Tokanui and Pioneer played out a 4-4 draw in their game at Tokanui yesterday.
Thirty minutes each way was all that was played in the cold, windy conditions.
Ground conditions how ever, were good and both teams took advantage of this to throw the ball around.
Tokanui's backline had its best performance of the season and the guidance of David Wray was obvious.  He set the backline alight with some good running and passing.
Flanker Murray Pickett scored Tokanui's try while Pioneer second five-eight Mark McCarthy reciprocated.
The Pioneer forwards played well wit lock Alan Byrne in good form in the lineouts.
TOKANUI: Murray Pickett (1) try.
PIONEER: McCarthy (1) try.
REFEREE: Mr Murray Jarvis.

Some sparkling backline play in the first half sealed a 15-6 victory for collegiate over Waikiwi at Oreti Park.
Waikiwi opened the scoring with a penalty goal from the accurate boot of full back Eugene Skerrett.
However, soon after the Collegiate line was send away by half-back Dave Gibb. From a few metres on his own side of the half-way line second five-eight Donald ward combined hard running and spate of swerves and dummy passes to carve through the Waikiwi defence for the firsst try in the game.  It was converted by first five-eight Pope Wilson.
collegiate kept up the pace and several minutes later launched another back movement for centre Huw Davies to take the ball across the Waikiwi goal-line.
Collegiate dominated the tight phases and Waikiwi committed too many handling errors.
Waikiwi's big experienced forward John Pankhurst played a solid game while Collegiate's Peter Hope, Dave Evans and Ken Condon were standouts in their pack.
Jabbing kicks by Waikiwi did not always get the required effect, because of good positional play the the Collegiate full-back Peter Marshall.
COLLEGIATE:  Donald Ward, Hew Davies (1) tries, Pope Wilson (1) PG (2) Con.
WAIKIWI: Eugene Skerrett (2) PG
REFEREE: Mr R. Russell

Wyndham had too much strength in the forwards for Old Boys and won 15-3 in the mud at Wyndham.
Almost incessant rain and a paddock with the consistency of a pot of glue made conditions atrocious.
Wyndham scored a try with the game only a minute old and added a penalty goal shortly after to go 7-0 up.
The try was well executed after an Old Boys dropout was run wide through the backs and lock tom Hunter was there to take the final pass inside and go over for the try.
After half-time Old Boys went on to the attack and centre, Ian Ballam kicked a well judged dropped goal to narrow the scores.
Prop, Robin Braithwaite working hard the Wyndham forwards concentrated on driving forward  and half back Geoffrey Winter and first five-eight Jerry Tairoa kept the ball close to the pack.
It was this sort of play which led to tries by flanker Keith Dyer and Winter.  Dyer dived on the ball over the line after Old Boys had been too slow to clear and was caught in possession.
WYNDHAM: Tom Hunter, Geoff Winter, Keith Dyer (1) tries Barry Todd (1) PG
OLD BOYS: Ian Ballam (1) DG
REFEREE: Mr M. Fox.

It was 1964 and Albion retained its position two flag points behind Mataura, in the Eastern Southland Rugby competition when it beat Edendale by 21-3.
In the first half Edendale seemed the better team, but in the second Albion proved its superiority.  Too much touch-kicking by both the inside backs of both teams made the game uninteresting.
The ball was very greasy and too hard to get out the back-line. 
W. Townsend (Albion) took plenty of clean balls in the lineout E. Cooney (Edendale) and K. Gerken (Albion) stood out in the forwards and while A. Mowat (Albion) and J. Williamson (Edendale) showed surprising ability at handling the ball on attack.
Edendale first points came when N. Gibson kicked a 30-yard penalty goal.  Mowat opened Albion's scoring after 32 minutes of alternating play, when he cut through the Edendale defence to run about 40 yards and score a spectacular try, 10 yards in from touch.  A Coleman converted to make the score 5-3.  Near the end of the half, Coleman kicked a 35 years penalty goal.
With only 7 minutes on the clock in the second half, Coleman sliced through opposition to score a try by the posts He had little trouble converting.
B. Lord scored next for Albion when he crossed in the corner after M. O'Connor made the break.  G. Townsend score the final try for Albion, when he scored by the posts.  Coleman again converted.

