2018 School Rugby

[Bovidae]

@african-monkey Quite a fall from being national champs only 2 years ago.

[mikedogz]

WAIKATO SECONDARY SCHOOLS 1ST DIVISION RESULTS WEEK 1

Cambridge High School 30-24 Tokoroa High School
Morrinsville College 20-29 Te Awamutu College
Hamilton Boys High School Black 22-7 Matamata College
Hillcrest High School 0-26 Hamilton Boys High School Colts

[mimic]

@african-monkey said in 2018 School Rugby:

@bovidae MAGS don't seem to be up to much this year.

Moony still coaching them or has he fully moved into the Auckland coaching set up?

[Stargazer]

Some mid-week results:

Annual Sports Exchanges:
Wairarapa Coll 1st XV (12) - (50) Napier BHS 1st XV
New Plymouth BHS 1st XV (22) - (19) Francis Douglas MC 1st XV
New Plymouth BHS 2nd XV (72) - (5) Francis Douglas MC 2nd XV
New Plymouth BHS U15 (17) - (10) Francis Douglas MC U15A
Hamilton BHS 2nd XV (41) - (10) Auckland Grammar 2nd XV (* 1st XV Rugby fixture not played in 2018)
Hamilton BHS U15A (3) - (0) Auckland Grammar U15
Wellington College 1st XV (26) - (31) St Pat's Town 1st XV
Tauranga BC 1st XV (31) - (22) Westlake BHS 1st XV

UC Championship & UC Cup
Marlborough Boys College 1st XV (16) v (15) Nelson College 1st XV

Central North Island
St Paul's Collegiate 1st XV (36) - (22) Wanganui Collegiate 1st XV
St Paul's Collegiate 2nd XV (41) - (22) Wanganui Collegiate 2nd XV

[Stargazer]

Results from last weekend 1-2 June:

North Harbour
Westlake 27 v Takapuna 27
Whangaeri 15 v Rosmini 15
Massey 33 v Birkenhead 0
Orewa 25 v Rangitoto 10

Auckland
St Kents 86 v One Tree Hill 0
Sacred Heart 53 v Liston 0
Aorere 7 v MAGS 33
Auckland GS 43 v Dilworth 8
St Peter's 12 v Kings 33

UC Championship
Marlborough 16 v Nelson College 15
Lincoln Combined 32 v Ashburton 7
Waimea Combined 21 v St Bede's 26
St Andrews 48 v Roncalli 15
St Thomas CC 24 v Timaru BHS 5
Shirley BHS 20 v Raingora 17
Christchurch BHS 32 v Christ’s College 16

Wellington 1st XV - Premiership:
St Pat's Town 31 v Wellington College 26
Silverstream 64 v Wairarapa Coll 12
St Bernard's 36 v Porirua Coll 15
Scots Coll 38 v Rongotai Coll 23
Kapiti 22 v HIBS 20

Super 8
Palmerston North BHS 1st XV 22 v Tauranga Boys Coll 2nd XV 12
Palmersotn North BHS 2nd XV 12 v Tauranga Boys Coll 2nd XV 7

Central North Island
Lindisfarne Coll 22 v St Peter's School (Cambridge) 31
Wanganui Coll 50 v St John's (Hamilton) 0
Francis Douglas 5 v Feilding HS 34

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Mid-week results

Annual Sports Exchanges:
Scotts Coll 7 v Napier BHS 33
St Pat's Silverstream 46 v Wellington Coll 0
Christ's Coll 0 v Rathkeale Coll 10

[Tim]

@stargazer said in 2018 School Rugby:

Westlake 27 v Takapuna 27

Fuckin' Taka Grammar eh.

Good result for Whangarei too.

[Bovidae]

This weeks results:

Auckland
St Kents 31 v Kelston 10
Sacred Heart 25 v MAGS 13
Dilworth 29 v One Tree Hill College0
Kings College 88 v Aorere College 0
Auckland GS 30 v St Peters 34
De La Salle 50 v Liston 0

North Harbour
Rosmini 34 v Orewa 11
Takapuna 25 v Whangarei 20
Westlake 56 v Birkenhead 7
Massey 22 v Orewa 15

Wellington
Kapiti 27 v Porirua 5
Scots 38 v HIBS 17
Wairarapa 25 v St Bernard's 0
St Pats Town 32 v Rongotai 0

UC
Lincoln Combined 25 v St Thomas 24
Roncalli 17 v Ashburton 6
Raingora 37 v Maralborugh 18
Nelson College 57 v Waimea 14
St Bede's 17 v Christ's 23
Shirley 17 v Christchurch BHS 19

Otago
South Otago HS 62 v King's (2) 19
Otago BHS 31 v St Kevin's 12
Waitaki BHS 35 v Mount Aspiring 7
Kings HS 24 v Dunstan 5
Otago (2) 31 v Taieri 12
John McGlashan 46 v Kavanagh 0

