NZ Club Rugby 2024 ( General)
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Article says for personal reasons. Just a bit of a shitshow he gets to play for a topside
You wouldn’t read about it
Dwyer: The top 4: GI, Southern, Dunedin and Kaik
GI have pretty much wrapped up the Gallaway Trophy and top spot in the top six with a win over second placed Southern at the weekend.
A little birdie tells me Tamaiti Williams, the ABs’ prop, will play club Rugby in Dunedin tomorrow — you heard it here first. Tamaiti is down here for personal reasons and the All Blacks coaches are keen for him to play and apparently contacted the Otago coach to make it happen.
Tamaiti, through Christian Lio-Willie, asked if he could play for Kaikorai and the Otago coach requested that.
The CRC — while supporting him in getting a game — understandably had serious reservations about playing for one of the top three sides against one of the bottom three sides in Taieri. It has been widely reported that Taieri have been battling in the front row all year.
The CRC suggested he play for Taieri, as the other bottom sides were playing each other. Eminently sensible I would have thought. But the higher-ups have decided, and apparently he will play for Kaik. This should have been a great story, but for me sadly tarnished.
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@Canes4life said in NZ Club Rugby 2024 ( General):
@SouthernMann said in NZ Club Rugby 2024 ( General):
Paul Dwyer has written in the ODT that Tamaiti Williams is likely to play club rugby in Dunedin tomorrow.
So Bower in Welly and Wiliams in Dunedin. Interesting. Why would Wiliams be in Dunedin, he's not from there is he?
hi partner is from oamaru .would think it was better playing rugby in dunners than in north otago
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@SouthernMann said in NZ Club Rugby 2024 ( General):
A little birdie tells me Tamaiti Williams, the ABs’ prop, will play club Rugby in Dunedin tomorrow
Would be interesting to see if this is true because he has also been listed on the bench for his Burnside club in the Canterbury Metro
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Yes he is.
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Sevu Reece is playing for Sumner today.
George Bell and Fletcher Newell for Lincoln Uni -
And also posted this morning. The man is going to be in two places at one.
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@SouthernMann one team is going to be upset. Hopefully Burnside.
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@ploughboy said in NZ Club Rugby 2024 ( General):
Williams is not listed on the Otago community page
That was updated before the Kaik Facebook was.
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Williams and his partner had a premature baby, and it appears she was born in Dunedin so is probably still in hospital down there.
'Our little princess': All Black's touching social media post after daughter born 13 weeks early
'We have a long road ahead,' the rugby star says in a heartfelt post.
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@Smudge said in NZ Club Rugby 2024 ( General):
Williams and his partner had a premature baby, and it appears she was born in Dunedin so is probably still in hospital down there.
'Our little princess': All Black's touching social media post after daughter born 13 weeks early
'We have a long road ahead,' the rugby star says in a heartfelt post.
Yes this is known news and a couple months old.
Yes he is down there regularly. He spent a lot of time down there during the season while he was injured too. Like I said above, he is playing club rugby in Christchurch today. He plays at my club so I’ll be down there.
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@Landers92 said in NZ Club Rugby 2024 ( General):
@Smudge said in NZ Club Rugby 2024 ( General):
Williams and his partner had a premature baby, and it appears she was born in Dunedin so is probably still in hospital down there.
'Our little princess': All Black's touching social media post after daughter born 13 weeks early
'We have a long road ahead,' the rugby star says in a heartfelt post.
Yes this is known news and a couple months old.
I didn't say it was new news. At least one person on this thread was wondering aloud why Williams would be in Dunedin. I offered a likely explanation as to why. That's all.
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@Smudge said in NZ Club Rugby 2024 ( General):
@Landers92 said in NZ Club Rugby 2024 ( General):
@Smudge said in NZ Club Rugby 2024 ( General):
Williams and his partner had a premature baby, and it appears she was born in Dunedin so is probably still in hospital down there.
'Our little princess': All Black's touching social media post after daughter born 13 weeks early
'We have a long road ahead,' the rugby star says in a heartfelt post.
Yes this is known news and a couple months old.
I didn't say it was new news. At least one person on this thread was wondering aloud why Williams would be in Dunedin. I offered a likely explanation as to why. That's all.
Yeah mate. Didn’t mean for it to across like that, was just stating incase people weren’t aware that it’s a couple months old.
The old classic message coming across the wrong way on the fern haha.
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Ardie Savea played 50 minutes for the Ories.
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@Chris i do love hearing stuff like that, seems like such an easy win to get down and do some stuff with your old club. Back in the day Taine Randell was often seen down at Dunedin even if not playing
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@Kiwiwomble said in NZ Club Rugby 2024 ( General):
@Chris i do love hearing stuff like that, seems like such an easy win to get down and do some stuff with your old club. Back in the day Taine Randell was often seen down at Dunedin even if not playing
Yeah me too it is good to see,Ritchie has been at the Saturday games as well.
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