The Pakuranga United Rugby Club’s (PURC) U21 men’s side took over Bell Park on the weekend to continue their unbeaten run of 10 games now.
With only two games left before playoffs, the PURC U21s have cemented themselves in first place and are likely to finish the regular season unbeaten as they face East Tamaki and Waitemata.
The PURC Women’s 10s (Belles) had a tough weekend, going down to a strong University side.
Meanwhile, the club’s premier men are making a late run for a top-four spot. They are in fifth place, four points behind Grammar TEC in fourth. They must record wins against Papatoetoe and Ponsonby in their final two games if they want to compete for the Gallagher Shield.
PURC Weekend Results 24-06-23
PURC Premier Men vs Waitemata
HT: PURC 13 – Waitemata 10
FT: PURC 27 – Waitemata 17
Other Premier Men Results:
Suburbs 0 – Manukau Rovers 0 (Game Cancelled due to medical event)
Grammar TEC 25 – University 30
Waitakere City 0 – Papatoetoe 69
Marist 21 – Ponsonby 33
Eden 23 – College Rifles 32
Auckland Club Rugby Premier Men Standings
| PLACE | TEAM | PLAYED | WON | DRAWN | LOST | POINTS | + / – | |
| 1 | MANUKAU ROVERS | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 46 | + 402 | |
| 2 | PONSONBY | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 44 | + 121 | |
| 3 | UNIVERSITY | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 39 | + 224 | |
| 4 | GRAMMAR TEC | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 38 | + 250 | |
| 5 | PAKURANGA | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 34 | + 230 | |
| 6 | COLLEGE RIFLES | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 30 | + 43 | |
| 7 | SUBURBS | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 30 | + 19 | |
| 8 | WAITEMATA | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 26 | + 89 | |
| 9 | PAPATOETOE | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 22 | – 71 | |
| 10 | MARIST | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | – 128 | |
| 11 | OTAHUHU | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | – 312 | |
| 12 | EDEN | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | – 245 | |
| 13 | WAITAKERE CITY | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | – 622 |
PURC Women’s 10’s (Belles) vs University
FT: PURC 10 – University 47
PURC Premier Reserve Men vs Waitemata
HT: PURC 3 – Waitemata 5
FT: PURC 8 – Waitemata 29
PURC U21 Men vs Papatoetoe
HT: PURC 5 – Papatoetoe 5
FT: PURC 36 – Papatoetoe 13
PURC U85 Black Panthers vs Ponsonby Pikeys
HT: PURC 20 – Ponsonby 0
FT: PURC 27 – Ponsonby 12
Pakuranga Rugby Fixtures 01/07/23:
PURC Premier Men vs Papatoetoe Premier Men – 2:45pm (Papatoetoe Recreation).
PURC Premier Development Men vs Papatoetoe Premier Development Men – 1pm (Papatoetoe Recreation).
PURC U21 Men vs East Tamaki U21 Men – 1pm (East Tamaki Reserve, Field 1).
PURC Black Panthers U85’s vs College Rifles Bombers U85s – 1pm (Bell Park).
