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MAFIA TEES
Just $20 a shirt, a steal!
Not often you steal from the Mafia and live to tell the tale...
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Fan in the Stand
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Written by The sore-voiced Fan in the Stand
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Thursday, 30 August 2007 |
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It took four and a half games, but the Bay of Plenty Steamers finally brought the crowd to life in a stirring fightback which almost brought our first win. Our usual failings at the line-out and some errant goal-kicking ensured we chalked up our fifth defeat – although we did rise from last place above the woeful Counties-Manukau.
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Bay of Plenty Times
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Written by The Bay Badger (from the BOP Times)
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Friday, 24 August 2007 |
*They may be leaden-footed on the field but at last the Bay Rugby Union has shown some quick thinking in their marketing.
After plunging to a horrible loss to Manawatu, the BOPRU has responded by slashing its ticket pricing to Saturday's game against Otago at BlueChip Stadium.
All general admission tickets are now $10, and kids are free, as the union looks to recharge the Steamers' season with a decent crowd.
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Fan in the Stand
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Written by The Generous Fan in the Stand
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Thursday, 23 August 2007 |
The Bay of Plenty Rugby Benevolent Society continues to support worthy causes around the country.
After giving Northland only their fourth Division 1 victory since 2002, the Society was even more generous on Sunday.
Manawatu was the grateful recipient of its first victory since returning to Division 1. It warmed my heart to see those happy faces in Palmerston North.
Each week, this fan is finding it harder to discover the positives in the performance of the Steamers.
I'm not so much scraping the barrel as taking a hammer and chisel to it.
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From the Union
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Written by the Mole
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Thursday, 23 August 2007 |
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I have read with amazement the comments from many so called loyal BOP supporters over the last few weeks on this website and the mafia forum, and my mid has been boggled. My first write of this piece caused a mole hunt at HQ that was breath taking. Fortunately, no one looked in the Janitors closet, so a re write is in order, with less clues...
Anyway, the calls to sack this person, and sack that person, are just utter rubbish and all BOP people contributing to this type of nonsense should be stood against a wall and shot, preferably by Mafia hatchet man Sportboy - he enjoys a good execution.
The union has recently had to endure the most ridiculous letter ever, written by the father of an ex player, who shall remain nameless, to protect the poor bugger from being embarrassed by dear old 'Dad'!
Anyway, sort yourself out 'Dad', perhaps communicate with your family a bit more, as your son did not make himself available for Rep Rugby this year as, in his own words (he is after all, 34 years of age) - "we don't play in the National Pressies Grade".
How can you blame current operations staff for players leaving - operations staff don't negotiate player contracts - CEO's and managers and all those fish-head types do. I don't know if there are any operations staff in NZ who decide what players come or go, they just have to work with what they are given, so lay off them!!
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Fan in the Stand
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Written by Forgetful Fan in the Stand
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Thursday, 16 August 2007 |
 THURSDAY night rugby is a fantastic idea. By the time this column appears, last week's awful game is just a distant memory. Maybe I'll write about gardening instead.
The Fan in the Stand has almost forgotten the mad dash to Rotorua for the 7pm kick-off and the fact that the Steamers only started playing at a more traditional 7.30pm.
I can only just recall how someone next to me described our line-out as the worst ever, by any team, in any game of rugby.
That was a big call given the All Blacks v Australia match early in the century but I was forced to agree with him. Our throws to the back of the line-out achieved such distance that Marcel Cummings-Toone could consider a career as a gridiron quarterback.
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Steamers 2010 |
| : ITM Cup |
| Position: 9 |
| 31 July: Waikato, L 10-13 |
| 6 Aug: Hawke's Bay, W 30-11 |
| 14 Aug: Auckland L 6-11 |
| 20 Aug: Taranaki, L 15-24 |
| 29 Aug: Harbour, W 39-29 |
| 3 Sep: Canterbury, L 9-28 |
| 9 Sep: Manawatu, W 41-13 |
| 19 Sep: Counties, Baypark |
| 24 Sep: Otago, Rotorua |
| 30 Sep: Wellington, Away |
| 10 Oct: Tasman, Away |
| 16 Oct: Southland, Baypark |
| 21 Oct: Northland, Away |
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