2013
14, 15 September 2013
Whakatane Town 4 Plains Rangers men 0 (Sponsors Cup)
Plains Rangers women 1 Tauranga City 6
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| The customary line up hand shake ritual. Lots of smiles. The game was played in very good spirit, although Cammy ended up with a sore ankle after one dodgy tackle. |
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| The Sponsors Cup is all about acknowledging the sponsors. A good spirit prevailed, with Jason Pullar donning the green of Plains Rangers for the game. Click here for a bigger version of this photo. | Captain Ben McPherson heads the ball on for Matt Dalgity to chase. |
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| Rangers had plenty of defending to do in the first half. Left wing Hamish Wilde is back doing his bit. | Rangers keeper Christian Wetting was, as usual, in amazing form. He saved several close encounters. |
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| Mark Jeynes was dragged off the farm for the end of season game, and played very well. | Wett clears the ball up field. |
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| Brendan Mitchell leads a merry dance through the Rangers midfield. | On the sideline Bazza gives Hamish his instructions, as the subs rolled off and on. Pete Stoove (on loan!), Chris and Skins are waiting their turns. |
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| Grahame heads the ball at the Whakatane goal. It's going wide! | Jason Pullar defends from the ground! |
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| Kirk Bain launches a clearance. | Wett and Grahame compete to clear the ball! Cammy Wills hopes they both miss it. |
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| Wett is a brave keeper. | He can't stop this volley though. |
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| Ben kicks off, Matt runs to get into space. | Bazza gets on the field. Ish tries to stop him passing the ball. Backheel it to Chris! |
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| It's all over. 4 - 0, a bit flattering to Whakatane, but I guess Wett was in the action a fair bit! Three cheers for the sponsors. |
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| Now it's Sunday. The Rangers women defend well as a unit. |
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| They also create chances. Here's Kate's shot that somehow didn't go in and was cleared off the line by the defender. |
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| Holly takes on a defender. | Ranee clears the ball strongly. |
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| Kate Simons shields the ball. | Jenny Fox competes well in midfield. |
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| Raven Hunia also battled well in the midfield. | A Rangers corner. There's a fair bit of pushing to keep the Rangers girls at bay! |
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| Late in the game, after a lot of pressure, Kate Simons gets a chance and shoots...... | It beats the TCU keeper, and Rangers have scored! They should actually have had three or four in this game. |
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| Kylie Keys and Jenny Fox congratulate Kate. It had been a long time coming, well, all season in fact! |