Super 8
Hamilton BHS 26 v New Plymouth BHS 7 (played on Thu)
Napier BHS 47 v Gisborne BHS 20
Hastings BHS 17 v Palmerston BHS 15
Rotorua BHS 34 v Tauranga BC 14

CNI
Wesley College 0 v Feilding HS 11
Lindisfarne 48 v St Johns Hastings 0

[mikedogz]

Waikato
1st XV (WSS 1st Division)
Te Awamutu 12 V 33 Cambridge High School
Tokoroa 5 V 41 HBHS: HBHS Black
Matamata 1 23 V 7 Hillcrest High School
HBHS Colts 24 V 7 Morrinsville College

Counties
Papakura HS 1st XV 5 vs 18 Pukekohe HS 1st XV
Alfriston College 1st XV 0 vs 56 Manurewa HS 1st XV

[Stargazer]

From Tyrone Elkington-MacDonald's instagram:

•2009 NZSS RUGBY REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP• 
If you're a Code head like me , you'll love this. 
Went digging through old photos and archives at home and came across this beauty of booklet - "National Regional Secondary School Rugby Championship"

Featuring 4 teams including:
1. Blues Schools
2. Chiefs Schools
3. Hurricanes Schools
4. South Island Schools

The tournament was held at Auckland Grammar and was taken out won by the Hurricanes Schools in the final over the Chiefs Schools.

The level of talent at this tournament as you can see is unbelievable. 
I have worked out roughly 58% of the players at the tournament played Mitre 10, about 1/3 of the players have played Super Rugby and 12 players have pulled on the Black jersey.

Below are some names that will be easily recognised:

BLUES SCHOOLS - Steven Luatua, Bryn Hall, Gareth Anscombe, Francis Saili and Ofa Tuungafasi

CHIEFS SCHOOLS - Nepo Laulala, Sam Cane and Charles Piutau

HURRICANES SCHOOLS - Codie Taylor, TJ Perenara, Lima Sopoaga, Brad Weber and Beauden Barrett.

SOUTHERN SCHOOLS - Brodie Rettalick and Marty McKenzie --------------- 

TOTAL PLAYERS - 92
Mitre 10 - 53 (58%)
Super - 30 (33%)
All Blacks - 12 (13%) BLUES SCHOOLS
Mitre 10 - 13
Super - 9
All Blacks - 3

CHIEFS SCHOOLS
Mitre 10 - 9
Super - 4
All Blacks - 3

CANES SCHOOLS
Mitre 10 - 19
Super - 13
All Blacks - 5

SOUTHERN SCHOOLS
Mitre 10 - 12
Super - 4
All Blacks - 1

[Nepia]

@stargazer It's a pity that Godie Taylor and Ben Tameifunai never kicked on at senior level.

[Stockcar86]

[Nepia]

@stockcar86 Didn't see you posting these pics the last two years.

Seriously needed an unlike button in the latest update.

[Bovidae]

The Super 8 seems to be more competitive this year, which is a good thing. PNBHS seems stronger (their game with Hamilton was very close) and Napier has started with 2 wins. I'll see them play in Hamilton in 2 weeks time.

[Stargazer]

Last week's mid-week games results:

Annual Sports Exchange
Wellington College 5 - 17 Christchurch BHS 17
St Pat's Silverstream 67, Rongotai College 0

CNI
Wanganui Coll 10, Rathkeal Coll 3
St Paul's Coll 40, St John's Hamilton 10

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Results from Saturday, 16 June:

Auckland
King's College 19 v Auckland Grammar 8
Kelston BHS 33 v One TreeHill 19
Dilworth 6 v St Kenitgern College 29
Liston 7 v Mount Albert GS 58
St Peter's 69 v Aorere 0
Sacred Heart 29 v De La Salle 0

Harbour
Takapuna 34 v Rosmini 19
Westlake 45 v Raingototo 5
Whangarei 87 v Birkenhead 0
Massey 50 v Orewa 19

Super 8
Napier BHS 27 v Hastings BHS 7
Hamilton 28 v Palmerston North 25
Tauranga Boys 34, NPBHS 38
Rotorua BHS 41, Gisborne BHS 5

CNI
Feilding HS 24 v St Peter's Cambridge 5
St John's Hastings 5, Wesley 46
FDMC 70, Te Aute 5
Rathkeale College 21, St Paul's Coll 39

Wellington
Wairarapa 60 v Kapiti 17
scots 36 v St Pats Town 15
HIBS 36 v Porirua 5
St Bernard's 29, Wellington College 15

Canterbury
St Andrews 50 v Timaru BHS 19 (midweek)
Lincoln 11 v Timaru BHS 0
Christ's v Nelson postponed
Waimea 12 v Marlborough BC 47
Ashburton 20 v Shirey BHS 54
St Bede's 5 v Christchurch BHS 21

Otago
Kings HS 35 v Taieri 3
South Otago 31 v Dunstan 29
St Kevin's 26 v Waitaki BHS 24
John McGlashan 37 v Mount Aspiring 0
Otago BHS beat Kavanagh by default

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Results mid-week games:

Annual Sports Exchange
Lindisfarne Coll 23, Wanganui Collegiate 17 (also CNI)
St Bede's 20, St Kevin's Coll 19

[Bovidae]

A mate and I went over to Rotovegas to watch the Super 8 game between Rotorua BHS and Hamilton BHS. Hamilton had a handy lead with 15 mins to go but Rotorua scored 2 late converted tries to their fullback (Ravutaumada?). He's very quick.

