Mike Wilkins, who played his first premier game before most of the current team were born, should bring up 200 premier matches in blue and black on Saturday against Pirates Old-Boys…or will the coaches go through with their threat to bench him on 199 for the rest of the season to force him to come [...]
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Congrats Herbie – 109 points for the season Congrats Waaka – top tryscorer and a new baby Congrats Bs – a hard 15-13 win keeps them top Congrats to the Ruahine Rocket for a successful return from injury But most of all – congrats Mighty Blue Machine Premiers – minor premiership winners with two games [...]
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No pressure.
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…blame it on the Boogy…yes, Mr G G Horton Esq. makes his return to premier footy tomorrow as the Mighty Blue Machine rolls out to Centennial Park Winton for another arm wrestle with the coach who won Blues’ last Galbraith Shield. Bs kick off at 1.15pm, Road Safety Southland Premiers at 3pm. Should be a [...]
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Q. Who played every minute of every Highlanders’ game this season (that’s about 21 hours and 20 minutes of Super 15)? A. Mr. Kendrick Lynn What club does he play for again? Nice work Kenny. While we may not see you in a Blues jersey this season, we completely understand….
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Apparently playing in the mud was supposed to nullify our tight five forward advantage. One pushover try, one penalty try from a pushover – 22-14 win. Bs continue their winning ways, despite showing a distaste for anything brown and muddy that doesn’t come out of a brown bottle, winning 12-11 (Rich Little, Micky Seymour tries; [...]
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Muddy Waters seems appropriate for our approach to the game. I apologise to the laundry team in advance.
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Gumboots. Check. Extra-long sprigs? Check. Bread for the mud sandwich? Check. Yep, we’re still playing at the Puddle on Saturday, despite it being the middle of June. I can see the laundry lady crying on Monday. Bs v Woodlands 1.15pm kick off Road Safety Southland Blues Premier XV v Woodlands 3pm kick off.
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Taihape Takeaways’ most famous son, Glen Horton, is looking at life beyond rugby. Here’s some screenshots from his latest show in the works, Cooking with Boogy (not to be confused with the Blues’ under-7s Cooking With Boogies): Then we have the special guests this week, Simon and James, who are working on the Thai Green [...]
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Yep, Prems get up 41-23 thanks to Waaka Parkinson (2), Sam Muir, Daniel “Usain” Roberts, Jeremy “Terminator” Borland, and Simon “I Love Full Contact” Bradley. Four conversions and one penalty to Mr JWR Wilson. Bs sadly lose in the last seconds 20-27 – but went down fighting – and we can blame it all on [...]
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