Club Rugby 2016
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I heard whispers he might have got some game time for a premier reserve team down here in Wellington on Good Friday and notice he was listed as being on the bench for the College Old Boys-University premier team this last weekend. There must be a relaxation for HBs Super Rugby players to allow them to play club rugby outside of HB if they so desire. Come to think of it he probably is not registered with anyone in the Bay given that until last weekend he had never played a senior grade club match before in his life. Good to see messrs Cridge and Lamborn turning out for their "home" clubs and not their Wellington "allocated clubs", good effort guys.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I note that Marvan Karawana managed to make the starting lineup for Wainuiomata on Saturday as well.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Nepia, here is a link to a recent story about Karl Lowe</span></span></p>
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<p>9 April Prem Results </p>
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<p>Central 21 - Havelock Nth 23</p>
<p>MAC 30 - Hastings RS 30</p>
<p>Pirates 15 - NOB Marist 18</p>
<p>Tamatea 16 - Tech OB 25</p>
<p>Taradale 5 - Clive 17</p>
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<p>Now only two unbeaten teams after just three rounds - Clive and NOB Marist.</p>
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<p>Havelock Nth picked up their first win.</p> -
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<p>9 April Prem Results </p>
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<p>Central 21 - Havelock Nth 23</p>
<p>MAC 30 - Hastings RS 30</p>
<p>Pirates 15 - NOB Marist 18</p>
<p>Tamatea 16 - Tech OB 25</p>
<p>Taradale 5 - Clive 17</p>
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<p>Now only two unbeaten teams after just three rounds - Clive and NOB Marist.</p>
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<p>Havelock Nth picked up their first win.</p>
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<p>I read Riccitelli had a great game for Havelock Nth, and that Lamborn and Cridge also played club rugby this weekend. Karl Lowe played for Clive again.</p> -
<p>16 April (round four) Prem results</p>
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<p>Clive 17 - MAC 20</p>
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<p>Hastings RS 36 - Central HB 17</p>
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<p>Havelock North 28 - Pirates 20</p>
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<p>Napier OB Marist 47 - Tech OB 10</p>
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<p>Taradale 61 - Tamatea 7</p>
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<p>With Clive's loss means NOB Marist are now the only undefeated team.</p> -
<p>After round eight of the Nash Cup, points table is:</p>
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<p>Pts</p>
<p>34 NOB Marist</p>
<p>34 MAC</p>
<p>23 Clive</p>
<p>22 Pirates</p>
<p>20 Tech OB R+S</p>
<p>19 Taradale</p>
<p>18 Hastings R+S</p>
<p>15 Havelock North</p>
<p>7 Central HB R+S</p>
<p>2 Tamatea</p>
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<p>Final round draw on Sat 21st:</p>
<p>Pirates v Central HB R+S</p>
<p>Havelock North v Clive</p>
<p>NOB Marist v Taradale </p>
<p>Tech OB R+S v MAC</p>
<p>Hastings R+S v Tamatea</p>
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<p>Rules for teams tying on the same number of points - the winner of their individual match takes the higher position. In round one NOB Marist defeated MAC 33-29 so NOB Marist on top, and will guarantee winning the Nash Cup by defeating Taradale with a four-try bonus point even if MAC do the same to Tech OB. Should be an interesting final round.</p> -
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<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Premiers – first round of Maddison Trophy (28/5)</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Tamatea </span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">27, <span style="color:#000000;">Pirate </span></span>34</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">NTOB </span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">38, <span style="color:#000000;">Central </span></span>27</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">NOBM </span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">51, <span style="color:#000000;">MAC </span></span>12</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Havelock North </span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">9, <span style="color:#000000;">Taradale </span></span>40</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">HRS </span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">33, <span style="color:#000000;">Clive </span></span>35</span></p> -
<p>A couple of surprising results yesterday.</p>
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<p>1) Havelock Nth conceding 40 points and losing by 31 points - I wonder when the last time was for both of those?</p>
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<p>2) The number two team in the Nash Cup losing by 39 points, and conceding 51 points, to the number one team in the Nash Cup.</p> -
<p>I can't believe the only game I was in Napier for this year, was with my team NOB playing like crap and losing to Havelock North back at the end of April - Shannon Chase cutting us to pieces</p>
