Photo's from Round 1 v Dilworth

Papatoetoe 27 Dilworth 8

A fine sunny day at Papatoetoe saw the start of the 2010 NZ Police 1B 1st XV competition. Dilworth came to Papatoetoe for the 1st time in 5 years on the back of 2 wins in the last 2 years.

Papatoetoe went into the game on the back of a successful pre season campaign and started positively. The Papatoetoe forwards took the game to Dilworth both in the scrums and at the breakdown and won plenty of front foot ball for the Papatoetoe backs to work with. The backs played with a lot more structure than had been seen at times in the pre season games and this allowed them to play in the right parts of the field.

It was a positive start for Papatoetoe although a number of tries went begging as the final pass went astray. These little errors will need to be cut out as the season progresses.

Player of the day: Inoke Latu.

Try Scorers were:

Sami Tu'itupou x 2

Sione Tonga

Inoke Latu

With James faiva adding a penalty and two conversions.

Team to play Dilworth - April 24th 2010

1 Inoke Latu

2 Eric Latu

3 James Lia

4 John Fifita

5 Kava Latu

6 Sione Tonga

7 Greg Foe c

8 Taulima Latu

9 James Faiva

10 Harry Pualau

11 Sami Tu'itupou

12 Nano Kalauta

13 Sam Tulemoe vc

14 August Aiga

15 TJ Hopoi

16 Henry Pouniu

17 John Vili

18 Jayden Mika

19 Michael Ki/August Aiga/Kardia Siaki

20 Sean Lepua

21 Aisake Tu'itupou

22 Takeshi Faamasino

Sqaud to play Tauranga Boys

This team is likely to change and will be confirmed prior to kick off.

1 Inoke Latu
2 Sione Tonga
3 James Lia
4 Kava Latu
5 John Fifita
6 Taulima Latu
7 Nano Kalauta
8 Greg Foe
9 James Faiva
10 Henry Pouniu
11 Sami Tu'itupou
12 Jayden Mika
13 Sam Tulemoe
14 TJ Hopoi
15 August Aiga

16 Kardia Siaki
17 Mike Ki
19 Eric Latu
20 Takeshi Faamasino
21 Sean Lepua
22 Aisake Tu'itupou
23 Danny Olive

Photo's from Cambridge game

Papatoetoe 36 Cambridge 8

Another disappointing first half performance saw Papatoetoe having to take a big look at themselves at half time before they salvaged some pride with an improved performance in the second half. The scoreline indicates a dominant performance but once again Papatoetoe failed to complete strike moves in the red zone. Cambridge with a young team stuck to their task for the whole game and caused problems especially around the edges of the rucks where they caught the Papatoetoe defensive system sleeping several times.

Captain Greg Foe led from the front and was backed up in the forwards by Sione Tonga and Taulima Latu, whilst in the backs Henry Pouniu and Sam Tulemoe were the stand out performers. It was also pleasing to see Sami Tu'itupou and James Faiva come through their comeback game unscathed.

Once again a big improvement will be needed when Papatoetoe travel to take on Tauranga Boys on Tuesday in their last pre season game.

Details for Cambridge trip

Meet at school - 7.15am

Depart School - 7.30am

Kick off - 11am

Squad to play Cambridge

James Lia

Sione Tonga

Danny Olive

John Fifita

Kava Latu

Taulima Latu

Nano Kalauta

Greg Foe

James Faiva

Harry Pualau

Mike Ki

Henry Pouniu

Sam Tulemoe

Kardia Siaki

August Aiga

Replacements:

Sami Tu'itupou

Uelese Vavae

Jayden Mika

TJ Hopoi

Inoke Latu

Aisake Tu'itupou

Eric Latu

Don't forget training is on Thursday - starts at 10am

We will car pool to this game so warn your parents now!

Papatoetoe 34 Takapuna Grammar 10

A much improved performance from Papatoetoe saw them post a convincing win over Takapuna Grammar. Played on the impressive Takapuna #1 ground in front of their school it was Takapuna that got on the scoresheet first. Going in at halftime only 12-10 in front it took stern words from the coaches to get the boys to the intensity needed. Replacing the whole front row was where it started from and the Papatoetoe forwards started to gain an advantage at the breakdown this led to a number of good tries throughout the 2nd half. The team is improving well as they move through the pre season campaign with only two games left before the competition starts.