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    • Stargazer
      Stargazer last edited by

      In April, it was announced that the Heartland Championship would be cancelled for 2020, but over the last few weeks, I've seen several Heartland Unions name their squad.

      On the Wairarapa Bush website, I also found a draw (for that team), including 5 games against NI teams only.

      On the North Otago website, I've also found a news item saying that they'll play 7 fixtures (two have already been played, including the Ranfurly Shield challenge. The remaining games are against SI teams only.

      Very strange that NZR has not given any publicity to this, even though it seems to be a shortened, one-island season.

      If I can find the time, I'll try to make and post one single Heartland draw.

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      • Bovidae
        Bovidae last edited by

        I posted an article a month or so back which said South Canterbury were organising games against other SI Heartland provinces.

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        • Stargazer
          Stargazer @Bovidae last edited by Stargazer

          @Bovidae I'll have a look.

          Looking at the games to be played by Wai-Bush, it's not really a competition, just a number of games. They play some teams once, and Horo-Kap twice. Still good that there's some representative rugby!

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            Gunner last edited by

            Northland seems sending their Development team down to play East Coast at some stage

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            • Stargazer
              Stargazer @Gunner last edited by

              @Gunner Yeah, I just saw that Hawke's Bay Development will also play Ngāti Porou East Coast .

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              • Stargazer
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                Livestream for South Canterbury v Mid Canterbury:

                South Canterbury Rugby was live. | By South Canterbury Rugby | Facebook

                South Canterbury Rugby was live. | By South Canterbury Rugby | Facebook

                2.6K views, 16 likes, 7 loves, 27 comments, 5 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from South Canterbury Rugby: South Canterbury Rugby was live.

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                • Stargazer
                  Stargazer last edited by Stargazer

                  Heartland Fixtures 2020 (scores will be updated after each weekend)

                  Date Time Home team Away team Venue Result
                  Sat 5 Sep 2.00pm North Otago Otago Country Twizel 41 - 38
                  Sat 5 Sep 2.30pm South Canterbury Mid Canterbury Alpine Energy Stadium, Timaru 31 - 31
                  Sun 6 Sep 2.30pm Hawke's Bay Academy King Country Park Island, Napier 48 - 5
                  Sat 12 Sep 12.00pm Hawke's Bay Development Ngāti Porou East Coast Tremain Field, Napier 85 - 24
                  Sat 12 Sep 2.30pm North Otago South Canterbury Whitestone Contacting Stadium, Oamaru 30 - 7
                  Sat 12 Sep 2.00pm Mid Canterbury Buller Hanmer Springs 41 - 17
                  Sat 19 Sep 2.30pm King Country BoP Development Te Kuiti 19 - 39
                  Sat 19 Sep 2.30pm Poverty Bay Ngāti Porou East Coast Rugby Park, Gisborne 34 - 21
                  Sat 19 Sep 2.30pm Mid Canterbury North Otago Ashburton 30 -7
                  Sat 19 Sep 2.30pm South Canterbury Buller Alpine Energy Stadium, Timaru 78 - 10
                  Sat 19 Sep 3.00pm Horowhenua-Kapiti Wairarapa Bush Ōtaki Domain 8 - 43
                  Sat 26 Sep 2.30pm Ngāti Porou East Coast Poverty Bay Whakarua Park, Ruatoria 16 - 42
                  Sat 26 Sep 2.30pm Hawke's Bay Development Wanganui Napier 36 - 12
                  Sat 26 Sep 2.30pm Horowhenua-Kapiti Central Hawke's Bay Playford Park, Levin 59 - 12
                  Sat 26 Sep 2.30pm Wairarapa Bush King Country Memorial Park, Masterton 22 - 18
                  Sat 26 Sep 2.30pm North Otago Mid Canterbury Whitestone Contacting Stadium, Oamaru 17 - 35
                  Sat 26 Sep 2.30pm Buller South Canterbury Westport 28 - 66
                  Fri 2 Oct 4.30pm Bay of Plenty Toa (Dev) Thames Valley Thunder (U23) Rotorua 88 - 10
                  Sat 3 Oct 2.30pm Ngāti Porou East Coast King Country Princess St Reserve, Ōpōtiki 22 - 34
                  Sat 3 Oct 2.30pm Horowhenua-Kapiti Wanganui Shannon Domain, Shannon 7 - 36
                  Sat 3 Oct 2.30pm Wairarapa Bush Poverty Bay Napier 46 - 26
                  Sat 3 Oct 2.30pm South Canterbury North Otago Alpine Energy Stadium, Timaru 37 - 29
                  Sat 10 Oct 2.30pm King Country Wanganui Taumarunui 16 - 11
                  Sat 10 Oct 2.30pm Wairarapa Bush Horowhenua-Kapiti Memorial Park, Masterton 47 - 24
                  Sat 17 Oct 2.30pm Ngāti Porou East Coast Northland Development George Nepia Memorial Park, Rangitukia 19 - 43
                  Sat 17 Oct 2.30pm Wanganui Wairarapa Bush Cooks Gardens, Wanganui 29 - 8
                  Sat 24 Oct 2.15pm Poverty Bay Wanganui McLean Park, Napier curtain raiser Magpies v Turbos
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                  • Stargazer
                    Stargazer last edited by

