North Canterbury
Rugby
Rugby Newsletter
Week 16
Greetings Team,
Judging by the emails and phone calls it must be coming up to finals time, with some very
anxious coaches and supporters all concerned about their pathway to the finals.
Trust you all take the time for the players to enjoy the journey and all the other benefits of
contributing towards their TEAM performance.
The North Canterbury JAB representative sides are in the process of being announced, or have
already been so. The U11-South , U13 sides and U48kg sides appear elsewhere in this Newsletter.
This week is in most instances the final rounds of Round Robin play in the competition grades,
and some critical games are scheduled.The exceptions to this are the U11.5 and the U18 grades.
While the outcomes of all matches in the Luisetti Seeds North Canterbury Div 1 Competition will
affect the final seedings, the Oxford v Saracens match at Oxford will determine the 4th semi final
spot. Saracens feature again in the main interest for the Mike Greer Homes North Canterbury Ltd
Div 2 final round, a five point win would lift them from 4th to 3rd place, thereby avoiding a clash
with the strong Hurunui side.
The Mike Greer Homes North Canterbury Ltd Div 2 Reserve round also holds most interest in the
contest Oxford between the home side and Saracens , the winner being able to avoid having to
face Glenmark-Cheviot in next weeks semi final.
Oxford will been treated to yet another high interest game with the shifting of the Mike Greer
Homes North Canterbury Ltd U18 match between Oxford-Woodend and Rangiora High School to
Oxford at 2.30pm, this competition has one more week of round robin next week with the top two
teams progressing to the final on August 9th. Oxford face a” must win” match this week to give
themselves a chance of making the finals.The strong Kaiapoi U16 team continue to dominate
their North Canterbury competition but still need to win against Woodend-Ohoka to ensure the
top seeding for the semi finals.
The final round of the Mike Greer Homes North Canterbury Ltd U14.5 competition has been
marred by the unavoidable defaults by two sides. In both instances the defaults reflect an anomaly
of the DSLV’ introduced by NZRU for the 2014 season, the law variations state that unless teams
can start with 15 players, the match must be defaulted. The two defaulting sides could not ensure
that they would have 15 players available so rather than travel , in one case a long distance, and
have to play a “friendly” game only , the early notice of default was made. This rule particularly
affects the smaller unions and sub unions, and in my view requires review. We have all had
experience of 13 and 14 a-side matches being able to be very competitive and safe in all
Competition grades, not preferable, but certainly achieveable and providing rugby for a number of
players, and depriving no-one of a game. Under the current rule at least 28-29 players are not
playing. The U13 grade holds real interest with a number of scenarios available to finalise the
Group A and B seedings. With just one week of play completed in the respective play off sections
of the U11.5 is to early identify one match of importance above another.
NORTH CANTERBURY RUGBY CLUB DAYS 2014
Appreciation:
A big thank you to both Harris Meats and Hellers for the very generous sponsorship of the
sausages available to players at the Club Days through the North Canterbury Sub Union. I am
sure they are most appreciated by everyone involved.A list of our Club Days is as follows;
July 26th
Waiau
2014 NORTH CANTERBURY RUGBY ANNUAL PLANNER
Saturday
July 26th
Sunday
July 27th
Saturday
Aug 2nd
Sunday
Saturday
Tuesday
Aug 3rd
Aug 9th
Aug 12th
Saturday
Aug 16th
Friday
Saturday
Aug 22nd
Aug 23rd
Wednesday Aug 27th
Thursday
Saturday
Aug 28th
Aug 30th
Saturday
Aug 30th
Round 5 – North Canterbury Luisetti Seeds Div 1 Competition
Waiau Club Day
Super 15 Semi Finals
U11 Northern Development Training – Amberley 10.00am
U12 Representative Trials – Amberley – 9.30am
Semi Final and Section completions
Super 15 Finals
Non Comp Finals Day - Amberley
North Canterbury Rugby – Finals Day – Competition Day
North Cant U48kg v Ellesmere U48kg- West Melton
North Cant U65kg v Ellesmere-U65kg- West Melton
North Cant v Ellesmere JAB grades at Darfield
U48kg, U65kg, U12, U13, U14, U15, U16, U18
ITM Cup - Canterbury v Auckland – Christchurch – 4.35pm
All Blacks v Wallabies - Sydney- 9.35pm (NZ Time)
ITM Cup - Waikato v Canterbury - Hamilton – 6.05pm
NC U11 South v Ellesmere East – Amberley
NC U11 North v Ellesmere West –Amberley
NC U12 v Country U48kg – Amberley
NC U13 v Country U65kg - Amberley
North Cant U13 v Metro Black U13- Ohoka
North Cant U14 v Metro Black U14- Ohoka
ITM Cup - Canterbury v Northland - Christchurch – 7.35pm
NC U11 South v Ellesmere West – Rolleston
NC U11 North v Ellesmere East – Rolleston
North Cant U12
v Ellesmere U12Woodend
North Cant U13
v Ellesmere U13 - Woodend
North Cant U14
v Ellesmere U14 - Woodend
WAIMAK REAL ESTATE PLAYER OF THE DAY AWARD:
Thank you to David Taylor, Waimak Real Estate for once again sponsoring the
weekly Waimak Player of the Day Awards.