Playing on good firm ground after rain, and before a fair crowd, Seaward Downs beat Tokanui 10-6 in the Southern sub-union senior Rug
​gy game.
The two teams were evenly matched during the first 20 minutes with SD being first to score.
A penalty shot hit the posts and rebounded which was taken by Graeme McKenzie , the kicker who sent his brother, Ian McKenzie over for a good try in the corner, G. McKenzie converted.
Halfway through the second half SD forwards gave half-back W. Crosswell a quick ball from a ruck and a run by first five eight, Allan Cook sent Ian McKenzie in for his second try.
Tokanui then came back strongly with its forwards getting a slight edge on SD.  In the closing stages, Rodger Golden, full back, kick two good penalty goals to make the final score

TOWN:
M. Pope, B. Broad, R. Welsh (Captain), B. Smith, J. Healey, H. Townsend, L. Williams, B. R. Hamilton (Vice-Captain), G. moody, J. Joseph, K. Borland, J. Dunlop, J. Lindsay, A. Shields, N. Gutsell, N. Crozier, N. McEwan, R. Fairweather, R. Ryan, A. Fraser, A. Blackler, K. Dixon, G. Barrett.
WESTERN:
Junior: P. Bickley, W. Guttrey, G. Sim, W. Brown, R. Evans, K. Sudday (Vice-Captain), N. Dallas, N. McKay, R. Cooper, F. Kitto, W. Clark, S. Te Maru, A Devery (Captain), R. Templeton, R. Habgood, K.Gutsell, A. Glynn, R. Tomlinson, N. Swain, J. Lambert, S. Manson.
Senior: R. Knowler, N. Muntz, R. Jefferson, T. Egan, D. Mavor, N. James, R. Hampton (Captain), J. Smeaton, R. Donald, B. burgess, R. Stodart, T. White, G. Erskine (Vice-Captain), J. Carr, D. Greer, J. Marshall, R. McIntyre, I. Chamberlain, W. Harpur, C. David, J. McAlister.
L. Te Au and R. Ward referees.
CENTRAL:
Senior: J. D. McCrostie, E. Price, D. Hazlett, G. Affleck, M. Burke, G. Cowie, F. Williams, C. Cochrane, S. Laughton, J. Porteous, E. Hazlett (Captain), R. Sinclair, K. Horner, C. Galt, J. Gatley, J. Hall, D. Grey, M. Lodge, J. Gilbert, B. Wilson.
Junior: P. Rainey, W. Ward, B. Sharpe, L. Malcolm, M. Rabbitte, T. Dixon, P. Norman (Vice-Captain), S. Smith, A. Hazlett, K. McNaught, D. Watts, G. Burgess, R. Patterson, S. Cooney, J. Halford, W. McPherson, K. Egerton, B. McConie, M. Lake, C. Brisco.

Star's two tries (one converted) was not good enought to beat three penalty goals in its game against Collegiate in the curtain-raiser at Rugby Park.  One of Star's try came from R. Gardiner who cut through the defence and made the overlap to L. Bell to top off the run with the try.  It was Bell for the next try that who raced in from the short side wing and joined the backs and passed to C. Busby (centre) who straightened up and sent E. Sinclair across at the corner.  He raced round to score behind the posts.  H. Harris converted.
Collegiate responded and got near enough for P. Grace to kick the first of three penalties.  It looked like Star was going to chalk up another win but Grace kicked another penalty goal and got Collegiate back in the game. 
At 29 minutes Star infringed again and Grace sent a low one over the bar to give Collegiate the victory 9-8.
​Mr L. Smith was the referee. 

Wrights Bush took the honours in its game with Winton to score its first win in the Hamilton Shield series.
Scorers for Bush were E. Paterson (4), N. Price (1) E. O. Price (2) tries.  Price (1) PG (5) Con, for Winton R. Black scored (2) J. Gray (1)  G. Britt(1) tries, T. Brown (2) Con.

It was another big score for Central Star over Central Pirates at Browns winning 30-9.
For Star J. Gilbert, C. Drysdale, D. Gilbert, W. Burke, M Heenan (2) tries, J. Gilbert (1) PG (3) Con.

For Pirates; N. Humphrey (1) try, M. Heenan (2) PG.

​Bernie Forde was the referee.  

