Hawke's Bay v South Canterbury (RS)
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First Ranfurly Shield game of 2022.
Hawke's Bay v South Canterbury
Wed 29 June 2022
K/o 4.35pm NZT
McLean Park, Napier
LIVE on Sky Sport 1Pushed to a spectator/viewer unfriendly hour by the scheduling of the Māori All Blacks v Ireland game, the same day at 7.05pm.
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From the South Canterbury Facebook page:
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HAWKE'S BAY
15 Caleb Makene
14 Paoraian Manuel-Harman *
13 Kienan Higgins
12 Ollie Sapsford
11 Majella Tufuga *
10 Lincoln McClutchie
9 Connor McLeod
8 Josh Kaifa
7 Sam Smith *
6 Josh Gimblett
5 Tom Parsons (capt)
4 Elijah Martin
3 Joel Hintz
2 Kianu Kereru-Symes
1 Jason Long16 Gene Syminton
17 Pouri Rakete-Stones
18 Lewis Bush *
19 Frank Lochore
20 Will Tremain
21 Sheridan Rangihuna *
22 Zach Simpson *
23 Devan FlandersMagpies debut *
Paoraian Manuel-Harman (NOBM) played for Poverty Bay last year
Sam Smith (Havelock Nth) played for Wellington last year
Lewis Bush (Tech OB) played for Wairarapa-Bush last year
Sheridan Rangihuna (Tech OB) played for Wellington 2014-2018
Majella Tufuga (Taradale) played for HB Dev Team last year
Zach Simpson (Central HB) played for HB Dev Team last year -
@Number-10 Good looking squad for a game against a Heartland team. Surprised to see McClutchie, Sapsford, Rakete-Stones and Flanders already in the 23, esp Sapsford and Rakete-Stones.
By the way, isn't it also Rangihuna's Magpies debut? He hasn't played for us before, has he? Only for Wellington?
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@Number-10 Lewis Bush has a similar stature to Joel Hintz. At club level he gets under the taller guys he is up against and simply screws the bejesus out of them, whether it works at NPC level is still to be confirmed.
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Quite right. He had a pre-season non-first-class game for HB in 2013 v BOP.
Played for HB Under 20's in 2012 and 2013.
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Interview with South Canterbury's captain (article doesn't include team line-up):
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Morning guys, just letting you know it is not exactly normal HB weather today. Just got back from hanging out the washing and almost needed to wear mittins to ward off the frostbite. Things are looking up a bit with the temperature rocketing out to almost 8.5 degrees but sadly little prospect of any relief from the sun that is steadfastly refusing to sneak out from behind quite thick silver grey clouds which the light southerly is not having much effect on blowing away.
I definitely won't be wearing shorts to the match this afternoon! Fingers crossed that it might warm up a bit as most or my warm woolies are still in Wellington. -
@Higgins so the green n blacks are in with a show because all those pretty boys from HB won’t like a little wintry cool weather… 😎
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@ACT-Crusader Possibly, but even they will be feeling it a bit at the moment. Fingers crossed that it does warm up to the mid teens this afternoon as it can't be fun playing in English like winter conditions. Just a crying shame I did not think about packing my hipflask when I came up home two months ago (for a two week stay, or so I thought at the time!) as it will be a necessity by the time the second half kicks off some time around 5.30pm.
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just got home & turned on the tv to see South Canterbury in the lead! would be up by more If he didn't miss the conversion
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Devan Flanders is on the field already
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Try to former Highlander Caleb Makene!
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The game seems to have gone about to script for a pre-season Ranfurly Shield game so far.
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These sorts of games should be played away , I really don’t see the point in playing amateur teams at home ..Not even Hawkes Bay supporters give a hoot
Not a bad effort from blokes that will be back at work tomorrow morning -
That’s a brilliant passage of play from an amateur team .deserved a try showing they are a very well coached team
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think it's cool South Canterbury have a player with the surname Fakatava!
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They're playing at the right end of the field that's for sure
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McLeod gets a double
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Big difference in the quality of starting halfback compared to the reserve halfback for South Canterbury
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Score?
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Good on the Timaru lads!
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@KiwiMurph Hawkes Bay 38 -15 score hugely flattering to the home team
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@KiwiMurph 38 - 15
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@Steven-Harris @FakatavaAllBlack thanks. Awesome effort!
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That SC 18 reserve prop has great handling. Pity he’s built like a hippo.
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@KiwiMurph incredible effort by these guys , plenty of heart and no lack of skill , have created so many chances…and this last try , truly amazing ..
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What a finish! Great endeavour by SC.
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South Canterbury certainly did themselves proud!
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@FakatavaAllBlack Incredible that heartland team can rock against a premiership team with such a solid set piece line out , but complete phase after phase at breakdown with such accuracy, but more importantly stay in the fight for 80 minutes and then score the try of the match at the end
Their ball movement and support play was superb. -
If they had won would they become the (Caroline) Bay?
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@Duluth worth looking at those highlights just to see that last try
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@Steven-Harris said in Hawke's Bay v South Canterbury (RS):
@Duluth worth looking at those highlights just to see that last try
That was sweet.
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I still have to watch the replay of the game. I could only watch on my phone and I have a small phone, which isn't great for watching games. Did anyone notice that Devan Flanders seemed to suffer from his knee injury again? He was grabbing his knee around the 75min mark and left the field early. That's a real worry. Josh Kaifa also out of the game early. I don't think there were more casualties?
Oh, and Lewis Bush is indeed very similar to Hintz. I seriously hope they're not considering giving him a contract. Two of them is too much (and his mullet, too).
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Always something to look forward to when attending matches at McLean Park
