Wellington Pass it on... Rugby League 100 Years 1912-2012 our weekly e-newsletter This Week in Pass it on • premier review • anzac test this week • wrl 100yr celebration • women’s 9 a side tournament • games this week • wellington maori 15’s • premier & reserve ladders • nrl grand final package • penrith panthers • blast from the past • wrl 2012 calendar • quote of the week • masters rugby league • orca pod update A busy week away from the office in Auckland this week where amongst other things I have met with the Warriors CEO to build on our relationship with the Warriors. I have also had the opportunity to work with the team at NZRL around the Fan Day at Eden Park where around 500 kids got the opportinity to not only run around Eden Park but interact with both the Kiwis and Kangaroos teams. All the players were present and spent the time signing auotgraphs, playing backyard league and even tug-o-war with the league heroes. A great game awaits the crowd on Friday. Locally we are into round 4 of the WRL premiership and the Women’s 9s is on Sunday at Newtown. Go the KIWIS. Ph 5600361 Fax 5600400 [email protected] DINGO Wellington Rugby League - home of the Orcas www.wrl.org.nz appleton shield review upper Hutt 34, university 20 A sublime first half on offence allowed the Upper Hutt Tigers to take out a fully deserved win 34-20 win over the University Hunters at the Whakatiki Street ground in Upper Hutt on Saturday. The home side led 22-0 at halftime and should have been further ahead, but for only one conversion going over from their five first half tries. The first half showed the Tigers create big inroads through the University defence through some deft play around their pivots with some slick short passing, to allow their forwards to make some big metres down the field, before the moves were finished fof by their centres out wide. Upper Hutt hooker Haki Cribb set up play with some fine ball distribution, while props Natu Mauheni, Ben Manu and Dane Williams ran onto the ball well with pace and sure hands as the home side finished with a high completion rate. Although the Hunters started well in the second half with a try after three minutes, they were again denied possession until late in the game, when they had enough left to score three late tries, by which stage time restricted any remote possibility of gaining a mirace come from behind win. - Carey Clements Upper Hutt Tigers 34 (Ford Keegan 2, Ra Dawson, Randall Winika, Kenny Hemopo, Ngatu Mauheni, Dane Williams tries; Conrad Simon 2 goals, Haki Cribb goal), University Hunters 20 (Danny Shaw, Sam Brown, Leo Fuimaono, Tuita Mafi tries; Tristan Campus 2 goals). Halftime: Upper Hutt 22-0. Referee: Antz Akavi Wellington Wellington Rugby Rugby League games this week League 100 Years 100 Years 1912-2012 1912-2012 premiers 2.30pm-unless stated Porirua Vikings v St George Dragons, Ascot Park; University Hunters v Te Aroha Eels, Kelburn Park; Petone Panthers v Randwick Kingfishers 3pm, McEwan Park; Wainuiomata Lions v Upper Hutt Tigers 3pm, Wise Park. reserves 1pm-unless stated Porirua Vikings v St George Dragons, Ascot Park; University Hunters v Te Aroha Eels, Kelburn Park; Petone Panthers v Randwick Kingfishers 1.30pm, McEwan Park; Wainuiomata Lions v Upper Hutt Tigers,1.30pm Wise Park. senior 1st 1pm-unless stated Vikings v St George, Ascot Park #2; Petone v Randwick, McEwan Park, 12pm; Trentham v Te Aroha, Davis Park; Wainuiomata Lions v Ynui Natives, 12.30pm Wise Park #2; Phoenix Black v Phoenix Yellow, Cannons Creek Park #2; Marlins V Harbour City, Cannons Creek Park #3; porirua vikings 24 drew with wainuiomata lions 24 A last minute try to Wainui winger Tyler Tane salvaged a 24-all draw in a match his side should have had wrapped up by halftime at Porirua Stadium on Friday night. A combination of handling errors and ill-discipline by the home side gifted Wainui an early 16-0 advantage, the Lions crossing the line three times while two Vikings players spent time in the sin-bin. Wainui repeatedly threatened the Vikings line and would have been disappointed to go into halftime up only 16-6 with Vikings winger No’oroa Akavi crossing just before the break. The second half saw Porirua surge back into the match before an injury to Wainui reserve Brad Kuiti halted the proceedings for almost 