PBRFU Season – 2007 - Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union

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2007

SEASON

2007 Status:	Heartland.Championship
Founded 1890 – Affiliated 1893
President:	D.Kirkpatrick
Chairman:	M.A.MacLean
Chief.Executive.Officer:	N.R.Alton
Coach	P.J.P.Feeney
Assistant Coach	G.J.Heikell
Main ground:	Rugby Park, Gisborne
Capacity:	18,000
Colours:	Scarlet – White

With the large number of the 2006 Lochore Cup winning squad again available it could have been expected that Poverty Bay would break into the top half of the Heartland competition playing for the Meads Cup. Against Wanganui the team held a good halftime lead but could not hold out a strong second half effort by Wanganui. The loss to Buller at home proved costly and again Poverty Bay was consigned to the bottom half to fight for the Lochore Cup. Following wins at home over Horowhenua Kapiti and Thames Valley, Poverty Bay visited Greymouth and trailed 21-5 at halftime but sparked into life to pull away and win 36-21 .The season’s best performance was the semi-final against Thames Valley 65-3 with captain and master tactician Scott Leighton scoring a record 35 points.

In the final South Canterbury looked to be in command with its 32-16 halftime lead but Poverty Bay fought back and, when awarded a penalty try in the 70th minute, took the lead. Five minutes later South Canterbury reclaimed the lead with a penalty then Leighton missed with a penalty attempt which would have won the match. In desperation Poverty Bay, managing to retain possession, tried valiantly to breach the defence but it seemed a lost cause as the full time hooter sounded. For a further three minutes the Bay held the ball, halfback Daniel Morath made a break, passed to Ian Logan who fed a storming Piripi Douglas and the flanker ran round behind the posts to snatch the win and Lochore Cup for a second year.

While Leighton was the backline general Ian Logan was a sound partner at second five-eighth. Fullback Kahu Tamatea and wing Tim Gardner ran in some good tries. The forward pack contained experienced props in Jamie Hutana, Colin Hovell and Josh Maynard. Aaron Wise and Andrew Cribb shared the hooking duties. Chris Bell, Murray Hewson and Willie Halgarth were the locks. Sione Ngatu and Quentin King were lively flankers with Piripi Douglas, an East Coast rep in 2006, being a regular substitute and match winner in the final. At Number eight Malakai Ravulo was the only squad member to start in all 13 games and was the outstanding forward.

During May two non-first-class games were played in Gisborne, a 27-27 draw with a Bay of Plenty XV and a 97-0 loss to a Hawke’s Bay XV.

2007 Results

20 Oct, 2:30 pm	H	South Canterbury	Final Lochore Cup	38 - 35
13 Oct, 2:30 pm	H	Thames Valley	S/F Lochore Cup	65 - 03
06 Oct, 2:30 pm	A	West Coast	Lochore Cup	21 - 36
29 Sep, 2:30 pm	H	Thames Valley	Lochore Cup	26 - 23
22 Sep, 2:30 pm	H	Horowhenua-Kapiti	Lochore Cup	30 - 19
15 Sep, 2:30 pm	A	Ngati Porou East Coast	Heartland Championship	24 - 33
08 Sep, 2:30 pm	H	Buller	Heartland Championship	13 - 15
01 Sep, 2:30 pm	A	Wanganui	Heartland Championship	22 - 20
25 Aug, 2:30 pm	H	North Otago	Heartland Championship	11 - 31
18 Aug, 2:30 pm	A	South Canterbury	Heartland Championship	07 - 24
11 Aug, 2:30 pm	H	Wairarapa Bush	Pre-Season	28 - 15
04 Aug, 2:30 pm	A	King Country	Pre-Season	32 - 00
04 Jun, 2:30 pm	H	Ngati Porou East Coast	Pre-Season	56 - 00

POVERTY BAY REPRESENTATIVES 2007

Name	Position	PL	TR	CON	PEN
Aaron Robert Wise	Hooker	9 (2)	0	0	0
Colin John Kinnard Hovell	Prop	12 (2)	0	0	0
Russell James Burns	Hooker, Prop	1	0	0	0
Jamie Bruce Hutana	Lock, No. 8	12 (5)	1	0	0
Eruera Te Kakau Wharerau	Lock	1	1	0	0
Sione Tangi Ngatu	Flanker, Prop	12	3	0	0
Daniel Wayne Morath	Halfback	8 (3)	0	0	0
Scott Campbell Leighton	First Five	11	3	30	23
James Ross Warren	Wing	11	2	0	0
Timothy Michael Gardner	First Five, Fullback, Wing	10 (1)	4	0	0
Ian George Logan	First Five	12	4	3	8
Joshua Benjamin Maynard	Hooker	10 (3)	2	0	0
Andrew Regan Cribb	Hooker	12 (7)	1	0	0
Quentin Duane King	Flanker	13 (4)	1	0	0
Murray James Hewson	Lock	13 (1)	0	0	0
William Arthur 'Willie' Hallgarth	Lock	13 (6)	0	0	0
Piripi James Douglas	Flanker	11 (8)	2	0	0
Jack Teepa Brooking	Centre	9 (3)	2	0	0
Douglas Rangi Rehu	Flanker	9 (8)	0	0	0
Shane Kume Leach	First Five, Fullback, Wing	12 (3)	0	0	0
Waiti Gordon Tamatea	Centre	0	0	0	0
Hone Te Kauru Ote Rangi Kaa	Wing	10 (1)	2	0	0
Campbell Te Rito	First Five	7 (4)	2	0	0
Ratu Samanikoroivuku Vosaki	Wing	5 (4)	0	0	0
Christoper Richard Hayward Bell	Lock	12 (6)	0	0	0
Whakamutu Percy 'Mutu' Ngarimu	No. 8	1	0	0	0
Malakai Mana Ravulo	Loose Forward	13	2	0	0
Kahu Daniel Tamatea	First Five, Fullback	10 (1)	8	3	0
Peter Stevens	Prop	2 (1)	0	0	0
Samuela Manu	Hooker	1 (1)	0	0	0
Sylvester Ernest Blake	Prop	2 (1)	0	0	0
Jarred John McClutchie	Centre	8 (2)	2	0	0
Penalty Try		1 (1)	1	0	0
Nicholas Emmet Sharkey	Hooker	1 (1)	0	0	0
Anaru Junior Poihipi	Prop	1 (1)	0	0	0
Warwick James Knox	Hooker, Prop	2 (2)	0	0	0

We hope you enjoy this look back as we look forward to many more years of recording the history of Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union.
We acknowledge all the information from the NZ “Rugby Almanack” Series from 1934 and appreciate their hard and dedicated work in providing this detailed history. – Web Admin—