{"id":9124,"date":"2021-05-03T07:46:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T19:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/?p=9124"},"modified":"2021-05-03T13:05:34","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T01:05:34","slug":"bond-banter-3-may-news-in-briefs-and-some-rugby-information-to-start-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/2021\/05\/03\/bond-banter-3-may-news-in-briefs-and-some-rugby-information-to-start-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Bond Banter 3 May (NEWS IN BRIEFS AND SOME RUGBY INFORMATION TO START THE WEEK)"},"content":{"rendered":"<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<p>Time flies when you are having [rugby] fun. After a long lead-in, we are already a month in to the club rugby season in Wellington, while teams are preparing for the second rounds in both Hawke&#8217;s Bay and Manawatu Premier competitions.<\/p>\n<p>It keeps getting better. This Saturday marks the start of the school grading season, the WRFU is holding a Women&#8217;s Gala Day with all matches at Petone, and the feature game of the Swindale Shield is the match-up between Old Boys University and Marist St Pat&#8217;s who are both unbeaten and this could prove to be the first round deciding match unless one or other teams have a say in the matter in the coming rounds.<\/p>\n<p>There is one school match during the week this week and that is this afternoon. At 3.30pm the Hutt Valley High School and St Bernard&#8217;s College First XVs meet at HVHS.<\/p>\n<p>+++++<\/p>\n<p>Old Boys University, Tawa and Wainuiomata all have their <strong>Old Timers&#8217; Days<\/strong> this coming Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>+++++<\/p>\n<p>Make mine a double department. Every <strong>Swindale Shield<\/strong> game on Saturday had a player that scored two tries in the match, headed by MSP&#8217;s <strong>James Tuiatua<\/strong> who notched four in their big win over Poneke.<\/p>\n<p>+++++<\/p>\n<p>Best wishes to <strong>Paremata-Plimmerton<\/strong> halfback <strong>Dylan Leney<\/strong>, who suffered a ghastly leg injury in the first half of their loss to Tawa on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>You have to wonder if there&#8217;s some sort of curse on Ngati Toa Domain though, as Leney&#8217;s injury is the third similar one suffered by a Pare-Plim player on their home deck in as many years.<\/p>\n<p>+++++<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Poneke Women&#8217;s<\/strong> team had their first win since 2017 on Saturday, beating Old Boys University 39-21.<\/p>\n<p>+++++<\/p>\n<p>Three games, three hat-tricks for two-sport star <strong>Thamsyn Newton<\/strong> so far this year after returning to her junior club Paremata-Plimmerton for the 2021 season.<\/p>\n<p>But even her efforts pale when matched against that of the incomparable Ayesha Leti-l&#8217;iga, below:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9194\" style=\"width: 804px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9194\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ayesha-6-tries.jpg?resize=640%2C361&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ayesha-6-tries.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ayesha-6-tries.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Ayesha-6-tries.jpg?w=950&amp;ssl=1 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In Ayesha Leti\u2019l\u2019iga news, the Oriental-Rongotai centre scored six tries in her team\u2019s Women\u2019s Division one 89-15 win over Marist St Pat&#8217;s &#8211; see above. This takes her tally to 142 tries scored in 57 club rugby matches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>+++++<\/p>\n<p>The number of huge scores being racked up in <strong>Women\u2019s Premier rugby<\/strong> must be a cause of concern. In Auckland this weekend Manurewa beat Grammar Tech 103-0, College Rifles beat Waitemata 102-0, and Marist overpowered Albany 93-0. In Canterbury 10\/12 games have been decided by 40 or more points. The figure is 6\/16 in Waikato and 8\/17 in Wellington.<\/p>\n<p>+++++<\/p>\n<p><strong>Luke Omeri<\/strong> celebrated his 35<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0blazer game for Paremata-Plimmerton by scoring a try against Tawa.<\/p>\n<p>Paremata-Plimmerton captain<strong> James Corcoran<\/strong> is nicknamed smoky because he\u2019s often at the coalface of the forwards exchanges. The lock in his 85<sup>th<\/sup> game on Saturday against Tawa complained his side went down like a \u201cpterodactyl\u201d in their 71-10 defeat.