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North Canterbury News, July 15, 2021
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Saracens claims the silverware
RUGBY
By LINDSAY KERR,
PETER WILLIAMS
AND DAYLESUTHERLAND
Positionsswappedatthe top of
the North Canterbury division
one rugby table when Saracens
beat Kaiapoi 20­18on
Saturday.
The shock of the round was
Ashley beating Glenmark­
Cheviot 27­32. The combined
side’s presence in the semi
finals is nowslim. Hurunui
kept itself in contention
beating Ohoka, while Oxford
beat Woodend by default.
Points afterround six of
seven: Saracens 26, Kaiapoi 25,
Oxford 19,Ashley16, Hurunui
15, Glenmark 11,Ohoka 10,
Woodend 1.
Kaiapoi vSaracens
Placards along the Saracens
supporters’ sideline
congratulating ‘Goody’ was
inspiration not only to flanker
Nathan Goodwin,playing his
150thmatch, but for the whole
team.
He turnedinan
inspirationalperformancein
an enthralling top­of­the­table
encounter, withthe lead
changingthroughoutthe
match.
Saracens was the first to
score, courtesy of aRicky Allin
penalty, but Kaiapoi hitback
when fullback Reuben Tiweka
collected an attacking
Saracens kick, usedhis speed
to beat one player and then put
LoganBell in the clear to run
half the lengthofthe field to
score.
Apenaltyonthe strokeof
half­time gaveKaiapoi at 8­3
lead at half time.
Kaiapoipaid dearly for a
number of errors in the second
half.After twicefailing to find
touchafter being awarded
defensive penalties, the
Saracens backscontrivedto
put the hard­running Hadrian
Jackson into ahole for atry
whichAllin converted.
Kaiapoistruckback when
Tiweka scored in the corner
with aspectacular dive as he
grounded the ball millimetres
from the corner.
Corey Simpson replaced
Allin and took over the goalkicking,
scrambling the ball
over thecrossbar to tie the
match up 13­all.
Kaiapoitookthe leadwhen
substitute Lance Taylorcross
for atry, but Kerran Jenkins
scored atry for Saracens
leavingSimpsontoconvert for
a20­18 win.
Thetireless Jarred Gilmore
was the pick of the Kaiapoi
forwards, matching Goodwin’s
effortsfor Saracens. But it was
the visitors who took away the
valued silverware winning the
covetedDeansTrophyand the
Bates Cup,whichisplayedfor
annually between the two
teams. Barring amajor upset
next week, Saracens will
almost certainlyadd the Colin
Rowlands Trophyfor the
North Canterbury only
competition.
Scoreboard: Kaiapoi 18
(Logan Bell, Reuben Tiweka
and Lance Taylor, tries,Taine
Jacobs­Lawson apenalty) lost
to Saracens20(Hadrian
Jackson and Kerran Jenkins,
tries.Ricky Allinapenalty and
conversion,Corey Simpson 1
penalty, 1conversion.
Glenmark­Cheviot
toppled
Glenmark­Cheviotlooked
comfortably placed with a
24­10 half­time advantageover
Ashley at Loburn Domain.
The combined side
dominated the opening
exchanges, scoring threefirsthalf
tries, withtwo to John
Broad and onetoJordie Gray.
Brook Retallickconverted all
three tries and added apenalty
as Glenmark­Cheviot raced out
to a24­3lead and thingslooked
ominous for Ashley. Nobody
told live wirefullback Luke
Gold, who latched on to a
backline movement, one that
started50metres from the
Glenmark line and scorednear
the postsfor KorbynGray to
convert. The new momentum
never leftthe Ashley unit as
they played as acomplete unit.
Gray scoredfive minutes
into the secondspellbefore
Gold was backinthe action,
this time backing himself 30
metres out withlittlewriggle
room to workin.
On the run ... Inspirational Saracens flanker, Nathan Goodwin on
the burst in his 150th match for his team.
PHOTO: LEONIE HANCOX
Moments laterJosh
Duckworth bullied his way
over to score and Gray added
the conversionasAshley had
grabbed thelead.
Predictably Glenmark­
Cheviotfoughtits way backand
with full time beckoning
camped in the Ashley 22, but
Ashley’s defenceheld.
Gold was again astar in the
Ashley performance, while
Hooker LouisJames was
always in thethick of it and
substitute loosieNick Sim
made an immediate impact.
Returning from injury, Jacob
Vincent was astand out player
in the Glenmarkeffort while
Mike Keane in the centres was
always dangerous when
gaining the ball.
Scoreboard: Ashley32(Luke
Gold 2, Josh Duckworth tries.
Korbyn Gray atry, 3
conversions, 2penalties) beat
Glenmark­Cheviot 27 (John
Broad2,JordieGray tries,
BrookRetallick 3conversions,
2penalties).
Hurunuiwins
Alarge crowd assembled at the
Culverdengroundsto
celebrate Club Day and
Hurunui’slatest centurion
Andrew Murdoch's 100games.
But the visitors soon
silenced theFlintoff
Contracting stand and shottoa
14­pointlead.
Ohoka dominatedpossession
and territory and was ableto
capitalise on the space
generated out wide with three
tries sharedbyoutside pairing
Ethan McDuffand Jade
Nukunuku.
The home sideclung on and
fought backwithtwo tries,one
to Murdoch.
Ohoka was verysettled in its
gameand pushedontoextend
the lead 24­14 at the break.The
homeside regrouped,and the
lockingduo of LukeRomano
and Flynn Crean started
rolling down the field.
Enjoying much needed
possession and territory and
being spurredonbyavocal
homecrowd, centreHunter
Johnson crossed to narrow the
margin. Apenalty shortly after
hadthe scoredlocked up at
24­all. Ohoka’s ScottAllin was
unlucky not to score after being
held up over the line
Hurunuigained lead with a
penalty to Digby Heard and in
thefinalmoments Hurunui
crossed again to pushout the
score to 34­24,inwhatwas an
otherwise tightly contested
match.
Scoreboard: Hurunui 34
(Andrew Murdoch, Cale Dobby,
Hunter Johnson, Jack Philips
tries, Digby Heard 4
conversions, 2penalties)beat
Ohoka 24 (Jade Nukunuku 2,
Ethan McDuff tries, ScottAllin,
3conversions, 1penalty) .
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NORTH CANTERBURY
RUGBYSUB UNION DRAW
17 th July 2021
Luisetti SeedsCombined Div 1
Glenmark CheviotVOhoka,
02:45 PM, Chev1.
HurunuiVOxford,
02:45 PM,Cul 1.
WoodendVSaracens,
02:45 PM,Wood 1.
Kaiapoi VAshley,
02:45 PM,KaiOv.
CombinedColts (Section A)
Celtic: EuroAgriVAshley: SOL
Colts,01:00 PM,Celtic: 1.
Lincoln RedColts VGlenmark
Cheviot, 01:00 PM,Linc:3.
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