Woden Rams Tour

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Rugby League Northland again welcomes our Australian Brothers from the Woden Rams in Canberra to Northland. This is the third year they have come to the wonderful Northland. Originally, the link was established via Kalani Going, who started playing Junior League for the Rams while a part of the Canberra Raiders Academy. Going is the Grandson of Northland Great Union player Sid Going and the nephew of League Stars Thomas and Kylie Leuluai.

One thing is sure, rivalry between Australia and NZ at any level is always fierce. As Kiwis we can have bragging rights for the first time ever as the Kiwis are currently ranked #1 in the World and for the second time ever in the history of league the Kiwis have beaten the Kangaroos 3 times in a row. As for the rivalry between the Rams and Northland, the first year saw two Rams teams visit with each playing two games, the ledger that year was shared with Northland teams winning 2 and the Rams winning 2. Last year the Rams played Otaua and lost, then played Otaika that saw a game go right down to the wire for a draw!

On Tuesday the Rams played against the Otaua Valleys in Kaikohe. Otaua led at 18 – 0 at half time. The Rams came back in the second half with a typical Australian spirit, but Otaua were able to hold on for a 28 – 18 win. So the overall ledger is Northland 4 – Woden 2 and 1 draw.

The Rams hadn’t played any footy for 6 weeks while a good contingent of the Otaua team played last week at the NZRL 15s and 17s Nationals so with a game under their belt the Rams will be well primed to take on the Otaika Eagles on Friday! The Otaika Eagles were defeated finalists in the U16s Elijah Taylor Cup.

Match Day: Friday 9^th October Kick Off 12pm at Fishbone Park – Whangarei.

Tuesday 6^th October at Kaikohe Rugby Ground – Woden Rams v Otaua Valleys – Results

Otaua Valleys 28: Tries: Kalani Waa, Iraia (2), Xavier Johnston, Ranipiri Tau, Goals: Brody Tamarua (4). Players of the Day – Joseph Ngere, Ranipiri Tau

Woden Rams 18: Tries: Daniel De Smet, Michael Ryan, Andrew Scheele. Goals: Daneil De Smet (2), Thomas Robertson. Players of the Day – Daneil De smet, Thomas Robertson

Northern Swords 2015 – FixturesNorthern Swords 2015 – Fixtures

Coach Jon Renes and his management staff – Edward Irving – Manager and Jack Walker – Assistant Coach are busy preparing their squad for the start of the NZRL National Premiership at the end of August. They will be kicking off their campaign with a warm up game in at the Koroneihana in Ngaruawahia.

Swords Home Games:

September 5^th at Lindvart Park v Counties Manukau Stingrays. As part of the day RLN will be running the Northern Swords Mini Mod 9s Tournament.

September 19^th at Lindvart Park v Wellington Orcas – also running on the day will be the Barry Wharerau Memorial Nines Senior Tournament (put in link to Entry form)

October 10^th at Toll Stadium v Canterbury Bulls with the final Trade of Origin match between the Sparkies and Chippies as the Curtain rais

RLN Premiership Season 2013RLN Premiership Season 2013

Click here for the full Premiership Draw 2013

Click here for playing ground locations

FINALS DAY – Sunday, August 11^th – Toll Stadium

13s @ Old Boys Rugby Club – 10:30am KO

Muriwhenua v (WIS Stags or Moerewa Tigers)

