2017 HB Representative Rugby
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The first of two losses to Counties in a week probably
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@Stockcar86 Yes, that's what I thought as well. Also wondering whether the non-selection of Farrell means that he's still injured, or that he's been called up for Magpies duties to replace Mark Braidwood.
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The U19s just beat Heartland U19s to finish 11th. That's one place better than the previous 2 years. Next year, some of this year's Hastings BHS 1st XV should be available for this team, unless they move out of the province like Naholo and Mua. Surely, they should be able to do better than 11th?
The final score was 26 to 16. Tries: Angus McKnight, Al Momoisea, Nathan Burton, Isaac Thomas; con Isaac Thomas 3x
Hard to judge players based on one game only, but I liked the look of Momoisea, Burton and the two locks. The halfback (Hokianga) looked quite handy, too. The replacement no. 8, Ulupano, is a giant. Ian Jones said in his commentary that even he felt small next to him. He didn't get much game time, but I saw him make some impressive fends. Got strong legs, too. Some handling errors, too, though.
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Some more good news
Wellington Maori 30 - 43 Hawkes Bay Saracens played at Porirua Park early this afternoon
Chainsaw was there in fine form so there should be a good selection of his action photos available sometime later today. I had to help a friend watch her son play for the Wellington Under 18s (he went good too) on an adjacent field so only really saw about two thirds of the second half with full concentration.The scoreboard was not operating but general consensus was that Wellington Maori was in front by a few when I started watching. I must have brought something with me as the Saracens looked pretty comfortable most of the time I was scrutinizing affairs. They looked to be playing at a faster pace than Wellington Maori could match, perhaps it was superior fitness kicking in? I did not have a team sheet with me but the HB fullback called Tom something looked to be a class above the opposition defenders twinkle toeing his was through a couple of times as well as using his speed to create huge problems for the home side defence, a couple of tries resulting from his thrusts. Tom later moved into centre where he was not quite so prominent. He earned himself a nice big tick next to his name in my book with two beautiful tackles where he twice bundled far bigger players into touch right on our goal line saving almost certain tries.
So far all in all a good start to the day (the 'Poos win excepted), hopefully it continues onto Albany tonight.
Ohhh, there was one thing that did not endear itself to me, one of the HB players got rucked beautifully when he failed to move out of the opposition side right on our goal line and proceeded to squeal to the referee. Take you punishment like everyone had to in the good old days and certainly do not let the opposition know it hurt you. -
@Higgins said in 2017 HB Representative Rugby:
Some more good news
Wellington Maori 30 - 43 Hawkes Bay Saracens played at Porirua Park early this afternoon
Chainsaw was there in fine form so there should be a good selection of his action photos available sometime later today. I had to help a friend watch her son play for the Wellington Under 18s (he went good too) on an adjacent field so only really saw about two thirds of the second half with full concentration.The scoreboard was not operating but general consensus was that Wellington Maori was in front by a few when I started watching. I must have brought something with me as the Saracens looked pretty comfortable most of the time I was scrutinizing affairs. They looked to be playing at a faster pace than Wellington Maori could match, perhaps it was superior fitness kicking in? I did not have a team sheet with me but the HB fullback called Tom something looked to be a class above the opposition defenders twinkle toeing his was through a couple of times as well as using his speed to create huge problems for the home side defence, a couple of tries resulting from his thrusts. Tom later moved into centre where he was not quite so prominent. He earned himself a nice big tick next to his name in my book with two beautiful tackles where he twice bundled far bigger players into touch right on our goal line saving almost certain tries.
So far all in all a good start to the day (the 'Poos win excepted), hopefully it continues onto Albany tonight.
Ohhh, there was one thing that did not endear itself to me, one of the HB players got rucked beautifully when he failed to move out of the opposition side right on our goal line and proceeded to squeal to the referee. Take you punishment like everyone had to in the good old days and certainly do not let the opposition know it hurt you.The Tom in question will be Tom Iosefo, who has played sevens for Samoa.
