Heartland Championship - news

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This is the Taonga. Poverty Bay are the first holders after beating Mid Canterbury 33 to 26.

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Whanganui are the Lochore Cup winners after beating North Otago 22 to 16.

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South Canterbury defeated Thames Valley 35 to 16 to win the main Heartland prize.

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Preseason game Sat 4 June 2022:

Ngāti Porou East Coast v Poverty Bay
Whakarua Park, Ruatoria
K/o 2.30pm
Livestreamed on the Ngāti Porou East Coast RU page on Facebook.

[mikedogz]

I think this is from the Queens Birthday game.

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[Bovidae]

https://www.allblacks.com/news/bunnings-warehouse-heartland-championship-matches-to-be-broadcast-live-on-sky/

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Having a look at the East Coast squad I see that Josh Coffin is a loan player. He's previously played for King Country. Also Joe Royal is another loan player.

[taniwharugby]

@Bovidae Renata Roberts-Te Nana is in thier squad too, played for us at the back end of last season after returning from MLR, unsure if this is as a loan player, probably not.

Reckon he will score plenty!

[Bovidae]

@taniwharugby I didn't list him as that had already been mentioned. He is listed as a Ruatoria City player. They have 4 loan players in their squad.

[Dan54]

@Bovidae said in Heartland Championship - news:

Having a look at the East Coast squad I see that Josh Coffin is a loan player. He's previously played for King Country. Also Joe Royal is another loan player.

Joe Royal has been around a bit hasn't he? Wasn't he with a few teams before Counties-Manakau? He actually got a fill in run with Moana Pasifika too didn't he? And is Joe Coffin a relation to Joe the prop (I think) that was around a few years back? Will be interesting to see a few Heartland games live on sky this season too.

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Squad lists

Buller

https://bullerrugby.co.nz/wp2/2022/07/20/2022-francis-mining-buller-squad/

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Ngāti Porou East Coast

https://npec.co.nz/wp/2022/07/24/2022-bunnings-heartland-championship-squad/

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King Country

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Mid- Canterbury

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North Otago

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https://povertybayrugby.co.nz/2022-cps-poverty-bay-heartland-squad-named/

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South Canterbury

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Thames Valley

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[Bovidae]

@Dan54 Josh Coffin is the son of Phil Coffin, former KC and AB prop.

Thames Valley play the New Zealand Harlequin Rugby Club in a preseason game in the first of the triple-header at FMG Stadium Waikato on Saturday (Kickoff 11.35 am).

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Wairarapa Bush

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West Coast

https://westcoastrfu.com/wp/2022/07/13/2022-bunnings-warehouse-heartland-championship-squad/

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Horowhenua Kapiti and Whanganui have only named an extended/wider training squad and still have to announce their final squads for the Heartland Championship.

[Dan54]

@Bovidae said in Heartland Championship - news:

@Dan54 Josh Coffin is the son of Phil Coffin, former KC and AB prop.

Thames Valley play the New Zealand Harlequin Rugby Club in a preseason game in the first of the triple-header at FMG Stadium Waikato on Saturday (Kickoff 11.35 am).

Cheers ta mate, I couldn't even rember his christian name huh?

[mikedogz]

King Country

3 players there I recognise with links to my home district Onewhero and an ex Te Rapa player. A couple of them pretty decent competitive sheep shearers.

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@mikedogz Ollie Foote being one. He's down in Dunedin and was part of the Highlanders U20s. Bloody quick at 1st XV level so could do some damage here. Is Kaleb a brother?

A couple of Hamilton Marist loan players in there too. Quinn Collard is a player who I thought might make the Waikato squad in recent years but has never made that step up. I'll have to watch the KC game on Sky.