NZ Herald
  • Home
  • Latest news
  • Herald NOW
  • Video
  • New Zealand
  • Sport
  • World
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Podcasts
  • Quizzes
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Viva
  • Weather

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • New Zealand
    • All New Zealand
    • Crime
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Open Justice
    • Scam Update
  • Herald NOW
  • On The Up
  • World
    • All World
    • Australia
    • Asia
    • UK
    • United States
    • Middle East
    • Europe
    • Pacific
  • Business
    • All Business
    • MarketsSharesCurrencyCommoditiesStock TakesCrypto
    • Markets with Madison
    • Media Insider
    • Business analysis
    • Personal financeKiwiSaverInterest ratesTaxInvestment
    • EconomyInflationGDPOfficial cash rateEmployment
    • Small business
    • Business reportsMood of the BoardroomProject AucklandSustainable business and financeCapital markets reportAgribusiness reportInfrastructure reportDynamic business
    • Deloitte Top 200 Awards
    • CompaniesAged CareAgribusinessAirlinesBanking and financeConstructionEnergyFreight and logisticsHealthcareManufacturingMedia and MarketingRetailTelecommunicationsTourism
  • Opinion
    • All Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Editorials
    • Business analysis
    • Premium opinion
    • Letters to the editor
  • Politics
  • Sport
    • All Sport
    • OlympicsParalympics
    • RugbySuper RugbyNPCAll BlacksBlack FernsRugby sevensSchool rugby
    • CricketBlack CapsWhite Ferns
    • Racing
    • NetballSilver Ferns
    • LeagueWarriorsNRL
    • FootballWellington PhoenixAuckland FCAll WhitesFootball FernsEnglish Premier League
    • GolfNZ Open
    • MotorsportFormula 1
    • Boxing
    • UFC
    • BasketballNBABreakersTall BlacksTall Ferns
    • Tennis
    • Cycling
    • Athletics
    • SailingAmerica's CupSailGP
    • Rowing
  • Lifestyle
    • All Lifestyle
    • Viva - Food, fashion & beauty
    • Society Insider
    • Royals
    • Sex & relationships
    • Food & drinkRecipesRecipe collectionsRestaurant reviewsRestaurant bookings
    • Health & wellbeing
    • Fashion & beauty
    • Pets & animals
    • The Selection - Shop the trendsShop fashionShop beautyShop entertainmentShop giftsShop home & living
    • Milford's Investing Place
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • TV
    • MoviesMovie reviews
    • MusicMusic reviews
    • BooksBook reviews
    • Culture
    • ReviewsBook reviewsMovie reviewsMusic reviewsRestaurant reviews
  • Travel
    • All Travel
    • News
    • New ZealandNorthlandAucklandWellingtonCanterburyOtago / QueenstownNelson-TasmanBest NZ beaches
    • International travelAustraliaPacific IslandsEuropeUKUSAAfricaAsia
    • Rail holidays
    • Cruise holidays
    • Ski holidays
    • Luxury travel
    • Adventure travel
  • Kāhu Māori news
  • Environment
    • All Environment
    • Our Green Future
  • Talanoa Pacific news
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Property Insider
    • Interest rates tracker
    • Residential property listings
    • Commercial property listings
  • Health
  • Technology
    • All Technology
    • AI
    • Social media
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
    • Opinion
    • Audio & podcasts
  • Weather forecasts
    • All Weather forecasts
    • Kaitaia
    • Whangārei
    • Dargaville
    • Auckland
    • Thames
    • Tauranga
    • Hamilton
    • Whakatāne
    • Rotorua
    • Tokoroa
    • Te Kuiti
    • Taumaranui
    • Taupō
    • Gisborne
    • New Plymouth
    • Napier
    • Hastings
    • Dannevirke
    • Whanganui
    • Palmerston North
    • Levin
    • Paraparaumu
    • Masterton
    • Wellington
    • Motueka
    • Nelson
    • Blenheim
    • Westport
    • Reefton
    • Kaikōura
    • Greymouth
    • Hokitika
    • Christchurch
    • Ashburton
    • Timaru
    • Wānaka
    • Oamaru
    • Queenstown
    • Dunedin
    • Gore
    • Invercargill
  • Meet the journalists
  • Promotions & competitions
  • OneRoof property listings
  • Driven car news

