{"id":19183,"date":"2023-08-26T17:36:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T05:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/?p=19183"},"modified":"2023-08-26T19:26:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T07:26:27","slug":"wins-for-wellington-u19s-and-obu-scallywags-in-home-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/2023\/08\/26\/wins-for-wellington-u19s-and-obu-scallywags-in-home-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"Wins for Wellington U19s and OBU Scallywags in home matches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Reece Plumtree makes a break for the OBU Scallywags in their tight win over Auckland side the Pakuranga Panthers in today&#8217;s National Knockout U85kg fixture at Nairnville Park. Photo: Caroline Lewis.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#wpls-logo-showcase-slider-1 .wpls-fix-box,\n\t\t\t#wpls-logo-showcase-slider-1 .wpls-fix-box img.wp-post-image{max-height:250px; }\n\t\t<\/style>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wpls-wrap wpls-logo-showcase-slider-wrp wpls-logo-clearfix wpls-design-1 \" data-conf=\"{&quot;slides_column&quot;:4,&quot;slides_scroll&quot;:1,&quot;dots&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;arrows&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;autoplay_interval&quot;:3000,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;rtl&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:800,&quot;center_mode&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpls-logo-showcase logo_showcase wpls-logo-slider  sliderimage_hide_border \" id=\"wpls-logo-showcase-slider-1\" >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roblawmax.co.nz\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/rmax24.jpg?fit=220%2C120&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geeksonwheels.co.nz\/locations\/wellington-computer-repair\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/images.jpg?fit=296%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thecallcentre.co.nz\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/TCC-Logo-400x260-1.jpg?fit=400%2C260&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.partnersfinance.co.nz\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/part2.jpg?fit=300%2C195&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>By Steven White<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There were wins in home matches this afternoon for the OBU Scallywags and the Wellington U19s in their competition matches this afternoon, while the Wellington Centurions missed out to their Taranaki counterparts in New Plymouth and Palmerston North Boys\u2019 High School beat Scots College by default in the Hurricanes Boys First XV final.<\/p>\n<p>Defending champions Wellington opened their Central Region Shield defence with a 50-12 win over the Hurricanes Heartland U20s in Upper Hutt, while the OBU Scallywags earned a gallant 17-13 win over Auckland\u2019s Pakuranga Panthers in their National Knockout Cup fixture at Nairnville Park. <em>More on those two games below.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Wellington Centurions<\/strong> lost 29-61 to Taranaki Development. The Centurions were down 26-0, but managed to score three tries to make it 17-26 at halftime. two quick tries straight after the break made it too hard to get back against a big and physical Taranaki team who had a large number of NPC players. The Centurions scored tries to to Toby Crosby (2), Willie Rua, Ethan Webster Nonu and Todd Svenson. Alex Ropeti kicked two conversions.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Wellington U19s<\/strong> opened their defence of the Hurricanes Central Region Shield with a 50-12 win over the Hurricanes Heartland U20s at the NZCIS grounds in Upper Hutt this afternoon. The Wellington U19s won eight tries to two after leading 31-7 at halftime.<\/p>\n<p>Captain and centre Tofuka Paongo (below) fittingly scored the last try of the match on full time to bring up the half century. Paongo scored two tries himself and had a direct involvement in two more.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19188\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2U5A7062.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2U5A7062-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2U5A7062-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2U5A7062-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2U5A7062-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2U5A7062-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1366&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2U5A7062-scaled.jpg?resize=540%2C360&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2U5A7062-scaled.jpg?resize=272%2C182&amp;ssl=1 272w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2U5A7062-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2U5A7062-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Openside flanker Nathaniel Barry also scored two tries, and the other four were shared around.<\/p>\n<p>Wellington were too fast and too aggressive at the breakdown for the Hurricanes side, and were eager to pounce on any mistakes of which there were many throughout the game. This was reflected in four of five tries in the first half being scored from deep inside their own territory.