Club Rugby NZ 2019 (Not BOP, Magpie, Northland)

@mikedogz Have the clubs secured any good recruits from outside Counties this year?

@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.

@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.

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Ohaupo the big movers in Div 1 this year.

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Putaruru

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.

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.

Thanks for that info, guys.

@mikedogz Eden! Top of the table

Junior Tonu'u still plays for Massey Premier 2s.

@mikedogz on the tables, jeez, look at the points diff in the Auckland Pool 1...at the top +280 at the bottom -371..

Now onto the non-rugby part...

Not my chick. Copied photos from heartland rugby post.

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.

I played my first B game after a couple of years of playing Pressies. 80 minutes, sore now. We beat Huntly so that's the main thing.

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 University

Premiership 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 University

Division 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 – BYE

Division 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 – BYE

Division 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 Kereone

Under 85kgs Week 8
Hamilton Marist 86-0 University
Melville 50-10 Fraser Tech
Morrinsville Sports 62-12 Leamington

Colts 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– BYE

Gallagher Women’s Premiership Week 6
Hamilton Old Boys 59-15 University
Melville 80-0 Kihikihi
Putaruru 26-19 Otorohanga
Taupiri – Bye