Northern Region Representative Rugby 2024

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@mikedogz I went to watch the Waikato-Counties U19 game. That was a strange match as the HT score was only 14-12 after Waikato scored a try on 40 mins. Then CM scored straight after HT to take the lead again. After that, it became the Waisake Salabiau show as most of Waikato's tries were long-range. 10 converted tries in the end, some from out wide.

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Players from Thames Valley and King Country.

https://www.chiefs.co.nz/news-item/chiefs-heartland-u20-representatives-selected

Fixtures:
Saturday 7 September: Chiefs Heartland U20s V Counties Manukau U19s
Rhodes Park, Thames

Friday 14 September: Chiefs Heartland U20s v Hurricanes Heartland U20s
Owen Delaney Park, Taupō

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u19
Counties Beat Taranaki 19 to 7

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The Harlequins must have scored a couple of late tries. I was wet enough by that stage. It was good to see Gabe Robinson get a run and the Harlequins scrum completely dominated NH. A pity the rest of the forward effort was so poor (too many breaks directly from rucks). Changes to key positions like halfback really affected the team in the wrong way.

The other U19 result was:

BOP 14 - NH 20

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Mens U19s Round 4

North Harbour 24 - 12 Counties Manukau
Taranaki 27 - 12 Northland
Waikato 25 - 24 Auckland

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The Chiefs Heartland U20s were meant to play Counties Manukau U19s but it looks like they had a game against the Waikato Colts Divisional XV instead. The Waikato Colts Divisional XV won 67-0. The Chiefs Heartland U20s' opponent this weekend is the Hurricanes Heartland U20s, who lost 65-7 to Wellington U19s in their warm-up game.

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Oli Mathis is back playing for the Waikato U19s (vs NH U19s) in the curtain-raiser to the NPC match.

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Development/Bs
Bay of Plenty 29 - 21 Taranaki
Counties Manukau 29 - 35 North Harbour

U19s
Northland 26 - 40 Counties Manukau
Auckland 50 - 0 Bay of Plenty
Waikato 30 - 10 North Harbour

Chiefs Heartland U20s 29 - 25 Hurricanes Heartland U20s

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A couple of photos from Mooloo SM of the Waikato-NH U19 game, showing the rain in the 2nd half.

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Northland Dev 28 - 50 Auckland B

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@Bovidae said in Northern Region Representative Rugby 2024:

Northland Dev 28 - 50 Auckland B

28-26 with 20 to go,,,

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Development
Northland 5 - 26 North Harbour
Counties Manukau 46 - 36 Bay of Plenty
Auckland 32 - 29 Taranaki

U19s
Counties Manukau 14 - 29 Auckland
North Harbour 32 - 22 Taranaki
Bay of Plenty 12 - 62 Waikato

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Waikato U19s go undefeated to retain Dave Rennie Shield

Our Waikato U19 men s have gone undefeated across their eight-game campaign to retain the Dave Rennie Shield and to win ...

[mikedogz]

The Northern Regional 7’s Tournament is being played in Morrinsville this Saturday. Kick-off at 10 AM, with finals from 2 PM.

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No Auckland or BOP teams - strange.

Looking at the Waikato Mens team that has been named there are some notable players missing, which may suggest they are part of the NZ squad.

[mikedogz]

When was the last time there was a national provincial sevens tournament?

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2019. 2020 was cancelled due to covid, and now it is regional.