Rugby

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 78, 22 April 1949, Page 5

Rugby

FIRST ROUND DRAWS FOR COMING SEASON Following is the draw for the first round of the senior competition of the Whakatane Rugby Sub-Union, all games being played at Whakatane unless otherwise stated:—

Senior:—April 30: Poroporo v Wairaka, Taneatua v Paroa at Taneatua, United a bye. May 7: Poroporo v Taneatua at Taneatua, Paroa v United, Wairaka a bye: May 14: Poroporo v Paroa, United v Wairaka, Taneatua a bye. May 21: Poroporo v United, Taneatua v Wairaka at Taneatua, Paroa a bye. May 28: United v Taneatua, Wairaka v Paroa, Poroporo a bye. Junior:—April 30: United v Paroa, Taneatua a bye.

Rahgitaiki Competition Senior:—April 30: Edgecumbe v Thornton, Matata v Te Teko. May 7: Thornton v Matata, Te Teko v Edgecumbe. May 14: Te Teko v Thornton, Edgecumbe v Matata. Junior: —April 30: Te Teko v Otakiri, Matata v Edgecumbe. May 7: Otakiri v Edgecumbe, Matata v Te Teko. May 14: Edgecumbe vTe Teko, Otakiri v Matata. TANEATUA DEFEATS OPOTIKI TEAMS

Playing surprisingly good football for so early in the season Taneatua senior and junior teams defeated teams from the City Club, Opotiki, in friendly inter-club games at Opotiki recently. In either grade Taneatua had a bit too much for City and just managed to get their wins, the seniors being successful 6—o and the juniors B—6. Taneatua teams will play Edgecumbe at Taneatua on Saturday. Taneatua teams: —

Seniors: Welch, Sisam, L. MeCready, McGougan, Hurran (captain), R. Hohua, S. Hawthorne, Show, Foreman, Anderson, Hunt, Bownes, 8011, Tort, Semmens. Try by Hohua and penalty goal by McGougan.

Juniors: Nebourne, Merito, Atkinson, Stewart (captain), A. Burns, Price, Cholners, Brown, Sowell, H. Merito, Jones, Eggleton, Bennett, Hawthorne, Tumoana. Tries by Burns and Hawthorne and conversion by Merito. SOLE SENIOR SELECTOR Mr F. Harawira, Paroa, was elected sole senior selector for the Whakatane Rugby Sub-Union for the coming season at a meeting of the union executive in Whakatane on Wednesday night. A sole junior selector, Mr C. Wells, Paroa, was also elected.

As there is only one team in the third grade competition it was decided to leave the election of a selector until the need arose.