club rugby
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@Steven-Harris I would say that Eklund looked like he's sorted out his throwing, but Suburbs put zero pressure on their lineout.
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@Tim the 2.13 metre lock Dean Williams was a big man in the middle of the suburbs lineout,but does bugger all else around the paddock..Your dead right about Suburbs passing,especially from the base,it was abysmal,and it did'nt help their backs were so deep..!,
Will leave it there Tim,off to watch the first semi final..! -
Japanese players in Wellington club rugby.
I had noticed quite a
Japanese players in Wellington club rugby.I had noticed quite a few Japanese names in the Dominion Post reports.
There's an exchange programme, makes more sense now.
http://www.newswire.co.nz/2016/12/foreign-players-adding-flavour-capital-club-rugby-competition/
About 20 Japanese enhancing their rugby skills in Wellington were among a record number of visitors to New Zealand in the year to September. Visitor numbers increased by 11.4% to nearly 3.4 million for the past 12 months, up from just over 3 million in 2015 and 2.8 million from 2014. The figures were released in Statistics New Zealand’s monthly International Travel and Migration report. This year’s Wellington rugby club competition saw the Japanese influx among the 3500 registered players. Some of them play in the professional leagues in Japan. “We have overseas players come and play and it adds to the flavour of our club competition” says Wellington Rugby Union head of community rugby Will Caccia-Birch. “They get to experience the Wellington rugby way of life. “If we can provide them with an experience then Wellington rugby benefits from that,” Will says. Clubs like Johnsonville RFC and Upper Hutt Rams hosted a range of players from Fiji, Samoa, America, Japan, and France. The Johnsonville club welcomed players from Europe, America, Cyprus and the Pacific Islands, says premier assistant coach Garry Archer, who is himself originally from the UK. “They see rugby as a big part of the culture. “They are just looking for the overall experience, they look for it as part of a New Zealand experience. “Other ones are looking to come to New Zealand to further their career.” Garry says the players walked away from the club enjoying their rugby despite the results not entirely going their way at Johnsonville. For example, George Shaouna has taken what he has learned from playing at Johnsonville and is applying it for the Cyprus national team. Upper Hutt Rams had players from Samoa, Fiji and Japan play across all their teams. Fillipe Rayasi, development officer from Upper Hutt Rams, says the players brought enthusiasm and a willingness to learn. Fillipe says the players from Fiji and Samoa came to study in Auckland. “They wanted the challenge of playing club rugby so we brought them down. “They loved the experience,” says Fillipe.
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@tim said in club rugby:
@Hooroo Sorry buddy, but it's going to conflict with your plans to watch North Harbour's preseason game at Mahurangi Rugby Club.
I know that this comment was from July but it inspired me to show a little more interest in my local club (like sponsor them) especially since Harbour are a much improved team. After a quick google - it seems that Mahu don't contribute too much in terms of winning in premier 1 division.
The 98-0 against Kumeu definitely a low point however 2 good results when Mahu defaulted at nil all.Oh well. Varsity did O.K in Auckland this year.