15s – 12:00pm KO

Hika-Hora v Otaua Valley

18s – 1:30pm KO

Muriwhenua v Marist Brothers

PREMIERS – 3:30pm KO

Takahiwai Warriors v Hikurangi Stags

Team List for RLN Premiership – Sunday 11th August – Kick Off 3:00pm

Hikurangi Stags		Takahiwai Warriors
1	Innocent Tuimavave or Jordan Rau	1	Hori Tuhoro (CC)
2	Shelden McKinley	2	Rikki Tarau
3	Joachim Edmonds or Caleb Henare	3	Sosaia Tali
4	Tyson Wihongi	4	Wiremu Te Iringa
5	Shannon Neho	5	Charles Tarau
6	Joe Rau (CC)	6	Kyle Hool
7	Russell Turner	7	Cole Tarau
8	Steven Rau (CC)	8	Edward Wilson (CC)
9	Dean Schreurs	9	Witaiawa Thompson
10	Aaron Noble	10	Para Murray
11	Te Tuhi Tipene	11	Manu Tuhoro
12	Jamie Harris	12	Jordan Hool
13	David McCullough	13	Sidney Akatea
14	Moses Cooper	14	Nicholas Schuster
15	Wayne Turner	15	Wallace Poutai
16	Keiron Wihongi-Henare	16	Damion Murray or Harley Ra
17	Adrion Hemara or Kylie Walters	17	Michael Hauraki
	Coach – Joe Rau		Coach – Shane Hool
	Manager – Rangipai Turner		Manager – Juanita Hool
	Trainers – Dylan Wihong, Poasa Rankin, Jordan Rau		Match Manager – Jane Smith
	Tee Boys – Lee & Paul Turner

20th July – Round 5 – North and South Pools – Draw for the RLN Premiership 2013

Date	Round	Home Team	Away Team
20^th July	Round 5	Otaua Valleys	Muriwhenua Kuaka
20^th July	Round 5	Moerewa Tigers	BYE
20^th July	Round 5	Hokianga Pioneers	Kerikeri Slayers
20^th July	Round 5	Portland Panthers	Northern Wairoa Bulls
20^th July	Round 5	City Knights	Horahora Broncos
20^th July	Round 5	Takahiwai Warriors	Hikurangi Stags

Round 5 – Northern Wairoa Bulls v Portland Panthers game has been cancelled. Default goes to Portland Panthers.

13th July – Round 4 – North and South Pools – Draw for the RLN Premiership 2013

Date	Round	Home Team	Away Team
13^th July	Round 4	Hokianga Pioneers	BYE
13^th July	Round 4	Kerikeri Slayers	Otaua Valley
13^th July	Round 4	Muriwhenua Kuaka	Moerewa Tigers
13^th July	Round 4	Horahora Broncos	Takahiwai Warriors
13^th July	Round 4	Hikurangi Stags	Portland Panthers
13^th July	Round 4	Northern Wairoa Bulls	City Knights

6th July – Round 3 – North and South Pools – Draw for the RLN Premiership 2013

Date	Round	Home Team	Away Team
6^th July	Round 3	Hokianga Pioneers	Muriwhenua Kuaka
6^th July	Round 3	Moerewa Tigers	Otaua Valley
6^th July	Round 3	Kerikeri Slayers	BYE
6^th July	Round 3	Takahiwai Warriors	Northern Wairoa Bulls
6^th July	Round 3	City Knights	Portland Panthers
6^th July	Round 3	Horahora Broncos	Hikurangi Stags

29th June – Round 2 – North and South Pools – Draw for the RLN Premiership 2013

Date	Round	Home Team	Away Team
29^th June	Round 2	Otaua Valleys	Hokianga Pioneers
29^th June	Round 2	Muriwhenua Kuaka	BYE
29^th June	Round 2	Moerewa Tigers	Kerikeri Slayers
29^th June	Round 2	Portland Panthers	Takahiwai Warriors
29^th June	Round 2	Northern Wairoa Bulls	Horahora Broncos
29^th June	Round 2	City Knights	Hikurangi Stags

22nd June – Round 1 – North and South Pools – Draw for the RLN Premiership 2013

Date	Round	Home Team	Away Team
22^nd June	Round 1	Kerikeri Slayers	Muriwhenua Kuaka
22^nd June	Round 1	Otaua Valley	BYE
22^nd June	Round 1	Hokianga Pioneers	Moerewa Tigers
22^nd June	Round 1	Hikurangi Stags	Northern Wairoa Bulls
22^nd June	Round 1	Horahora Broncos	Portland Panthers
22^nd June	Round 1	Takahiwai Warriors	City Knights

CROSSOVERS – ROUND 6 – Draw for the RLN Premiership 2013

Date	Round	Home Team	Away Team
15^th June	Round 6	Takahiwai Warriors*	Muriwhenua Kuaka*
15^th June	Round 6	Portland Panthers	Hokianga Pioneers
15^th June	Round 6	Horahora Broncos	Otaua Valleys
15^th June	Round 6	City Knights	BYE
15^th June	Round 6	Northern Wairoa Bulls	Kerikeri Slayers