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The remaining rep rugby results from last Saturday (16/9):
U14 v Taranaki: 45 - 7
U16 v Wellington: 8 - 16
U16 Dev v Wellington Dev: 7 - 33HB Samoans v Manawatu Samoans: 15 - 0
HB Tuis v Otago Spirit: 17 -39
U18 Girls v Manawatu: 29 - 12By the way, the last name of one of our U18 girls try scorers is Mikaele-Tu'u. Can't be coincidence!
Photos of the U16s: http://www.facebook.com/lowri.baker/media_set?set=a.10155777293826664.1073741971.527081663&type=3
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Rep rugby Saturday, 23 September:
12.05pm: Harbour Hibiscus v Hawke’s Bay Tuis @ QBE Stadium, North Harbour. This Farah Palmer Cup game will be broadcast on Sky Sport 1.
12.30pm: Manawatu Dev v Hawke’s Bay Saracens @ CET Arena #3, Palmerston North. (Last game of the season; if they win, they'll win the Hurricanes Region Development Competition.)
1.00pm: Hawke’s Bay U16 v Poverty Bay U16 @ Lambton Square, Wairoa (Hurricanes Pre-Tournament Game)
1.00pm: Hawke’s Bay U16 Dev v Wairarapa Bus U16 @ Central Park, Waipukurau (Hurricanes Pre-Tournament Game)
1.00pm: Manawatu U14 v Hawke’s Bay U14 @ CET Arena #2, Palmerston North
2.00pm: Hawke’s Bay Samoa v Manawatu Samoa @ Tremain Field, Napier (Final of the Central Region Samoa High Commission Cup)Tuis line-up (note: only 4 players on the bench. If the list on the HBRU website is up-to-date, they only have a squad of 23 players):
Saracens line-up:
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The Hawke's Bay Saracens have won the Hurricanes Development Competition after beating Manawatu Development 21 to 19.
Hawke's Bay Samoa have won the Central Region Samoa High Commission Cup after beating Manawatu Samoa 50 to 3.Other results:
HB U14 38 - 7 Manawatu U14
HB U16 43 - 10 Poverty Bay U16
Harbour Hibiscus 20 - 0 TuisI couldn't find the result of HB U16 Dev v Wairarapa Bush U16.
Next week, the rest of the Hurricanes U16 Tournament will be played.Photos of HB U16 v Poverty Bay U16:
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Hurricanes U16 Tournament
Results from Monday, 2 Oct:
U16 v Manawatu: 13 - 10
U16 Dev v Wgtn U16 Dev (non-competition game): 12 - 15The U16s are through to the final against Wellington on Thursday, due to their win over Poverty Bay in the pre-tournament game on 23 September.
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Hurricanes U16 Tournament Team
Jordan Macfarlane Roff (Poverty Bay)
Geordie Bean (Wellington)
Jayden Walker (Hawkes Bay)
Te Kamaka Howden (Manawatu)
Julian Goerke (Hawkes Bay)
Sam Sherriff (Wanganui)
Sam Henderson (Hawkes Bay)
Jeremiah Tuiatua (Wellington)
Angus Kilmister (Hawkes Bay)
Rocco Berry (Wellington)
Esera Andrews (Wellington Development)
Jordan Thompson-Dunn (Hawkes Bay)
Felesau Tamailoto (Wanganui)
Ropati So’oala (Wellington)
Cassius Misa (Wellington)
Thomas Ralls (Wairarapa-Bush)
Joseph Gavigan (Manawatu)
Samson Alaimoana (Wellington)
Ridge Studd (Wellington)
Tama Dunn (Hawkes Bay)
Andrew Hayward (Hawkes Bay)
Maui Wallace (Wellington Development)These players will automatically be named in the Hurricanes U17 squad; 28 more players will be added.
Wellington teams retain Hurricanes Youth Rugby Council U16 titles
UPDATED: The Hurricanes Under-16 representative tourney concluded at Wanganui Collegiate today with both the Wellington A and Development teams successfully defending their titles from last year. Wellington A beat Hawke’s Bay 31-19 in the final of the Don Broughton Shield to capture that prize for...
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