2023 Hawke's Bay Club Rugby
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@Stargazer said in 2023 Hawke's Bay Club Rugby:
Results of the last week of the Nash Cup:
Tech 87 - 14 Tamatea
Havelock North 41 - 29 Clive
MAC 29 - 36 Hastings
Pirates 14 - 27 Taradale
Central 34 - 26 AoteaTech win the Nash Cup!
Also: Tech win the Marsh Cup!
Tech Women 33 - 17 Clive Women
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Altherm Napier Tech Old Boys: 87
Tries: Damien Scott, Ted Walters (2), Nik Patumaka (2), Falealii Popoalii (3), Manaaki Aranui, Xavier McCorkindale, Phagen Clarke-Winiata (2), Mark Braidwood Conversions: Falealii Popoalii (6), Xavier McCorkindale (4), Phagen Clarke-Winiata
Tamatea: 14
Try: Tane Cooper Penalties: Darcy Gilbert (3)Hastings RS: 36
Tries: Vikta Tevita, Jordan Thompson-Dunn, Dennis Tapusoa, Oscar Sowman, Patrick Tuifua, Neria Fomai
Conversions: Danny Toala (3)
M.A.C: 29
Tries: Meni Manase, Elia Bari, Lexus Greening (2), Damarus Hokianga Conversions: Joshua Coward (2)Havelock: 41
Tries: Kaihau Pasikala, Ben Morgan (2), Avian Rihia, Brett Bakkerus, Reuben Allen Conversions: Cam Burgess (4) Penalty: Cam Burgess
Clive: 29 (1 try scorer info missing)
Tries: Te Aranga Hakiwai, Aminiasi Koroi, Antony Wilson, plus one other Conversions: Te Aranga Hakiwai, Jayden Falcon (2)
Penalty: Te Aranga HakiwaiTaradale: 27
Tries: Iakopo Petelo Mapu (2), Dylan Gallien, Majella Tufuga (2) Conversion: Ezra Malo
Pirate: 14
Tries: Konradd Newland, Al Momoisea Conversions: Ryo KikkawaCHB: 34
Tries: Kaliova Mocetadra, Jeri Kavekai, Maximillion Fryatt, Semi Vodosese, Daniel Hardwidge
Conversions: Tom Beachen (3) Penalty: Tom Beachen
Aotea: 26
Tries: Tama Petera (2) Conversions: Hoera Stephenson (2) Penalties: Hoera Stephenson (4) -
Maddision Trophy draw Saturday 3 June 2023
Central v Tech
Taradale v Hastings
MAC v NOBM
Hepa Paewai Memorial Trophy draw:
Tamatea v Pirates
Clive v Aotea
Bye: Havelock North
I didn't realise that both divisions had so few teams in it. It's again completely different from last year, which was obviously still affected by Covid. I think last year there were Premiers Reserves teams in Div 1?Has there been anoverview/ explanation of the club rugby format changes in the media (presumably the HBT), this year? I'd love to get the link if there's an article (or more than one).
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@Stargazer Interesting to see TBW back on the bench for the Altherm Texans. Also Sam Wilkins in number 21, ex NBHS 1st XV squad last season and has been playing out of position at first five for my Metro Direct Texan Colts. An awesome demon low tackler for such a little guy. There are still a number of names missing from the team sheet for my guys but hopefully the matchday 23 will be enough to get the job done. Hopefully I can get down to Waipuk to take in the match and if as close as the last time the two sides matched up a couple of weeks ago it might give me a few worries!
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l had just finished writing a comprehensive report from the match at Waipukurau's Central Park which somehow disappeared (hopefully I might be able to fluke finding it somewhere!). Suffice to say that I was not happy in so far as I stormed off from the sidelines after 53 minutes of running time in the second half after a highly disputed penalty resulted in the home side scoring a converted try in the far right hand corner to bring the score to Central HB 31 - 31 Altherm Tech.
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@Stargazer Good to see some close competitive games finally.
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@kiwimatrix Yeah, no crazy blow-outs, this week.
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No such luck in finding the mysteriously disappeared match review mentioned above, damn it all. Anyway it was a fiercely contested encounter on a lovely sunny day (spoilt by a chilly breeze blowing in from the south) that would surely have a good number of players feeling very sore come tomorrow morning when they try to get out of bed. As I said above I cannot even be sure whether the game had finished when I departed Waipuk at about 8.15pm so am unsure as to whether there might have been any additions to the score after I had adjourned to the clubrooms. I do know that there was a very unusual occurrence in a player being binned for a damn spectacular tackle that for some reason was ruled a spear tackle in about the 42nd minute of the second half being able to rejoin the action after his ten minutes naughty boy cooling off period was finished so long the second half took but by then it was pretty dark so can't be 100% sure but the game was still going at the conclusion of his ten minutes of quiet contemplation of his indiscretion.