Round 6 – Hikurangi v Moerewa played in season opener. Moerewa won 40 – 36

* Takahiwai Warriors v Muriwhenua Kuaka – KO time is 1:00pm

CROSSOVERS – ROUND 5 – Draw for the RLN Premiership 2013

Date	Round	Home Team	Away Team
8^th June	Round 5	Portland Panthers*	Muriwhenua Kuaka*
8^th June	Round 5	Hokianga Pioneers	Horahora Broncos
8^th June	Round 5	Otaua Valley	City Knights
8^th June	Round 5	Hikurangi Stags	BYE
8^th June	Round 5	Northern Wairoa Bulls	Moerewa Tigers
8^th June	Round 5	Kerikeri Slayers	Takahiwai Warriors

* Portland Panthers v Muriwhenua Kuaka – KO time is 1:00pm

CROSSOVERS – ROUND 4 – Draw for the RLN Premiership 2013

Date	Round	Home Team	Away Team
1^st June	Round 4	Muriwhenua Kuaka	Horahora Broncos
1^st June	Round 4	City Knights	Hokianga Pioneers
1^st June	Round 4	Hikurangi Stags	Otaua Valley
1^st June	Round 4	Northern Wairoa Bulls	BYE
1^st June	Round 4	Moerewa Tigers	Takahiwai Warriors
1^st June	Round 4	Kerikeri Slayers	Portland Panthers

GAME TIME CHANGE – Muriwhenua Kuaka v Horahora will be played at the earlier time of 1pm on Saturday 1st June.

VENUE CONFIRMATION – Hikurangi Stags v Otaua Valley will be played at Bluegoose this weekend.

CROSSOVERS – ROUND 3 – Draw for the RLN Premiership 2013

Date	Round	Home Team	Away Team
25^th May	Round 3	Muriwhenua Kuaka	City Knights
25^th May	Round 3	Hokianga Pioneers	Hikurangi Stags
25^th May	Round 3	Otaua Valleys	Northern Wairoa Bulls
25^th May	Round 3	Takahiwai Warriors	BYE
25^th May	Round 3	Portland Panthers	Moerewa Tigers
25^th May	Round 3	Horahora Broncos	Kerikeri Slayers

Note: Otaua will be hosting Northern Wairoa Bulls at Northland College, 2.3opm KO

CROSSOVERS – ROUND 2 – Draw for the RLN Premiership 2013

Date	Round	Home Team	Away Team
18^th May	Round 2	Hikurangi Stags	Muriwhenua Kuaka
18^th May	Round 2	Northern Wairoa Bulls	Hokianga Pioneers
18^th May	Round 2	Takahiwai Warriors	Otaua Valleys
18^th May	Round 2	BYE	Portland Panthers
18^th May	Round 2	Moerewa Tigers	Hora Hora Broncos
18^th May	Round 2	Kerikeri Slayers	City Knights

CROSSOVERS – ROUND 1 – Draw for the RLN Premiership 2013

Date	Round	Home Team	Away Team
11th May	Round 1	Muriwhenua Kuaka	Northern Wairoa Bulls
11th May	Round 1	Hokianga Pioneers	Takahiwai Warriors
11th May	Round 1	Otaua Valleys	Portland Panthers

11th May	Round 1	Hora Hora Broncos	BYE
11th May	Round 1	City Knights	Moerewa Tigers
11th May	Round 1	Hikurangi Stags	Kerikeri Slayers

ROUND 5 – Draw for the RLN Premiership 2013

		North Pool
Date	Round	Home Team	Away Team
4th May	Round 5	Muriwhenua Kuaka	Otaua Valleys
4th May	Round 5	BYE	Moerewa Tigers
4th May	Round 5	Kerikeri Slayers	Hokianga Pioneers

Note: The Hikurangi v Takahiwai game, will be played at the Hikurangi Rugby Club this weekend.

