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Leader Live
09-05-2025
- Sport
- Leader Live
North East Wales clubs are cup and at 'em this weekend!
A week after losing to North East Wales League double winners in the Premier Cup, Simon Sedgwick's side has a second opportunity to put a trophy in their cabinet. 'It will be another tough game against the league's form team, but it's a game we are looking forward to,' said Sedgwick. 'We have to take our chances when we are on top, and try to kill the game off, like we should have done last weekend. 'But saying that, the lads were gutted on Saturday and we are aiming to put that right. 'It wasn't our day last week and credit to Isa, for their second half performance.' Jack Brindley misses out but Kurt Isaac is back while Park, who finished third in the league, will by looking to Mike Latham (pictured left) to fire them to glory. 'We have had a good run of results but we won't go into this game with our eyes closed,' said a Park spokesman. 'Rhostyllen are a tricky team to beat and we expect a battle but the lads are looking forward to the challenge.' Mynydd Isa, meanwhile, are chasing a club quadruple. Last week's win over Rhostyllen sealed the first team a North East Wales Premier Division double and Isa's second string league winners can add the NEWFA Reserves Cup to the club's bulging trophy cabinet by beating Corwen tomorrow. There are five other finals at Airbus this weekend. Tomorrow, Broughton United take on Chirk in the U14s Cup while in the Girls U16s Cup, Airbus face The New Saints. On Sunday, all-conquering Coedpoeth United take on Lex U17s in the U19s Cup while in the U16s Cup, it's an-all Flintshire affair between Aston Park Rangers and Mold Alex. Also in the Women's final, Felinheli face Pwllheli.
NZ Herald
08-05-2025
- Sport
- NZ Herald
OBM club rugby stalwart to play 150th game in Poverty Bay Premier competition
When he joined the OBM 'Red, White and Blue', Dickson was primarily a loosehead prop, but he learned to play on both sides of the scrum and also at hooker. In the past 13 years, he's appeared alongside some of OBM's great ones. 'I was fortunate to play with a few characters, legends really, when I started off ... Murray Hewson, Robert Tata, Sam Cairns, Trevor Crosby, David Philander, Dennis Hune, Matthew (Mufty) Brown, Puna Latu, Thomas Soloman and Keith Henderson, all OBM.' The 'scariest' he faced was Tom Miki, who started with Pirates before becoming an OBM man. 'He schooled me on my debut v Pirates. Joe Aukuso of HSOB – who debuted for Poverty Bay the year before I debuted in the Prems – was a gentle giant off the field, but he had great technique and was a handful on it.' Campbell Chrisp, of Ngatapa, and James Higgins, who was with Ngatapa before he went to YMP, were also great scrummagers, Dickson said. 'Seymour Lambert (YMP) was incredibly strong, Toru Noanoa (Waikohu) was super-aggressive and Jarryd Broughton (Waikohu), was massive and presented me with different issues, as I was much shorter. 'All of them were hard in different ways, but I just turn up, train hard, give my time to the club and hope others do the same.' Dickson said his playing highlights included winning the Lee Bros Shield in 2019 by a record 65-5 score versus YMP 'and winning our club's Most Valuable Player Award last year, almost 10 years after I first won it in 2016″. 'I love the people and the brotherhood the most – the connections you make with teammates.' Dickson played his 100th game for the club in August 2020. Week 5 of the Premier competition brings an end to round 1. East Coast Farm Vets YMP have one hand on the Premier Cup for round 1 winners heading into their clash with Larsawn Ngatapa at Patutahi. YMP, after their 28-12 win over reigning champions Kahu Scaffolding Tapuae last week, are top of the table on the maximum 20 points, Tapuae have 15, HSOB 11, OBM 10, Ngatapa 6 and Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates 0. Tapuae are at home to a Pirates side looking for their first points while OBM and HSOB face off at the Oval for the Peter Martin Cup. Poverty Bay senior club rugby draw, week 5 Premier Grade, Saturday, 2.45pm: Oval 2, Earthwork Solutions High School Old Boys v Enterprise Cars OBM (referee Matt Smith, assistants Les Thomas, Tony Watson); Patutahi, Larsawn Ngatapa v East Coast Farm Vets YMP (Lenny Ferris, assistants Joel Pearse, Barry Shirley); Tapuae Sports Ground, Kahu Scaffolding Tapuae v Kevin Hollis Glass Tūranga Pirates (Ben Holt, assistants Paul Brown, Neville Barwick). Senior 1 Grade, 1pm: Oval 2, Earthwork Solutions High School Old Boys v Charteris Choppers Wairoa-Athletic (ref Keelyn Smith); Patutahi, Matawhero Transport Harvest Ngatapa v Mahia (Michael Pickering); Oval 1, Kevin Hollis Glass Tūranga Pirates v Nuhaka V8s (Thomas Nukunuku). Bye: Tamatea R & M YMP Bumbles. Heke-o-Te-Rangi Blackbee Contractors Ngati Porou East Coast men's club competition, week 1 Saturday, 2pm: Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Whangaparaoa, Cape Runaway, Tihirau Victory Club v Waiapu (ref Jackson Reuben-Swinton); Enterprise Cars Whakarua Park, Ruatōria, Ruatōria City v Hikurangi (Joseph Coleman); Uawa Domain, Tolaga Bay, Uawa v Tokomaru Bay United (Matthew Richards); Hatearangi Memorial Domain, Tokomaru Bay, Waima v Tokararangi (Peter Crawford). Enterprise Cars Ngati Porou East Coast women's club competition, week 1 Saturday, 10.30am: Te Kura Kaupapa Mana Maori o Whangaparaoa, Cape Runaway, Tihirau Victory Club v Waiapu (ref Jackson Reuben-Swinton). 11.30am: Enterprise Cars Whakarua Park, Ruatōria, Ruatōria City v Hikurangi (Sean Murtagh). Bye: Tokararangi.
