NZ MARIST RUGBY FEDERATION -
Spillane Tournaments 2001 and 2000
(results and photos)

Spillane 2001

Easter 2001, Hastings

The origins of this tournament go back to 1925 with the original match for the Spillane Cup played between Wellington and Wanganui. And 76 years on this the largest affiliated club rugby tournament in the world will once again bring New Zealand Marist affiliated clubs together for a weekend of competitive rugby and fellowship.

Easter 2001 in Hastings will be a real weekend of "Grassroots Rugby" New Zealand Marist style.

2001 SPILLANE TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Saturday 14 April

SPILLANE CUP

 

 

 

 

Napier 62

v

Palmerston North 0

 

Hamilton 31

v

Ardmore 29

HAM CUMING

 

 

 

 

North Harbour 52

v

Wanganui 19

 

Hastings 60

v

Wairoa 0

BRENNAN CUP

 

 

 

 

Hutt Valley 26

v

Auckland Colts 17

 

Gisborne 31

v

Greerton 7

MORAN CUP (COLTS)

 

 

 

 

Ardmore 33

v

Wellington 30

 

North Harbour 31

v

Hutt Valley 0

LISTON CUP (COLTS)

 

 

 

 

Hastings 17

v

Napier 5
  Palmerston North 67 v Gisborne 3

PRESIDENTS

 

 

 

 

Hastings vs Te Awamutu

v

Te Awamutu (no score kept)

Monday 16th April

SPILLANE CUP FINAL

Hamilton 13 (Sam Griffen try, Mark van Gisbergen conversion, 2 penalties).
Napier 7 (Mark O'Shaughnessy try, Tim Manawatu conversion)

Relegation match
Ardmore 71, Palmerston North 15

HAM CUMING CUP FINAL

North Harbour 62, Hastings 7

Relegation match
Wanganui 6, Wairoa 3

BRENNAN CUP FINAL

Hutt Valley 34, Gisborne 10

Auckland Colts beat Greerton by default

MORAN CUP FINAL

Ardmore 32, North Harbour 26

Napier beat Gisborne by default.

2001 SPILLANE TOURNAMENT TEAM

Wayne Barr (Hamilton)
Brent Ngawini (Ardmore)
Nick Tua (Wanganui)
Tim Manawatu (Napier)
Howard King (Hamilton)
Mark van Gisbergen (Hamilton)
Reece Spee (Hastings)
Mark O'Shaughnessy (Napier)
Ria Ruaputu (Hamilton)
Nick Dawson (Hamilton)
Reece Robinson (Napier, captain)
Kristian Ormsby (Ardmore)
Api Apelu (Hamilton)
Joe Ward (North Harbour)
Tony Woodcock (North Harbour)
Reserves:
Kris Browne (Hamilton)
Tim Story (Hastings)
Andrew Urquhart (Napier)
Anton Edwards (Hamilton)
Troy Balderstone (North Harbour)
Michael Johnson (Napier)
Chris Gibbes (Hamilton)
Craig Glendenning (Ardmore)


2001 Gallery click on images to enlarge

Chris Gibbes

Winning Hamilton Marist captain Chris Gibbes is presented with the 2001 Spillane Cup from Hastings tournament chairman Ken Russell

Glen Varcoe

Beaten finalists Napier Old Boys Marist's captain Glen Varcoe congratulates the winners and commends his troops for their sterling efforts against the back to back winners

Napier Old Boy

Napier's hard running
No.8 and former Hamilton Marist player Mark O'Shaugnessy heads for the try line. His elation was short lived as he suffered a broken arm late in the closely fought Spillane final won by Hamilton 13-7

M Lunevich

O'Shaughnessy
breeches Hamilton's tryline.



SPILLANE CUP 2000

 

 

 

 

Hamilton - 24

v

Palm Nth - 11

 

Ardmore - 49

v

Hastings - 0

HAM CUMING

 

 

 

 

Napier - 60

v

Gisborne - 0

 

North Harbour - 8

v

Wanganui - 13

BRENNAN

 

 

 

 

UTIKI XV - 8

v

Wairoa - 11

 

Invitation - 45

v

MSP - 8

COLTS

 

 

 

 

Auckland - 70

v

Palm North - 7

 

Wellington - 11

v

North Harbour - 25

 

Masterton - 11

v

Hutt Valley - 37

 

Wanganui

v

Invitation - 34

PRESIDENTS

 

 

 

 

Wanganui Celtic - 7

v

Te Awamutu - 0

RESULTS - Monday

SPILLANE CUP : Final:

Hamilton - 29 (Brett Beagley, Sam Griffin tries, Mark van Eisberg 3 pen, 2 cons)

Ardmore 22 (Roroy Jackson, Lance Kidd, Craig Glendinning tries, Dwayne Grace pen, AJ Derwin 2 cons)

(HT - 16-8)

Relegation Match :
Palmerston North - 61 vs Hastings - 3 (HT 22 - 3)

HAM CUMING CUP : Final:

Napier 30 (Clint Chamerlain 2, Glen Varcoe tries, Waka Petera 3 pens, 3 cons)

Wanganui 10 (Jason Hamlin, Shane Kenny tries)

Relegation Match :
North Harbour 22 vs Gisborne 12

BRENNAN CUP : Final:

Wairoa - 35 (Ian Batty 2, Sam Runga 2, Adrian Mitchell 2 tries, Shane Walker pen, con)

MSP (Wellington) 33 (Paulo Taliauli, Gareth Williams tries, pen try, Mike Mike Pervan 3 pen, 3con.

MORAN CUP (Colts) Final:

North Harbour 30 bt Auckland 28

Relegation Match:
Marist St Pats -15 bt Palmerston North - 5

LISTON CUP (Colts)

Wanganui - 24 bt Masterton - 3

NORTH ISLAND MARIST SENIOR TOURNAMENT TEAM

D Grace (Ardmore) , C Chamberlain (Napier), W September (Ardmore), J Vulakoro (PN), A Myers (Ardmore), M vans Gibergen (Hamilton), M Lunavich (NH), H Lewis (Hastings), M Holah (Hamilton) CAPTAIN , R Robinson (Napier), S Slater (Hamilton), C Glendinning (Ardmore), T Rutherford (Hamilton), A Edwards (Hamilton), W Hapi (Hastings)

RESERVES - A Parsons, D Waller (PN), Y Urkidi, R Jackson (Ardmore), S Brider, C Masoe (Wanganui), K Tametea (Hastings)

2000 click on images to enlarge

M Donoghue

Wanganui President
Mike Donoghue
at work

Isi look aline

'Isi' look alike
from
Wanganui

Napier Old Boy

This Napier Old Boys
player is ready after
a spell in the Blood Bin

M Lunevich

Mike Lunevich
from North Harbour
warming up

McNamara and Smith

Brian McNamara (left)
with Ray Smith

Workers

Spillane 2000
workers

Ham v Palm Nth

Hamilton (Blue) vs
Palmerston North

Te Awamutu

The Pig Hunters
from Te Awamutu

G Rosewarne

Gary Rosewarne
shows off his dress
code with socks
and sandals

Yanadab Urkidi
won the Pet & Player
look alike contest

Spillane Cup
Runners Up
Ardmore Marist

Winner of the Jim
O'Neil Memorial Trophy
Moi Figota (Left)
with his son Paul