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Night N Day Pirates Old Boys Under Nine Black Summary 2012

8/25/2012

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The under nines started with twenty one players and one team but found that too many opposition teams only had small numbers and our boys would have spent too much time on the sideline. So after three rounds we split into two teams which weakened us overall but ensured that everyone got plenty of rugby.

Our record overall was played 16 won 9 lost 4 and drew 3 games.  The team scored 130 tries and conceded 62 with most of the tries scored by Trent Hogg, Jayden Goble and Jemiour Collins. 

Player of the year was Jayden Goble who proved to be devastating with ball in hand due to his powerful running and a big fend.  He also made a lot of big tackles and did a lot of cover defending.

Most improved player was Joel Morgan who started the season slowly but by mid season was getting more involved hunting for the ball at breakdowns and showing good support play.  He thrived on the opportunity to run with the ball and with his low hard running was able to carve off a lot of territory up the middle.

The Jim Black trophy was awarded to Sam Cole for his fair play and good attitude  Sam was willingness to help the opposition out when they were short of player and is a good trainer who listens and always has a smile on his face.  He is also a very capable footballer who thrives when he gets to be more involved in games.

Other standout players were Trent Hogg who was difficult to contain when running with the ball and had a high work rate on defence.  He was also a good organiser who displays some good leadership skills.  Bailey Stewart is one of the smallest players around but has a big heart with his courageous tackling and running.  He is a smart footballer with a high work rate and was effective at breakdowns.  Pound for pound Bailey would be one of the best footballers around. 

All of the players contributed positively at different times.  Jemiour Collins played well this year due to his good running game which led to a lot of tries.  Neha Kane was a dangerous runner whose defence became a strength late in the season.  Special mention to Jayden Gough who at only 7 years of age showed great courage and ability at this level.  Sean Morgan finished the season well lifting his work rate and running well with the ball.  The standard of his game is not too far behind that of terrible twin brother Joel.  Mathew Bragg was good at sniffing out try scoring opportunites close to the line and opposition players found it hard to stop him when he got some ball.  Seth Ryder was a speedy elusive runner who although small was never afraid to mix it and was one of the best support players in the team. Caleb MacBeath is one of those kids who unselfishly doesn’t run too far and passes the ball to others even when he should back himself.  We were able to take him aside just prior to our last game and encouraged him to be a bit greedy and run a bit more.  This paid dividends as Caleb had by far his best game that day and scored his first try with a big run down the sideline.

Individually we have a lot of good footballers but we were a bit hamstrung by our inability to work well as a team.  Other sides seem to have worked harder than us in this area but I am confident that if this group of players can be kept together then those issues will be resolved and they will be difficult to beat next season.

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POB under 9 Blue v Woodlands

8/12/2012

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On Saturday 11th the P.O.B under 9 Blue team played the final game of the season against Woodlands. Coach John Butler was concerned how his team would go against one of the top teams in the competition. This Woodlands team had clocked up some big scores against other teams including scoring 1oo points against the other Woodlands team. Taking how well Reagan John’s Senior Div 2 team finished off their season with some ‘champagne’ footy to dismantle a very good Marist team Coach Butler decided the Blue team {Smurfs] should apply some what we would say how about  Rasberry & Coke rugby instead.{Not the cheap stuff but the real thing}

A really good training run on Thursday night & with the guys switched on had us thinking we might be in for something special for our last game. We wouldn’t have our prop Sean Dockerty for the game as Seano was away chasing birds for the weekend {Quail shooting} so we grabbed Ben Jennings & Connor Douglas for the day. As a back-up we had Connor’s brother Carter to play if needed. We thought a change of positions might help our cause so we swapped our regular halfback Flynn Jackson & fullback Jake Kura around. Young Flynn isn’t the biggest player around so was getting bashed around by some bigger blokes in the other teams. One thing Jake is good at is communicating with the other guys & can read a game pretty good so we thought we would have a crack.

