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[FarNthHayden]

Gunner, on 24 March 2012 - 07:33 PM, said:

I heard the touchie got a shove from a spectator, the culprit was then told to leave the grounds. No Idea who it was, or which club they were supporting.

oh boring, probably someone who had a few too many after work drinks.

Chiefy, on 25 March 2012 - 11:29 AM, said:

Never good when officials get abused.

Not sure if he is living up here or playing rugby or what but saw Steven Bates doing his shopping at Pak'n'Save yesterday. Would be a good replacement for Cam Eyre if he is living up here...

I think the number 8 from mid western has a northland contract that starts this year, someone correct me if im wrong. but he looks like he's got plenty of ticker.

I watched the Old Boys v HoraHora game, Old boys have a pretty tall second row, but they're scrum was well dominated by HH

[justin77]

Who is the No 8 for MW?

Does anyone know if Danny Mason is back for Kamo?

Whoah, imagine if Bates made himself available, now that would be cool..

[footy]

Ben berridge is the MW 8. I understand he was on a development contbut act which Northland are not going to renew. Was contracted as a hooker but has not come on as well as Northland thought. Sure is tough enough but if you saw that pre season against HB i don't think Northland won a line out with him at hook. Reckon if he was to concentrate on open side he could make the grade in a year or two.

Dan mason is playing for kamo but is injured at the moment

[kev]

Thanks guys for keeping this link up to date. I look forward to hearing about Northland club teams and players.

[FarNthHayden]

Round 3 fixtures

Hora Hora v Marist

Kamo v Hikurangi

Mid Northern v Wellsford

Otamatea v Old Boys

Sharks v Mid Western

[taniwharugby]

PREMIERS:
Mid Western 17 Sharks 22
Marist 41 Hora Hora 15
Welsford 24 Mid Northern 21
Old Boys 37 Otamatea 19
Hikurangi 30 Kamo 10

RESERVES:
Hora Hora 47 Marist 15
Kamo 36 Hikurangi 6
Mid Northern 25 Welsford 21
Sharks 20 Mid Western 7
Old Boys 22 Otamatea 8

Some interesting results in there!!

MW getting tipped over, Wellsford getting up over MN, HH getting done by Marist, even a competitive looking scoreline in the OB-Otamatea game

[Gunner]

Tonights games, Reserves 6.30pm, Prems 8pm

Hikurangi v Mid Northern
Marist v Otamatea
Mid Western v Kamo
Sharks v Hora Hora
Old Boys v Wellsford

The weather has cleared up just in time for the footy!!!
If last weeks results are anything to go by, there will be some good close games tonight. I look forward to hearing the results....

[Middy1]

One result   - Mid Northern 17 Hikurangi 11  - all tied up at 11 all until final seconds and MN scored under the posts - really tight game - probably deserved to be
drawn.    Reserves   Mid Northern 32  - Hikurangi  19 .    No rain - great to have the weekend off.

[FarNthHayden]

other results
Marist 45 - 12 Otamtea
Mid western 10 - 14 Kamo
Sharks 10 - 24 HoraHora
Old Boys 17 - 27 Wellsford

Marist(19 points) and Wellsford(17 points) both undefeated and will play each other this weekend, HoraHora (3rd, 15 points) are playing Midwestern (4th 12 points)

Reserves
Marist 12 - 15 Otamatea well done hawkes
Mid western 0 - 20 Kamo
Old boys 24 - 40 Wellsford
Sharks 62 - 12 Horahora

[Middy1]

Mid Northern celebrated 50 years of club rugby with a dinner on Friday night and games on Saturday against their old rivals Kamo - it was a great weekend for the club
the Friday night was sold out well before the night and the older players had a great time remembering their feats on and off the field - the first chaiman of the club attended
was able to tell about the merging of Towai-Maromaku and Hukerenui.   Dooley walked the room with a microphone and got lots of little titbits from various old guys.
Saturday was a sucess as both teams managed with hard fought matches to beat both Kamo teams.    It was great to be involved.   We will be playing Kamo when they
celebrate 125 years.

[Middy1]

Weekends results;

Prems

Wellsford  21       Marist 18
Mid Northern  17        Kamo 11
Mid Western 35       Horahora 10
Old Boys 22    Hikurangi  21
Western Sharks 24    Otamatea 5

Res
Wellsford 33          Marist 12
Midnorthern 24      Kamo  6
Mid Western 17     Hora hora 27
Old Boys 27   Hikurangi 62
Western Sharks 28  Otamatea 5

[taniwharugby]

great to see Otamatea's scorelines coming down!

