Newsletter -Edition 17 Junior Grand Final this Sunday Whakatiki Street 11am start Premier Grand Final Sat 8th August Westpac Stadium 12.30pm kick off- Gates open 12.15pm Reserves/Senior 1st Grand Finals Sat 15th Aug Hutt Recreation Ground Inside this issue * Finals time * Tickets to Warriors * Orcas home game schedule * Juniors Grand Final * Important dates * Beau knows Wellington * Storm in Napier * Kiwi at Westpac Kiwi makes an appearance at Westpac Stadium to celebrate their 15th Birthday
Beau knows Wellington Westpac Stadium s Birthday NRL Footy Show funny man Beau Ryan touched down in Wellington to promote the upcoming Warriors v Dragons match at Westpac Stadium. He started at the Wellington Railway station interviewing commuters and having photos with fans. He then had a Weta workshop make over and was dressed in a full Hobbit costume. With current Warriors centre Konrad Hurrell he filmed his popular skit Beau Knows It s cold, but I ve been all through inland New South Wales lately so I m used to it, I like New Zealand! Ryan said. Last Saturday Westpac Stadium turned 15 and to celebrate opened it s doors for all to enjoy a very special birthday party. The Stadium opened from 10am to 3pm as part of the Capital s 150th Open House event. There were loads of activities on offer including test out your sporting skills on the pitch or take a look around the changing rooms to see where your favourite sporting stars prepare before the big matches. NZRL mascot Kiwi did a fantastic job at the event including coming second in the mascot sprint. One of our junior teams Randwick 7 s ran a training session at the stadium to promote our great game.
Melbourne Storm in Napier Hometown hero Tohu Harris had a hand in two tries as the Melbourne Storm s Napier experiment paid off in style, downing St George Illawarra 22-4 at McLean Park. A crowd of 14,532 witnessed the first NRL match in the Hawke s Bay city and were treated to a masterclass by the Storm at their efficient best to condemn the Dragons to their seventh straight loss. The only negative for Craig Bellamy s men was the sight of Cooper Cronk leaving the field late on with what appeared to be a quadriceps injury. After an error-strewn opening on a greasy surface, the desperate Dragons looked to have taken the lead in the 27th minute when a wide cut-out pass from Benji Marshall sent Jason Nightingale over in the corner only for it to be called back for a forward pass. The Storm made them pay a minute later when Nelson Asofa-Solomona bullocked his way over from short range to chalk up his first NRL try. When Marshall tried to repeat his earlier pass three minutes before the break, Hawke s Bay-born Harris was alert to the danger. Playing in front of his family sitting in the aptly-named Harris Stand, he intercepted the pass to send a flying Marika Koroibete, who had been denied earlier in the half, away on an 80m dash to the line. The 12-0 halftime deficit was perhaps a little harsh on the Dragons who had matched their pre-game talk of an improved defensive effort in the Storm s opening set. Matt Duffie defused a testing bomb for his first touch in a Storm jersey in 847 days before almost being driven back in-goal. The Red V kept up the intensity to force Cronk to kick from inside his own 20m. They were again to the fore soon after the interval with five tacklers combining to thwart a hard-charging Kevin Proctor from extending the Storm lead. But they struggled to get anything going on attack and seconds after a chant of Melbourne, Melbourne rang out Proctor latched onto a short ball from Cronk to extend the home side s lead 15 minutes after the resumption. Harris, who designed the one-off jersey worn by the Storm, then had his second assist of the night to retrieve a knockdown from a Cronk bomb and send Mahe Fonua over in the corner to put them up 22-0 and the result beyond doubt. They still had enough time to have tries to Blake Green and a second to Fonua ruled out for forward passes as the fire went out of the Dragons before they claimed a late consolation to centre Peter Mata utia. Wellington boy Nelson Asofa-Solomona in action for the Storm
Wellington Rugby League Premier competition Photo kindly supplied by Daryl New http://photonews.webs.com Last weekend University Hunters & Wainuiomata Lions battled it out with a very close game to avoid elimination. Congratualtions to Wainuiomata Lions who defeat University Hunters 36-22. In the other Semi Final Te Aroha Eels defeat Randwick Kingfishers 34-22. Congratulations Te Aroha Eels who now secure a place in the Wellington Rugby League Grand Final at Westpac Stadium. This Saturday Randwick Kingfishers will play Wainuiomata Lions at Naenae Park, kick off 2.30pm. The winner will play Te Aroha Eels in the Grand Final. Good luck to both of the Premier teams competing this weekend for their spot in the 2015 Grand Final. Visit us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/wellington-rugby-league/149807975039915
Wellington Rugby League Reserves & Senior 1st competition Premiers Reserves 1pm Porirua Vikings vs. University Hunters, Ascot #1 Titahi Bay Marlins vs. Randwick Kingfishers, Onepoto Park Upper Hutt Tigers vs. Te Aroha Eels, Whakatiki Street 1 Trentham Titans Won By Default Wainuiomata Lions BYE Senior First ALL at 1pm or otherwise stated Porirua City Phoenix vs. University Hunters, Cannons Creek #1 Kapiti Bears vs. Randwick Kingfishers, 12pm, Matthews Park Wainuiomata Indigenous Lions vs. Wainuiomata Fitzroy Lions, Wise Park #2 Visit us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/wellington-rugby-league/149807975039915
6 s Sat 1st August Field Porirua v Kapiti 9.45am Cannons Creek 2A Te Aroha v Wainuiomata 12pm Matthews Park Titahi Bay BYE 7 s Sat 1st August Field Wainui Green v Te Aroha 9.45am McEwan Park 2C Wainui Lion Kings v Randwick 10.30am McEwan Park 2C St George v Titahi Bay 10.30am Cannons Crk 2A Petone v University 10.30am McEwan Park 2A Whiti Te Ra BYE 8 s Sat 1st August Field Porirua v Upper Hutt 9.45am Cannons Creek 2B Kapiti v Whiti Te Ra 10.30am Matthews Prk Petone v Wainuiomata 10.30am McEwan Park 2B St George v Titahi Bay 9.45am Cannons Crk Mini 2C 9 s Sat 1st August Field Whiti Te Ra v Upper Hutt 10.30am Cannons Crk 2B Wainuiomata v University 9.45am McEwan Park 2B Petone v Randwick 9am McEwan Park 2B St George BYE 10 s Sat 1st August Field Te Aroha v Wainuiomata 9.45am McEwan Park 1 Kapiti Blue v Kapiti White 9.45am Matthews Park 1 Porirua v Whiti Te Ra 9.45am Ascot Park 1 St George v Randwick 9am Cannons Creek 1 11 s Sat 1st August Field Wainui Green v University 10.30am McEwan Park 1 Porirua v Wainui Black 10.30am Ascot Park 1 St George Red v Randwick Gold 9.45am Cannons Creek 1 St George White v Randwick Blue 10.30am Cannons Crk 1 12 s Sun 2nd August Field Whiti Te Ra v Kapiti 1.30pm Otaki Domain 1 Te Aroha v University 11am Whakatiki St 2 Randwick v St George 10am Whakatiki St 2
Photo kindly supplied by Daryl New http://photonews.webs.com
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