24/04/2026
Happy Friday Bales Whanau
Welcome back. After a long summer and a few questionable performances we are truly into it now. Coming on the backend of the rut it’s time for the boys to prove their bush manouvering abilities as round 2 is set to unfold tomorrow with the mighty bales going up against the Springston Sikas, 1pm @ Springston 2.
Few new recruits this year, notably the Kaikoura man Seth “Meat on Chips” Bell, an experimental man known for his questionable cuisine mixture of Turkish and kai moana. Mean Māori, mean. On the topic of local cuisine, while doing his summer driving tractors in WA, Ben “Bag” Parker got a bit lonely and after a big night at the pub went back to a “lovely” aboriginal lady’s shack for a last ditch effort at ethnic cleansing. Rumor has it they talk often - bonding over the ridiculously high petrol prices. Turns out no matter what goes up your nose will destroy your bank account.
With coaches Tim “Knowlesy” Knowles and Dave “Potty” Pottinger creeping past their wives on track to the Queenstown rippers, we’ll need all the extra support we can get in Springston. Come on down Whanau. Go hard tomorrow fellas, earn the thirst. And don’t end up like that fu***it Blake
Team:
1. Matt “Matty” Johnston
2. Charlie “Chop” Hopcroft
3. Fletcher “Crom” Pomare
4. Joe “Whero” Kemp
5. Harry “Sister Rooter” McHaffie
6. Angus “Possum” Zino
7. Ben “Bag” Parker
8. Neil “Boss baby” Van den Berg
9. Charlie “Cheese” Prince
10. Alex “Kirky” Kirkland
11. Austin “Big nut” Knight
12. Geordie “Dave” Hassall
13. Seth “Meat on chips” Hale
14. Quin “Queef” Mitchell
15. Cam “F**k up” O’Leary
16. Jack “Dicko” Dickson
17. Cooper “Footsteps” Mitchell
18. Matthew “Muzz” Menlove
19. Ben “Bag Jr” Campbell
20. Charlie “Muchie” Chamberlain
21. Jaxon “Jacko” Thompson
22. Hunter “Burg” Burgess
Coaching Staff:
Tim “Knowlesy” Knowles
Brian “Riki Tiki Taka” Chase Blanchard
Dave “Potty” Pottinger
Management:
Ang “Sicko” Wafer
Boxing coach: Cam “Chopper” Scully
Communications specialist: Sam “Gil” Giltrap
Ma********on advisor: Shamus “Shambles” Young
Fu***it: Blake “Fu***it” Affleck
Ladies man: Henry “Virgin” Hanrahan
Domestic advisor: Jack “Kenny” Kennedy
Hydration specialist: Joe “Whitebait” O’Regan
Team physio: Olley “Cramp” Collet
Team mascot: Manny “Maccas” MacDonald