Dunedin Rugby Football Club (Inc)

    DRFC Team Reports – 2009

 Team:    Premier Colts  Mako Sharks                 

 Squad Members 2009  

Players

Corban Barbara, Steven Bird, Daniel Cairns, Dean Cunningham, Anthony Diack, Jarron Drazdzak, Tom Ellingham, Mark Grieve-Dunn, Izak Holder, Nick Hooper, Richard Lamming, Simon Luke, Ben Martin, Rob Maxwell, Sam Murphy, Mike Paulin, Duncan Pearce, Trent Potts, Sione Pulu, Tai Ruamati, Sean Smith, Rawiri Tapiata, Tomasi Tulia, Tom Verdonk, Nikora Walters, Richard West.
 
Coach Kevin Waldron, Assistant Coach Tim Johnston
Manager Hayden Crowley, Medic Mandy Knightbridge
Trainer Michael Willis

 

 

Results:

 

Played:        14          Won:     11           Drawn:                  Lost:3

 

Points for:   323                            Points Against: 141

 

Top points scorer(s):  Richard Laming    No of points:91

Top try scorer(s): Dean Cunningham      No of Tries: 6

 

Representative honours:   (Player’s names and team(s) selected for)

 

Otago Under 19 Mark Grieve-Dunn, Richard Laming, Tom Verdonk

 

 

 

 

Highlights/special features/general comments on year’s performance

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The Makos of 2009 is a team that everyone who was involved with it is very proud.  They started the season slowly and after a couple of wins, they lost to a very spirited Kaikorai team and lost to the Southern Magpies.  They then come up against the Dunedin Bulls and the pressure was on but the Makos came out on top 17-3.  After this they had good wins over lower ranked teams. They then came up against a good University Blue team where a very good first half performance showed exactly what this side was capable of they came out on top of University Blue 29-21.

 

After these games there were a couple of easy wins including forty to fifty point wins over University Gold and Taieri. After the Uni break there was one game left in the round robin the Makos had a convincing win over Alhambra Union.  After the round robin the Makos qualified 2^nd this meant that they played the Southern Ravens in the top six.

 

In the top six game against Southern Ravens the Makos had a convincing win 34-14 so this meant that they progressed to the semi finals where they played the Dunedin Bulls.  This game was a torrid affair where after 35 minutes the Makos where down 15- nil.  After a very good second half where the Makos showed great team spirit, they went on to win the game 29-15.

 

After winning the semi finals the Makos came up against a very good Southern Magpies side in the final and the Makos wanted to reverse the result from earlier in the season

The game was very intense where neither team wanted to give an inch. The Makos went ahead 3 nil and held this lead until 10 minutes to go when Southern got a penalty to even the game up 3 all.  Unfortunately Southern scored a try with 4 minutes to go to give them the win 10-3.

 

 This game was the Makos best performance of the year where they showed great heart and passion for team and club and were a credit to themselves and everyone involved with the team

  

 Makos  2008

The Makos of 2008 was were a great bunch of guys and had excellent results on the field

After going through the regular season unbeaten a sickness ravaged team turned up to play the semi final where after a gallant effort they went down 19-15

 

Highlights throughout the season included

Two winds over the defending champions University Blue which included the biggest loss that the University side had ever sustained

Beating and keeping scoreless Southern Magpies, the eventual winners

Beating Alhambra Union Gold 112 – 0 with the game only going for 60 minutes

Other highlights included two good wins over a spirited Bulls side and two wins over Southern Ravens who finished forth

 

A special feature of this side was the friendship and team spirit that this team had; this was shown in many occasions on and off the field.  They were a credit to themselves and all involved

 

Squad Members 2008  

Sam Cole, James Corcoran, Dean Cunningham, Simon Davey, Anthony Diack, Michael, Douglas, Jarron Drazdzak, Tom Ellingham, Troy England, Tim Fraser, Shane Kilgour,

Andrew Maxwell, Rob Maxwell, Kelsey Miller, Brad Nicol, Rory O’Connor, Ryan O’Sullivan, Mike Paulin, Matt Powdrell, Tai Raumati, Willie Reynolds, David Smart, Robbie Smith, Tom Wallace

 

Kevin Waldron – Coach, Tim Johnston – Assistant Coach,

Hayden Crowley – Manager, Mandy Knightsbridge – Medic

 

Results:

 

Played:    16            Won:     14       Drawn:    1                   Lost: 1

 

Points for:               530                         Points Against: 101

 

Top points scorer(s): Brad Nicol              No of points: 159

Top try scorer(s): Brad Nicol                  No of Tries: 8

Representative honours:  

 

Kelsey Miller – Otago Colts

David Smart – Otago Colts

Robbie Smith – Otago Colts

 

Jarron Drazdzak – Otago under 18 Town Team

James Corcoran – Otago Sassenachs Colts

Dean Cunningham Otago Maori Colts

Troy England Otago Maori Colts

Tai Raumati Otago Maori Colts