Wellington v Hawkes (RS)

[SouthernMann]

Fantastic result. Awesome work from the lads up the road. Always had faith in them. Love it from the Bay.

[Nepia]

YES!!!!!

[Canes4life]

Well played Bay, well played.

[Stargazer]

Yay, the Shield is going back to Magpies country!!

[Steven Harris]

The Kings of the modern day Ranfurly Shield Challenges ..Hawkes Bay , last 4 Challenges , 4 Wins very impressive

[Stargazer]

Deserved winners! The Magpies pack dominated Wellington's all game. Our forward pack, esp. the frontrow, has been brilliant all game.

[KiwiMurph]

Congrats HB. Saved their game of the season for the Shield challenge.

[Nepia]

That was an enjoyable (understandably less enjoyable for Welly fans) tight game of tight rugby with some good attack and good defence.

[Winger]

Good game. The better team won

Wellington scored and then went to sleep.

And Morgan isn't good enough. Team need a top HB 1st combination and Wellington lack this this year. So, when our forwards aren't on top, we can't rely on our backs to win the game.

[Canes4life]

@Nepia yeah fair play to Hawkes Bay. You guys were the better team (on the day). Wellington’s 19 game winning streak comes to an end but it might be the loss we need if we want to defend the title.

[taniwharugby]

Well done Hawkes, always good to see the shield in the provinces.

[Stargazer]

Maybe the Canes should sign McClutchie.

[J77]

Awesome stuff HB 👏.. get that shield back to the provinces where it's appreciated

[Canes4life]

@J77 you say that like we’ve taken the Shield for granted. It’s been awesome seeing the Shield in the communities around Wellington. No need for stupid comments like that mate.

HB deserve their victory.

[J77]

@Canes4life no need to get defensive mate. But really the yellow seats say it all. I'm sure guys like yourself appreciated it, and that's not taking away from how good Wellington have been the last 12 months.. just would have been nice to see the city vote with their feet and show up.

[frugby]

@Canes4life said in Wellington v Hawkes (RS):

@J77 you say that like we’ve taken the Shield for granted. It’s been awesome seeing the Shield in the communities around Wellington. No need for stupid comments like that mate.

HB deserve their victory.

Yeah, reckon all of the NPC teams appreciate the Ranfurly Shield. If Auckland won it, reckon people would go nuts for it, because they haven't had it for so long.

[bayimports]

Well done Hawkes ..hope you all are on the beers!, Shield wins still mean something!

[frugby]

@J77 said in Wellington v Hawkes (RS):

@Canes4life no need to get defensive mate. But really the yellow seats say it all. I'm sure guys like yourself appreciated it, and that's not taking away from how good Wellington have been the last 12 months.. just would have been nice to see the city vote with their feet and show up.

There would be more people at Sky Stadium then you realise... probably 4000-5000 there, which by NPC standards is solid.

[george33]

@frugby they haven't had a challenge for 7 years

[J77]

@frugby ya think?? Looked 2k tops. Happy to be proven wrong though