This years comp looking tight!!

[Gunner]

taniwharugby, on 15 April 2012 - 08:37 AM, said:

This years comp looking tight!!

Yeah sure is. I think anyone could beat anyone on any given day. Hopefully the race to the finals stays tight right up until the last games of the round robin.

[FarNthHayden]

Round 6 match ups are

Hikurangi v Wellsford
Kamo v Otamatea
Marist v Mid Western
Mid Northern v HoraHora
Sharks v Old Boys

[justin77]

I managed to get out and have a look at the opening round of Mangonui club footy last week, all games were at Arnold Rae Park as a part of the Rally Day.

I have to say I was plesantly surprised at the standard . Kaitaia, Rarawa, Motukohu, Waipapakauri-Awanui (Combined this year), Ngati Kuri and Aupouri all look fairly handy.  Eastern and the new Ngaru Roa (Herekino-Broadwood-Panguru) team have a bit of work to do though.

Kaitaia have a Samoan centre who is bloody dynamic, not sure of his name, but I will find out. He wasn't a very big fella, but shit could he move and tackle.

Another standout was Frank Roberts the Ngati Kuri No.8, he single handedly kept them in the game with Kaitaia. The dude is a man-mountain. Supremely fit too. Not sure how old he is, but if young enough, he'd easily fit in the Northland set-up IMO.

Never thought I'd say this, but Ferris and Witcombe best be shooting up here to have a look at some of these blokes.

For the record Kaitaia beat Ngati Kuri 54-43, Awaz-waipap beat Aupouri 12-9, Eastern just pipped Ngaru Roa (dont know score), Rarawa beat Motukohu (dont know score).

[taniwharugby]

Isnt there a dev officer of something up that way for this very reason?

[justin77]

taniwharugby, on 20 April 2012 - 10:24 AM, said:

Isnt there a dev officer of something up that way for this very reason?

not that I'm aware of mate, could be, but we aint seen him...

[Chiefy]

Frank Roberts played well for Mangonui in the Harding Shield too bro. Stuck out like dogs balls in the Mangonui team. Hopefully more players make themselves available for the next round of games!! I think he used to play for Mid Northern down here, or am I thinking of someone else?

I still can't believe Waipap and Awanui have had to combine Senior teams, that's absolutely crazy!! Sign of the times though I suppose. Good to see Aupouri back!

I might be a cynic but I can't see that Ahipara/North Hokianga sustaining 3 teams. Good luck to Ngaru Roa but I just don't see them, Te Rarawa and Motukohu all having the resources to manage a whole season. Especially as I have heard the new Rugby League team has been quite proactive with Union players up there.

I read the Northland Age article Justin and they're saying that new centre could have an impact on the comp like Tom Iosefo...still a joke that Northland never showed any interest in that bloke. Anyone that's seen him on the International 7s circuit for Samoa will know he could have been good for Northland.

Isn't the Devt officer Peter Nock? Heard he's good but surely he would be focussing more time on the BoI being based there

[justin77]

Chiefy, on 20 April 2012 - 11:30 AM, said:

Frank Roberts played well for Mangonui in the Harding Shield too bro. Stuck out like dogs balls in the Mangonui team. Hopefully more players make themselves available for the next round of games!! I think he used to play for Mid Northern down here, or am I thinking of someone else?

I still can't believe Waipap and Awanui have had to combine Senior teams, that's absolutely crazy!! Sign of the times though I suppose. Good to see Aupouri back!

I might be a cynic but I can't see that Ahipara/North Hokianga sustaining 3 teams. Good luck to Ngaru Roa but I just don't see them, Te Rarawa and Motukohu all having the resources to manage a whole season. Especially as I have heard the new Rugby League team has been quite proactive with Union players up there.

I read the Northland Age article Justin and they're saying that new centre could have an impact on the comp like Tom Iosefo...still a joke that Northland never showed any interest in that bloke. Anyone that's seen him on the International 7s circuit for Samoa will know he could have been good for Northland.

Isn't the Devt officer Peter Nock? Heard he's good but surely he would be focussing more time on the BoI being based there

Spot on with all that bro.

