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The pride behind All Black helping Tasman Mako defend Ranfurly Shield

David Havili of Tasman in action during the round one Bunnings Warehouse NPC match between Manawatu and Tasman at Central Energy Trust Arena, on August 11, 2024, in Palmerston North, New Zealand. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

For the first time ever, Tasman Mako have successfully defended their status as the current holders of the Ranfurly Shield. Tasman got the job done over Wellington 28-15, with All Black David Havili playing a part in a thrilling win over the previously undefeated Lions.

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When Campbell Parata slotted a long-range penalty goal to win the Ranfurly Shield challenge over Hawke’s Bay the weekend before, Havili was in South Africa. As Havili celebrated the triumph, he was swarmed by fellow Tasman All Blacks Will Jordan and Ethan Blackadder.

But, after returning home to New Zealand, the 29-year-old was one of 12 All Blacks released to play in the sixth round of the NPC. Havili would come up against fellow national squad members Billy Proctor and Ruben Love who were named to play for Wellington.

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Havili took his place at inside centre, with Crusaders enforcer Levi Aumua lining up just outside him in the No. 13 jumper. Tasman took the lead in the 11th minute through winger Timoci Tavatavanawai and never surrendered their advantage as they held on for a clinical win at home.

Riley Higgins had made it a one-point game with 18 minutes to play after scoring the Lions’ second try of the afternoon, but Tasman were a class above. It was another historic occasion for the Mako, with Havili earning “the right” to call himself a Ranfurly Shield winner.

“Yeah, pretty special,” Havili said on SENZ’s Scotty & Izzy. “The whole week I sort of looked at the shield and I wanted to earn the right and win it on the weekend.

“It was a hell of a game. Wellington stayed in it sort of until the 80th minute. We had a few injuries throughout that game and to be able to come out on top was extra special for the support we had turn out at Lansdowne Park.

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“… we saw that yesterday with a couple of big try-savers from a few boys and to be able to go deep into the phase count and get crucial turnovers from our loosies. It’s something that we definitely spoke about during the week and it’s something they did against Hawke’s Bay.

“I’m just happy to be a part of it and get that opportunity to play for it and hold it again.”

Ethan de Groot, George Bell, Pasilio Tosi, Josh Lord, Samipeni Finau, Luke Jacobson, George Bower, Harry Plummer and Patrick Tuipulotu were the other nine All Blacks released for their respective provincial duties.

Match Summary

2
Penalty Goals
1
4
Tries
2
1
Conversions
1
0
Drop Goals
0
101
Carries
123
7
Line Breaks
7
14
Turnovers Lost
18
9
Turnovers Won
7

The NPC’s announcement last added another layer of intensity, pressure and expectation to these provincial fixtures. Take the Ranfurly Sheild defence, history was already riding on it, but the three All Blacks in that clash were tipped to have strong performances.

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That’s pressure.

That’s the life of an All Black.

“There’s always a wee bit of pressure there,” Havili explained.

“I just wanted to go out there and play like I hadn’t won it and yeah, it was my first time playing for it and that’s what was motivating me the whole week was to go out there and win it.

“We played some (good) footy to keep the Lions out from our line and it was a wee bit messy through that later half of the game but I thought the boys played really well for the backend of the half and we scored some great tries after 78, 79th minute

“We came out on top.”

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They didn’t really let him go though did they. He was gone, already signed to leave some 18 months earlier. Not much they could do.


Definitely a shame though, hence why I criticize the coaching for not unlocking that composure earlier. We would have seen he was definitely the player we need to take us through that WC, and the next, before the contract talks started. After, was too late. Conversely, if he had of continued to play the way he had been when he signed to go to Japan, I have no doubt Damien McKenzie would have been the player to lead us in 23’, and then we very likely would have won that Final. I’m not so sure Dmac would hve been good enough to get us past Ireland, Richie definitely deserves a lot of credit for simply getting us to the Final.


But that was all my message to HHT was. That class, or talent in this case, is permeant, and games like Ireland showed he did definitely had that. Obviously Richie’s got a large responsibility in realizing it sooner too, but in terms of not displaying it when it counts in 2019 or 2023, I reckon that’s on the coachs more than a lack of talent on his part, and it’s the same shame when it comes to your sentiment. If he was at the point were he could have saved out bacon against Ireland in 2022, it might not have been too late for NZR to have come in with a big contract offer. The bigger problem now is that Razor is only exasperating that problem with this new group. We now clearly know he was a big factor in Richie taking so long, because he’s replicating the same problems with the current batch. Thankfully NZR had no other option but to offer a big contract to secure Dmac this time though, regardless of how he must have felt after being treated like that.

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Head high tackle 1 hour ago
Super Rugby draw heavily favours NZ sides but they can't win in Australia

Very targeted article that writes to deliberately put across a fake point. Please John tell us who each side has played?

Why has NZ and AUs sides not really clashed? Because of all the “local” derbies John. How many times will the Reds, Brumbies, Tahs and Force , play the Blues, Canes, Saders, Highlanders, Moana and Chiefs John? ONCE per season. If you want to write an article about the failings of the draw then please write about the actual failings of the draw, Not a fabrication about the draw being unfair to the actual sides it heavily favours. Not 1 Aus side will play an NZ team twice to get to the finals. ALL NZ sides will.

To give you ONE example lets look at the Blues draw.

In 9 rounds so far they have played every NZ based side. ( 5 games ) then the Canes twice, Chiefs twice, And this weekend they play the 2nd game v the Saders this season. ( 3 more games ) so the only side they have played thats not an NZ based team is the Brumbies. 1 GAME! Still to play the Reds, Tahs, Force and Drua and will only get 1 game V those sides.


There are 4 Australian sides John. Pure maths tells me that means 2 home games against Aus sides and 2 away games v Aus sides. So basically NO NZ side should ever play more than 2 games in a season in Aus. Aus cut their teams down to 4. This is the direct result.


Yes the draw is not fair, but that heavily favors Aus sides. Either have 1 round or have 2, but this 1.5 rounds isnt fair to ALL NZ based sides.

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