Around The Grounds The Saturday Wrap To start the season I headed up to Opoho to see the start of…

Demons, Magpies, Dragons, Rams, Broncos & Steamers.
The AU Bench @tapebootsandbeer – 20.03.21Preseason rugby is one of the only times of the year when I don’t care…

Spook
@tapebootsandbeer – 18.03.21Southern coach Luke Herden looks for support during a match in the Spartan 10’s charity tournament played in…

Action-Reaction
@tapebootsandbeer – 16.03.21A Marist-Albion forward reacts to finding himself in a gap after a short pop pass during the preseason…

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@tapebootsandbeer – 15.03.21Mark Grieve-Dunn with a little bit of detail for the Sharks before their preseason fixture between Dunedin and…

Making Yards
@tapebootsandbeer – 14.03.21Making yards in the channels during the preseason fixture between Dunedin and Marist played at Kettle Park in…

Dusting Off The Boots
Marist of Invercargill take to Kettle Park @tapebootsandbeerFine weather and a moderate breeze greeted the Marist and Dunedin teams for…

Daily Photo 16.10.20
Max Brown of Harbour – $15 Buy & Download Max Brown of Harbour scores during the Dunedin Premier club rugby…

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Sam Rainger of the Dunedin Makos – $15 Buy & Download Sam Rainger of the Dunedin Makos during the Dunedin…

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Pirates Wahine v AU Crazy Horses – $15 Buy & Download Action from the Dunedin Premier Women’s semi-final between Pirates…

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Toka Sopoaga of Harbour – $15 Buy & Download @tapebootsandbeer.com Toka Sopoaga of Harbour during the Dunedin Premier club rugby…

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Scrum Time – $15 Buy & Download @tapebootsandbeer Green Island and University set a scrum during the Dunedin Premier club…

The Spirit Runs Deep
Jamie Church, Rosie Buchanan-Brown and Kiana Wereta of the Otago Spirit. I actually forgot about this series of photos I…

Training Day
Josh Timu during an Otago Rugby training session ahead of the Mitre 10 Cup match against Wellington. Logan Park, Dunedin.…

Daily Photo 07.10.20
Trisha Hopcroft of University – $15 Buy & Download @tapebootsandbeer Trisha Hopcroft of University puts in a fend during the…

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Mitchell Scott of Taieri – $15 Buy & Download @tapebootsandbeer Mitchell Scott of Taieri during the Dunedin Premier club rugby…

Full Time – Southland B Victorious.
Representative Rugby Southland B have defeated the Otago Development side 38 to 35 at Logan Park this afternoon. Going into…

Daily Photo 23.09.20
The Eels – Buy and Download This is the Eels as they arrived at Forysth Barr after warming up across…

Daily Photo 22.09.20
Luke Russell of University – Buy and Download Here’s another set of images of Saturday’s final at Forsyth Barr Stadium.…

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Devon Olliver – Buy and Download Dunedin Makos halfback Devon Olliver was a happy man on Saturday afternoon at Forsyth…

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2020 Champions Club Rugby Taieri are the 2020 club champions after defeating University in this afternoon’s final at Forsyth Barr…

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Around The Grounds Club Rugby The semi finalists for the 2020 season have been found. Next week’s semi finals will…

Daily Photo 01.09.20
Frankie Elisara – Buy @tapebootsandbeer Green Island’s Frankie Elisara calls out for possession to be swung wide during the Dunedin…

Daily Photo 31.08.20
The GI front row. – Buy @tapebootsandbeer Sitivent Tupou, Pete Mirrielees and Shane Fikken of Green Island set a scrum…

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Taieri Colts – Buy The Taieri Colts in action against Alhambra Union at the North Ground in Dunedin, Saturday 1st…

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Around The Grounds Club Rugby The top 6 for the 2020 club season in Dunedin has been found. Taieri has…

Daily Photo 27.08.20
This Max Brown try was captured at a wide 35mm. That’s a lot wider than I usually shoot with. My…

Daily Photo 26.08.10
I’ve really enjoyed photographing Women’s rugby over the last few years. For some reason it has feels more enjoyable to…

Daily Photo 25.08.20
Over the years I’ve been shooting rugby in Dunedin I’ve built up a fair collection of Mika Mafi images playing…

Daily Photo 24.08.20
I made a quick visit to Montecillo on Saturday in between shooting games at Kettle Park on Saturday. My original…

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Around The Grounds Club Rugby Dunedin regained the Ron Regett Memorial trophy with a 26-15 win over Southern at Kettle…

Daily Photo 17.08.20
It’s never nice loosing a final. Every team wants to finish their season on a high and unfortunately for the…

University Win Women’s Title
2020 Women’s Final Special Women’s Club Final University have won their third consecutive Women’s Banner with a 36 to 5…

Daily Photo 13.08.20
This is another photo I came across while on the hunt for a set of images. I remember this game…

Daily Photo 12.08.20
Lisala Halaleva of Harbour crashes over the line to score of a short ball during the Dunedin Premier club rugby…

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Pirates halfback Jordyn Tereu is put into space by team mate Kilistina Moata’ane and scores in the corner during the…

Daily Photo 10.08.20
Portrait Of A Rugby PlayerOne thing that the Covid 19 Lockdown reminded me is how sport is about people. It’s…

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Around The Grounds More Milestones Last weekend I mentioned how wonderful it was to be able to congratulate those players…

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This WeekendThe plan for this weekend is to cover a women’s semi-final and then head over to Bishopscourt. At Hancock…

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The Green Island sideline completely erupted when wing Michael Manson finished off this try against University a few weeks back.…

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I came across this Josh Ioane photography on Friday while looking for a different image. I’d completely forgotten all about…

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Jim is always great for a conversation about rugby and you can usually find him behind the dead ball line…

Eels & Broncos
Daily Photo The EelThe definition of an Eel is …. noun1. any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes…

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Around The Grounds Milestones It’s great to be able to recognise milestones and there have been a few recently across…

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Hale T Pole yells to the Harbour forwards during a Seniors club rugby match between Harbour and Kaikorai played at…

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Meg Breen of University eyes a gap during the Dunedin Premier Women’s club rugby match between the University Wahine and…

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Spectators enjoy the sunshine while watching the club rugby match between Dunedin and Kaikorai played at Kettle Park in Dunedin,…

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Ben Miller of Kaikorai looks to his outside backs during the Dunedin Premier club rugby match between Dunedin and Kaikorai…

Sharks & Demons
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Around The Grounds Club Rugby Kaikorai withstood a late rally from Dunedin at Kettle Park this afternoon to claim a…