Club Rugby NZ 2019 (Not BOP, Magpie, Northland)
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I am less involved with my club Te Rapa. Not Managing but still doing registrations. Waikato are using the my rugby app for scoring and team sheets. A few teething problems for the less tech savvy coaches/Managers. Our main goal is to make the Pro-Reg Championship Round. We have played two top teams to start off with and have had periods of parity. Playing a team closer to our level next week.
My Home District club Onewhero have had a similar start in the Counties prem grade. Doing better than Waiuku who got smashed today 106 nil by Ardmore Marist.
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They aren't as tough on the team naming, mainly for media purposes. The last year the official team sheet after the game had to be in on Monday by 12pm, This year it is done through the app.
Our B team default was done early Friday morning. 3 Defaults over both A and B teams and you are at risk of being dropped down a division. Our current coaching group are a bit too keen to default. I was at Frankton before Te Rapa and I had to play two games sometimes when away at places like Matamata and Tokoroa. Never played a home A game though.
Isaac Boss was one of S.U.R.F's coaches. Looks the goods.
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@mikedogz @mikedogz up here if you cant field your reserves, both teams default and fined.
My son plays U14 which is under IMB now, and if we are to default and don't give 24 hours notice we are fined.
All this talk of kids at this age getting out if rugby; due to the rules, we have at least 6 or so kids who wanted to play (for us) who wont play at all this year.
We have 13 year olds at 40kg not wanting to play due to 6ft + 100kg+ 13 year olds and then a 68kg 14yr old isnt given dispensation.
Not sure what it is like elsewhere but the rules seem to contradict thier desire to keep kids in rugby.
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Those Prem teams would have used their B team players to make up their Bench. They probably decided on the day. In Div 1 here Huntly are don't have to run a B team. Kereone tried to come up for their 100th and may have done the same.
A slight change is possibly coming up next year. There will be a pro reg between Div 1 and Div 2. Old Boys C team could end up in Division one. They win every year and under current rules can't go up.
In Counties the Reserve team no longer follows the A team. Onewhero reserves are now in premier 3. Weymouth has gone up and playing most of the reserve teams of Premier 1 clubs.
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Here is how they do it in the Hamilton part of Waikato for junior rugby.
My son was in 11th grade last year because he was too heavy for 10th. He is doing a second year in 11th because he is within the weight. The big kids in his grade will open weight kids and will be a year younger. Any older kids will be lighter boys.
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Wellington (The Axemen) 13
Marist St Pats 10
Only happened two or three time times in the twenty or so years I have been in Wellington and the first win at home on Hataitai Park over them in 13 years. Needless to say the celebrations were world class. Likewise the hangover!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -
The team lists for the Wellington Premier sides for this week are out and it looks like Marvan Karawana played well enough off the bench last week to attain a starting spot against Tawa tomorrow, albeit at blindside flanker. Nepia will be intrigued by that selection.
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Ardmore Marist, Manurewa, Bombay and Pukekohe making up the top four in Counties.
My home District club Onewhero down near the bottom. Waiuku way at the bottom which is a big fall from grace. Waiuku celebrate their 125th tomorrow playing Onewhero.
Premier 2 (B teams) doesn't follow A teams as much anymore. Onewhero Reserves dropped down to Premier 3 and Weymouth A's promoted.
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@Tim said in Club Rugby NZ 2019 (Not BOP, Magpie, Northland):
@mikedogz Have the clubs secured any good recruits from outside Counties this year?
Onewhero has a player from out of St Pauls, Cameron Roigard. Don't know much about any other clubs. Don't recall anything in pre season media. I live in Hamilton so follow it from a distance. I hope to get up for a couple or Onewhero games this season.
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@mikedogz said in Club Rugby NZ 2019 (Not BOP, Magpie, Northland):
Waikato update
Another month and then split. Bottom two of prem join top six of Division One to make the Championship.My club Te Rapa struggling again but our B team is doing alright.
Ohaupo the big movers in Div 1 this year.
Putaruru
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They Gave Huntly a good hiding yesterday. Everyone does that though.
I have seen a draft of possible changes where the top Division Two teams Join the Bottom Div 1 teams for promotion - relegation. That would allow Old Boys Guzzlers (C Team) to play stronger teams. They are 100 games unbeaten and have nowhere to go.
Player numbers have dropped so much in the last few years. A lot of the bigger clubs had a C team in Division two or three, just the Guzzlers now. Colts grade is small with a Boys high team involved too. 85's has shrunk too.
Women's rugby is on the rise, I was surprised to see Kihikihi doing well in their inaugural season.
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Not sure if anyone else has picked up on this but Grassroots Rugby is back on Sky soon. That's really good news, watching and gaining knowledge of how things are going in other parts of the country as well as learning plenty of history about the clubs involved.
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@Higgins Yeah, I saw the announcement on Facebook!
This is the page where they announce where they'll be filming and which games will be covered on the programme:
Sky Sport GrassRoots Rugby
Sky Sport GrassRoots Rugby. 15,418 likes · 436 talking about this. Club Rugby
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I didn't recognise James Kamana when I saw him when these guys played Te Rapa. I am hoping Richard Kahui does what Isaac Boss did and comes back to Te Rapa. We missed out on Roger Randle because of the then Committee choosing someone else.
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WAIKATO CLUB RUGBY RESULTS 25 MAY 2019
Below are the results that we have received so far. If you know of a result we are missing please comment below.
