Dunedin Rugby Football Club (Inc)

Final Colts Division 1

Dunedin Makos   3       Southern Magpies 10                

3rd v4th Playoff Colts Division 1

Dunedin Bulls  20         University Blue  38                    

Final  Colts Division 2

Dunedin Tigers   61    Southern Cats  0

The club showed once again its strength in Dunedin Metropolitan rugby competition for the 2009 season by sharing the Ainge Charity Shield with the Southern Rugby Football Club.

 The History of the Ainge Charity Shield

The Ainge Shield was first contested in 1923, for the first 12 years it was contested in a play-off match between the top two teams in the Dunedin premier competition. In 1938 the competition was changed to the overall finishing position of each club’s top five teams.. One point is allocated for the first place, two for second and three for third. The club with the lowest number of points wins the trophy.

Final Colts Division 1

Dunedin Makos   v    Southern Magpies                 Bathgate Park 1       2.30pm

3rd v4th Playoff Colts Division 1

Dunedin Bulls      v    University Blue                      Kettle Park 2            12.45pm

Final  Colts Division 2

Dunedin Tigers   v    Southern Cats                       Kettle Park 1             12.45pm

All Dunedin RFC Players,Members and Friends please support these teams

$15.00 (to be paid at the door)

SUNDAY 9th AUGUST 2009 – 12pm

CLUB ROOMS
Food, Drinks, Formal Awards, Light Hearted Awards

SUPER SUNDAY

All  Players, Club Members and Supporters To Attend

GO THE SHARKS!!

Desperate and courageous defence helped Dunedin win its 10th premier rugby banner at Carisbrook on Saturday.

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Dunedin won the Speight’s championship shield when it beat Southern 11-10 in a gripping final that was in the balance until the final whistle.

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It was tense championship rugby and the Dunedin supporters in the crowd of 3000 stood as one and cheered their team when referee Ross Barnett blew for full-time.

The hero for Dunedin was No 8 and captain Scott McKee, who won his second championship banner.

McKee played a key role with his ability to break the advantage line by taking the ball up after the Dunedin scrum had been pushed backward.

He combined with Tim Fraser and Jon Crossan in a fiery loose forward trio that dominated the breakdown and kept the pressure on Southern.

Dunedin dominated possession in the first spell and looked to have the game under control when it led 11-0 at the break, though in the early exchanges, the powerful Southern scrum had pushed the Dunedin eight backwards and threatened to take charge.

The strong Dunedin line-out, headed by lock Michael Gurran, began to starve Southern of ball, which allowed Dunedin to take the upper hand.

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