<\/p>\n<p>Wellington started the match with their most structured try of all in just the third minute of play, when hooker Leon Tuiloma scored from a penalty and lineout drive in the corner and first five Carlos Hihi kicked the sideline conversion to put Wellington up 7-0.<\/p>\n<p>Playing with the moderate breeze in the first half, Heartland right wing Max Hosking missed a penalty. Wellington took a short 22 from the re-start and a minute and a half later after sweeping attacking play, lock Conner Tuifao scored in the same corner as the first try to make it 12-0.<\/p>\n<p>Wellington went on a carbon-copy attack almost immediately, leading to a similar try to flanker Barry to extend their lead to 17-0.<\/p>\n<p>The Heartland team regrouped and managed to string some phases together inside Wellington\u2019s 22 and left wing Joshua Brunger sliced through to score under the posts. Hosking converted to make it 17-7.<\/p>\n<p>Wellington closed out the first half with two consecutive tries from kick-offs. From the re-start of the Heartland\u2019s try, Wellington attacked up-field and centre Paongo scored near the posts to make it 24-7.<\/p>\n<p>From the very next re-start, Wellington made another big break up the righthand touchline started by blindside flanker Matolu Petaia who linked with his inside support runners, and Paongo and try-scorer and right wing Francis Mettrick sauntered through to score to make it 31-7 as the players adjourned for oranges.<\/p>\n<p>Now with the breeze in their favour, Wellington picked up where they left off, following an encouraging start of building phases by the Heartland team. The ball was turned over 70 metres out by No. 8 Jeremiah Avei-Collins and Wellington halfback Keanu Kotuhi burst into open space up towards halfway and linked with his support runners who included Paongo and try-scorer Barry. Hihi\u2019s conversion made it 38-7.<\/p>\n<p>Bruising second five Emmanuel Solomona (below) scored next for Wellington following more pressure inside the 22, extending the lead to 45-7.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19190\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2U5A7882-1.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2U5A7882-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2U5A7882-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2U5A7882-1.jpg?resize=540%2C360&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2U5A7882-1.jpg?resize=272%2C182&amp;ssl=1 272w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2U5A7882-1.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Both sides made numerous changes off the bench at about this point of the game, including Wellington replacing their entire front row at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>The Heartland team finally strung together consistent phases and scored their second try to close the gap to 45-12.<\/p>\n<p>Wellington had the final say on full time, with their final try following yet another Heartland turnover in general play and a scrum 30 metres out.<\/p>\n<p>In the other match today, the Hawke&#8217;s Bay U19s beat the Manawatu U19s in Napier.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CwZjcwQMU9V\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CwZjcwQMU9V\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Club Rugby (@clubrugby)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At Nairnville Park, the <strong>OBU Scallywags<\/strong> produced an inspiring defensive effort to beat the <strong>Pakuranga Panthers <\/strong>in their U85kg Knockout Cup quarter-final match.<\/p>\n<p>The OBU Scallywags survived on about 25 percent possession to win the contest, spending almost the entire last 20 minutes hard on defence.<\/p>\n<p>A converted intercept try in the 48<sup>th<\/sup> minute through lock Hamish Mansell put OBU up 14-13. This was followed by a penalty 10 minutes later to first five Nick Mannix to give OBU a 17-13 lead, which would be the final score.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19187\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/58-1.jpg?resize=640%2C491&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/58-1.jpg?resize=300%2C230&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/58-1.jpg?resize=768%2C588&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/58-1.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Playing into the cricket nets end of Nairnville Park and into a moderate wind, the visiting Panthers threw everything they had at the Scallywags over most of the remainder of the match but couldn\u2019t break through the committed and passionate OBU defence.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, OBU had opened the scoring in the quarter-final in just the second minute of play after a patient buildup and injection out wide by centre Reece Plumtree, converted by Mannix.<\/p>\n<p>Pakuranga replied with an outstanding try from a 20-metre lineout drive to prop forward Du Toit. This went unconverted and OBU held a 7-5 lead after about 25 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Pakuranga hit the lead for the first time with a 33<sup>rd<\/sup> minute penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Just before halftime, Pakuranga were held up over the line and then conceded a defensive penalty following the ensuing scrum and the teams went into the break with Pakuranga ahead 8-7.<\/p>\n<p>Pakuranga extended their lead five minutes into the second half, with a well-constructed try up the far side touchline to their halfback. 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