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Kieran Keane to lead North Harbour Rugby
North Harbour Rugby is pleased to announce today that Kieran Keane will be the Head Coach for QBE North Harbour Rugby. North Harbour’s General Manager David Gibson said it was an important appointment for the Union and our community. “Our Purpose is to Improve Lives, Through Rugby, and to be a community driven organisation, and although Kieran is not from the region these values came through really strongly, so that is exciting.” “What is also exciting is the experience and knowledge that Kieran brings having spent time coaching at all levels of the game both domestically and internationally. He showed a real hunger to share what he has learnt to help grow the players and the next generation of Harbour coaches as we look further to the future.” Keane, a Teacher by trade played Provincial Union Rugby and for the All Blacks before moving into coaching. He has coached at Club level, Mitre 10 Cup for Ta$man, Super Rugby for the Highlanders and Chiefs, and Overseas. “I am extremely excited and privileged about the opportunity to support the growth of Rugby in the Province”. “Throughout this process it has become clear that there is a drive to improve on what has been achieved. Harbour has been led well by a strong player group, coaching and management staff and I am looking forward to adding value where I can to strengthen what is already a proud Union.” Keane will begin in February next year and will primarily focus on leading the QBE Harbour Rugby Program and provide Coach Development services within the community -
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@stargazer These pics show him training with the chiefs recently so I would guess a training ground accident?
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The shield was designed as a trophy for football, not rugby and the centrepiece showed football but had been modified by adding higher goal posts on the football goals.Surprised to read that. I've never seen a picture that was clear enough to see that centrepiece in detail.
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@Stargazer said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Nepia I hope he keeps his mitts off Bay players! I'm glad our squad is so young that most players have never played under him.
Maybe he'll poach Ben May off us to make @Higgins happy?
But yep, we have to keep our young guys around, although I see that Napier Boys High are doing a poor job at preparing players for the Magpies and their big stars are heading to Wellington. For shame Napier Boys, for shame.
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@Nepia Who are the big stars heading to Wellington?
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@Canes4life said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
@Nepia Who are the big stars heading to Wellington?
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Anyone know how Tim Farrell is progressing?
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@Canes4life Yep, the Canes could have two Bay developed hookers in their squad in future. Kereru-Symes is already training with them; Tyrone Thompson is now on track, too.
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@Canes4life said in Mitre 10 Cup - news, injuries etc:
Anyone know how Tim Farrell is progressing?
Sorry, no idea, but he's a promising LH; the Canes would be idiots to let him go. We'll know more about how he's going once the Canes Dev team starts playing, provided he's picked.
For a future TH from the Bay, it will be interesting to see how Josiah Tavita-Metcalfe progresses this year - hopefully getting more Magpies caps after getting limited game time in 2018 due to injury - and I'm also keen to find out which province has nabbed Patrick Teddy from Napier Boys. Tavita-Metcalfe is definitely one to watch (one of the Hastings Boys 2017 champions team).
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@Stargazer Oh right, he is on the mend from injury though isn't he? The recent announcement of JTA leaving and the likes of T Smith, C Eves & B May coming to the end of their careers means the development and acquisition of young props like Fidow, Farrell, Teddy, Numia and Tevita-Metcalfe are crucial. It will be interesting to see how Fraser Armstrong comes on this year aswell.
Shit, let's hope Teddy hasn't gone to Canterbury.
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@Stargazer Our cunning plan must be to sign up all NZ's props!
Crockett, Hames, Perry, Lomax and Moli on the books - plus several others.