                    The Heartland provinces haven't had a normal season, but have still played quite a few games.

                    We're now nearing the end of the season, with - as far as I know - only one more game to be played: Poverty Bay v Wanganui. This game is the only Heartland game to be televised this year (Sky Sport 3 from 2.00pm), thanks to it being the curtain raiser to the Ranfurly Shield game between Hawke's Bay and Manawatū.


                    Wanganui line-up:

                    1 Gabriel Hakaraia, 2 Joe Edwards, 3 Kamipeli Latu, 4 Josh Lane, 5 Matt Ashworth, 6 Campbell Hart, 7 Jamie Hughes, 8 Semi Vodosese, 9 Cameron Davies, 10 Dane Whale, 11 Alekesio Vakarorogo, 12 Timoci Seruwalu, 13 Josaia Bogileka, 14 Vereniki Tikoisolomone, 15 Tyler Rodgers-Holden.

                    Reserves:
                    16 Dylan Gallien, 17. Hadlee Hay-Horton, 18. Matthew Brown, 19. Bradley O’Leary, 20. Lindsay Horrocks, 21. Cody Hemi, 22. Dillon Adrole.

                    admin_wang  /  Oct 21, 2020

                    Lights, camera, action for Steelform Wanganui vs Poverty Bay on Saturday.

                    Lights, camera, action for Steelform Wanganui vs Poverty Bay on Saturday.

                    Wanganui is our name, and rugby is our game We are the Wanganui rugby team (Don’t cha know? Don’t cha know? Hee-ha!) Don’t hold that ball too long, just pass it right along Play the game, Wanganui,…

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                      mikey07 @Stargazer last edited by

                      Wanganui line-up:

                      1 Gabriel Hakaraia, 2 Joe Edwards, 3 Kamipeli Latu, 4 Josh Lane, 5 Matt Ashworth, 6 Campbell Hart, 7 Jamie Hughes, 8 Semi Vodosese, 9 Cameron Davies, 10 Dane Whale, 11 Alekesio Vakarorogo, 12 Timoci Seruwalu, 13 Josaia Bogileka, 14 Vereniki Tikoisolomone, 15 Tyler Rodgers-Holden.

                      Reserves:
                      16 Dylan Gallien, 17. Hadlee Hay-Horton, 18. Matthew Brown, 19. Bradley O’Leary, 20. Lindsay Horrocks, 21. Cody Hemi, 22. Dillon Adrole.

                      admin_wang  /  Oct 21, 2020

                      Lights, camera, action for Steelform Wanganui vs Poverty Bay on Saturday.

                      Lights, camera, action for Steelform Wanganui vs Poverty Bay on Saturday.

                      Wanganui is our name, and rugby is our game We are the Wanganui rugby team (Don’t cha know? Don’t cha know? Hee-ha!) Don’t hold that ball too long, just pass it right along Play the game, Wanganui,…

                      I can’t see the evergreen Craig Claire in there he carved up my Nua boys when they played a few weeks ago

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                        ARHS @Stargazer last edited by

                        @Stargazer Any idea which of these matches will be granted first-class status by NZRU - or have been?

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                        • Stargazer
                          Stargazer @ARHS last edited by

                          @ARHS From what I've read on the websites/FB pages of these provinces, most matches against other Heartland provinces were first-class games, while those against development or academy teams were not. There may be some exceptions though.

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                          • Bovidae
                            Bovidae last edited by

                            Highlights of the Ngāti Porou East Coast vs Northland Development game was on Sky last night (Mainfreight Rugby). Replayed again tonight at 6 pm.

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                              mikey07 @Bovidae last edited by

                              @Bovidae I love Mainfreight Rugby it’s really awesome how they go around the Heartland Provinces and show highlights of their games which otherwise aren’t shown.

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                              • Stargazer
                                Stargazer last edited by

                                This was the Poverty Bay squad that played, today. IWL's younger brother in the starting line-up.

