NZ Club Rugby 2024 ( General)
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@Machpants said in NZ Club Rugby 2024 ( General):
Fuck me, that club should be closed permanently
I think that is extremely short sighted and reactionary. Tamatea as a club actually has a recent history of keeping young Maori from the gangs.
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@Machpants said in NZ Club Rugby 2024 ( General):
You're probably right, but I doubt any team will want to play them for a long time
I doubt teams in the Bay are going to have an issue playing the club in general. Some might be nervous about playing that particular team, but I think this incident will be a one off.
League in HB is very gang based (much more than rugby) and the Mob and BP manage to mostly keep in under wraps on Sundays.
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@Machpants said in NZ Club Rugby 2024 ( General):
Fuck me, that club should be closed permanently
The same could be labelled against Marist St Pats who have been involved in recent crowd fighting against OBU not to mention the 7s assault involving them against Petone.
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@Higgins said in NZ Club Rugby 2024 ( General):
Marist St Pats
i would go a step further and suggest that all Marist clubs (including all Brothers clubs in Aus) should be immediately fired in to the sun
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A bit more complicated for 16/17 year old's to play senior rugby here in NZ. Not just a permission form signed by their parents. They then have to get a doctor to fill in a form and then have a RDO from the union to assess their suitability before being signed off. Got a couple of young guys fresh to the country that might go through the process. Their dad was thinking about getting them into Boys High but they might have to go to a co-ed school with a poor rugby program.
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16/17 year old's that have left school can't play for schools either in the Waikato. I have read that they have relaxed those rules a bit in the Thames Valley. I didn't play school rugby in the 90's. I played club. My under 17's team was a mix of guys still at my school, guys who had started apprenticeships and some of their mates from a couple of other schools.
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An improvement from my club Te Rapa but still no win. A bit more expectation this year with some new players with Prem grade experience. They just need time to bed in. It doesn't get easier with last years finalist Leamington next week. We had a HBHS 1st XV player from last year join this week, Inga Kokohu. We don't usually get that caliber of player in our grade, it helps that his brother is a player/coach.
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@mikedogz said in NZ Club Rugby 2024 ( General):
We had a HBHS 1st XV player from last year join this week, Inga Kokohu.
What position is he playing? He alternated between no.8 and hooker for the 1st XV.
I went to watch the Marist-Melville game. Melville actually kept them out for 10-15 mins.
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He came off the bench and played as a loose forward. I don't know how long we will have him. He has been in OZ playing S G Ball League for the Dragons. Not a good year so far for Melville but they will probably be still too good for the best Div 1 side at the end of the year. Our current 1st Five was recently at Melville. Haven't seen Harry Lafatuanai on any team sheets, hopefully his mates get in his ear to come back to Te Rapa.
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Is that Charlie Faumuina I see lining up for Papatoetoe tomorrow?
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Highlights from Petone's win over OBU on Saturday.
Petone's side featured a raft of current/former Super Rugby and NPC players including Harry Godfrey, Riley Higgins, Ngani Punvai, Losi Filipo, TJ Clarke, Belgium Tuatagaloa and Kaliopasis Uluilakepa. Petone also have Brad Shields, Peter Lakai and Logan Henry in their ranks so pretty stacked if all those players were available at the same time.