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<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px;">Premiers – 2nd round of Maddison Trophy (4/6)</span></p>
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<p>Taradale 30, HRS 26</p>
<p>MAC 19, Havelock North 46</p>
<p>Central 8, NOBM 33</p>
<p>Napier Pirates 21, NTOB 5</p>
<p>Clive 20, Tamatea 3</p> -
<p>Gees MAC have completely collapsed after Everard Reid left.</p>
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<p>Gees MAC have completely collapsed after Everard Reid left.</p>
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From the Hawke's Bay Today:<br>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">MAC manager Narley Tuliau said numerous players were unavailable because of injuries. Assistant coach Vili Malaitai had to play halfback and fullback Tom Iosefo had to leave his brother's wedding to play for the below-strength hosts.</span></span></p>
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<p>Watched Hastings RS v MAC today.</p>
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<p>Hastings RS won 33-8, halftime was only 6-3.</p>
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<p>Geoff Cridge played the whole game at number eight and scored a try. Mason Emerson played fullback in the first half. Was switched to the left wing in the second half and scored an excellent try taking a long cutout pass on halfway and at pace beat the fullback with an outside swerve to score behind the posts.</p>
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<p>Hastings RS had the three tallest forwards on the park - Cridge, Sanaila Waqa, and Ben Parsons (blindside flanker). An odd tactic from Hastings RS was to call short lineouts on the majority of their throws and leave Parsons in and put Cridge and Waqa in the backs. The lock that started with Waqa only came up to his shoulders. The Hastings scrum went a lot better in the second half when Parsons partnered Waqa at lock.</p>
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<p>Premiers – Maddison Trophy results 11/6</p>
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<p>NOBM 32, Pirate 19</p>
<p>HavelockN 21, Central 20</p>
<p>HRS 33, MAC 8</p>
<p>Clive 20, Taradale 51</p>
<p><span style="font-family:times, serif;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">NTOB 65, Tamatea 27</span></span></p> -
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Premiers - Maddison Trophy - results 18/6</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Central 22, HRS 25</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">NTOB 20, NOBM 59</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Tamatea 0, Taradale 66</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">MAC 14, Clive 29</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Pirate 26, Havelock North 25</span></span></p> -
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:rgb(41,47,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Clive 0, Central 23 </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(41,47,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Taradale 32, MAC 22 </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:rgb(41,47,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">NOBM 78, Tamatea 3 </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:rgb(41,47,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">HRS 30, Pirate 20 </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:rgb(41,47,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">HavelockN 23, NTOB 15</span></span></p> -
<p>NOBM 29, Havelock North 20</p>
<p>Tamatea 26, MAC 28</p>
<p>Central 15, Taradale 36</p>
<p>Pirates 39, Clive 22</p>
<p>Tech 32, HRS 40</p>
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<p>Points table with 3 games to go:</p>
<p>NOBM 30</p>
<p>Taradale 28</p>
<p>HRS 22</p>
<p>Pirate 18</p>
<p>Havelock N 15</p>
<p>Clive 15</p>
<p>Tech 11</p>
<p>Central 7</p>
<p>MAC 5</p>
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<p>Results 9/7:</p>
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<p>Taradale 14, Pirates 17</p>
<p>MAC 15, Central 18</p>
<p>HRS 10, NOBM 17</p>
<p>Clive 22, Tech 25</p>
<p>Havelock North 73, Tamatea 12</p>
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<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Points table with 2 games to go:</p>
<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">NOBM 34</p>
<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Taradale 29</p>
<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">HRS 23</p>
<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Pirate 22</p>
<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Havelock North 20</p>
<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Tech 16</p>
<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Clive 16</p>
<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Central 11</p>
<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">MAC 6</p>
<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Tamatea 4</p> -
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<p>Phew, still alive after the hard task of smacking Clive at Farndon Park. Come on Texans bowling Taradale at Whitmore next week and MAC over in Flaxmere the week after should be enough to sneak into the semis!</p>
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<p>Is Guildford already playing for Tech? He wasn't last weekend because his registration hadn't been finalised; not sure about this weekend. Could boost the Texans in the final games of the season.</p>
