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[Gumboot]

New Zealand Rugby investigating claims drugs were snorted from Ranfurly Shield

Claims drugs were snorted off the broken Ranfurly Shield during Hawke’s Bay’s celebrations are being investigated.

Stuff was sent a photo of the damaged Log o’ Wood on Monday morning, with white powder evident on one half of it.

“They snorted drugs off the frickin Ranfurly,” the caption said.

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) and Hawke’s Bay Rugby Union are aware of the photo and are investigating in a bid to verify the claims.

“NZR is aware of new images circulating on social media related to the Ranfurly Shield and are making further enquiries to Hawke’s Bay Rugby,” NZR said in a statement.

It’s understood NZR are meeting this morning and a further release is expected...

[Sandstorm]

Stay classy HB

[Dan54]

Stay classy HB

I would suggest it's a bit late to suggest that.

[Guy Smiley]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/pro ... eld-broken

A Hawke’s Bay rugby player has been charged by police following the after-party celebrating their Saturday win, the provincial union’s CEO confirms.

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On Monday afternoon, Hawkes Bay Rugby (HBR) CEO Jay Campbell confirmed to Stuff that one of their players had been charged by police.

The confirmation comes after Stuff asked the CEO if one of the Magpies had been involved in a drink-driving car crash.

“A player has been charged by police and it is now an employment matter.”

Campbell said he had spoken to the players at the party and been assured by them that the shield had been damaged by accident after being dropped onto the concrete floor of the kitchen.

[Gumboot]

A Hawke’s Bay rugby player has been charged by police following the after-party celebrating their Saturday win, the provincial union’sCEO confirms.

The team's celebrations left the treasured Log O’ Wood badly damaged. Footage of two-test All Black Folau Fakatava holding a broken piece of the Ranfurly Shield surfaced on social media on Sunday – the day after the Magpies wrestled it off Wellington in the capital.

Stuff was then sent a photo of the damaged shield on Monday morning with white powder evident on one half.

On Monday afternoon, Hawkes Bay Rugby (HBR) CEO Jay Campbell confirmed to Stuff that one of their players had been charged by police.

The confirmation comes after Stuff asked the CEO if one of the Magpies had been involved in a drink-driving car crash.

“A player has been charged by police and it is now an employment matter.”...

...NZ Rugby general manager community rugby Steve Lancaster previously said the national body was “deeply disappointed’’ at what had unfolded, and would now take the Ranfurly Shield off Hawke’s Bay to assess the damage inflicted during the team’s celebrations after it beat Wellington at the weekend.

This is escalating quickly.

Perhaps the Hawke's Bay union should reflect on their decision to leave the hallowed Log in the care of reckless, disrespectful children.

A very bad look all round...and it's sure to get a lot worse yet.

Edit: Beat me to it, Guy.

[Guy Smiley]

It's a disaster. HB Union will be sweating bullets.

[Gumboot]

Whanganui is one of the few provinces since 1907 to have never won the Shield...after almost 30 challenges. We've come close a few times - a 15-all draw against Taranaki way back in '64, and a 9-16 loss to Auckland in '76, but nothing remotely close since.

I'd like nothing more than another fair crack at the Shield, but it ain't happening in my lifetime.

But Hawke's Bay, who can seemingly win the thing for fun, treat it like a piece of firewood.

[Dan54]

A Hawke’s Bay rugby player has been charged by police following the after-party celebrating their Saturday win, the provincial union’sCEO confirms.

The team's celebrations left the treasured Log O’ Wood badly damaged. Footage of two-test All Black Folau Fakatava holding a broken piece of the Ranfurly Shield surfaced on social media on Sunday – the day after the Magpies wrestled it off Wellington in the capital.

Stuff was then sent a photo of the damaged shield on Monday morning with white powder evident on one half.

On Monday afternoon, Hawkes Bay Rugby (HBR) CEO Jay Campbell confirmed to Stuff that one of their players had been charged by police.

The confirmation comes after Stuff asked the CEO if one of the Magpies had been involved in a drink-driving car crash.

“A player has been charged by police and it is now an employment matter.”...

...NZ Rugby general manager community rugby Steve Lancaster previously said the national body was “deeply disappointed’’ at what had unfolded, and would now take the Ranfurly Shield off Hawke’s Bay to assess the damage inflicted during the team’s celebrations after it beat Wellington at the weekend.

This is escalating quickly.

Perhaps the Hawke's Bay union should reflect on their decision to leave the hallowed Log in the care of reckless, disrespectful children.

A very bad look all round...and it's sure to get a lot worse yet.

Edit: Beat me to it, Guy.

F***en fluffybunnies, and you know what? The drunk driving thing trumps all the other shit probably! This is seriously bad shit.

[Torquemada 1420]

Perhaps the Hawke's Bay union should reflect on their decision to leave the hallowed Log in the care of reckless, disrespectful children.

Extraordinary.

You probably wouldn't have seen this furore
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66947040
involving another log being vandalised in the UK.

Just WTF is wrong with some people?

[Gumboot]

Perhaps the Hawke's Bay union should reflect on their decision to leave the hallowed Log in the care of reckless, disrespectful children.

Extraordinary.

You probably wouldn't have seen this furore
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66947040
involving another log being vandalised in the UK.

Just WTF is wrong with some people?

Saw that story about the Sycamore Gap tree the other day.

And yes, WTF is wrong with some people??

[Enzedder]

Guys, every province in the country gets shit-faced when they win the shield and they always have. The Bay got unlucky

[Torquemada 1420]

Guys, every province in the country gets shit-faced when they win the shield and they always have. The Bay got unlucky

They all snort coke?

[Gumboot]

QF1 between Canterbury and Auckland kicking off shortly in Christchurch...

