Northland Rugby 2022
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Thanks for the write up @Steven-Harris always good to get your thoughts on these games that most of us don't make it to.
Surprised we've signed a prop from outside Northland when we have Justin Davies ready to go.
I'm really looking forward to watching Northland this year. I think we've got a well balanced squad and Moorby is going to add a bit of extra attacking threat we were missing last year.
I see Renata Robert's TeNana is in the East Coast squad for the Heartland Champs - he's going to cause absolute chaos in that comp!
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@Chiefy07 for some reason I thought Davies had been signed, but yeah, think he had earnt another shot!
Only saw yesterday about Roberts-Te Nana, shame as he did look a player with a bit of upside, but then looking over the outside backs, who do they drop for him?
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Thanks mate ,us Taniwha supporters are resilient if nothing else
From what i saw , theres been a lot of positive shifts in the last yearJust on prop Sila Puafisi , hes been bought in as tighthead cover for Chris Apoua who wont be back until Round 4/5 ,spoke briefly to Chris on Friday mentioned to me he could be back by round 2 , but medics have said otherwise
Puafisi is very experienced tighthead having played for Tonga and top 14 in France , and the word i have heard is hes very strong and hard to shift at scrumtime , Justin Davies is a loosehead but will probably be one of the first cabs of the rank if there is an injury .
JT Pont Bellamy is in the squad for around 5 x weeks ,is promising but very young , just remembering he was propping for Kelston Boys XV this time last year…super excited about this kid ,made Blues 20s this year as an 18 year old and is available next yeat . -
2022 Semco Northland U19 Squad Announcement.
Congratulations to the 32 young men selected to represent the Cambridge Blue through five exciting fixtures.
Saturday 30th July - v NZ Marist Rugby - Pohe Island - KO 230pm
Saturday 6th August v Counties Manukau Rugby - Wellsford Rugby Club - KO 230pm
Saturday 13th August v Auckland Rugby - Pohe Island - KO 230pm
Saturday 20th August v Harbour Rugby - Mahurangi Rugby Club - KO 2pm
Saturday 3rd September v TBC - TBC - KO - TBCOne of the strongest teams I have seen in this age group for a long time
Current Taniwha Squad players
Tama Anderson
JT Pont BellamyNorthland Wider Training Squad
Rory WoodsNorthland Futures
Rome Levi
Kobie Scutt , Kobe Walters and Lucas Payne were in the Blues U20 frameOther players to watch for
Joshua Kacirogoci who is a Fijian midfielder from Kerikeri
TJ Waitai who is a very big ,but mobile prop from Awanui
Tamatea Winiana a halfback/First Five from Wellsford
Henare Leef an outside back from Awanui .
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@Steven-Harris yeah a fair few of them are playing senior footy, and all are upto it, and not afraid of mixing it up!
Where is the coach from, I've not seen his name before, Sonny has been around the traps at this and senior coachign for a while.
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@taniwharugby good coaching team as well ,
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@Steven-Harris ha yeah I edited after, where is the coach from?
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@taniwharugby Cory Anderson is the Mid Northern head coach , Josh has coached Rep age group and Eastern Premiers
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@Steven-Harris ah, so is Cory Anderson, not Abraham like the image says...haha I was surprised Cory wasnt there, he and Sonny have worked together before too I think
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@taniwharugby sorry my bad , not Corey Anderson ,Corey Abraham is from Hikurangi
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@Steven-Harris haha
The loosie Jarvaiyas Mangu from Hika stood out in the game I watched v Kamo.
Bayden Hay was a handy player, had some stints on the bench for Kamo a's this year, but not alot of chances behind Mason Hohaia who played 80 most weeks in the games i saw, although looked like Hay had put on a bit of weight last summer, but am sure that could be easily fixed if he wants to cos he looked in good nick last season.
Xavier Kaipo is a promising one, first few games for OBM this year were mainly on the bench for the a's after starting in the b's but by end of season was starting (in part due to injury) but OBM finished strongly, but shows some promise....bloody strong young fella when he was at my gym last year!
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Game of 3 halves teams for our 2 halves
Second one won't be far off our 1st 15 (maybe 2 or 3 changes)
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@taniwharugby No Rory Woods? I watched him closely first year out o school when he was at my Wellington Football Club. Certainly has a lot of promise but being committed to Napier for the last eight months or so not privy to the manoeuvrings and reasons behind his move to Northland. I guess he may have family up that way or perhaps an overambitious manager/agent trying to push him too far too fast.
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@Higgins he is in the U19 squad named above
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/5102/northland-rugby-2022/131?_=1659482210869
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T taniwharugby referenced this topic on
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@taniwharugby Ahh that's good then. Haven't clapped eyes on him for the best part of ten months or so but back then he still had a fair bit of filling out to do to grow into his body, something which only age and maturity will do.
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@Higgins think @Steven-Harris has seen a bit more of him than I have, but he is one of those players that does seem to have that something extra about him.
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@taniwharugby I am genuinely excited about his prospects so will be keeping an eye on him to see how he turns out. At the Axemen he was not rushed, mainly being used in the Under 21s and runs for the second team despite being more than good enough to hold his own in the top side.
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@Higgins he started at 6 for Waipu in the Prem final this year, unsure if that is his preferred spot.