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                                I was hoping they'd upload a highlights video on YT because this game was televised, but so far, nothing. Maybe the highlights will first be shown on Mainfreight Rugby.

                                Anyway, it was a game of two halves. The final score was

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                                Poverty Bay 38 - 41 Wanganui

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                                  ARHS @Stargazer last edited by

                                  @Stargazer great thanks

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                                  • Stargazer
                                    Stargazer last edited by

                                    Two Queen's Birthday matches have been announced. There may be more.

                                    • Ngati Porou East Coast v Poverty Bay - Saturday 5 June 2021, k/o 2pm, Whakarua Park, Ruatoria
                                    • Wairarapa Bush v Hawke's Bay Saracens - Monday 7 June 2021, k/o 2pm, Memorial Park, Masterton

                                    The three Heartland provinces have announced their Queen's Birthday squads (to be reduced to a matchday squad):

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                                      mikey07 @Stargazer last edited by

                                      @stargazer I notice Guildfords in the bush squad

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                                      • Machpants
                                        Machpants last edited by

                                        You know your old when the coaches were in your year at college

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                                        • Stargazer
                                          Stargazer @mikey07 last edited by Stargazer

                                          @mikey07 Yes, he's back playing for Greytown, the old club and province his dad and uncle played for. Zac also played for Greytown and Wai-Bush in 2016.

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                                            mikey07 @Stargazer last edited by

                                            @stargazer yeah I know I remember watching him on main freight rugby.

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                                            • Higgins
                                              Higgins last edited by

                                              I notice Tolo Fahamokioa who has had runs for both Hawkes Bay and Wellington is down amongst the unavailable list for Bush.

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                                                mikey07 @Higgins last edited by

                                                @higgins I saw that aswell well his stocks have fallen.

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                                                • Higgins
                                                  Higgins @mikey07 last edited by

                                                  @mikey07 He also turned out for Waikato last season as well so perhaps going to the Bush is not such a large falling of stocks as first appears!

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                                                    mikey07 @Higgins last edited by

                                                    @higgins or maybe he’s working his way around the country to have a stockpile of jerseys 😂

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                                                    • Stargazer
                                                      Stargazer @Higgins last edited by

                                                      @higgins Fahamokioa is also playing for Greytown, like Guildford.

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                                                      • Yeetyaah
                                                        Yeetyaah last edited by

                                                        Poor form signing Guildford again. I believe people deserve second chances and can change but his behaviour hasn't.

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                                                        • Stargazer
                                                          Stargazer @Yeetyaah last edited by Stargazer

                                                          @yeetyaah You can also look at this from another angle. He has been doing really good work for the community (mental health & suicide prevention), esp for Maori men. Playing for Wai-Bush is another way for him to give back to the community he's part of. He's still a good player and he'll be good for the team. They'll be getting more out of this, than he does.

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                                                          • Yeetyaah
                                                            Yeetyaah @Stargazer last edited by

                                                            @stargazer cool and I'm glad to see that. But rugby obviously isn't doing favours for his mental health. He's had chances and wasted them. No way he deserves to represent a region in rugby.

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                                                              Stargazer @Yeetyaah last edited by Stargazer

                                                              @yeetyaah I think it's wrong to discus someone's personal mental health problems on this forum, so I won't respond to that, but I think the people at Wai-Bush will be at a better position to judge whether he deserves to represent them, than we do.

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                                                              • Yeetyaah
                                                                Yeetyaah last edited by

                                                                @stargazer what else is a forum for? We discuss everything else. But sure, I'll leave it.

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                                                                • Stargazer
                                                                  Stargazer last edited by

                                                                  The Heartland Championship draw has been released.

                                                                  Media release: https://www.provincial.rugby/news/action-packed-rugby-schedule-ahead-with-2021-domestic-rugby-draws-announced-today-3/

                                                                  Draw: https://www.provincial.rugby/assets/Heartland-Championship-Draw-202191.pdf

                                                                  There's a double header on Sat 21 August, when the Thames Valley v Mid Canterbury bame is played at FMG Stadium Waikato before the Waikato v Taranaki game.

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                                                                  • Stargazer
                                                                    Stargazer last edited by Stargazer

                                                                    Saturday 5 June 2021 - 1pm - Whitestone Contracting Stadium, Oamaru
                                                                    (insta) North Otago v King Country

                                                                    Saturday 5 June 2021 - 2pm - Whakarua Park, Ruatoria
                                                                    (FB) Ngati Porou East Coast v Poverty Bay (insta)

                                                                    Monday 7 June 2021 - 2pm - Memorial Park, Masterton
                                                                    (FB) Wairarapa Bush v Hawke's Bay Saracens


                                                                    Has anyone be able to find a livestream?