Canterbury: 1-Dan Lienert-Brown, 2-George Bell, 3-Oli Jager, 4-Zach Gallagher, 5-Sam Darry, 6-Billy Harmon, 7-Tom Christie, 8-Cullen Grace, 9-Mitchell Drummond, 10-Fergus Burke, 11-Solomon Alaimalo, 12-Rameka Poihipi, 13-Dallas McLeod, 14-Manasa Mataele, 15-Chay Fihaki

Reserves: 16-Ben Funnell, 17-Joe Moody, 18-Seb Calder, 19-Dom Gardiner, 20-Reed Prinsep, 21-Willi Heinz, 22-Ryan Crotty, 23-Blair Murray


Auckland: 1-Josh Fusitua, 2-Soane Vikena, 3-Angus Ta'avao, 4-Edward Annandale, 5-Josh Beehre, 6-Che Clark, 7-Blake Gibson, 8-Vaiolini Ekuasi, 9-Kalani Thomas, 10-Zarn Sullivan, 11-Salesi Rayasi, 12-Bryce Heem, 13-Tanielu Tele'a, 14-Alex Hodgman, 15-Roger Tuivasa-Sheck

Reserves: 16-Leni Apisai, 17-Tito Tuipulotu, 18-Marcel Renata, 19-Hamish Dalzell, 20-Niko Jones, 21-Taufa Funaki, 22-Corey Evans, 23-Xavier Tito-Harris

[Torquemada 1420]

Couldn't make my mind up on this one. On paper Auks was more firepower in the backs but Cant look to have a huge advantage at the breakdown. If Ioane had started, I'd have gone Auks.

[Torquemada 1420]

And to confound me, Auks making a mess of Cant's breakdown!

[Gumboot]

Burke is a major loss for Canterbury. Looked like a possibly serious leg injury.

[Guy Smiley]

I can't get a stream to work

[Torquemada 1420]

Burke is a major loss for Canterbury. Looked like a possibly serious leg injury.

I missed that. Wondered why Poihipi was kicking (and badly). What happened?

{EDIT}

[Gumboot]

I can't get a stream to work

The only 'working' one I've found freezes every 20 seconds. https://cricfree.live/live/supersports-action

[Gumboot]

Burke is a major loss for Canterbury. Looked like a possibly serious leg injury.

I missed that. Wondered why Poihipi was kicking (and badly). What happened?

Non-contact injury early in the game - passed the ball and looked to twist his ankle or knee. Had to be assisted from the field.

[Torquemada 1420]

I can't get a stream to work

No. They are all down this morning, returning "invalid data request" at my end.

I have had to switch to the SkyGo app; which I pay for legit but is such a piece of sh*t, the streams are better.

[Guy Smiley]

I can't get a stream to work

No. They are all down this morning, returning "invalid data request" at my end.

I have had to switch to the SkyGo app; which I pay for legit but is such a piece of sh*t, the streams are better.

I've had a few issues every now and then lately that had me wondering if there had been some sort of concerted effort to clean them out.

[Torquemada 1420]

Burke is a major loss for Canterbury. Looked like a possibly serious leg injury.

I missed that. Wondered why Poihipi was kicking (and badly). What happened?

Non-contact injury early in the game - passed the ball and looked to twist his ankle or knee. Had to be assisted from the field.

Well, I reckon that will be fatal to Cant's chances of winning the thing.

[Gumboot]

Harford wasn't on the bench. I hope he's not hurt as well.

[Torquemada 1420]

I can't get a stream to work

No. They are all down this morning, returning "invalid data request" at my end.

I have had to switch to the SkyGo app; which I pay for legit but is such a piece of sh*t, the streams are better.

I've had a few issues every now and then lately that had me wondering if there had been some sort of concerted effort to clean them out.

Same thought here.

[Guy Smiley]

I can't get a stream to work

The only 'working' one I've found freezes every 20 seconds. https://cricfree.live/live/supersports-action

[Gumboot]

No. They are all down this morning, returning "invalid data request" at my end.

I have had to switch to the SkyGo app; which I pay for legit but is such a piece of sh*t, the streams are better.

I've had a few issues every now and then lately that had me wondering if there had been some sort of concerted effort to clean them out.

Same thought here.

Yep, a lot of them have bitten the dust lately.

[Torquemada 1420]

Rayasi has to be one of the most naturally gifted players on the planet and yet has never made the impact you'd hope or expect.

[Torquemada 1420]

Not sure how that's not a pen for a late hit. Zarn a little lucky with the high-ish one on Bell earlier I thought.

[Guy Smiley]

I guess we just ignore the late hit and then the forward pass...

everything to celebrate in this game

[Gumboot]

Good start to the second half.

[Torquemada 1420]

That lasted long.

Messy restart with Zarn's hail mary and Harmon makes way too many easy metres.

[Torquemada 1420]

I guess we just ignore the late hit and then the forward pass...

everything to celebrate in this game

Looked fwd to me too.

[Guy Smiley]

I guess we just ignore the late hit and then the forward pass...

everything to celebrate in this game

Looked fwd to me too.

From the kick that flattened Pihaki... they field it deep near the 22 and passed in field. I think it was Tuivasa Sheck that either passed or received. Flagrantly forward your honour.

[Gumboot]

Cantabs running away with it now...

[Torquemada 1420]

Telea has had a stinker. Turnstile for that try.

[Guy Smiley]

Are you not entertained

[Torquemada 1420]

Sheck plays the ball off the floor

[Torquemada 1420]

Is that the 1st time Heem has been mentioned?

[Torquemada 1420]

Pffft. That's both a yellow and a pen try. Poor officiating.