BOP 2022

[Billsy111]

@Cpt-Kumera Is it true Chase Tiatia has signed with Hawkes Bay?

[Cpt Kumera]

@Billsy111 hoping he stays with bop. But hb was in the mix

[Cpt Kumera]

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[Cpt Kumera]

@Cpt-Kumera good to see leroy carter make wc 7s bit of a bugger probs wont play npc though

[Donsteppa]

Jacob Norris: Rugby: Jacob Norris, 23, returns home to sign with the Bay of Plenty Steamers

[bayimports]

I see we have also signed Luke Donaldson

Rest of squad announced July 25

[Snollygoster]

I heard today that "a BOP team" will be playing in a preseason game in the Chiefs Centurion Cup held in Te Kuiti on Saturday 23rd July (I assume against all the other Chiefs Unions) and then one pre-season game on Saturday 30th July away in Takapuna (Game of Three Halves vs Northland and North Harbour).

Also theres some NPC players training on the BOP Rugby facebook page. How many faces can anyone recognise ?

[Bovidae]

The Chiefs Country Centurion Cup is a quadrangular 1-day tournament. Last year it was played early (March) at the Hautapu Rugby Club. I went along to watch, and from memory they played 20-min halves. The winners play winners, and the losers play the losers from the first games.

[trooa]

@Snollygoster 1. James Dobie from Glasgow, halfback. 2. Nikora Broughton. 3. Benot Kumeroa with TTT, Kapeli, Herbert, Lasaqa. Ham Marist shirt, maybe Quade Tapsell? 4. Kapeli 5. Herbert with maybe Van Den Hoven in the background?

[trooa]

@Snollygoster Taylor Haugh & Gillies Kaka in latest video.

[Snollygoster]

@trooa Well spotted. Just had a squiz at last years team list and I'm guessing we could almost name the team now bar for a few gaps. Does anyone know what has happened to Vella, Skipworth Garland, Vaipulu and Thwaites ?

[Bovidae]

@Snollygoster Vaipulu is up in Northland.

[Stargazer]

@Snollygoster Skipwith-Garland has gone back to Australia. He's playing for Easts (Tigers) in Queensland.

Queensland Premier Rugby

Here is your @storelocalaus #HospitalCup #TeamOfTheWeek for Round 11 📝🏉🔥 #QLDPremierRugby

Easts Rugby Union

@qldpremierrugby Four sets of Brothers - one team 🫶🐯 The Smit, Skipwith-Garland, Kirk and Tominko brothers all featured for the Tigers in their win over Norths on the weekend! #QLDPremierRugby...

[Cpt Kumera]

@Stargazer matty is playing club rugby thete with his bro

[Stargazer]

@Cpt-Kumera Yeah, that's under the 2nd FB link I posted.

[Cpt Kumera]

'It was a no-brainer when Scotland suggested I spend the summer in New Zealand'

Glasgow Warriors scrum-half Jamie Dobie is “buzzing” with excitement at his move to Bay of Plenty.

[Snollygoster]

Apparently the team is announced tomorrow and I'm guessing its widely known in rugby circles who is selected. Given photos from social media and who was listed in yesterdays pre season game we could already make a guess for all its worth .

Hookers :- Ekland
Rangi
Souchon
I assume Kurty will be back and Souchon and Rangi played yesterday. Souchon has been around the team for a while and Anaru Rangi ,I'm guessing, is a new signing. Apparently he is NZ born and spent the last few years playing for The Rebels in Super rugby.

Props :- Ross
Kumeroa
Mafileo
Tosi
Thwaites
Bartlett
Hetet
Not 100% sure on this one. Thwaites and Hetet (from last year) never played yesterday being replaced by Matt Wallace. Wallace is 37 and played NPC many years ago so I'm unsure if he was just a fill-in.

Locks :- Ah Kuoi
Selby Rickett
Sangster
All playing well.

Loose Forwards :- Cane
Norris
Kapelli
Broughton
Collier
Lasaqa
Karpik
Karpik didn't play yesterday either but have been told he's been seen about so fingers crossed.

Halfbacks :- T.T.T.
Dobie
Donaldson
Dobie (the Scottish international) is a class act and will be a great acquisition.

Inside backs :- Cashmore
Trask
Hawera
Trask is now the elder statesman I guess but Cashmore looks better every time I see him play. Hawera has had stints a for Waikato, Southland and the Brumbies

Outside backs ;- Finau
Lalomilo
Narawa
Haugh
Kaka
Lasaqa
Walton
Quite a few selection unknowns here also and I'm assuming one or two additions to this area also. Joey Walton was an Australian age group player whose been playing for the Warratahs. He looked good yesterday.

Okay , has anyone got any other additions or found mistakes that I've made. Last year they announced a wider training group also who were called on for injuries. Does anyone know much about Jericho Yorke, Axil Hohneck and Seamous Bardoul ? They all played yesterday so maybe are in the team but I know little about them.

And finally does anyone know of any injuries ? Someone went off with what looked like a bad arm injury and Triple T played half a game on the wing so I'm assuming theres some.

[Stargazer]

@Snollygoster According to google, Anaru Rangi is from Upper Hutt. It may be true, because he has played club rugby for Upper Hutt Rams (team photo from 2010).

I don't know exactly when he moved to Perth, but he played for Perth Spirit first, then the Western Force (2016-2017). When the Force were cut from SR, he was one of the players to be picked up by the Rebels. The last two years, he has played in Japan for the Shining Arcs Tokyo-Bay Urayasu, but he has re-signed with the Rebels for 2023 and 2024.

Edit: his place of birth may actually be Whakatane, but I'm not sure about that. His iwi is Ngāi Tūhoe.

[Bovidae]

@Snollygoster Is the new hooker the player with long hair wearing the headgear?

Jericho Yorke is a winger/outside back who played at RBHS. He was a good player at that level and for Chiefs age-group teams.

Speaking of young wingers, I heard the CM physio say that the CM no.14 that played against BOP is only 18.

[Snollygoster]

@Bovidae Yes, thats the one. Apparently was something of a folk hero in the Rebels.