<\/p>\n<p>+++++<\/p>\n<p>Sets of <strong>brothers<\/strong> aren&#8217;t uncommon in rugby but Saturday&#8217;s round saw two more sets of three start together for the first time. At the Hutt Rec Ories veteran Poasa Poasa started at prop with his younger twins Penieli and Peteli at hooker and No8 respectively, while at Ngati Toa Domain Pare-Plim coach Justin Wilson&#8217;s three eldest sons Justin, Brandyn, and Khya all started in the backline.<\/p>\n<p>+++++<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9191\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9191\" style=\"width: 727px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9191\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/111A6617.jpg?resize=640%2C207&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/111A6617.jpg?resize=300%2C97&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/111A6617.jpg?resize=768%2C249&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/111A6617.jpg?w=950&amp;ssl=1 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The seagulls make their home on the Fraser Park field that is being re-laid.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>+++++<\/p>\n<p><strong>James So&#8217;oialo<\/strong> is back for Tawa following a period in Melbourne which also included some training appearances with the Melbourne Rebels. He has scored 1681 points in 142 matches for both Tawa and Norths.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brandyn Laursen<\/strong> has 1067 points in 111 games for Hutt Old Boys Marist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam Reid<\/strong> is kicking for Old Boys University. On Saturday he nailed eight conversions as the students dealt to struggling Wellington 66-3. Prior to this year he\u2019d only kicked a solitary conversion against Avalon in 2017. However, in 2016 he scored 250 points for the OBU Colts when they won the championship.<\/p>\n<p>+++++<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9192\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9192\" style=\"width: 504px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9192\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/111A6460.jpg?resize=504%2C331&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/111A6460.jpg?resize=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/111A6460.jpg?resize=768%2C505&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/111A6460.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hair styles of club rugby!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>+++++<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wellington College<\/strong> beat <strong>Manukura<\/strong> from Palmerston North 27-17 in their pre-season First XV fixture on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>+++++<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/COWWd0mDZnB\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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Hastings beat Clive 34-17, Taradale defeated Havelock North 50-24, NOBM beat MAC 55-33, Central beat Napier Tech 30-24 and Tamatea overcame Napier Pirate 44-14.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Manawatu<\/strong>, the unbeaten Fielding Yellows sealed the first round with a 27-20 win over Varsity. But not without withstanding a comeback after leading 17-0 in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>College Old Boys finished the first round in second, after beating Te Kawau 44-17 in a night game, while FOBO beat Freyberg 22-12 and Kia Toa pipped Old Boys Marist 29-28 with a late penalty.<\/p>\n<p>+++++<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Hurricanes<\/strong> were last in <strong>Super Rugby Aotearoa<\/strong> but actually scored more points (200) and conceded fewer points (223) than the Chiefs who will contest the final. The Chiefs points scoring record in the round-robin was scored 187 points and conceded 230. The Hurricanes also had one more clean break than the Crusaders 77-76 but suffered double the number of yellow cards (8) than the next worst team the Highlanders with four.<\/p>\n<p>Despite some wayward lineout throwing and ill-discipline at times <strong>Dane Coles<\/strong> still proved the merit of his experience. <strong>Du\u2019Plessis Kirifi<\/strong> was a slow starter but was in top form by the end of the season tying <strong>Codie Taylor<\/strong> for most tackles in the competition with 95. <strong>Devan Flanders<\/strong> appears to be a fine young prospect. <strong>Jordie Barrett<\/strong> scored 95 points from fullback but halfback and first-five remains a real area of concern.<\/p>\n<p>+++++<\/p>\n<p>The Hurricanes suffered their first losing season since 2013 when their record was 6-10. Unfortunately, 2021 is the 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0time since the inception of Super Rugby in 1996 that the Hurricanes have lost more games in a season than they have won.<\/p>\n<p>+++++<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs beat the Blues 39-12 in the <strong>first ever women\u2019s Super-Rugby match<\/strong>. The Chiefs lineout was a real source of strength and captain Les Elder scored from a set play from that facet of the game. The try scored by Chiefs wing Langi Veainu where she surged from halfway and outpaced the fullback is one of the best tries you\u2019ll see this year.<\/p>\n<p>+++++<\/p>\n<p>Former All Blacks lock <strong>Dominic Bird<\/strong> is returning to New Zealand from a successful stint in France to link up with the Hurricanes for next year\u2019s Super Rugby competition.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old former Canterbury, Crusaders and Chiefs representative will line up for the Wellington Lions for this year\u2019s Bunnings Warehouse NPC before joining the Hurricanes for next year\u2019s Super Rugby competition.<\/p>\n<p>+++++<\/p>\n<p><strong>Written content<\/strong> is definitely a dying medium in some quarters. A visit to both the Hurricanes and the Dominion Post&#8217;s websites on Saturday morning looking for a match report\/reivew of the Hurricanes win over the Highlanders the previous night. Nothing. A click over to the Otago Daily Times. They had an article but it carried no scoreboard. Fourth time lucky? The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/sport\/sky-super-rugby-aotearoa-hurricanes-beat-highlanders-in-frantic-final-game\/7ZKQEQXWAKTF2TS3CAALIL7JMM\/\">NZ Herald and it wasn&#8217;t behind a paywall\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the Dominion Post, have they finally dropped all pretence of covering other sports and is it now the Football Times? That sport got the &#8216;full house&#8217; of coverage on Saturday &#8211; well done to them.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9133\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DomPost-sport-page-Saturday-morning.jpg?resize=469%2C353&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DomPost-sport-page-Saturday-morning.jpg?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DomPost-sport-page-Saturday-morning.jpg?resize=768%2C579&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DomPost-sport-page-Saturday-morning.jpg?w=797&amp;ssl=1 797w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>+++++<\/p>\n<p>Last week<strong> New Zealand Rugby<\/strong> posted a loss of $34.6 million. Revenue was down $40m, or 26 per cent, at $55m, a much better result than had been expected during the Covid lockdown last year.\u00a0NZR cut its funding to provincial unions by $3.76m, because of the effects of Covid.\u00a0Provincial Unions stand to make $39 million from the Silver Lake deal which they voted for at the AGM on Thursday. However, the New Zealand Players Association is opposed to the deal and seven rounds of mediation has yet to resolve the impasse.<\/p>\n<p>+++++<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Rugby Players Association<\/strong> has labelled the $387 million <strong>Silver Lake<\/strong> proposal a &#8220;bad deal&#8221; which it thinks could send New Zealand Rugby deep into the red in the years to come.<\/p>\n<p>The provincial unions and M\u0101ori board have given their tick of approval for New Zealand Rugby to sell 12.5 percent of its commercial assets to the US equity firm.<\/p>\n<p>But that approval goes nowhere without the sign off of the New Zealand Players Association.<\/p>\n<p>The group&#8217;s chairman and former All Black captain David Kirk spoke to RNZ late last week.<\/p>\n<p>Listen here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/national\/programmes\/checkpoint\/audio\/2018793682\/silver-lake-deal-could-bring-debt-rugby-players-association\">https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/national\/programmes\/checkpoint\/audio\/2018793682\/silver-lake-deal-could-bring-debt-rugby-players-association<\/a><\/p>\n<p>+++++<\/p>\n<p>This <strong>past week in history<\/strong> on April 29, 2013 saw <strong>Joe\u00a0Schmidt\u00a0<\/strong>appointed coach of Ireland. Having won 77 of 99 matches, including every major trophy, with Leinster he was a strong candidate and didn\u2019t disappoint winning 55 of 76 matches, including three Six Nations championships and the 2018 Grand Slam. His reign ended somewhat lamely when Ireland was thrashed by the All Blacks in the 2019 World Cup quarter final, but Schmidt guided Ireland to their first ever win against the All Blacks and had a winning record against Australia, Argentina and South Africa. 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