Kia ora Rapiti. Remember the days when we could go and watch the Bay and know most of the backline playing and almost all of the forwards?
Fast forward to today's Steamers team. Where are the locally-bred club players? No-where.
Perhaps Mike Rodgers, the current CEO of BOP Rugby, and the board who employed him need to take a long hard look at the direction they have taken our team.
In any other company the failure to deliver would be met with a totally new board and CEO being appointed.
It is clearly obvious the direction the Steamers board is heading in is not working.
We need to inspire our club players to reach for Steamer status and that will never happen when we have five Aussies in the team and many others who have never played club rugby here in Tauranga.
Give us a reason to show up and support the Steamers by giving us local players to support. Then, and only then, will you see the puff, the players and the support come back to our Steamers.

Tommy ‘Kapai' Wilson, Te Puna.