Well, maybe not. We got a few things wrong in Monday’s wrap of the Dunedin premier grade.
Taieri has not won the Speight’s Cup as reported. It will play Kaikorai in the final at Bishopscourt on June 17.
That game also doubles as a regular round two round-robin clash.
Couple of things to add here. The Speight’s Cup is actually called the Speight’s Jug, although it is up on the Otago union’s website as the Speight’s Cup.
It used to be presented to the top-ranked team after the opening round, but it was decided to introduce a final when the first round was reduced to half a round.
The competition table also needs correcting.
Points for the bye were communicated as being awarded on a pro-rata basis at 4, 3, 2, 1 and 0 points.
However, the match committee has confirmed the points awarded were 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1.
Now that we have got all the corrections out of the way, we can get on to some chat about rugby.
Taieri remains the only unbeaten team and should be too strong for struggling Alhambra-Union at Peter Johnstone Park tomorrow.
The game of the round is at Bathgate Park between Southern and Dunedin for the Ron Reggett Memorial.
Both sides are coming off a defeat in the last round. The Magpies lost 26-10 to Taieri, and Dunedin fell 26-15 to Kaikorai.
University has slipped out of the top six, so its match against Green Island at Miller Park will take on more importance.
Zingari-Richmond will host Kaikorai in the other game. The Colours are still searching for a breakthrough win this season. They produced a lacklustre performance during the 39-10 defeat to Green Island at Montecillo on Saturday.
Kaikorai’s only loss came against Taieri in a cliffhanger at Bishopscourt in round four.
Zingari-Richmond has brought back the Steve Scoles Trophy in the premier colts grade this year.
It is played against Harbour and will be played for this weekend.
Scoles was sports editor of the Evening Star when he died in a car accident 1977.
The trophy was originally played between Zingari and Matakanui in the preseason. However when that game fell through, the trophy gathered dust in the cabinet.
Steve Scoles’ nephew, Roddy Scoles, is a Zingari stalwart. He teamed up with his cousin to bring the trophy back out into the light.
"Matt Scoles, his son, and I hatched a plan to get it played for again. So this season there will be two Steve Scoles trophies. One at prem level and one at prem Colts level," Roddy Scoles wrote.
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