Yeah I think Nock is an RDO up these ways, but as you say mate, he's probably more focussed on the Mid-North more than anything, we could be wrong, but thats the impression so far. Be good if we had two RDO's for the Far North, due to the geographical expanse. Hell, I'd do it in Mangonui for free if it meant more players getting a look in up here! haha.

yep, the talk around is this kid is another Tom Iosefo, I'm heading to watch Kaitaia v Rarawa tomorrow, so will report what I see..

Yeah the League club (who incidentially are quite good) have had a bit of an impact on the clubs, especially Waipapakauri and Awanui, who in turn have had to join forces..

But, I guess with Aupouri coming back from the dead, you could argue my last point a bit..

As to Roberts playing with MN, I'm not sure, have heard he may have played for Northland B before. Apparently he's played over in Europe too.

[Middy1]

Frankie Robert did play for MN but think his work commitments and family have kept him up North

[Middy1]

To days results

Prems
Mid Western 20   Marist   13
Mid Northern   42   Horahora 30
Kamo 29    Otamatea 22
Old Boys 32 Sharks   12
Wellsford     26   Hikurangi  24

Res
Mid Western   19   Marist 13
Mid Northern 105 Horahora  3
Kamo 76   Otamatea  0
Sharks  58   Old Boys   12
Wellsford 42    Hikurangi    12

[FarNthHayden]

Round 7 matches

HoraHora v Kamo
Mid Northern v Sharks
Mid Western v Wellsford
Otamatea v Hikurangi
Old Boys v Marist

Mark Seymour has taken over coaching Marist as Donny Stevenson has moved to Aussie

[footy]

Mid western knocked over wellsford 19 - 3 the 7 and 8 for western, berridge and Murray were outstanding. There forward pack looks allot sunnies with Merriless at loose head.

Mid western B's also won 35-10

[taniwharugby]

Kamo 36 Hora Hora 12, Western Sharks 29 Mid North 28, Mid West 17-Wellsford 3, Hika 49 Otamatea 31, Marist 20 Old Boys 18

More results to keep it tight....

table after today

Marist 25
Mid Western  25
Wellsford 25
Mid Northern  21
Kamo 18
Whg Old Boys  17
Hora Hora 16
Western Sharks  15
Hikurangi 14
Otamatea  2

http://draws.nzrugby.../Standings.aspx

[rugbynut]

Was at Mid Western v Wellsford game, great game by Mid Western. Standouts IMO were Berridge, Brent Murray, Andy white and Reegan Edwards in the forwards. In the backs Adam Clarke( who played 10!!! That boy can do it all! Controlled the game very well), 2nd 5 who was a big guy and full back Dan Mcully. For wellsford Ross neal at 9 was gutsy as ever and in the forwards The lock coles and prop Davies.

In the end Mid Western were too fit and better drilled. How close is this bloody club comp! Its awesome and anyone can win on the day! Not alot between them all!

[Gunner]

rugbynut, on 29 April 2012 - 01:49 AM, said:

Was at Mid Western v Wellsford game, great game by Mid Western. Standouts IMO were Berridge, Brent Murray, Andy white and Reegan Edwards in the forwards. In the backs Adam Clarke( who played 10!!! That boy can do it all! Controlled the game very well), 2nd 5 who was a big guy and full back Dan Mcully. For wellsford Ross neal at 9 was gutsy as ever and in the forwards The lock coles and prop Davies.

In the end Mid Western were too fit and better drilled. How close is this bloody club comp! Its awesome and anyone can win on the day! Not alot between them all!

The guy you talk about is Shaun Hill. Has moved up here from Canterbury via Hamilton for work. Played Canterbury colts. He played the full 80 for the reserves, then came on in the prems after 5 minutes when Brook Gilmore aggravated his knee again, and was subbed off with 5 or 10 to go.... so a good 150 odd minutes of rugby for him yesterday!!! This is the first time I've ever seen it happen, but he got POD for both teams!!!! Can skull a pint very quickly that lad!!

[taniwharugby]

according to the Cantab site, he was a forward when he played for the colts in 2009...

http://www.canterbur...0,html/The-Team

[Gunner]

taniwharugby, on 30 April 2012 - 07:11 PM, said:

according to the Cantab site, he was a forward when he played for the colts in 2009...

http://www.canterbur...0,html/The-Team

So was Tom Taylor, and Elliot Dixon a back??????

[taniwharugby]

it's in the interweb, it must be true!!

I didnt look at any other names....

[Gunner]

Haha, yeah the interweb is as reliable as the Sunday papers...