Pre season starts at Midlands
The rugby season starts at Midlands with preseason training starting on Wednesday the 1st of February at 6:30pm.All new and past players are invited to come along.
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Tuesday 24 January 2012
All Blacks Come to Midlands
The Midlands Rugby Club was a hive of activity on Friday morning, when Jimmy Cowan and Andrew Hore came to the club. An initiative from the NZRFU and the All Blacks to send some of the All Blacks around selected towns in New Zealand paid off, when a large crowd turned
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Saturday 3 September 2011
All Blacks coming to town
The All Blacks are coming to Winton and the Midlands Rugby Club and plans are already under way to make it a day to remember.
It's all part of a heartland New Zealand tour in the lead up to the Rugby World Cup, with players visiting 11 towns, on September 2, the day before the squad officially assembles for the tournament.
Winton is one of five towns across the South Island to receive a visit and is the only Southland town to host the players. The All Blacks arrive in Winton at 7.30am
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Friday 19 August 2011
Oh so close but no cigar
The Middle Pub Midlands Premier side went to the Les George Oval confident of putting on a good show of winning their semi-final game against Woodlands. The first half was played at either end of the park, with Midlands
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Thursday 28 July 2011
Middle Pub Midlands Prems get there revenge
After the debacle when Midlands played Marist in the last round at Centrepoint Park , where Marist dealt heavily to Midlands, they got there revenge back on Saturday, comfortably beating them 26 points to five. It was a dour struggle in the first half, when they went to the break at five
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Tuesday 19 July 2011
Midlands deal to Star
Star welcomed the use of Super rugby players Brayden Mitchell and John Hardie but still were comfortably beaten 33-13 by a Midlands team that that was missing key players in the form of Blair Vinning, Scott Cowan and Mark Wells.
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Tuesday 5 July 2011
Midlands can’t handle the Blue’s
Middle Pub Midlands took on Blues on Saturday to reach the no 1 spot, but couldn’t pull off the win that they had hoped for. Due to a couple of charge downs, that lead to tries to Blues, and a few penalties, Blues raced out to a 21 to 5
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Tuesday 28 June 2011
Midlands Premiers deal to Pirates/Old Boys
The Middle Pub Midlands Premiers kept their playoff hopes alive when they beat Pirates/Old Boys by 34 points to 6. They had a commanding lead going into the break, leading by 28 to 6, thanks to tries to Dayna Cunningham, and two to Tim Cornforth, one courtesy of an intercept,
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Sunday 19 June 2011
The Midlands Prems are !!BACK!!
The boys are back. The Middle Pub Midlands Premiers got their winning way back on track on Saturday, when they beat defending Galbraith Shield holders Woodlands, by 29 points to 25, at Centennial Park, in front of a large crowd. Woodlands had a healthy lead on Midlands going into the
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Saturday 11 June 2011
We went, we played, and they conquered.
What was going to be a tough day at the office for the Middle Pub Midlands Prems, got even tougher on Saturday. When they arrived at Centrepoint Park to play Marist, they were without a good chunk of their players, due to Mark Wells wedding. With flankers on both wings,
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Monday 6 June 2011
The Pram’s Star shine at Waverly Park
To get there season back on track, the Middle Pub Midlands Premiers had to win, and win well they did by 31 points to 16. At half time it was 10 points all, courtesy of a try to Tu Davai and Brenton Howden for Midlands, at that point, it looked like
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Sunday 29 May 2011
Classical Game of Two Halves
The Middle Pub Midlands Prems went to Balmoral Drive on Saturday to try and get there season back on track, by playing Blues, it didn’t quite work out that way, they went down 24-20. It was, according to coach Mike Cunningham, a classical game of two halves. He stated
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Monday 23 May 2011
Bottom Pub Midlands Prem Bs Get the Blues
The Midlands Prem Bs haven’t beaten the Blues side this year, and it didn’t happened on Saturday either. They were out muscled in the forwards and outplayed in the backs. They tried hard all the way through the game, but couldn’t match it with the Blues team. The opposition had
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Monday 23 May 2011
Jimmy Fowler Donates Rugby Jersy's to School Boy's
Midlands junior rugby players began the season in style on Saturday in bright new rugby jerseys, thanks to the support of club stalwart Jimmy Fowler.
The club’s 101 juniors ran proudly onto to the field sporting their new jerseys, which are exact replicas of the Midlands senior team, and cost about $100
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Monday 16 May 2011
Middle Pub Midlands maul Marist
The Midlands Premiers got back on the winning track on Saturday, when they beat Marist by 30 points to 29 at Centennial Park, in front of a large crowd, on their sponsor’s day. It was based on some dogged play by the forwards and some strong defence by the backs.
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Monday 2 May 2011
Bottom Pub Midlands Prem Bs go down to Marist
The Bottom Pub Midlands Prem Bs suffered another loss, when they went down to a committed Marist side, by 12 points to 37. On a good win against Star the week before, the boys went into the game high on confidence, but couldn’t repeat the result on Saturday. Based on
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Monday 2 May 2011
Tim Cornforth Aussie playing for Midlands
Go to Senior Profile and You Tube to see Tims profile and video
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Monday 2 May 2011
Middle Pub Midlands comes so close
The first game under lights for the Midlands Premiers, was played on Wednesday night at Limehills, against unbeaten Star. They were without Tim Boys, who was called into the Highlanders squad to cover for the injuries, and about fifteen minutes into the game, they lost Scott Cowan, through a knee
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Thursday 21 April 2011
The Prem Bs lose for the first time
The Bottom Pub Midlands Prem Bs lost their first game on Saturday to the unbeaten Blues side by 27 points to 12. It was according to coach Steve Unahi a game of two halves. Blues started strongly in the first half, scoring 22 points, with some strong running, and poor
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Sunday 17 April 2011
Midlands Premiers cause the upset of the round
The Middle Pub Midlands Premier’s caused the upset of the round on Saturday, when they accounted for the high flying Blues side, 29—10. It was based on a superb defensive effort from everyone, and being up in their faces all day. The forwards , led by captain Damien Pulley and
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Sunday 17 April 2011
Middle Pub Midlands get there win
The Middle Pub Midlands Premiers got there first win for the season, when they beat Pirate's/Old Boys by 36 points to 29. It was a fast moving game, with plenty of tries scored, five each, with Midlands getting there bonus point, with scoring four tries. The game ebbed and flowed
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Monday 11 April 2011
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