On game day with our game the only one on CPT5 the Woodlands coach thought it would be a good idea to extend the ground to a full half.{An extra 10 metres} This worried us as Woodlands like to use the ball wide with their gas on the outside; but we agreed as we have a bit of gas as well. Our game plan  was simple; to pressure the opposition with rushing defence & to attack the ball when Woody had procession. And when  we had the pill to play at pace. I thought there might have been a bit of over confidence in the Woodlands team & it proved right as we scored in the 1st couple of minutes. In a see-saw 1st half saw P.O.B leading Woodlands 20-10 at halftime. Our game plan was working with the  pressure the guys put on Woody had them trying to make play behind the advantage line. Halftime message was simple; don’t take the foot off the pedal & not to let them back into the game.
Early in the 2nd half we didn’t do that & Woodlands scored 2 quick tries. After the 2nd try Coach Butler had a tactical shoelace to do up & called the guys in. The message sunk in & the guys piled on the pressure to run-out comfortable winners 40-20. One of our tries was an absolute boomer a defensive line-out Coach Butler called for Sam McDonald to take it down & give to Lachie Nimmo to charge up the guts as there was a huge gap there. But to the coach’s dismay Lachie past the ball to Jake Kura who in turn set the backline away. Some excellent passing & support play had us scoring a fantastic team try in the corner. What do coach’s know. In all both teams played in a positive manner with the way they threw the ball around; both sets of supporters had to agree it was 1 of the best games of the season. One of the highlights was seeing Flynn Jackson getting his mojo back. With him at fullback he had more time & space to move in; he easily beat the 1st defender & was able to link up with the rest of the team. This was by far his best game of the season. Lachie Nimmo; Sam McDonald; Jack Butler; Josh McDonough & Lucy Hall were again standouts in the forward pack. These guys along with Jake our halfback really put pressure on the Woodlands attacking powers. Our other forward Cullen McLeod who is in his 1st season of footy really stood up in this game. His work rate in the lineout & maul time really helped us achieve our game plan. Cullen exceeded  more than the coach had asked for. Our backs played absolute blinders with Jake & Flynn as I already have stated having cracking games. Jacob Mika at 1st 5 is the teams rock. With his big defence & ability to beat defenders was a real handful to the Woodlands players. Our 2nd 5 /centre Daniel Bremner who is the smallest in our team & probably the whole competition plays with a ticker of Brad Thorn. This joker has gas; a step & doesn’t miss tackles. He is a real find this year & has a big future in the game. And to Ben Jennings & Connor Douglas thanks guys; you 2 entered in the spirit of the game & played like you have been playing all year with us. Coach Butler coached Connor a few years ago & is impressed with the way Connor’s game has come along. His try 1 of the highlights of the day. Overall a pretty good year; but what a way to finish the season off. Very hard to pick a player of the day as the whole team deserved it.

Player of the day  Jacob ‘Roy Asotasi’ Mika

The team was well led by Jake Kura         l  
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Senior C Final v Excelsior

8/8/2012

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After such a strong and positive season the boys went into this match confident they could do the business. Unfortunately, the course of the match was dramatically changed, when big ball runner and defender Eti, was red carded for an incident that some may suggest, deserved a yellow card at best. However, it was important the lads came back strong from this and front up.... The result of some hard work and pretty solid defence saw them leading by 10 - 8 with 3 minutes to go.... Excelsior were hard on attack and held up over the line. They proceeded to then score of the back of the 5 metre scrum. POB tried their best to get back into range to score, but it wasn't to be... Oh well, the positive they can take from this is at least 2 or 3 of the boys will be back to play again next season instead of hanging up the boots on a winning note..... 
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KIA Motors - Rothbury Insurance POB U10s v Star

8/6/2012

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The game against Star was always going to be a big one at their home ground.

Star had been a huge challenge in the night game in the first round with the boys scraping home with a one try win.

Conditions were excellent at Star and both teams played well in the first half, with good tackling and skills on both sides the half time the score was tied up at 1 try each.

The 2nd half saw the POB forwards continue their excellent 2nd round form and they started to make some progress up the middle of the field. POB dominated territory in the 2nd half and through good work team tries were scored up front and out wide.

Ben Jennings scored a couple of tries after some good work close to the line while Josh Murrell scored a great try off a Toby Milne grubber kick to make the game safe.

Final score 5 - 1 to POB with tries to Josh Murrell (2) Ben Jennings (2) and Ethan Hair.

With a bye for the last round the team and coaches can put their feet up and look back on the season with satisfaction after remaining unbeaten.

