{"id":2381,"date":"2015-05-13T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T00:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/?p=2381"},"modified":"2015-05-18T12:27:30","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T00:27:30","slug":"poverty-bay-squad-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/2015\/05\/13\/poverty-bay-squad-named\/","title":{"rendered":"Poverty Bay squad named"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedefinedRugby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow @RedefinedRugby<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"391\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/2014\/05\/29\/east-coast-go-into-battle-with-poverty-bay\/poverty-bay\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Poverty-Bay.jpg?fit=741%2C770&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"741,770\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Poverty Bay\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Poverty-Bay.jpg?fit=288%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Poverty-Bay.jpg?fit=640%2C665&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-391\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Poverty-Bay.jpg?resize=257%2C267&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Poverty Bay\" width=\"257\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Poverty-Bay.jpg?w=741&amp;ssl=1 741w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Poverty-Bay.jpg?resize=600%2C623&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Poverty-Bay.jpg?resize=288%2C300&amp;ssl=1 288w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Poverty-Bay.jpg?resize=144%2C150&amp;ssl=1 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ng\u0101ti Porou East Coast &#8211; Squad named &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/npec.co.nz\/wp\/?p=1567\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>POVERTY Bay<\/strong> Heartland coach Mutu Ngarimu has named a 43-man wider squad to be reduced to 26 for the Queen\u2019s Birthday Weekend game against Ngati Porou East Coast here on May 30.<\/p>\n<p>Included in the squad are Poverty Bay 2014 player of the year Jake Paringatai (No.8) and one of the most talented players to wear the red jersey, Kahu Tamatea (fullback\/first five-eighth).<\/p>\n<p>Paringatai lives in Mount Maunganui while Tamatea is based in Nelson. Tamatea has played 74 games for the Bay \u2014 the last of those in 2011 \u2014 and scored 281 points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNegotiations are under way to get Jake to travel in to play for one of the local clubs and Kahu is working on a job transfer,\u201d said Ngarimu, who will again have former All Black Rico Gear as his assistant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRico would prefer to concentrate on his coaching career but if we got hit with a big injury list I am sure he would help out. At this stage he\u2019s not being considered for the Coast game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ngarimu\u2019s reasoning for naming such a big squad: \u201cI am going back to an old-fashioned trial at the end of the club final and I want players to be aware that they are in the reckoning for the trial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the Coast game \u2014 which I\u2019m predicting will be huge with it being the union\u2019s 125th anniversary weekend and Charlie Harrison playing his 100th game for the Coast \u2014 those who were involved in last season\u2019s Heartland Championship will have their foot in the door.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there\u2019s no reason some others who have been impressing me in the club competition can\u2019t force their way in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ngarimu was reluctant to name names but when pushed said newcomers Joe Akuso (prop), Matekairoa McGuire (prop), Nico Brooking (lock), James Grogan (loose forward), Te Peehi Fairlie (midfield back) and Aiden Matenga (fullback) were putting up their hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJody Tuhaka (hooker) is another playing some great football and so is Corban Barbara (loose forward), who was part of the squad last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJody, Joe and Matekairoa have the benefit of playing in a strong HSOB side, but Corban and Nico have been performing in a Pirates pack who have spent a lot of the time going backwards. That says a lot to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of the players named in the wider squad are carrying injuries but Ngarimu expects them to be back to full strength by the time the trial takes place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is also the opportunity for the players to be picked for a Poverty Bay Maori team to play in a Maori tournament in August.<\/p>\n<p>Gisborne Boys\u2019 High School first 15 captain Isaia Walker-Leawere (lock) has been included in the squad but Ngarimu said he was unsure about the schoolboy\u2019s availability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsaia has enormous talent and is already earmarked by the Hurricanes, but it would be great to see him spend one year with us playing Heartland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Training starts on May 20 at 6pm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m leaving it as close as possible to the Coast game so that we\u2019re not interfering too much with local club training.