The game was a good old fashioned style encounter well remembered by those of us that frequented the sidelines in the 1960s and 1970s with plenty of niggle given and taken that was done on the sly. There was even a decent all in brawl in about the 52nd minute of the second half that saw my guys outnumbered 17 to 14 (my guy was still in the bin at that stage from memory) after at least two home team players illegally invaded the field of play from the players technical area trying to join in the raucous. I suspect we have not heard the end of this involvement of players not on the field of play at the time the brawl broke out. I am guessing the game might have concluded by the time I departed at 8.15pm but don't take that as gospel.
Once again Liam Udy-Johns, playing openside flanker was a standout performer in another great display before he darted the field with a left shoulder injury in about the 42nd minute of the second half. If he does not make the HB NPC squad the Magpies selectors might be left ruing their decision should he turn up for another NPC team to show their failure to select him was a mistake. The same could be said about my Mr. Popoali'i who was in barnstorming form at second five and managed at least two tries.
A big thanks to the home supporters who made the loyal Texan Army most welcome in the clubrooms when we decided that after 94 minutes of play was it was good enough reason to relocate to the clubrooms even if the game might or might not have still been going, before it became too dark to find the way and before the nice hot food cooled too much and whilst the beers were still cold. Thank you CHBns for the wonderful hospitality. -
Scorers:
Premier - Maddison Trophy (Round 1):
Central 31 (Zac Simpson 2, Frank Lochore, Josh Kaifa tries; Jordan Soli penalty, 4 conversions)
Napier Tech Old Boys 31 (Falealii Popoalii 2, Liam Udy-Johns, Manaaki Aranui tries; Sheridan Rangihuna penalty, 4 conversions).
Taradale 34 (Iakopo Petelo Mapu, Majella Tufuga, Kusitino Savea, Dylan Gallien, Flynn Allen, Angelo Mufana tries; Ezra Malo, Brad Truesdale conversions)
Hastings Rugby and Sports (Jayden Rihia, Blake Tresidder tries; Koby Deacon 2 penalties, 2 conversions).
Napier Old Boys Marist 22 (Duff Penitito 2, Reilly Hannan, Kade Manuel-Green tries; Jonty Stewart conversion)
MAC (Damarus Hokianga, Fa’alemiga Selsele, Elia Bari tries; Joshua Coward conversion).Division 1 – Hepa Paewai Memorial Trophy (Round 1):
Napier Pirate 26 (Ryo Kikkawa 2, Jarryd Broughton, Al Momoisea tries; Cruz Davies 3 conversions)
Tamatea 24 Jordarn Harmer, Charles Gillies, Ethan Smith, Te Paeru Makea-Karaitiana ties; Keanu Paniora 2 conversions).
Clive 20 (Anton Wilson, Donovan Mataira, Aminiasi Koroi tries; Jayden Falcon penalty, conversion)
Aotea 19 (Gene Ropoama try; Hoera Stephenson 4 penalties, conversion)
Taradale start trophy defence with win over Hastings
Hawke's Bay club rugby: Taradale scored six tries in their 34-20 victory.
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Especially for you @Magpie_in_aus
I was able to get to Ellwood Road after a late change in plans and for a very long time was thinking about the wiseness of that. After thirty minutes of play it was Hastings 17 - 00 Altherm Tech and my guys were giving thanks that it was still that close. Hastings must have had over 80% of possession whilst my guys had not even crossed halfway with the ball in their possession. It was so onesided that we were already writing things off and hoping that the final result would not be too embarrassing. Well bugger me days the Texans finally got their mits on the ball and crossed for two late tries completely against the run of play to close the gap to just 7 points at the breather.
As it eventually turned out it was Hastings that needed the breather more than my guys as even though they crossed for a converted try as the half time orange peels were still being deposited into the sideline rubbish bin it had become apparent that the home side was tiring little by little and things were becoming slightly less one sided. It was not all plain sailing as even though the Altherm Texans got a converted try back four minutes later it was only another seven minutes before Hastings was in yet again and after 52 minutes it was Hastings 31 - 19 Altherm Tech and we were almost ready to adjourn to the bar! My pen ran out of ink at that point but the Texans started really grinding things out down the far end of the field and eventually had two tries (one of them a thoroughly justified penalty try) to somehow find themselves leading by two points with about five minutes to play. At that the Texan Army were making plans to attend morning sermons in the morning to give thanks only to have things trumped with a penalty goal conceded and it was back to despair at the one point deficit and only a minute or so to play.