Woodlands beat Southern Star 18-0 at Niagara in 1961.  S. Findlay led the seven-man Woodlands pack well, but Star without the services of Peter Hayes lacked a leader.
Woodland lost W. McCormack early in the game when he was ordered off for an irregular tackle.
P. Knight and  W. Fleming played well for Woodlands and G. Stronach turned up for Star.
WOODLANDS:
W. Fleming (2) Lloyd Wyeth, P. Knight and R. Chisholm (1) R Hewitson (1) PG.
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It was a closer game than the score of 17-8 and Albion showed a dominant forward pack that pushed Pioneer all round the field.  It was only in the last quarter that McMeeken for Pioneer showed his class by linking up with the forwards.  They managed to pile on 11 quick points which was a disappointment for Albion's hard work.
PIONEER:  Watson  Archer (2) K. Lloyd, B. Lord (1) Tries; Smith (1) PG (1) Con

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It was an uninspiring game in 1961 between Gorge Road and Seaward Downs.  The latter won 11-0 with both sides playing ragged football and missed many scoring opportunities.
B. Mackay and R. Monteith for Gorge Road and B. Iddles and J. Carter for Seaward Downs shone in the forwards and A. Ferguson played well for SD backs.
SEAWARD DOWNS: F. Ferguson (2) Tries; G. McKenzie (1) Con (1) PG

Town seniors comfortably beat Country 46-24 in Invercargill 1983.  The junior teams, the Under 16 Town won 46-23 and the Under 18's won 39-24. Country managed to win the U20 grade 28-20.
The Country seniors got off to a good start in a game which played to international rules, over 4
15 minute quarters instead of the 2 20 minute halves.
Country gave Town a fright in the first quarter, when score was 9-9. They played with flair and a sense of purpose getting the ball to the edge of the goal circle effortlessly.
Country Goal Shoot, Adele Hastie shot well and gathered the rebound if a shot was missed.
Town settled down later in the second quarter, with wing attack, Debbie Angus intercepting well and moving the ball through the court well.
Town goalkeeper, Linda de Ruyter robbed town of a lot of ball, but Hastie and goal attack, Janice McKerchar kept working hard.

Captains of the winning teams:
Linley Smith (Senior)
Katie Jackson (U16)
Phillippa Clifford (U18)
​Jackie Hegan (U20)

Wyndham and Mataura fought out a 4-4 all draw in heavy conditions at Wyndham.
The standard of play was high in the atrocious conditions, with wind and rain adding to the mud.
Mataura had the better of the forwards struggle and spent much of both halves camped in Wyndham's territory but lacked the finish through the backs to put points on the board, mainly because of the greasy condition of the ball.
Both teams had no option but to keep the ball tight and Wyndham full back, George Taylor reacted well to continual pressure through high kicks from Mataura.
Wyndham scored first about 15 minutes into the first half.  A scrum was forced on the Mataura line and the ball was fed on the blindside to winger Barry Stewart who charged over.
Mataura replied five minutes later with a try to big lock Gary Cowan.  For the second week in a row Cowan gathered a ball from a lineout close to the line and barged his way through to score.
Mataura put great pressure on Wyndham in the last 10 minutes and was almost continually camped on the home team's line for that time and could not breach the defence.
The Mataura's forwards of Cowan, Alistair King and hooker Jack Turnball were strong.
They gave good ball to first five eight Paddy Cowan who had a great game.
The Wyndham forwards did not left themselves down though, with front -rowers, Stephen Lee and Robin Braithwaite standing out and Geoffrey Winter at half back continuing his good form.
MATAURA:
Gary Cowan (1) try.
WYNDHAM:
Barry Stewart (1) try.
REFEREE
M. Garden.