		South Pool
4th May	Round 5	Northern Wairoa Bulls	Portland Panthers
4th May	Round 5	Hora Hora Broncos	City Knights
4th May	Round 5	Hikurangi Stags	Takahiwai Warriors

ROUND 4 – Draw for the RLN Premiership 2013

		North Pool
Date	Round	Home Team	Away Team
27th April	Round 4	Hokianga Pioneers	BYE
27th April	Round 4	Otaua Valleys	Kerikeri Slayers
27th April	Round 4	Moerewa Tigers	Muriwhenua Kuaka

		South Pool
27th April	Round 4	Takahiwai Warriors	Hora Hora Broncos
27th April	Round 4	Portland Panthers	Hikurangi Stags
27th April	Round 4	City Knights	Northern Wairoa Bulls

ROUND 3 – Draw for the RLN Premiership 2013

		North Pool
Date	Round	Home Team	Away Team
20th April	Round 3	Muriwhenua Kuaka	Hokianga Pioneers
20th April	Round 3	Otaua Valleys	Moerewa Tigers
20th April	Round 3	Kerikeri Slayers	BYE

		South Pool
20th April	Round 3	Northern Wairoa Bulls	Takahiwai Warriors
20th April	Round 3	Portland Panthers	City Knights
20th April	Round 3	Hikurangi Stags	Hora Hora Broncos

ROUND 2 – Draw for the RLN Premiership 2013

		North Pool
Date	Round	Home Team	Away Team
13th April	Round 2	Hokianga Pioneers	Otaua Valley
13th April	Round 2	BYE	Muriwhenua Kuaka
13th April	Round 2	Kerikeri Slayers	Moerewa Tigers

		South Pool
13th April	Round 2	Takahiwai Warriors	Portland Panthers
13th April	Round 2	Hora Hora Broncos	Northern Wairoa Bulls
13th April	Round 2	Hikurangi Stags	City Knights

ROUND 1 – Draw for the RLN Premiership 2013

		North Pool
Date	Round	Home Team	Away Team
6th April	Round 1	Muriwhenua Falcons	Kerikeri Slayers Rl Club
6th April	Round 1	Otaua Valley Warriors	BYE
6th April	Round 1	Moerewa Tigers	Hokianga Pioneers

		South Pool
6th April	Round 1	Northern Wairoa Bulls	Hikurangi Stags
6th April	Round 1	Portland Panthers	Hora Hora Broncos
6th April	Round 1	City Knights Rl	Takahiwai Warriors Rl Club

Orcas defeat Swords but Freeman sees many positivesOrcas defeat Swords but Freeman sees many positives

At a cold wet and soggy Petone Rec in Wellington, the Orcas Bernard Gregorius’ hat-trick of tries has guided Wellington Orcas to a 38 – 14 win over the Northern Swords in the Pirtek NZRL National Premiership on Saturday.

Wellington jumped out to a perfect start, with two tries in the first 15 minutes and two more before the break for a 22-4 advantage. However the Swords showed that they could mix with the Orcas, scoring three tries in the second half to Joel Freeman, Sam Henry and Jordan Hool. Coach, Mark Freeman, was buoyed by the performance, “The conditions were terrible and after the bus trip and flight it took us 40 minutes to realise we were playing National League. We came into the first game knowing that we were slightly under prepared, but we know what we have to work on moving forward.”

With 8 debutants in the squad, Freeman was positive by some of their individual performances, heralding Outside Backs, Ross McFarlane and Tumoana Halkyard, as having standout performances. Skipper Joel Freeman was also a stand out, while young Daniel Fulop at Stand Off didn’t look out of place after making the step up from the 2013 Swords 17s.

“We hope to have Takahiwai’s powerhouse loose forward Adam Donaldson and inspirational fullback Hori Tuhoro, as well as Knights player of the RLN Grand Final, Jordan Katene, available this week which will increase competition for places, which is healthy leading into this week’s game at Toll Stadium v Counties Manukau.” Freeman said.

Next Sunday August 31^st at Toll Stadium

Northern Swords Premiers v Counties Manukau Stingrays 2.30pm
13s Grand Final Otangarei Knights v Portland Panthers 1.15pm
13s Plate Final – Manaia View v Horahora Broncos 12:00pm