RugbyHeartland News

Victory over the Bay and centenary celebrated A major motion picture could be made of it. Ngati Porou East Coast beat Civil Project Solutions Poverty Bay 28-21 to ice the sky-blue-and-white centenary cake by breaking their five-year duck against their oldest rivals. It was the first victory — home or away — for

Ngati Porou East Coast players and supporters would have been grateful for the long weekend to recover after their victory over Poverty Bay on Saturday. In front of a bumper home crowd, NPEC delighted the spectators on their way to a historic 40th win, 28-21, in the ongoing battle for supremacy

NPEC Coach Hosea Gear has named his 22 for the Centenary Match this weekend against Poverty Bay at Whakarua Park at 2pm. Several new caps have been included with the stand out being Nehe Milner-Skudder who will debut for the Sky Blues at Fullback. On the Reserves Bench we see: Jo16. Cap

A piece of rugby history will be on show in Alexandra during Queen's Birthday (Saturday 5th June). Several hundred players, volunteers and supporters will be part of the annual Otago Country Rugby Day, which this year is will be hosted by the Alexandra Rugby Club. Schedule: 10am: Junior Club Rugby 11am: Secondary School