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Bay blow royal opportunity
Bay of Plenty Times
Written by Craig Tiriana   
Saturday, 13 September 2008

The Bay of Plenty Steamers' second-half blues reared their ugly head again last night, gifting one of the worst Auckland teams in living memory an undeserved 25-20 Air NZ Cup win at Rotorua International Stadium.

It had been a gilt-edged opportunity to nail the Super 14 franchise, with the Steamers ahead 13-3 at halftime and 7200 spectators baying for Auckland blood.

Compounding Auckland's plight were serious injuries to All Blacks Daniel Braid (ankle) and Joe Rokocoko (hamstring), and first-five Lachie Munro (dislocated arm) inside the opening half. They had also been reduced to 14 players after with lock Stan Haukinima was sinbinned for persistent infringing around the breakdown.

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Flawed but a bonus point win
Fan in the Stand
Written by The Chief Advising Fan in the Stand   
Thursday, 11 September 2008
The Fan was reassured by the comments of coach Schuler after the Otago game where he said the Bay were “trying to do two different things”. There did seem to be something amiss with the Steamers, too many times the forwards were in the wrong place. There would be masses of them on the open side and the Bay would take it down the blind and at times we were hopelessly short of numbers at the rucks. It was pleasing to see the Bay eight keep it in close for phase after phase to set up Delany’s winning try.
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BOP Classic XV v Chatham Islands
Random contributors
Written by Sportboy   
Wednesday, 10 September 2008


They may have lost the battle, but the Chatham Islands rugby team won the hearts – and most definitely the stomachs – of their Bay of Plenty hosts recently.
The team from the Chathams – a plucky collection of fishermen, farmers and conservation workers – embarked on a five-day tour with the highlight a match against a Bay of Plenty Classic XV as the curtain-raiser to the Steamers-Otago game in Mount Maunganui.

Photos of the BOP Classic XV v Chatham Islands

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Photos Classics v Chathams
2008 Photos
Written by Sportboy   
Wednesday, 10 September 2008

Some photos from the BOP Classic XV against the Chatham Islands.

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Erratic Steamers roll past Otago
Bay of Plenty Times
Written by Craig Tiriana   
Saturday, 06 September 2008

Bay of Plenty banked five Air New Zealand Cup competition points but showed they still have plenty of work to do after beating Otago 31-20 at Baypark last night.

The home side ran in five tries, three in a strong first half, but let Otago back into the round six clash, after a skittery second spell that saw the visitors close to just four points at one stage.

Forwards and backs combined to give halfback Jamie Nutbrown a dream ride in the first half, which saw the Steamers ahead 24-0.

However, the continuity was missing in the second spell as players got isolated with the ball, Otago picked up turnovers, scored two converted tries and grafted some penalties - including one 54 metre effort to first-five Chris Noakes.

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