2014 PLAYER OF THE DAY HONOURS BOARD
Last weeks winner- Tim Loughnan – Glenmark Div 1
5th April 2014 -
Jack Earl - Glenmark
12th April 2014 -
Will Baird
19th April 2014 -
Brooke Retallick
th
26 April 2014 rd
3 May 2014 -
Ohoka Div 1
Kaiapoi Div 1
Matt King – Ashley Div 1
Michael Day – Saracens Div 1
th
Shannon Stewart – Kaiapoi Div 1
th
Nick Du Pleusis - Woodend Div 2
10 May 2014 17 May 2014 th
Mike Keane - Glenmark Div 1
st
Luke Peniamina – Kaiapoi Div 1
24 May 201431 May 2014 th
7 June 2014 -
Alex Mumford - Ashley Div 1
th
Dene Steer – Kaiapoi Div 1
st
21 June 2014 -
Lulio Lafai – Ohoka Div 1
26th June 2014 -
Brian Anderson - North Canterbury
28th June 2014 -
Ethan Cameron – Ashley Div 1
5th July 2014-
Sunia Kuba - Glenmark Div 1
19th July 2014
Tim Loughnan – Glenmark Div 1
14 June 2014-
This weeks match –Glenmark
v Kaiapoi Div 1
207 High St, Rangiora . Ph 03 313- 9977.
David Taylor Licensee – 029- 313 9975
North Canterbury
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1 XV Sponsors
Division 1
Competition
Sponsors
JAB REPRESENTATIVE NEWS
NORTH CANTERBURY U48KG SQUAD
Ethan Thomas, Walter Brown (Amberley), Quad Campbell ,
Caleb Barnes , James Mullan, Jack Terris, Matt Couch, Luke
Higginbottom, Justin Evans, Tsubasa Webb, Jack MarshallLee , Callum Simpson (Ashley), Brandon Thornley , Ben
Hassall (Hurunui), Oli Taylor (Kaiapoi), Matt Durant
(Ohoka), Ben Ross , Zac Bates, Rawiri Peita-King (Oxford)
Caleb Griffiths, Sam Horgan (Saracens). Coaches :Allan
Couch, Jed Tappin, Craig Webster.
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FINAL RUGBY SMART AND SMALL BLACK
COURSES
Monday 28 July
Prebbleton RFC
6pm – Small Blacks (Beginning, Learning & Playing)
7.30pm – Rugby Smart.
NON COMPETITIONS FINALS DAY
SUNDAY 3RD AUG AT AMBERLEY
Please note:
All games Start and Finish on Time keepers “ HOOTER “
All Managers/ Coaches to deliver final score to the “ READY
MIX TENT “ at the end of the game
Prize giving : Is held inside the “ TIN SHED “ immediately
after the games Managers to join team on stage to call out
children’s names on presentation of certificate.
Morning tea : Please place food on arrival to the venue in
baskets supplied for their teams game located inside the “ TIN
SHED “
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Yours
Contact Ross at
[email protected]
North Canterbury Rugby
1st XV Sponsors
NORTH CANTERBURY U11 – SOUTH SQUAD
Conner Newton, Leo Mc Conchie, Bernard Pieters , Daniel Smith,
Caleb Brown, Angus Duncan (Kaiapoi), Sean Rutherford, Joesph
Matthews, Mack Prattley, Sam Hemmingson-White (Ohoka), Logan
Benson, Tom Rossiter , Andrew Prain, Thomas Smith, (Oxford);
Samson Vea , Vaughn Carter, Hunter Lilley, Caleb Murray, Harry
Lindsay, Mason Jenkins, Cameron Baynon, Hugo Carey (Saracens) .
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NORTH CANTERBURY U13 SQUAD
Tom Lindsay, Jack Carson, Noa Price (Amberley ); Jake Horn, Nic
Sims, Jacob Torrie, Will Taylor, Del Rio Mackintosh, Alex Witt, Nick
Stewart , Sam Wilson ( Ashley); Oscar Vandermeer , Henry Earl
(Hurunui); Kodi Haydon, Jonty Box (Kaiapoi); Mitchell Brown ,
Jackson Canton , Jake Churchill (Ohoka); Ryan Sorenson, Ben Sparks,
Anthony Taverndale , Jayden Thompson (Saracens).
NORTH CANTERBURY U13 SQUAD
Fletcher Newell, Fraser Philip, Ben Gibbons, Fraser Wilson, Jack
Marshall , Harlem Brown, Braxton Taua (Ashley); Finn Cunningham,
Angus Johns (Capt), ( Hurunui); Cameron Maslin, Cody Broekhuizen,
Tyson Belworthy (Kaiapoi); George Prain, Eijah Coulston, Jordan
O’Hara (Oxford), Caleb Pomare-Edwards (Saracens ) Ben Reid
(Woodend).
Would all Clubs please ensure that arrangements are made for
Trophies presented in 2013 to be returned urgently to myself at:
Ross Dixon
18 Green St
This Space Could Be Yours
Rangiora
03 310 7870
0275 555361
Contact Ross at
[email protected]
This Space Could Be Yours
Contact Ross at
[email protected]