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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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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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Senior C Final Tomorrow!!!!!

8/3/2012

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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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Back 9 Design POB senior C (41) v Wyndham (0)

7/23/2012

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Senior C Update...

7/17/2012

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A quick glance at the points table will show the lads are playing well this year.
11 games played, 10 wins, 411 points for 92 against.
The one loss was to Excelsior the perennial heavy weights of C rugby, was not helped by the Captain Ray Harvey deciding that would be a good day to get married.
That game aside the lads have dominated all other teams and provided we win the last game of the round against Wyndham will finish top of the table.
All expectations are the final will be a repeat of last year’s  P-OB v’s Excelsior encounter, except this year we should have home ground advantage and hopefully take the honours.
While enjoying the on field victory’s the team is still trying to uphold the tradition of C’s rugby with everyone getting a run and having the best themed bus trips.
The “Canadian Tuxedo”  trip to Te Anau show cased the commitment to art of dressing up including a stunning cross dressing effort by Wade.
On the field the team has enjoyed the wealth of possession gained by the big forward pack, which more often than not is converted into points by the strong running back line.
Players to stand out so far this year in the backs are; Shane, Yap, Keith, Wade, Laffu, Jarred, Ray & Jade while in the forwards Dave, Ette, Mike, Adam, Brendon, Al, Joseph, Cooz, Stiff, Divs, Geoff Ryan, Leo, Ants, Bob & Gary continue to impress with a good amount (often) vocal direction coming from Phil (and Steve in a cameo run v Te Anau) in the Halfback spot.
While no team can function without the skilled support of management/water boys/tee boys/and valuables bag holder we would not like to take any of the limelight off the players above, although a couple of the management team joined the boys wallowing in the mud in the final minutes of the Te Anau match.
With a place already confirmed in the finals the lads are fine tuning the things that work for us, while eliminating the moves that don’t.
·         Forwards kicking the ball

·         Tight forwards standing in the back line

·         Backs backchatting the ref

·         The Sonny Bill pass...

·         Picking a player of the day that can win the pint skull 

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Forklifts NZ POB Div 2 v Balfour Lumsden

6/26/2012

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Sat 23 June saw the 2nd bus trip of the year roll round and the boys hit the road to play Balfour Lumsden at Lumsden. With 12 squad members being unavailable due to injury, illness, playing for the prems and work a smaller
squad than usual consisting of 13 forwards and 5 backs made the trip to Northern Southland. 

Player coaches are reasonably common in Div 2 with Tokanui, Mossburn and
Central Pirates (that I know of) having coaches that pull on the boots on when needed. Luckily the Div2 integrated coaching/management system came to the fore with both Regan and Dennis starting the game and  management taking
the 3rd spot on the bench behind Charlie and Sam. 

Balfour Lumsden were feeling the pinch number wise as well so a fair match up of 18 per side faced off. 
B-L scored first from a pick and go close to the line. Midway thru the first half Regan Johns came in from fullback to score a try for POB from the base of a ruck. Both sides had props kicking the extras and predictably neither of these conversions went over.

Just prior to the half time break B-L earned a penalty in front of the posts however they turned down the easy points and opted to go for a 5 pointer from a couple of scrums. Good scrummaging and defense  held B-L out with 5 all being the half time score.

A feature of the first half was some scorching runs from Hosea Shrimtpon who
was filling in on the left wing.

The second 1/2 started the same as the first with the conditions making the game a stop/start affair however both teams did their best to play positive footy and possession/territory was evenly shared. 

Ben Erskine scored a try early in the 2nd half but I have no idea what the build-up to that was. 10 minutes out from fulltime  a series of rucks close to the line saw Shrimpy give up his wing position to join the ruck leaving Johnsy to take the glory in the corner. Tuks had a crack at converting both tries from wide out, he was striking the ball nicely but was unsuccessful so 15 - 5 to POB with 10 minutes to go.

B-L lifted their game in the last 10 and the 40 minutes of defensive practice from the game against Woodlands certainly paid off with B-L only being able to score & convert in the last minute to make the final score 15-12. Conditions were wet and cold throughout the game but the track held up pretty well.

All in all an old school game of rugby with only two reserves used and a lot of the guys playing out of position. The win was a due to a great team effort with some excellent tacking being made by loose forwards Mike Keenan and Cody Gavan.

The aftermatch was enjoyable with B-L providing a meal which helped the boys
warm up abit. Player of the day was Corbin Winiata with Charlie Davis earning the green jacket after turning up at clubrooms straight from work wearing his chefs uniform. Rolly was also a strong candidate for the green jacket after slipping over on to his arse in front of both teams while making a warm up kick in his dance shoes.

After the ceremonies were completed at B-L the boys hit the bus and scooted
over to Mossburn to watch the All Blacks test at the Railway Hotel. The Cs joined us on their way back from their game in Te Anau so the pub was literally a sea of blue with the Cs having a Canadian tuxedo theme for their bus trip. Johnsy also stood out in his powder blue Old Boys dress jersey.

All in all a good weekend for the club with the Prems getting a much needed win (11 - 6) up in Gore v the Barbarians, Div 2 getting home 15 -12, the Cs winning 31 nil, and the under 18s backing up last weeks hard earned win over SBHS 2nd XV with a 26 nil victory against Riverton.

Big weekend coming up at the club this weekend with the all schoolboy teams playing in the morning at the club and the U18s, Cs, Div2 & Prems all playing at home in the afternoon.

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Back 9 Design Pirates Old Boys Senior C v Waxy O'Shea's Irish Pub Bluff

4/23/2012

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The C’s first game for the year was a dazzling display of running rugby, a fitting occasion for club day and the return to the clubrooms after 15 years in the wilderness.

It was an ominous start when management had to go through 3 old gear bags to find enough 3XL jerseys to fit the 6 props and 1 full back turning out for the 2012 season.


The afternoon started badly when both Adam and Ray announced they were suffering from food poisoning (drinking from the same fountain I suspect) and were unsure of their fitness, this was soon forgotten when the team went on a try scoring rampage that resulted in a final score of 66 – 0 over a gallant Bluff side.

Hard to praise individuals in such a game, but Jarrod’s debut at Ist five with his 100% conversion rate deserves mention, along with Eti’s first and final game of the season before going for knee reconstruction this week.


As usual by the end of the evening half the team were looking for Steve Hanson’s number to ring and ask if he had heard the result, and to check if they were still in contention for the Irish tests.
Due to a minor management error the score card was handed to the ref before noting down the individual try scorers, but it would be fair to say the backs scored the lion’s share of the tries after some strong setup work by the forwards.
Tackling was also a highlight with the big Bear putting in 3 consecutive  tackles in the first passage of play.
 
A fine start to the season only eclipsed by young Dave’s rendition of “Sultans of swing” later on that evening, not sure what the big guy beside him was doing, but I guess he stopped the girls mobbing the stage.

  
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