Poverty Bay Heartland Team - Wider Squad Named
Click Here to view the player selection made by the Heartland Coach, Mutu Ngarimu.
Ground Closures
More FM Rugby Park will be closed for 2 weeks to all rugby and training for ground maintenance purposes. It will reopen on Saturday, 25 May 2013.
The Oval Reserve will not be used for games this weekend, 18 May 2013.
Cosmopolitan Club Senior Rugby draw for MoreFM Rugby Park on Saturday, 4 May:
1pm: Agworks HSOB (Barbarians) vs Arborcare Waikohu
2.45pm: Enterprise Cars OBM vs Woodbank HSOB
*Due to a default team, both the above games have been moved to MoreFM Rugby Park.
Teenage Club Rugby 2013
If you are interested to play teenage club competition rugby from Mid May to August 2013, please contact the Union Office (8689968) or email: grainger@povertybayrugby.co.nz to register or for more information. Or join us on Facebook
Season Dates 2013
Click here for season dates as at 26 March 2013
JAB Club Contacts 2013
JAB club muster days were held on Saturday, 16 March 2013. If you signed up before or on JAB club muster day you are now in the draw to win. Keep an eye out for more details from your local school. It's not too late to register to play. Contact the following club nearest you:
Horouta - Geoff Milner P: 027 535 6646 E: geoffm@gma.maori.nz
HSOB - Craig Clarke P: 021 722 258 E: craig@icesolutions.co.nz
Ngatapa - Jackie Hudson P: 8686167/027 820 7508 E: jackie.hudson2@gmail.com
OBM - Clint Pirihi P: 022 094 4956
Pirates - Craig Hollis P: 8681302/021 735 396 E: thehollises@xtra.co.nz
Waikohu - Huia Brown P: 027 815 4389 E: huiaheemi@hotmail.com
Uawa - Darryl Crawford P: 8626612/027 431 3795 E: dc7@xtra.co.nz
YMP - Janelle & Henry Lamont P: 027 538 6240/027 518 7662 E: teraunalamont@clear.net.nz
2013 Police Vetting - JAB Coaches and Referees
We appreciate that the requirement of Police vetting for Small Blacks Rugby Coaches and referees solely focused on Small Blacks Rugby adds some additional demand on those who approach people about being involved in our game. However, we are confident the process will be as smooth as possible and provide parents, whanau and others with the knowledge Rugby is taking steps to ensure a safe and enjoyable environment for young people involved in our game. We thank you for your support of this important initiative.
Click on the link: Police Vetting for more information.
Click here for brochure
Click here for operational guidelines
2013 PBRFU Newsletters
Click here for our February 2013 newsletter
PBRFU T Shirts for sale (as shown)
PBRFU T Shirts can be purchased for $45 each from the Union office. Limited numbers, so be quick. Payment must be made at the time of ordering, prior to photos being produced and distributed.
2013 Poverty Bay Heartland Coach named
Congratulations to Mutu Ngarimu, named the 2013 Poverty Bay Heartland Coach.
Heartland XV 2012
Congratulations to Grainger Heikell, named head Coach for the Heartland XV 2013 Squad.
Poverty Bay U20 Hurricanes retain Division 2 Trophy (6 Oct. 2012)
Congratulations to PB U20 team defeating Horowhenu Kapiti in the final on Saturday 27 - 18. Great work by our up & coming senior players, coaches Matt Doyle and Stu Blair and Manager Brett Law. Great effort being unbeaten for 2012.
Poverty Bay U16 Hurricanes B Division Champions 2012 (4 Oct. 2012)
Poverty Bay had a clean sweep of games and played outstandingly under Coach and Manager Kahu Falaoa and Dave Grogan. Results:
Game 1 vs East Coast 61 - 0 (win)
Game 2 vs Wairarapa Bush 15 - 13 (win)
Game 3 vs Wellington Development 28 - 13 (win)
Finals vs Wellington Development 17 - 15 (win)
Under 20 Club Competition Rugby
The U20 competition has been a great success with some very good rugby being displayed by all teams.
Congratulations and a huge thank you to all concerned for taking this initiative and running with it. It was very positive from all angles and that was due to the hard work by your clubs and those who offered to coach in this grade. New players and new coaches – hope this translates into a fantastic club year for 2013. Thanks also, as always, to the voluntary referees from PBRRA, who kindly extended their rugby season also.
Final week results:
OBM 41 HSOB 12, YMP 43 Ngatapa 12, Waikohu 20 Wairoa 6
Final Standings:
YMP 25, Waikohu 15, Wairoa 12, Ngatapa 11, OBM 10, HSOB 1
Congratulations to YMP for going through this competition undefeated and with maximum points in each grade.
Club Finals Results (30 July)
Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates and Wairoa Athletic make it back to back wins, two years in a row, in the Lee Brothers Shield and Lew Patterson Cup.
There was a good crowd at Rugby Park, the weather held off and Pirates beat YMP 20 - 8 in the Premier Grade final. Kelvin Smith picked up two tries, his first after a poor YMP kick fell into Kelvin's hands and with plenty of space in front of him it was a foot race over 70m to open up. His second was at the end of a very clever grubber kick by Duane Hihi. YMP threatened to come back in the last 20 minutes of the game when they finally found the try line. But some enterprising thrusts towards the line fell short due to some strong defence by Pirates.
In the curtainraiser Senior One final between Wairoa Athletic and Ormondos Waikohu, it was a very tense but low scoring affair. With under 10 minutes left in the game it was all tied at 5 - 5 and extra time was looking likely. Towards the end of the game, Wairoa Athletic were awarded a number of penalties and it took a successful penalty kick by Moss Duran to seal the win and the Lew Patterson Cup. Final score was 8 - 5. It was a seesaw match throughout the entire 80 minutes and showed that both these teams deserved to be in the final. It was a game that left both teams supporters on the edge of their seat. Click here for Gisborne Herald summary of the Premier game
Lew Patterson Cup - Senior One Grade
Wairoa Athletic 8 Ormondos Waikohu 5
Lee Brothers Shield - Premier Grade
Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates 20 YMP 8
Both games were a great way to end the senior club competition for 2012!
CLICK HERE for this weekend's Gisborne Cosmopolitan Club Senior Grades draw & results standings.
Teenage Club Rugby 2013
If you would like to participate in teenage club competition rugby from mid May to August, please either phone us (8689968) or email: grainger@povertybayrugby.co.nz for more details and to register.