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<strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Wednesday <strong>May</strong> 1 <strong>2024</strong><br />
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SPORT<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
New faces bring boost for Waihora<br />
• By Sam Coughlan<br />
WAIHORA COACH Hagen<br />
Schulte has praised the work<br />
of his young charges after<br />
an injury-hit team held on<br />
for a narrow victory over<br />
Southbridge in their Luisetti<br />
Seeds combined country clash.<br />
Waihora had 10 players out<br />
injured – but their replacements<br />
proved more than handy in the<br />
20-16 win at Rhodes Park.<br />
“We managed to call upon a<br />
couple of colts and a couple of<br />
div 2 boys that stood up for us,<br />
(colts players) Shaun O’Leary<br />
was one of our three players of<br />
the day, he scored a try as well,<br />
and Jed (Symes) at fullback<br />
played really well too.<br />
“Pretty impressive for the<br />
young guys just to come in first<br />
up and play so well.<br />
“It’s really promising for us<br />
moving forward, just for everyone<br />
to step up and believe that<br />
they can pull it off was probably<br />
the biggest take away from that<br />
game for us.”<br />
Schulte said his side held on<br />
thanks to some strong defence.<br />
“The last ten minutes, Southbridge<br />
were camped on our<br />
line, so we had to hold them<br />
out and we managed to get a<br />
penalty, which was nice and<br />
relieved the pressure.”<br />
He hoped a few absentees<br />
from the win would be fit for<br />
their next assignment away to<br />
Rakaia on Saturday.<br />
“It’s looking like we will have<br />
about four or five guys coming<br />
back, so that helps out a bit.<br />
“It’s just been a big workload<br />
for some of the other guys, so<br />
hopefully it’ll allow us to give<br />
some of those boys that have<br />
been there for the past four<br />
weeks a bit more of a rest.”<br />
At Lincoln, captain Caleb<br />
McStay said they’re getting<br />
closer to their first win of the<br />
season after a 31-all draw with<br />
Oxford on Saturday.<br />
McStay said they started<br />
strong but couldn’t keep the<br />
momentum going in their<br />
drawn match.<br />
“We used the ball well and got<br />
some pretty good tries early on.<br />
YOUNG GUN: Waihora centre Shaun O’Leary, a part of the colts team, was one of his side’s<br />
best players in the win over Southbridge.<br />
PHOTOS: SMR EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
“But then, as it got a bit later<br />
in the game in the second half,<br />
they sort of crawled their way<br />
back into it and then it obviously<br />
ended up as a draw, which<br />
was probably a fitting result.”<br />
Lincoln take on West Melton<br />
this weekend – also without a<br />
win following their 36-21 defeat<br />
at the hands of Methven on Saturday<br />
– in a match where competition<br />
points count towards<br />
both the combined country and<br />
Coleman Shield tables.<br />
McStay said Lincoln wouldn’t<br />
take West Melton lightly.<br />
“You can’t really go off previous<br />
results for the last few<br />
weeks.<br />
“Just because any team on<br />
their day can show up and play<br />
some good rugby.<br />
“Obviously we haven’t had<br />
our first win either, so yeah, I<br />
think it’ll be a good game.”<br />
Round five gets under way<br />
tomorrow night when Prebbleton<br />
host Oxford under lights<br />
at Prebbleton Domain, before<br />
Darfield meets Ohoka at home<br />
on Friday night.<br />
Saturday’s fixtures see Hornby<br />
visit winless Saracens at<br />
Southbrook Park and Waihora<br />
take on Rakaia.<br />
Southbridge and Springston<br />
are both at home – they take on<br />
Woodend and Ashburton Celtic<br />
respectively, while Lincoln<br />
meets West Melton at home.<br />
Combined country results<br />
Oxford 31 Lincoln 31<br />
Glenmark-Cheviot 67<br />
Hornby 7<br />
Hurunui 31 Prebbleton 47<br />
Ashburton Celtic 36 Darfield<br />
33<br />
Ohoka 34 Springston 19<br />
West Melton 21 Methven 36<br />
Waihora 20 Southbridge 16<br />
Round 5<br />
Prebbleton v Oxford,<br />
Prebbleton Dmn., 7pm Thurs<br />
Darfield v Ohoka, Darfield<br />
Dmn., 7pm Fri<br />
Saracens v Hornby,<br />
Southbrook Park, 2.45pm<br />
Sat<br />
Rakaia v Waihora, Rakaia<br />
Dmn., 2.45pm Sat<br />
Lincoln v West Melton,<br />
Lincoln Dmn., 3pm Sat<br />
Southbridge v Woodend,<br />
Southbridge Dmn., 3pm Sat<br />
Springston v Ashburton<br />
Celtic, Springston Dmn.,<br />
3pm Sat<br />
Points<br />
POOL A: Gmark-Chev 20;<br />
Methven 19; Southern<br />
16; Prebbleton 14; Oxford<br />
13; Hurunui 11; Lincoln 6;<br />
Hornby 4; West Melton 2;<br />
Saracens 1<br />
POOL B: Ohoka 17; Kaiapoi<br />
15; Ashley 14; Waihora 14;<br />
Southbridge 12; Darfield<br />
11; Rakaia 11; Ash Celtic 7;<br />
Springston 5; Woodend 0<br />
RISING HIGH: Waihora flanker Bailey Clark claims a lineout<br />
against Southbridge.<br />
HEAD UP: Waihora second five eighth Harry Kirk, left, looks for support while winger Will Prentice, right. takes on the Southbridge defence.
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