NZ Herald
08-05-2025
- Sport
- NZ Herald
YMP win battle of the big boys in Poverty Bay Premier club rugby
Openside flanker Keanu Taumata and centre Ethine Reeves dotted down for Tapuae. Player-coach and fullback Paoraian Manuel-Harman converted Reeves' second-half effort. YMP led 14-5 at the break. YMP are now the only unbeaten team in the Premier competition and their eyes are fixed on the Premier Cup as round 1 winners. They can seal that in the last game against Ngatapa on Saturday. 'Been through the mill' and 'been in the wars' are wonderful old-fashioned expressions. And they apply equally to the clash between Larsawn Ngatapa and Enterprise Cars OBM at Paddy's Park, Patutahi, Under halfback Braedyn Grant, OBM scored two tries to beat their hosts 15-3 and retain the Carl McFarlane Memorial Trophy. It was a rough, tough match during which referee Joel Pearse red-carded a man from each side. Ngatapa opened the scoring with a penalty goal from first-five Tim Haldane in the eighth minute. OBM scored the first try in the 10th minute - a typically hard-nosed effort from close range by hooker Lance Terekia, converted by first-five Tawhiri Walsh to give his side a 7-3 halftime lead. OBM right-wing Inosa Qativi junior scored in the 50th minute for 12-3, and in the 76th minute, Walsh landed a 23m penalty to seal the win. Legendary 200 games-plus Ngatapa strongman now club head coach Sione Ngatu complimented the visitors on their tenacity. 'It was a good battle up front, very physical, and we started better on Saturday than in our last three games,' Ngatu said. 'We didn't take our opportunities to score on Saturday, but credit to OBM, they took theirs.' 'Having our senior players there to hype everyone up was important,' Grant said. 'Everyone was on board and dug really deep. We made our first-up tackles, then got back up, went again, and that helped to keep us in a dominant position. 'Along with all of that hard work, we showed a lot of heart to keep Ngatapa tryless.' The latest generation of Blue and White and Buccaneers followers have stuck with them through highs and lows. And though 54 points separated Earthwork Solutions High School Old Boys and Kevin Hollis Glass Tūranga Pirates on Saturday, keenness for the derby at the Oval was undiminished. HSOB ran in nine tries and were awarded a penalty try by referee Paul Brown in a 62-8 win. Left-wing Te-Reimana Gray, with a hat-trick, and fullback Matthew Proffit, a double, were the stars of the show. Loosehead prop Franco Ludwig, first five Cohen Loffler, reserve left wing Puhi Tau and openside flanker Ryan Jones also got on the try list. Proffitt (3) and wingers Gray and Bryan Howard kicked conversions for HSOB, who were 19-8 up at the break. HSOB head coach Wayne Ensor was a happy man. 'Our boys all get along well, many are fitter than they'd been in recent years and across the board we're also more experienced than we have been, with a mix of power and pace,' he said. 'On Saturday, the backs were really good, in particular Matt and Te-Reimana, and we scored some great tries. More than that, we stuck to our plan.' Pirates, led by first five Henry Kepa, played solid rugby in the first half and showed heart and tenacity. They had their moments. Vice-captain lock Patriah Kaliopasi put massive lock Nelson Moran down with a good tackle; left wing Saone Fafita made a startling break moments later; a weaving run by centre Taeaoalili Afasene resulted in a penalty which fullback Avia Ropati kicked from 35 metres to put the Buccaneers in front 3-0; and their sole try was scored by winger Soane Fifita. 'We played with more composure today, especially in the first half, but in the second half we moved away from our structure and got frustrated,' Pirates head coach Anthony Kiwara said. 'For 60 minutes, we played well. Part of the job for us now is just to bring our penalty count down.'