Team work, fitness and improving skills were evident in the 2nd round when all the other teams were picking their game up as well which was great to see. 

Thanks to Gareth & Bobby for all the time they have put into coaching the boys.
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TEAM PHOTOS

8/6/2012

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At this stage we have photos for the Prems and Div 2 already taken...
With dates to be decided for C's and u/18's.
Photo's will be available for pick up at the prize giving on 25 August!
Order you photo here or through your coach or manager.

Photos will be $15.00 ea and all proceeds will go back to the club!!!



CLICK HERE TO ORDER 
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POB Under 9 Blue v Bluff

8/6/2012

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On Sat 4th August the Blue team ventured down to Bluff to play the Bluffies. With Cullen & Daniel not attending & Lucy away rock n rolling we were down on numbers. Bluff kindly lent us 3 players { Thanks Shane} & with Jacob coming down with Dean Addie: we had Dean’s boy Tom play for us. Tom normally plays for Marist U8 so thank you Dean & Tom.
 The game started with Bluff using their bigger forwards to push our  guys around & ended up scoring 1st. Our boys face an up hill battle every week playing against bigger teams; played out of their skins defended their butts off & scored some good team tries to go into halftime with a  1 try lead. The 2nd half was much the same with us holding the lead until Bluff scored a last minute try to tie the game.
 Players to stand out were forwards  Sam McDonald; Jack Butler ; Lachie Nimmo & Joshua McDonough. These boys gave as good as they got; with young Josh getting knocked around abit but still played on. Well done Josh. Jacob Mika continues to be the backbone of the team while Jacob Kura pulled off some big plays with huge blokes running at him he didn’t shy away from his duties. Well done boys a big improvement from previous weeks.

Player of the day-Jacob ‘the Jackel’ Kura

The team was well  led by Sean Dockerty 
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Senior C Final Tomorrow!!!!!

8/3/2012

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Team, 

Last Weekend, Champagne rugby was ordered and champagne rugby was delivered!

The Div 2s carried on their recent form with a 42-29 dorking of Marist! At one stage the Bs went 30-3 up in as many minutes in the first half.

The B’s have had a massive last four games amassing 146 points (23 tries) to 63 (9 tries).  Unreal considering their previous 10 games they

only scored 154 points (24 tries).

The boys season is now over which is a shame because they were running home stronger than Kiwi in the ’83 Melbourne Cup!

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The Cs “2nd Test” vs Wyndham, proved to be that as Wyndham fronted in the first half but Jo’s boys still managed to shine with a 26-0 win.

This week see the Cs hosting the Southland Wide Presidents Grade final against their old foe Excelsior at Pirates Old Boys.

Kick off at 2:30. Get behind the boys as they seek redemption!

The U18s were unsuccessful in the quarter final to Boys High’ which bring the good first season in the Blue and Black to a close.

Hopefully we will see some boys progress into the Bs and more join the u18s next year.

Also - POB Under 10’s - the clubs only unbeaten team this year are facing their biggest challenge this Saturday at Star 9.30, wander down.

Events –

Club Prize Givings

Junior -18th August, photos taken on the day. See your coach.

Senior -

Looking likely August 25th (details TBC)

Curtain raiser to the ABs v Wallabies 7:35 kickoff, team photos to be handed out then.


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Sensior C (26) Semi Final v Wyndham (0)

8/2/2012

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KIA Motors Rothbury Insurance POB U10s v Waikiwi

8/2/2012

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Another tough game for the U10s against Waikiwi, the teams were evenly matched and going into 1/2 time POB were ahead 2 tries to 1. Both sides scored early tries in the 2nd half to make it 3 - 2.

The POB forwards kept up their good work in the 2nd half with good tackling and straight running with the ball in hand. This allowed POB to dominate territory and the tries started coming.

Final score 6 - 2 to POB. All teams have improved skill and fitness wise in the second round and the last couple of games will be very interesting.

There are some excellent photos taken by David Russell of the POB V Tokanui game. Check them out on the Southern Exposures website:

http://www.southernexposures.co.nz/Events/2012/Rugby/Jnr%20Rugby%20Centrepoint%2021-7-12/10.%20Pirates%20U9-Tokonui%20U9/index.html

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