25 minutes. Porirua looked to have the game won when Tyson Tamakaha scored after the resumption of play before Wainui scored two late tries to level the scores. The draw is the second for Wainui in the first two matches of the season after the first round draw with Randwick. -Daniel Beswick RIRU O A P PV VIKINGS RUGBY LEAGUE CLUB INC te aroha eels 34 def petone panthers 22 Fullback Matt Hartley was the star of the show at Te Whiti Park as Te Aroha survived a second half comeback to beat Petone 34-22. The Eels, 2011 champions, stormed out to an early lead on the back off a kicking exhibition from Hartley and some strong running from their forwards. The game appeared as good as over when Hartley and Josh Hoffman crossed the line in quick succession on the half hour mark to give Te Aroha a 28-0 advantage. Petone’s only points of the half came through Trulin Toatoa after the hooter had sounded. The Panther spirit came alive with a courageous fight- back in the second stanza closing the score to 28-22 with 5 minutes remaining before Hartley fittingly put the game out of reach with his second try, his successful conversion giving him a personal tally of 18 points. The Petone team have been slow starters in all 3 matches this season and overall have conceded 120 points. Whilst there is no doubt they can score plenty of points a change of attitude in the defensive line will be needed for them to be a threat in 2011. -Daniel Beswick randwick kingfishers 38 def st george dragons 16 Randwick recorded their first win of the season with a comprehensive victory over the St George Dragons at Cannons Creek Park.The loss is the third in a row for the winless Dragons which sees them sitting at the bottom of the table. Premier, Reserves Ladders PREMIER - Ladder After Round 3 POS TEAM P W L D B F A GD PTS UPPER HUTT 1 2 2 0 0 0 84 60 24 4 TIGERS RANDWICK 2 2 1 0 1 0 64 42 22 3 KINGFISHERS PORIRUA 3 2 1 0 1 0 62 42 20 3 VIKINGS UNIVERSITY 4 2 1 1 0 0 68 52 16 2 HUNTERS WAINUIOMATA 5 2 0 0 2 0 50 50 0 2 LIONS PETONE 6 3 1 2 0 0 116 120 -4 2 PANTHERS TE AROHA 7 2 1 1 0 0 52 60 -8 2 EELS ST GEORGE 8 3 0 3 0 0 70 140 -70 0 DRAGONS PREMIER RESERVE - Ladder After Round 3 POS TEAM P W L D B F A GD PTS WAINUIOMATA 1 2 2 0 0 0 96 42 54 4 LIONS TE AROHA 2 2 2 0 0 0 94 40 54 4 EELS UNIVERSITY 3 2 2 0 0 0 80 32 48 4 HUNTERS PETONE 4 3 2 1 0 0 78 82 -4 4 PANTHERS RANDWICK 5 2 1 1 0 0 74 76 -2 2 KINGFISHERS UPPER HUTT 6 2 0 2 0 0 36 58 -22 0 TIGERS PORIRUA 7 2 0 2 0 0 40 98 -58 0 VIKINGS ST GEORGE 8 3 0 3 0 0 62 132 -70 0 DRAGONS senior 1st ladder coming next week. for all results , ladders,draws, ground changes - visit www.wrl.org.nz orca pod update Guy Mothersole from High Performance New Zealand put the Orca Pods through another barrage of testing this morning at their headquarters inside ASB Stadium at Kilbirnie. The facility is a state of the art Sporting Stadium that stands heads above all other training venues in Wellington and provides an indoor training centre that would be the envy of all sporting clubs. Orca aspirants were tested over a couple of game specific drills that required the athlete to be both aerobic , anaerobically and mentally capable of putting their best foot forward looking for increasingly better times throughout the testing. Strength testing will be next on the agenda when they come together next week to again see if they are able to achieve the National Standards that have been set. By Greg Selwyn Kenny O’Brien coaching coordinator (volunteer) penrith panthers matt robinson adds to a growing list Congratulations to former Porirua Vikings, Wellington Orcas and Warriors 20’s Matt Robinson, who added to the growing list of Wellingtonians to play first grade in the NRL. After biding his time in the NSW Cup competition with the Windsor Wolves, Panthers coach Ivan Cleary made a late change which saw Matt get his opportunity and play his NRL debut for the Penrith Panthers against Wests Tigers in the weekend. Although the score line wasn’t in their favor and he was also put on report, Matt posted on his Facebook page after the game thanking people for their support and said “Loved every minute.. Was surreal. Special thanks to my family and girlfriend for dedication to the cause! Up the Panthers” We look forward to seeing more of Matty on our screens.