Hamilton BHS 28 - Rotorua BHS 27

[Bovidae]

Results from the weekend:

Auckland
Sacred Heart 6 v St Kents College 29
Aorere 23 v Liston 17
Dilworth 3 v De La Salle 38
MAGS 7 v St Peter's 26
Kelston BHS 21 v Auckland GS 12
One Tree Hill 0 v Kings 95

North Harbour
Takapuna 48 v Orewa 12
Whangaeri BHS 17 v Rangitoto 14
Westlake BHS 21 v Massey 14
Rosmini 81 v Birkenhead 0

Super 8
Napier BHS 26 v Tauranga BC 12
Palmerston North BHS 31 v New Plymouth BHS 28
Hastings BHS 24 v Gisborne BHS 13
Hamilton BHS 28 v Rotorua BHS 27

CNI
Wesley College 89 v St John's 12
St Peter's Cambridge 22 v St Pauls Collegiate 19
Francis Douglas 29 v Lindisfarne 7

Wellington
Scots College 53 v Wellington College 10
St Bernards 29 v Kapiti College 28
St Pats Silverstream 72 v Porirua 5
St Pats Town 58 v Wairarapa College 12
HIBS 23 v Rongotai 22

UC Championship
Roncalli 31 v St Thomas CC 43
Rangiora HS 17 v Christ's 34
Waimea 17 v Christchurch BHS 64
Marlborough BC 10 v Lincoln Combined 23
Ashburton 10 v. St Andrews 38
Shirley BHS 31 v Roncalli 3
Timaru BHS 7 v Nelson College 52
St Thomas CC 7 v St Bede's College 14

Otago
Otago BHS (2) 47 v South Otago HS 7
McGlashan 29 v Dunstan 8
Waitakai BHS 18 v Kings HS 15
Otago BHS 53 v Mount Aspiring 0
St Kevin's 76 v Kings HS (2) 10
Taieri 48 v Kavanagh 5

[Stargazer]

@bovidae Next week's Super 8 will be interesting, with Hamilton v Napier, both still unbeaten. The television game is Rotorua v Hastings, both with one loss, but Rotorua looks the better team.

[Tim]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/104978519/auckland-school-rugby-team-train-with-french-barbarians-in-memory-of-fallen-teammate

[Bovidae]

@stargazer

Hamilton and Rotorua were both unbeaten going into last Sat's game too. Rotorua looks to be a good team and has some size - their backs were much bigger than Hamilton's.

I'll be at the Hamilton-Napier game so will record the Rotorua-Hastings game.

[Stargazer]

NZ Rugby announce Secondary School Rugby Review

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) announced today it will conduct a review of Secondary School Rugby in New Zealand and is inviting the rugby community to provide submissions.

An independent project team made up of representatives from across the New Zealand rugby spectrum will carry out the review process which involves consultation with schools, rugby clubs and Provincial Unions.

New Zealand Rugby’s Head of Participation and Development Steve Lancaster said including the rugby community in the review process is an important part of NZR’s commitment to deliver a world-leading secondary school rugby system.

"We see this review process as a collaborative effort with the rugby community and we are encouraging those with a view to share that with us via the online submission process.

"Retaining teenagers is a challenge for us and there is work to be done by everyone in the rugby community to ensure they are provided with open, inclusive and fun environments and formats of the game that are relevant to them."

Lancaster said a key driver of the review was to ensure that there was a successful model for secondary school rugby throughout New Zealand in which boys and girls can both participate and perform.

"Performance rugby is an increasingly important area of secondary school sport in New Zealand and we are producing fantastic rugby players through our school system. Finding a healthy balance in this environment is important and a growing challenge.

"Of equal importance is the participation side of school rugby and how we can provide teenagers with enjoyable experiences that will carry long after their school years."

Lancaster said the review was timely given the significant growth in women’s and girl’s rugby and the need to ensure secondary schools rugby was equipped to manage and enhance this growth.

"Many of the challenges and opportunities we see in secondary school rugby aren’t unique to the boys’ side of the game, however, there’s a need to ensure there are sustainable competitions and pathways in place for girl’s rugby in schools.

"The review will also look at how the completed 2017 Respect and Responsibility Review can be implemented in secondary school rugby to ensure we are building a culture on the foundation of respect and inclusion."

The terms of reference are publicly available and can be viewed here: http://www.nzrugby.co.nz/what-we-do/secondary-school-rugby-review