We need not have worried as the ball was regained after the kick off and my guys hammered away at the defence with some fierce one off charges hoping for something like a penalty to be awarded. There was much advice given to the referee about Hastings' infringements clear to our supporters that he had somehow missed. And then it happened, his whistle blew and his right arm was raised 45 degrees in our direction about thirty metres from the gaol line and a few metres to the right of the posts. I was too nervous to watch but those around me leaped skyward and I just knew that the touch judges flags had been raised skyward. The Army did not really know how to react given the astonishment of what had happened. From going to facing a real towling forty five minutes earlier to a miraculous win.
One must give thoughts to whether there is something floating above that generally sees clubs that include Marist in their name somehow benefit from unexplainable happenings get it badly wrong just this once when the side that contains the remnants of the old Hastings Celtic club could be on the receiving end!!!!! -
Posted on Tech's FB page:
Tim Farrell is a diehard Texan. He came through our junior club before he went on to NBHS, where he followed his Dad and former Texan and Magpies prop, John 'Mixer' Farrell, into the front-row club. As a youth player, Timmy was a guy known for being a 'year-young', making the First XV and representative grades ahead of the usual expectation, and that's especially impressive of a front-row forward.
Back then, as he is today, Tim was a worker. He never rested on his considerable natural abilities, he was someone who set himself high standards and strived to attain them with the daily grind. That work ethic and ability to impress both on and off the field earned him a berth in the top pathways of NZ rugby, including: Provincial (HBRU) age groups, NZ Secondary Barbarians, NZ Secondary Schools, Hawkes Bay Academy, and Hurricanes Development. And in 2017, ahead of his 19th birthday, Tim was named in the Baby Blacks squad to represent NZ in Oceania, and again defied the expectations by earning and securing a squad position for the World Championship in Georgia.
In Hawkes Bay, Tim won the coveted Graeme Lowe Award for HB Rugby Academy Player of the Year in 2017, an honour which has an illustrious recipient list and includes four players who went on to be All Blacks. That year he secured a contract with the Magpies. Now, here is where we would expect to be saying that Tim went on to the highest heights of the sport we love (and we're certainly not counting that prospect out for the future), but he suffered a sharp U-turn when a series of ill-timed injuries ruled him out of consecutive seasons at some of the most critical playing times.
Being forced to the sideline took Tim off the rugby track he'd been laser-focused on since childhood. And instead of moping or complaining, he took the opportunity to look seriously at the different potential paths that lay ahead of him. What he knew for sure was that he is someone that is driven by progress, by achieving his goals and by moving his life forward. And with that in mind, he made the courageous decision to put rugby in the backseat, focus on his home-life with partner, Sumer, and strive for a career that he knew he would also love and that would long outlast his playing days. Tim is now a qualified Plumber who works for long-time Tech sponsor, Tech Mechanical.
Mentor, mate, and fellow-prop, Cracker, had this to say about Timbo - 'He's a bloody good prop, he's got everything you look for. He's the kind of guy who pushes for those small gains that make a good player great. He's switched on and knows his stuff. He'll always share what he knows with the guys around him too, he's a team-man who wants to see everyone do well. I've got a lot of time for Tim, he's a good bloke to have around, and on the field he's an absolute beast,'
Timmy's playing days (just shy of his 25th birthday) are far from done, and he's a player that has quickly earned top status in club rugby. His career is measured in prop-years, and as any lover of the game knows, those buggers get better, stronger, and gnarlier with a bit of age. We have no doubt that if Tim chose to get back on the rugby track, exposed to the high-performance environment fulltime again, he'd be on his way to those upper echelons in no time. But for now, and for however long he chooses to stick around and be that club-man he's been growing into since his youth, we'll happily continue to see his count go up for the mighty Texans. The Army is exceptionally proud of Tim, he is the kind of person and player that embodies the heritage, ethos, and culture of our proud club.
This Saturday we join with Tim's family and friends, his partner, Sumer, and their baby daughter, Elle Jay, in celebrating Tim on this long-awaited milestone for his beloved Tech. Congrats Timbo - we can't wait to see you in that Blazer, buddy! ❤