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Bay open the Heartland Championship against the Coast at Ruatoria on August 22.<\/p>\n<p><strong>POVERTY BAY WIDER SQUAD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FORWARDS :<\/strong> <em>Russell Burns (HSOB), Joe Aukuso (HSOB), Matekairoa McGuire (HSOB), Sione Ngatu (Ngatapa), Semisi Akana (Nga), Campbell Chrisp (Nga), Geoff Pari (Nga), Shayde Skudder (YMP), Jody Tuhaka (HSOB), Murray Hewson (OBM), Jarrod Phelps (HSOB), Tevita Maka (HSOB), Paddy Allen (Nga), Doug Kirkpatrick (HSOB), Corban Barbara (Pirates), Simone Akurangi (YMP), Ken Houkamau (Pir), Isaia Walker-Leawere (GBHS), James Grogan (OBM), Jake Paringatai, Willis Tamatea (YMP), Brent Ingram (OBM), Nico Brooking (Pir).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>BACKS:<\/strong> <em>Mario Counsell (YMP), Willie Haenga (HSOB), Travis Gooch (OBM), CJ Fox (Pir), Willie Grogan (OBM), Lewis McKinnon (Pir), Brad Turei (YMP), Kahu Tamatea (YMP), Aiden Matenga (HSOB), Mike King (HSOB), Henry Bridge (Nga), Manase Tupe (HSOB), Josh Afu (YMP), James Alford (Nga), Siua Moala (Nga), Te Peehi Fairlie (YMP), Carl Riini (Pir), Karl MacPherson (Nga), Lindsay Banks (Waikohu), Mataatua Ruru (Waik), Brian Whaitiri-White (YMP).<\/em><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"article-byline-cnt clearfix\"><span id=\"ctl00_ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_DateLine\" class=\"date_line\">Tuesday, May 12, 2015<\/span> <span id=\"ctl00_ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_BylineLabel\" class=\"by_line\">by John Hill<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gisborneherald.co.nz\/sport\/article\/?id=41535\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.gisborneherald.co.nz\/<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow @RedefinedRugby Ng\u0101ti Porou East Coast &#8211; Squad named &#8211; CLICK HERE POVERTY Bay Heartland coach Mutu Ngarimu has named a 43-man wider squad to be reduced to 26 for the Queen\u2019s Birthday Weekend game against Ngati Porou East Coast here on May 30. Included in the squad are Poverty Bay 2014 player of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugbyheartland-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhlad_slide_ecpov.gif?fit=1024%2C356&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4wlzH-Cp","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2561,"url":"https:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/2015\/08\/07\/poverty-bay-from-boys-to-men\/","url_meta":{"origin":2381,"position":0},"title":"Poverty Bay &#8211; FROM BOYS TO MEN","author":"admin_hland","date":"August 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Follow @RedefinedRugby POVERTY Bay coach Mutu Ngarimu is adamant Gisborne Boys\u2019 High School players Isaia Walker-Leawere and Hunter Mokomoko have the ability to step up to senior representative level this season. Walker-Leawere (lock) and Mokomoko (winger) were yesterday named in Ngarimu\u2019s 40-man squad to prepare for a Heartland Championship warm-up\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Heartland Championship&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Heartland Championship","link":"https:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/category\/heartland-championship\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/rhlad_news1.jpg?fit=1024%2C356&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/rhlad_news1.jpg?fit=1024%2C356&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/rhlad_news1.jpg?fit=1024%2C356&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/rhlad_news1.jpg?fit=1024%2C356&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":390,"url":"https:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/2014\/05\/29\/east-coast-go-into-battle-with-poverty-bay\/","url_meta":{"origin":2381,"position":1},"title":"East Coast go into battle with Poverty Bay","author":"admin_hland","date":"May 29, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Follow @RedefinedRugby Whetu Haerewa has named his first squad in charge of Ngati Porou East Coast today for their pre-season match this Saturday , 31st May at Enterprise Cars Whakarua Park against Poverty Bay. The honours over the past few years are quite even with East Coast losing the pre-season\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Heartland Championship&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Heartland Championship","link":"https:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/category\/heartland-championship\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhlad_slide_ecpov.gif?fit=1024%2C356&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhlad_slide_ecpov.gif?fit=1024%2C356&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhlad_slide_ecpov.gif?fit=1024%2C356&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rhlad_slide_ecpov.gif?fit=1024%2C356&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8710,"url":"https:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/2019\/05\/31\/rumble-in-ruatoria\/","url_meta":{"origin":2381,"position":2},"title":"Rumble in Ruatoria","author":"admin_hland","date":"May 31, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Above: THE GENERAL: Poverty Bay first five-eighth Kelvin Smith, pictured playing against Horowhenua-Kapiti in 2017, will lead the backline against Ngati Porou East Coast. 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