this Saturday at Tremain Field - NOB Marist v Hastings RS.
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It looks like our Academy has lost midfielder Andrew Hayward (from the 2019 Hastings Boys' champions team). He posted a photo of himself on a rugby field at Ryutsu Keizai University in Japan, calling it his new stomping ground. I assume he's going to play in the Japanese University competition, about which I could not find any recent info.
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hbmagpies: Awesome end to a testing block for our academy boys who hit some awesome numbers in the gym 👀 watch out club footy!
Our reps in the Hurricanes U20s aren't there. A few look familiar, but I hardly hardly put names to faces in this photo ...