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                                                                    • Stargazer
                                                                      Stargazer last edited by

                                                                      Found it:

                                                                      NPEC v Poverty Bay

                                                                      NPEC Vs Poverty Bay! | By Radio Ngati Porou | Facebook

                                                                      NPEC Vs Poverty Bay! | By Radio Ngati Porou | Facebook

                                                                      9.6K views, 120 likes, 66 loves, 278 comments, 45 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Radio Ngati Porou: NPEC Vs Poverty Bay!

                                                                      same: https://www.facebook.com/RadioNgatiPorou/videos/772009330144590

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                                                                      • Stargazer
                                                                        Stargazer last edited by

                                                                        Too bad for Ngati Porou East Coast that this wasn't a competition game, because it would have ended their long losing streak. They beat Poverty Bay 28 - 19 (HT: 23 - 14). I only saw part of the game, but NMS scored at least one try.

                                                                        In the other game, North Otago was too strong for King Country: 27 -19 (HT: 19 - 14).

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                                                                            Stargazer last edited by Stargazer

                                                                            2021 Ngati Porou East Coast squad

                                                                            BUNNINGS WAREHOUSE HEARTLAND SQUAD
                                                                            PROPS:
                                                                            Perrin Manuel • #1081 • 36g
                                                                            Jody Tuhaka • #1198 • 2g
                                                                            Raniera Whakataka • #1165 • 8g (Player of Origin)
                                                                            Maia Fox • * •
                                                                            Myles Tawa Lardelli • * •
                                                                            Hirini Delamere • #1188 • 5g
                                                                            Mike Chambers • #1119 • 20g
                                                                            Pera Bishop • #1087 • 48g

                                                                            HOOKERS:
                                                                            Jorian Tangaere • #1192 • 5g
                                                                            Jack Westenra • * •
                                                                            John Brown • #1186 • 3g

                                                                            LOCKS:
                                                                            Patrick Allen • #1142 • 10g
                                                                            Netani Seruwaqa • #1189 • 3g
                                                                            Riki Waitoa • #995 • 35g
                                                                            George Waddy • * •
                                                                            Gabe Te Kani • * •
                                                                            Kyah Hollis • #1193 • 2g

                                                                            LOOSE FORWARDS:
                                                                            Hone Haerewa • #1106 • 42g
                                                                            Will Bolingford • #1200 • 1g
                                                                            Tanira Tamanui Nepia • #1202 • 1g
                                                                            Trent Proffit • #1152 • 14g
                                                                            Richard Green • #1113 • 12g
                                                                            Teatapo Kirikiri • * •
                                                                            Tuterangi Ngarimu • * •
                                                                            Moana Hape Mato • #1093 • 14g
                                                                            Jack Richardson • #1170 • 10g
                                                                            Tanetoa Parata • #1044 • 25g

                                                                            HALFBACKS:
                                                                            Hamuera Moana • #1182 • 14g
                                                                            Sam Parkes • #1062 • 44g
                                                                            Josh Dearden • #1203 • 1g

                                                                            FIRST FIVES:
                                                                            Te Rangi Fraser • #1072 • 8g
                                                                            Rapata Haerewa • #1194 • 3g
                                                                            Te Manu Herewini • * •

                                                                            MIDFIELD BACKS:
                                                                            Tawhao Stewart • #1181 • 12g
                                                                            Tutere Waenga • #1190 • 6g
                                                                            Jayden Milner • #1122 • 27g
                                                                            BJ Sidney • #1035 • 12g
                                                                            Verdon Bartlett • #1005 • 76g
                                                                            Jesse Rye • #1176 • 3g

                                                                            OUTSIDE BACKS:
                                                                            Teina Potae • #1162 • 9g
                                                                            Tipene Meihana • #1179 • 3g
                                                                            Mohi Bartlett • #1109 • 2g
                                                                            Fabyan Kahaki • #1149 • 15g
                                                                            Ahomatua Morice • #1168 • 4g
                                                                            Ben Raimou • * •
                                                                            Tarleq Simeon • #1195 • 2g
                                                                            James Henderson • * •

                                                                            #1234 = NPEC Cap Number
                                                                            • * • = New CAP

                                                                            Unavailable
                                                                            Hoani Te Moana
                                                                            Leethan Rawiri
                                                                            Whakarae Henare
                                                                            Storm Mahuta Moran
                                                                            Adrian Collier

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                                                                                Farriers Wairarapa Bush
                                                                                2021 SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT

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                                                                                  2021 Thames Valley Swampfoxes

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