2021 Hawke's Bay club rugby
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@number-10 Thanks, that's great to hear. All points.
Wow, 11 Colts teams, that's a lot! Do you think that's because of the success of Flanders anc co. in the Magpies squad (and SR)?
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@number-10 Clearly the Shield is still the money spinner it has always been for the provincial areas where people treasure it's history and significance more than the host areas of Super Teams. Long may it remain in the Hawkes Bay!
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@stargazer Is that all the Nash Cup clubs plus Onga Tiko (and maybe Eskview) or do some clubs field two teams?
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@stargazer said in 2021 Hawke's Bay club rugby:
@number-10 Thanks, that's great to hear. All points.
Wow, 11 Colts teams, that's a lot! Do you think that's because of the success of Flanders anc co. in the Magpies squad (and SR)?
At the AGM it was stated that high school playing numbers for boys have actually gone up in Hawke's Bay over the last couple of years. So there is a flow-on effect this year no doubt. But the two biggest drop-off rates in numbers still occur in the 9-10 and 15-16 age brackets.
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Both Hastings R&S and NOBM will compete for the Spillane Cup, tomorrow. This year's tournament is at Owen Delany Park, Taupo.
NOBM will try to defend their title.
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NOBM retained the Spillane Cup after beating Hastings in the final.
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From the "Club rugby" article below:
The tournament features 16 club teams, split across four competitive divisions, and a Presidents match. The top tier Spillane Cup is between the top four seeded teams based on last year’s results. Saturday’s semi-finals see Hamilton Marist and Hastings Rugby & Sports clash on the number one ground at 1.30pm, followed by defending champions Napier Old Boys Marist and Hutt Old Boys Marist at 3.00pm. The Division 2 semi-finals for the Ham Cumming Cup over on the number two field see North Harbour Marist and Palmerston North Marist meet in the first game and Rotorua Marist and Marist St Pat’s contest the second fixture. Division 1 and 2 matches on Sunday see the winners play the winners and losers play the losers. The Ham Cumming Cup winners earn promotion to the main draw at the expense of the fourth placed top tier finisher. MSP finished fourth last year, hence why they are in the Division 2 this year. Whanganui and Masterton Marist vie on Saturday for the division 3 Brennan Cup. There is also a four team Colts section for the Moran Cup, with day one games between North Harbour Colts and Hutt Old Boys Marist Colts and Marist St Pat’s and Taupo Marist Colts. The other match on Saturday is a one-off fixture between the Hutt Old Boys Marist Presidents and the Taupo Marist/Greerton Marist Presidents.
Spillane tournament in Taupo and pre-season rugby starting in Wellington this weekend
UPDATED: The 90th New Zealand Marist Federation Spillane tournament is being hosted by Taupo Marist at Owen Delany Park his weekend. The tournament features 16 club teams, split across four competi…
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@stargazer Auckland Marist not involved at all.
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@stargazer said in 2021 Hawke's Bay club rugby:
@bovidae Maybe because they just came out of level 2? The Covid situation will have affected their trainings the past few weeks.
Possibly, although North Harbour Marist was there.
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Reminder, club rugby starts this Friday (2 April 2021)!
Premiers - NASH CUP (K/O 3PM):
Pool 1:
Hastings v Pirates
Clive v NOBMPool 2:
Tamatea v Taradale
Havelock North v Napier Tech
Central v MAC (this is a cross-over game; MAC is in Pool 1)The Town & Country competition (Pratt Trophy) also starts this week. The first game is between Eskview and Maraenui on Friday night (6.30pm).
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From the article below:
Hastings... will be at least temporarily without Magpies midfielder Neria Fomai, who is on a short-term Super Rugby contract with the Highlanders. They have also lost Jayden Rihia (moved to Australia) and Antonio Mikaele Tu'u (out for the season with a ruptured Achilles) ...
Pirates... picked up some talented youngsters from the Hawke's Bay academy system ...
Tamatea... have also recruited, well adding Magpies Lincoln McClutchie and Kianu Kereru-Symes ...
Taradale... loss of club legend Andrew Gardner offset by new recruit Kienan Higgins from Wellington ...
MAC... take Hurricanes Development prop Paula Latu and Magpies flanker Solomone Funaki ...
Central... having picked up 2020 NZ Secondary Schools first five Harry Godfrey from Whanganui and Joeli Suka from Hastings Rugby and Sports.
Havelock North... should have former Magpie and Highlanders wing Ryan Tongia and the abrasive Tony Lamborn at their disposal ....
Napier Tech... a number of the squad retiring from rugby ...I think Zac Guildford is one of them?
Clive... have brought in lock Jay Tuavaiti from Auckland ...
Napier OB Marist... have a new coach in Ellery Wilson, and with the returning Paul Bickle and promising new first five Jonte Millar from Feilding High School ...
New look for senior club rugby
A new Town and Country grade will sit under the premier men's division.
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@stargazer I think I can just about tolerate Kurt Baker at Club level but that's about the limit to any affection toward him!!!! Wonder who the Texan's retirements might be (apart from myself who is scaling back to Golden Oldies level this season), maybe TBW and Tim Farrell amongst others?
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@stargazer With my expanding girth I might have to reconsider not being available for front row selection then!
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You might not be able to get much info about HB club matches other than quotes from Team Managers about who played well but it is very pleasing to know we can still get comprehensive newspaper reports about Sheep Dog Trials. Only people form rural provinces can be aware of the importance and significance of that sport.
It might even deserve to have it's own thread!
https://cdn.hbapp.co.nz/sport/sport/nobm-ready-for-spillane-cup-retention-mission