Waikato Draught Premiership A Round 2 Week 1
Fraser Tech 28-10 Te Awamutu Sports
Hamilton Old Boys 26-42 Hautapu
Melville 17-39 Hamilton Marist
Otorohanga 40-14 UniversityPremiership B Round 2 Week 1
Fraser Tech 95-0 Te Awamutu Sports
Hamilton Old Boys 22-18 Hautapu
Melville 31-32 Hamilton Marist
Otorohanga 22-12 UniversityDivision 1A Week 11
Hinuera 34-15 Leamington
Huntly College Old Boys 7-78 Te Rapa
Ohaupo 14-43 United Matamata Sports
Southern United 63-19 Pirongia
Suburbs 74-19 Putaruru
Frankton – BYEDivision 1B Week 11
Hinuera 17-20 Leamington
Huntly College Old Boys 7 v Te Rapa 31
Ohaupo 22-56 United Matamata Sports
Southern United WIN-DEFAULT Pirongia
Suburbs 57-7 Putaruru
Frankton – BYEDivision 2 Week 7
Hamilton Old Boys v Raglan (Not Submitted)
Jaradites v Te Awamutu Marist (Not Submitted)
Kihikihi 23-17 Whatawhata
Matangi Hillcrest 24-10 KereoneUnder 85kgs Week 8
Hamilton Marist 86-0 University
Melville 50-10 Fraser Tech
Morrinsville Sports 62-12 LeamingtonColts Week 8
Hamilton Marist 32-24 Hamilton Old Boys
Morrinsville Sports 20-22 Leamington
Southern United 50-14 Hamilton Boys High School
University 15-24 Pirongia
Matamata Combined– BYEGallagher Women’s Premiership Week 6
Hamilton Old Boys 59-15 University
Melville 80-0 Kihikihi
Putaruru 26-19 Otorohanga
Taupiri – Bye -
All Blacks star Dane Coles makes successful rugby return, scores try for Poneke club side
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The 32-year-old played against Petone in the Wellington premier club competition.
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Counties Power Club Rugby Results 25 May 2019
McNamara Cup (Premier 1)
Manurewa Kidd Contracting 43
(Pakisonasi Afu 2, Jesse Pascoe, William Raea, Willie Tuala, Ioane Moananu tries; Logan Fonoti 5 cons; Logan Fonoti pens)
Papakura Ray White 15
(Faitua Reupena, Kristopher Smithson tries; Kristopher Smithson cons; Faalae Peni pens)
HT: 14-15Bombay 32
(Nathaniel Apa, Abel Enosa-Taifau, Rowland Kotobalavu 2, Tulele Masoe tries; Ki Anufe 2 cons; Ki Anufe pens)
Onewhero Silver Fern Marquees 22
(Cameron Roigard, Samuel Shuker, Mikaele Pesamino tries; Luke Makris 2 cons; Luke Makris pens)
HT: 10-14Ardmore Marist South Auckland Motors (Counties Power Cup Holders) 27
(Joshua Gray 2, Sikeli Nabou, Whaiora Rangiwai, Joel Taumateine tries; Sailosi Vatubua cons)
Waiuku Brian James Contracting 24
(Stephen Donald, Daniel Kitson, Sepuloni Taufa tries; Daniel Kitson, Christian Walker 2 cons; Christian Walker pens)
HT: 5-10Patumahoe Troydon Patumahoe Hotel 22
(Palu Ale, Matthew Malins, Richard Taupaki tries; Riley Hohepa 2 cons; Riley Hohepa pens)
Pukekohe Mitre 10 Mega 0
HT: 10-0Bob Chandler Memorial (Premier 2)
Manurewa Wise Property 48 Papakura 10; Waiuku defaulted to Ardmore Marist; Patumahoe Dave Redshaw Electrical 27 Pukekohe Long Roofing 7; Weymouth 15 Karaka 27Sid Marshall Shield (Premier 3)
Onewhero 10 Drury 48; Te Kauwhata 67 Puni 18Massey Cup (U21)
Pukekohe 15 Manurewa Carter’s Tyre Service 59; Waiuku 14 Bombay 31Under 85kg
Beachlands Maraetai 15 Weymouth 9; Onewhero 0 Papakura 43; Patumahoe Brady Construction Pak N Save 14 Waiuku 44; Bombay 13 Karaka 22Women’s
Drury 43 Patumahoe 22; Papakura 33 Manukau Rovers 32; ECB 29 Ardmore Marist 12; Marist 72 Weymouth 171st XV
Avondale College 36 Papakura HS 20; Alfriston College 52 Kelston Boys HS 5; Rosehill College 46 Marcellin 14; Pukekohe HS 74 Edgewater 0; Massey 11 Manurewa HS 19; Wesley College 17 St Peters 17 -
Defending champions the combined College Old Boys-University along with Marist-St Pats clubs will both be playing the what is essentially the second division of the Wellington Championship in the second round starting next week. This despite OBU rolling up 100 points today. Needless to say there are not too many tears being shed by supporters of other clubs.
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@mikedogz said in Club Rugby NZ 2019 (Not BOP, Magpie, Northland):
I didn't recognise James Kamana when I saw him when these guys played Te Rapa. I am hoping Richard Kahui does what Isaac Boss did and comes back to Te Rapa. We missed out on Roger Randle because of the then Committee choosing someone else.
Shame they had to beat Putaruru to make the story ...
Back in the day, playing for Putaruru, we had to get past Tokoroa and Pirates, and Tokoroa HS Old Boys, and although the latter was not much of a challenge the other two were.
All were in first div in my first year at Putaruru. We made top four that year but pretty much trended downward from there. Seems Tok fared even worse.
Apropos to nothing Put Bs v THSOB on one of the back grounds is one of my favourite stories ... we're in the process of cleaning up their Senior Bs when the ball gets to our winger on the halfway in space.
Over the 10m ... over the 22 ... over the 5 ... over the goal line ...
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over the dead ball ... (faaaark) over the next dead ball ... over the next goal line ....
Carves round and dots down under the black dot ...
Backs.
