The Star: April 18, 2019

The Star Thursday April 18 2019
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Bookings EssEntial
• By Gordon Findlater
A CLASH of the big guns
will take place tomorrow
when the Linwood Keas
and Hornby Panthers meet
in a rematch of what has
made up the last three
Canterbury rugby league
grand-finals.
The Keas have taken
grand-final honours on
all three occasions and
tomorrow will mark the
first meeting of the two
sides since the Keas lifted
the Pat Smith Trophy on
August 26.
Both teams have opened
the first two rounds of the
competition with commanding
wins.
However, tomorrow will
see a step up in intensity
with top of the table bragging
rights on the line.
“The boys have talked
about it, it’s what they look
forward to - challenging
themselves against the
Panthers. I’m sure they’re
the same. It’s a game that
brings the best out of both
teams,” said Linwood Keas
coach Andrew Auimatagi.
The Keas showed their
strength in depth at
the weekend when they
INTENSE: The Linwood Keas and Hornby
Panthers clash tomorrow for the first time since
last year’s grand-final. ​
defeated Celebration
Lions 38-16 while missing
a handful of first-team
regulars.
Meanwhile, Hornby
coach Jed Lawrie says
he was impressed with
his side’s 30-10 win over
the Riccarton Knights in
what he described as an
improvement on their
week one performance. He
has also been impressed
by the performances of
Top of the tables
•Massetti Cup rugby league
P W D L PD Pts
Linwood Keas 2 2 0 0 40 4
Hornby Panthers 2 2 0 0 36 4
Eastern Eagles 2 2 0 0 34 4
Northern Bulldogs 2 1 0 1 10 2
Papanui Tigers 2 1 0 1 -10 2
Celebration Lions 2 0 0 2 -29 0
Riccarton Knights 2 0 0 2 -38 0
Halswell Hornets 2 0 0 2 -44 0
•Metro Premier Cup rugby
P W L D Pts
Lincoln University 3 3 0 0 15
Sydenham 3 3 0 0 14
Shirley 3 3 0 0 13
HSOB 3 2 1 0 12
Linwood 3 2 1 0 11
Weekend match-ups
Massetti Cup
Riccarton Knights v
Halswell Hornets 6.30pm
Thursday, Crosbie Park;
Linwood Keas v Hornby
Panthers 2.45pm Friday,
Linwood Park; Northern
Bulldogs v Eastern
Eagles 2.45pm Saturday,
Murphy Park; Papanui
Tigers v Celebration Lions
2.45pm Saturday, Papanui
Domain.
Metro Premier Cup
HSOB v Sydenham
6.15pm Thursday,
Christchurch Park;
Christchurch v University
7.50pm Thursday,
Christchurch Park;
Linwood v Sumner 1pm
Friday, Linfield Park; New
Brighton v Burnside 1pm
Friday, Rawhiti Domain;
Shirley v Lincoln Uni
2.45pm Saturday, Burwood
Park; Marist Albion
teenagers Caius Fa’atili and
Jordan Coleman.
“It was good to see a big
step up leading into the
Linwood game . . . you always
see training intensity
raise before this game,”
said Lawrie.
The chance for either
side to stake an early
claim as this year’s team
to beat, kicks off at 2.45pm
tomorrow at Linwood
Park.
Christchurch 3 2 1 0 10
Marist Albion 3 1 2 0 7
New Brighton 3 1 2 0 6
Burnside 3 1 2 0 5
Sumner 3 0 3 0 2
Belfast 3 0 3 0 0
University 3 0 3 0 0
•Mainland Premier League football
P W D L GD Pts
Nelson Suburbs 5 4 1 0 10 13
Cashmere Tech 5 4 0 1 15 12
Western AFC 5 3 1 1 3 10
Coastal Spirit 5 3 0 2 9 9
Ferrymead Bays 5 2 0 3 -7 6
Selwyn United 5 1 1 3 -5 4
Nomads United 5 1 0 4 -13 3
FC Twenty 11 5 0 1 4 -12 1
v Belfast 2.45pm Saturday,
Edgar MacIntosh.
Mainland Premier
League (Friday)
Nomads United v Ferrymead
Bays 12.30pm,
English Park; Nelson
Suburbs v Cashmere
Tech 1pm, Saxton Field;
Western AFC v FC Twenty
11 2.45pm, Walker Park;
Coastal Spirit v Selwyn
United 2.45pm, English
Park.