Puzzles & Quizzes

  • Puzzles
    • All Puzzles
    • Sudoku
    • Code Cracker
    • Crosswords
    • Cryptic crossword
    • Wordsearch
  • Quizzes
    • All Quizzes
    • Morning quiz
    • Afternoon quiz
    • Sports quiz

Regions

  • Northland
    • All Northland
    • Far North
    • Kaitaia
    • Kerikeri
    • Kaikohe
    • Bay of Islands
    • Whangarei
    • Dargaville
    • Kaipara
    • Mangawhai
  • Auckland
  • Waikato
    • All Waikato
    • Hamilton
    • Coromandel & Hauraki
    • Matamata & Piako
    • Cambridge
    • Te Awamutu
    • Tokoroa & South Waikato
    • Taupō & Tūrangi
  • Bay of Plenty
    • All Bay of Plenty
    • Katikati
    • Tauranga
    • Mount Maunganui
    • Pāpāmoa
    • Te Puke
    • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua
  • Hawke's Bay
    • All Hawke's Bay
    • Napier
    • Hastings
    • Havelock North
    • Central Hawke's Bay
    • Wairoa
  • Taranaki
    • All Taranaki
    • Stratford
    • New Plymouth
    • Hāwera
  • Manawatū - Whanganui
    • All Manawatū - Whanganui
    • Whanganui
    • Palmerston North
    • Manawatū
    • Tararua
    • Horowhenua
  • Wellington
    • All Wellington
    • Kapiti
    • Wairarapa
    • Upper Hutt
    • Lower Hutt
  • Nelson & Tasman
    • All Nelson & Tasman
    • Motueka
    • Nelson
    • Tasman
  • Marlborough
  • West Coast
  • Canterbury
    • All Canterbury
    • Kaikōura
    • Christchurch
    • Ashburton
    • Timaru
  • Otago
    • All Otago
    • Oamaru
    • Dunedin
    • Balclutha
    • Alexandra
    • Queenstown
    • Wanaka
  • Southland
    • All Southland
    • Invercargill
    • Gore
    • Stewart Island
  • Gisborne

Media

  • Video
    • All Video
    • NZ news video
    • Herald NOW
    • Business news video
    • Politics news video
    • Sport video
    • World news video
    • Lifestyle video
    • Entertainment video
    • Travel video
    • Markets with Madison
    • Kea Kids news
  • Podcasts
    • All Podcasts
    • The Front Page
    • On the Tiles
    • Ask me Anything
    • The Little Things
  • Cartoons
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / New Zealand

Hawks face tough week in the south

Doug Laing
By Doug Laing
Multimedia Journalist·Hawkes Bay Today·
27 May, 2024 12:14 AM4 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

    Reminder, this is a Premium article and requires a subscription to read.

BNZ Breakers sign former NBA player Jonah Bolden on one-year deal Video / BNZ Breakers

The Taylor Hawks have stepped back on to the training court, battling through injuries but preparing for the toughest stage of the National Basketball League (NBL) season – two trips to the South Island, combining four matches in 10 days.

The injury woes were highlighted last Wednesday when the Hawke’s Bay side were beaten 103-76 by the Taranaki Airs in New Plymouth, with former Hawks star Derone Raukawa among the opposition.

Hawks star Isaiah Moore, who is second in the NBL on average points scored per game, pictured in action in the team’s match against the Franklin Bulls in Napier on May 15. Photo / Paul Taylor
Hawks star Isaiah Moore, who is second in the NBL on average points scored per game, pictured in action in the team’s match against the Franklin Bulls in Napier on May 15. Photo / Paul Taylor

It was the fifth time in 10 games that the Hawks had been beaten by more than 20 points, Isaiah Moore claiming 26 points for the Hawks on the night, but with little other back-up in a game in which his side were never in front and were down by 19 points at one stage before the end of the first quarter.

They recovered with the last nine points of the quarter but with Taranaki in front 26-15 at the first break, the hosts continued to control the game, taking the second quarter 26-21, the third 28-20 and the last 23-20.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Despite the record of four wins and six losses and sitting eighth heading into the second half of the season, the Hawks have the fourth-highest average of 92.9 points a game.

