Harbour’s loss Varsity’s gain
Dunedin 15 Harbour 12 In some of the worst conditions this writer has seen in terms of a combination of wind and rain, Dunedin ground out a meritorious win, led by its committed pack. The southerly howled up the harbour carrying rain, sand and the odd crayfish. The entire game was played down the touch […]
Harbour Rugby – Kick for touch odt writeup
Paul Dwyer giuves his take on the club rugby scene. The wrap Southern got the five points over GI to get its season back on track and get within five points of the four. But it was a turgid old affair and Southern scored two tries in injury time to win by a flattering margin. […]
Harbour Hawks – presentation of the Speights Cup
The presentation of this cup will be this Saturday 21 May @ Watson Park, Port Chalmers. There is a home game this weekend Harbour Vrs Dunedin and the cup will be presented to the club @ 5.30 from a representative from Speights and Otago Rugby Union. This cup was the result of winning […]
Double Silverware for Harbour Hawks
Harbour wrested the Challenge Shield off Taieri with a 36-22 win. The Hawks also collect the Speight’s Jug for winning the first round. University pumped Kaikorai 62-17 and is in a rich vein of form. Southern climbed one spot on the ladder with a 28-3 win against Green Island but still cannot catch the ball. […]
Harbour Hawks – Kick for Touch
Harbour proved too strong for Southern down at the container terminal to remain two points in front of Varsity at the top of the table. One of the anomalies of the draw is that these table-toppers don’t play each other in the first round – bizarre! Southern continues to cascade down the table and now […]
Harbour Hawks – 3 trophies up for grabs this weekend
Rugby: Miller Park men source of inspiration The first round is almost done and what have we learned so far? Perhaps it is that Dunedin cannot seem to win a game without Gareth Evans, or that Southern will continue to lose the big games until its players remember how to catch the ball. Kaikorai can […]
Harbour Hawk’s Sio Tomkinson named in NZ U20 world champs team
New Zealand has named its squad for the World Rugby Under 20 Championship, with two Otago players winning selection. Otago and Highlanders midfield back Sio Tomkinson and Southern prop Shaun Stodart both retain their places in the team, after being in the team for the recent Oceania championships. Hurricanes hooker Leni Apisai captains the […]
Harbour cements lead on an odd day
Harbour Rugby Club 24 Southern Rugby Club 17 Harbour pounced on some early mistakes to take an early 12-3 lead at Watson Park. Southern had struggled to get its hands on the ball and when it did it failed to wrap […]
Harbour’s Ben Whale player of the week
SPEIGHTS/ODT player of the week – Ben Whale (Harbour Rugby Club) – Dymanic Flanker Ben Whale played a key role in haroburs 10 try 66-24 win against Zingari-richmond in the Scoles Memorial match at Montecillo last Saturday. He dominated at the lineout, was a tenacious defender and proved a line-breaker on attack. By Adrian […]
ODT Paul Dwyer – Kick for Touch
Rugby: Hawks still flying high A 3-year-old Michael ‘‘Woody’’ Woodhouse playing in the back yard of his family home in Macandrew Rd, South Dunedin, in 1968, before he achieved fame as a rugby ref. Photo supplied. The Sharks got it done across the park against the Magpies to snatch back the “Ron Reggett”, much to […]