Pirates gold proved too strong, beating Waikiwi, 17-3 at Oreti Park in July 1983.
Scrappy play was the order of the day with cold biting conditions and a constant driving rain inhibiting imaginative play.
Waikiwi seemed to confine its tactics to spoiling Pirates Gold possession and gaining ground using kick and chase methods.
However, late in the second half the red and blacks began to spin the ball.
PG held on to a fair share of possession from the tight phase, but had to work harder against Waikiwi's pack in the loose.
In the lineouts Waikiwi lock Brian Rophia performed well with solid support from props Gary Sherlock and Dave Roberts in the drive.
A player who stood out in the loose play was Pirates Gold captain and No. 8 Alister Walker. He spearheaded the team's attacking play and the pack provided plenty of ball for half-back Rex Pankhurst.
PG winger Neville McDowell handled the ball well and ran hard against the trying cold wind.  His form was rewarded when he scored his team's first try after 15 minutes.
Malcolm Dewe took his team into a 7-0 lead at half time with a penaly goal into the wind.
Early in the second half both teams ran the ball more moften with PG back, Casey Hughes, Barry Beleski and Ian McMurdo, having their share of ball these two scored tries.
Waikiwi never gave up trying to score and when the final whistle blew it was hard on attack.  However, at the end of the day it only had a Eugene Skerrett penalty goal and a conversion.
PIRATES GOLD:
Neville McDowell, Casey Hughes, Barry Beleski tries; Malcolm Dewe (1) PG (1) Con
WAIKIWI:
Eugene Skerrett (1) PG
REFEREE
R. Grimmett.

Pirates Gold played well to beat Pioneer,18-6, in an entertaining game at Oreti Park. However, the score did not reflect the fine Pioneer effort which comprised of rugged forward play and fleet footed backline movements.  The Gore team unfortunately could not finish its moves.  Fullback, Mark McCarthy had a good game posting all his team's points.
Pirates, Malcolm Dewe, was in top goal-kicking form with three penalty goals and a conversion and Lyall McKenzie also showed style with a 35 metre goal which put his team ahead 6-3 at half time.
In the forward exchanges both teams had an even share of possession, although the big Pioneer lock Alan, Byrne won a wealth of clean lineout ball.
The Pioneer half back Murray Heath, played another reliable game and the backs, especially, John Kubala must have pleased spectators  with his determined runs down the right wing.
After applying pressure for more than 10 minutes on the Pirates Gold line midway through the second half, Pioneer lost concentration, and the Pirates Gold backline was allowed to run off with the only try of the game to Casey Hughes.
Pirates big locks, Don Sutherland and Paul Radka were not able to take a feast of lineout ball, but shone in their support play in the loose.
Although Pioneer did not score a try it continued to apply pressure in the second half and had the last say with a penalty goal.
PIRATES:
Casey Hughes try, Malcolm Dewe (3) PG (1) CON, Lyall McKenzie (1) PG
PIONEER:
Mark McCarthy (2) PG
REFEREE
Neil Popham

Neither team dominated in a close game at Oreti Park, with Marist ahead 12-7 midway through the second half, it looked like Collegiate would be unable to muster the strength to come back.
Both teams moved the ball through the backline which saw three of the four tries scored coming from back play.
Pope Wilson, Collegiate opened the scoring with a PG from 30 metres out.
With half time not far away, Marist's Mark Dempsey threw a beautiful dummy and made an inside break to cut straight through the Collegiate defence.
Mana Davis replied with a great individual try.
Not to be outdone, 5 minutes later, Marist executed a similar move by running the ball wide, hooker Lou Eustace was quick in support and made the final pass to Paul Burrows, second five eight who scored in the corner.
Keith Gaines, half back for Marist, slipped round the side of the scrum and scored, sealing the game for his team.
COLLEGIATE:
Mark Dempsey, Mana Davis tries; Pope Wilson (2) con (1) PG
MARIST:
Keith Gaines, Paul Burrow, Mark Dempsey tries;  John McGrath (2) Con

It was a great spectator, nail biting at its best, with a fast flowing game and one of the better ones seen at Edendale in a long time.
The lead changed hands twice and when the referee, A Hansen called half time, Edendale was ahead by a single point.
Edendale's winger, Chris Wraight, played well, scoring two tries.  Hooker, Bain McCall scored their other try, taking his team to a 14-9 lead.
Lock, Vaughan McVicar was sent off early in the second  half, his team suffered and Waikaka took the opportunity and scored three quick tries. 
Brian Dickison found the gaps and scored two tries, one of them running 50 metres through a slack defence. 
Edendale had the final say with winger, Johnnie Bloxham scoring a good try.
WAIKAKA:
John Chittock, Bill McKenzie, Brian Dickison (2) Jimmy Rae tries; Dickison (1) PG (3) Con.
EDENDALE:
Chris Wraight (2), Bain McCall, Johnnie Bloxham tries; David Thwaites (1) PG, (1) Con.
REFEREE
A. Hansen.