Moore, whose points against the Airs came after a haul of 33 in the previous match, a 101-79 loss to the Franklin Bulls on the home Pettigrew Green Arena Court in Taradale, is second-to-top on average points per game with 23.9 points, headed only by Franklin Bulls import guard Luther Muhammad.

Moore is also second-to-top on average assists at 7.9 per game, and fifth on steals, while Josh Roberts tops the rebounds at 13 per game.

Missing last week were Keanu Rasmussen, Balin Casson and Rapid League MVP leader Tommy Ferguson, who are all injured – and with Ferguson facing the possibility of missing the rest of the season, depending on the outcome of his injury diagnosis.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

The combination necessitated the recall, again, of club general manager Jarrod Kenny, in his 14th season playing for the province. While he’d never give up the chance of a game, it was “unfortunately” the case, he said after his 22 minutes on court.

The Hawks now head south to play the Nelson Giants for the first time this season, in Nelson on Thursday, the Giants coming fresh from a 10-point win over the Bulls in Pukekohe on Sunday.

Two nights later in Christchurch, the Hawks play defending champions and joint leaders the Canterbury Rams, aiming to avenge a 20-point defeat in Taradale on April 20, heading home afterwards but then getting back on the plane a few days later to fly to the deep south for June 6-8 matches against the Southland Sharks and the Otago Nuggets, two of the sides beaten by the Hawks in earlier rounds in Taradale.

Meanwhile, the Hawks remain in second place on the Rapid League development teams table, looking for a win over leaders the Giants.

Results to date: lost 91-70 v Tauranga Whai, beat Southland Sharks 107-80, beat Manawatū Jets 92-89, lost 104-84 v Canterbury Rams, lost 111-104 v Wellington Saints, beat Tauranga Whai 105-74, lost 120-96 v Auckland Tuatara, beat Otago Nuggets 116-105, lost 101-79 v Franklin Bulls, lost 103-76 v Taranaki Airs.

Remaining games: May 30 v Nelson Giants (A), June 1 v Canterbury Rams (A), June 6 v Southland Sharks (A), June 8 v Otago Nuggets (A), June 15 v Nelson Giants (H), June 20 v Wellington Saints (H), June 26 v Taranaki Airs (H), July 4 v Franklin Bulls (A), July 6 v Manawatū Jets (H), July 19 v Auckland Tuatara (H).

Doug Laing is a senior reporter based in Napier with Hawke’s Bay Today and has 51 years of journalism experience, 40 of them in Hawke’s Bay, in news gathering, including breaking news, sports, local events, issues and personalities.

Save

    Share this article

    Reminder, this is a Premium article and requires a subscription to read.

Latest from Sport

Sport

'Historic embarrassment': Argentine media reacts to Auckland City's draw

24 Jun 11:46 PM
FootballUpdated

Auckland City FC earn famous draw with Argentine giants Boca Juniors

24 Jun 10:46 PM
Sport

Veteran sports broadcaster Garry Ahern dies at 75

24 Jun 09:43 PM

Kaibosh gets a clean-energy boost in the fight against food waste

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Sport

'Historic embarrassment': Argentine media reacts to Auckland City's draw

'Historic embarrassment': Argentine media reacts to Auckland City's draw

24 Jun 11:46 PM

Boca had 40 shots but couldn't secure the win against Auckland's defence.

Auckland City FC earn famous draw with Argentine giants Boca Juniors

Auckland City FC earn famous draw with Argentine giants Boca Juniors

24 Jun 10:46 PM
Veteran sports broadcaster Garry Ahern dies at 75

Veteran sports broadcaster Garry Ahern dies at 75

24 Jun 09:43 PM
Small but mighty: Kyro gets set for Tai Mitchell challenge

Small but mighty: Kyro gets set for Tai Mitchell challenge

24 Jun 09:26 PM
Engage and explore one of the most remote places on Earth in comfort and style
sponsored

Engage and explore one of the most remote places on Earth in comfort and style

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • NZ Herald e-editions
  • Daily puzzles & quizzes
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Subscribe to the NZ Herald newspaper
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP