Losses for Ngāti Porou East Coast, Poverty Bay in Heartland warm-up games
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NZ Herald
16 hours ago
- NZ Herald
Losses for Ngāti Porou East Coast, Poverty Bay in Heartland warm-up games
K.C. Wilson, pictured playing for Ngāti Porou East Coast in their King's Birthday derby match against Poverty Bay, had a busy weekend on the rugby field. Wilson scored a try as the Coast were beaten 40-31 by Eastern Bay of Plenty on Saturday at Tolaga Bay. He was back in action on Sunday, also scoring a try as his Ruatōria team beat TVC 19-14 in a Barry Cup sub-union defence at Ruatōria. Photo / Paul Rickard
NZ Herald
3 days ago
- NZ Herald
NPC: Magpies aim to defend proud record under the roof in Dunedin
The Magpies have dominated in recent times, winning 10 of 13 matches dating back to a Ranfurly Shield challenge win in Dunedin in 2013, half of those wins being in Dunedin. Other important Magpies wins were a championship division semifinal a week later, another championship semifinal win, by 44-39 in Napier in 2019, after it had been 31-31 at the end of the first 80 minutes, and a 28-9 result in another Ranfurly Shield challenge in Dunedin, in 2020. The most recent match was Hawke's Bay's 33-32 win in Napier two years ago. The Magpies head to Dunedin on Saturday with no injury issues hanging over from the game against Counties-Manukau, although James conceded on Friday morning there were still two training sessions to go, including the captain's run in Napier. Last Sunday's squad of 23 has been retained. Asked about needing to keep his squad's feet on the ground after an eight-tries performance rated as one of the best of the first weekend, James said: 'Every week's a new challenge, and Otago play a very different game than Counties-Manukau'. 'They've got a good 15 around the park,' he said. Established forward pack members Pouri Rakete-Stones, Jacob Devery, Geoff Cridge, Tom Parsons and Devan Flanders have about 370 Magpies appearances between them, highlighting the 'consistency' James rates as a key factor in the team's hopes. Meanwhile, two Hawke's Bay sides play NPC Heartland teams on Saturday. The Hawke's Bay Development team plays an annual match against Poverty Bay at Park Island on Saturday, at 1pm, and Te Matau-a-Māui Hawke's Bay Māori play Wairarapa-Bush in Masterton. The Central Hawke's Bay sub-union ended its season being beaten 66-26 by Heartland side Ngati Porou East Coast last Saturday at Takapau, and on Sunday, the Wairoa sub-union's Barry Cup reign ended with a 21-10 loss to Ruatoria in Wairoa. Meanwhile, the Napier Boys' High School First XV has a big job ahead in a Hurricanes region national secondary schools championship playoff against Super 8 winners Palmerston North BHS, in Palmerston North, on Saturday. Hastings BHS has a home game against Gisborne BHS. The Lindisfarne College First XV's hopes of winning the Central North Island (CNI) Schools competition ended with a 29-20 loss to Feilding Agricultural High School in Feilding last weekend. The team now has a playoff against Wesley College on the finals day in Taupō on Saturday. The Magpies' next game will be against North Harbour, at McLean Park, Napier, on August 16, starting at 7.10pm, with the Hawke's Bay Tui playing on the same pitch beforehand in their first Farah Palmer Cup women's championship match this season. Doug Laing has been a reporter for more than 52 years, more than 40 of them in Hawke's Bay, at the Central Hawke's Bay Press, the Napier Daily Telegraph and Hawke's Bay Today, since its establishment in 1999. He has covered most aspects of general news and sport, and is based in Napier.
NZ Herald
04-08-2025
- NZ Herald
Gisborne weekend sports scoreboard
Ruatōria sub-union team members (from left) Hone Manuel, Mahue Mauheni and co-captain Te Aotahi Tuhaka after their side defeated Wairoa 21-10 in a Barry Cup challenge in Wairoa at the weekend.
