Around The Grounds

Unbelievably it’s been 336 days since I last shot a competitive game of club rugby here in Dunedin. That was finals day last year on the 27th July at Forsyth Barr Stadium.

That day I shot the club finals as the season 2019 wrapped up with the Colts, Premier 2, Women’s and Premier titles all being decided under the roof. Since then there’s been training sessions, all sorts of representative games, an offseason, training sessions, preseason games, more preseason games and even more preseason games.

But now, 336 days after the premier final ended, competitive club rugby returned to Dunedin as the Senior Grade got underway. This week, as I was viewing the club draw and deciding how to attack the weekend a Facebook message popped up on my phone. While this is not usual and a fairly unspectacular event, the contents of the message asked if I would come down to Watson Park to shoot some of the Harbour clubs preseason games today. With nothing else fixed into my calendar until next weekend, I marked the games in and hoped that on Saturday, Watson Park would be a still, tropical sunlit Oasis. The perfect place to see the return of club rugby to Dunedin. I hoped.

Best of luck, everyone.

At the time of publication the here are the current Saturday Scores:
If you know any scores, add them in a comment below.
Seniors
Harbour defeated Kaikorai 44 – 34
Otago Secondary School 1st XV

Waitaki Boys 1st XV drew South Otago High School 1st XV 17all
Wakatipu HS 1st XV defeated Combined Co Ed 38 – 3
Otago Boy’s 2nd XV defeated St Kevins 1st XV 28 – 12
Southland Boys HS defeated v Mt Aspring HS 57 – 3
Dunstan HS 1st XV defeated John McGlashan 1st XV 22 – 21
King’s HS 1st XV defeated Otago Boys HS 1st XV 28 – 16

Harbour Seniors v Kaikorai Seniors (27.06.20)Hale T-Pole touches down for the Harbour Seniors.


Harbour v University (27.06.20)

The preseason club rugby match between Harbour and University played at Watson Park, Dunedin, on Saturday, 27th June, 2020. © John Caswell/http://www.caswellimages.com 


Harbour v University (27.06.20)


Harbour v University (27.06.20)


Harbour v University (27.06.20)


Harbour v University (27.06.20)

Harbour v University (27.06.20)

Harbour v University (27.06.20)


Harbour v University (27.06.20)

Harbour v University (27.06.20)

Harbour v University (27.06.20)

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Harbour Seniors v Kaikorai Seniors (27.06.20)

The Seniors club rugby match between Harbour and Kaikorai played at Watson Oval, Dunedin, on Saturday, 27th June, 2020. © John Caswell/http://www.caswellimages.com 


Harbour Seniors v Kaikorai Seniors (27.06.20)


Harbour Seniors v Kaikorai Seniors (27.06.20)


Harbour Seniors v Kaikorai Seniors (27.06.20)


Harbour Seniors v Kaikorai Seniors (27.06.20)


Harbour Seniors v Kaikorai Seniors (27.06.20)

Harbour Seniors v Kaikorai Seniors (27.06.20)


Harbour Seniors v Kaikorai Seniors (27.06.20)


Harbour Seniors v Kaikorai Seniors (27.06.20)

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