Northern Region Representative Rugby 2024
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I went to watch the Harlequins-Thames Valley game. Sevens tries each with only two missed conversions (the first of the match and another in the 2nd half from wide out which hit the posts) being the difference. Harlequins led 35-26 at HT but both teams made heaps of changes for the 2nd half. TV should do well in the Heartland competition.
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Chiefs Country U19 teams from Taranaki, Bay of Plenty, Waikato and Counties Manukau will kick off the Northern Regions U19 Competition this Saturday 10 August at Hamilton Marist Rugby Club.
The games will kick off at 12pm with Counties Manukau facing Waikato, followed by Taranaki versus Bay of Plenty at 1.45pm.
Bay of Plenty currently holds the Dave Rennie Shield which will be challenged in their match against Taranaki.
Team lists:
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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, ThamesFriday 14 September: Chiefs Heartland U20s v Hurricanes Heartland U20s
Owen Delaney Park, TaupÅ -
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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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.
