Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby
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Huge game in the North Harbour schools comp this weekend with Takapuna Grammer hosting Westlake.
Both teams unbeaten sitting locked on 54 points each on the standings with the 3rd place team back on 33 points.
They met earlier in the season and had a 27 - 27 draw. Hopefully a cracking game. May be the case of who turns up best after a 3 week break for school holidays
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Super 8 and CNI games on 28 July, only one home game:
Super 8
Tauranga Boys 1st XV v Hastings Boys 1st XV @ Nicholson Field 1, Tauranga; k/o 12.00pm
New Plymouth BHS 1st XV v Napier BHS 1st XV @ Gully, New Plymouth; k/o 12.00pmCNI
St John's Coll (Hastings) 1st XV v Wanganui Collegiate 1st XV @ St John's 1; k/o 12.00pm
St Paul's Coll 1st XV v Lindisfarne 1st XV @ St Paul's, Hamilton; k/o 12.00pm
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@jk said in Schoolboy Rugby:
Huge game in the North Harbour schools comp this weekend with Takapuna Grammer hosting Westlake.
Both teams unbeaten sitting locked on 54 points each on the standings with the 3rd place team back on 33 points.
They met earlier in the season and had a 27 - 27 draw. Hopefully a cracking game. May be the case of who turns up best after a 3 week break for school holidays
Great game with Westlake running out winners 21-16. Some very smart football at times which is great to see at that age
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Hey @jk You're in the school rugby thread on the Magpies forum. Maybe this is something you'd like to post in the general school rugby thread?
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@stargazer said in Schoolboy Rugby:
Hey @jk You're in the school rugby thread on the Magpies forum. Maybe this is something you'd like to post in the general school rugby thread?
Haha I could yes
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Polson banner game: Napier Boys 36 - 19 Palmerston North Boys
Consequences of this game (assuming the Hurricanes fixture list is still correc):
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Napier will play Hamilton Boys in the Super 8 Final on 11 August. In Hamilton, if Hamilton Boys grabs at least one point against Hastings Boys this weekend. If Hastings wins and leave Hamilton pointless, Hamilton and Napier finish on equal points. I don't know what the tiebreak rule is. Points differential is in favour of Napier; result of the H'ton v Napier game is in Hamilton's favour.
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The Hurricanes fixture list mentions a game between the 2nd Hurricanes team in the Super 8 (Hastings Boys) and a Challenger team from the Hurricanes region on 22 August, but that game wasn't played last year because there was no challenger team. It might be the same this year.
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If that game isn't played, Hastings Boys will play the winner of the Wellington Premiership in Wellington in the first Hurricanes Top 4 Semi-Final on 25 August.
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Napier Boys will play the loser of the Wellington Premiership Final in Napier in the other Hurricanes Top 4 Semi-Final on 25 August.
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The Hurricanes Final for a spot in the Top 4 will be played in Palmerston-North on Saturday, 1 September.
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Napier BHS play Hamilton BHS tomorrow in the Super 8 Final in Hamilton. It will be broadcast live on the Rugby Channel from 12.30pm.
This is the Napier line-up for tomorrow's game:
1 Jayden Walker
2 Tyrone Thompson
3 Patrick Teddy
4 Tiaki Fabish
5 Frank Lochore
6 Josh Gimblett
7 Sam Henderson
8 Luke Russell
9 Treyah Kingi-Taukamo
10 Henry Williams
11 Jayden Stock
12 Kegan Christian-Goss
13 Leo Thompson
14 Jack Sheridan
15 Max Anderson16 Hayden Davis
17 Manaaki Aranui
18 Oskar Lynch
19 Rob Slabbekoorn
20 Angus Kilmister
21 Qunta Tawhai
22 Harry DevineI doubt Napier will win the final, but I hope they'll put up a good fight. Fully home grown team without players from elsewhere on scholarships. Who knows, some of these lads may one day pull on a Magpies jersey. That's why I like watching school games.
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Napier just lost the Super 8 Final, but was just as good as Hamilton IMO. What cost them the game was the missed conversions (admittedly, some were from a difficult angle) and giving away that last penalty, that led to Hamilton scoring 3 points in the last seconds of the match.
Napier's scrum was better than Hamilton's, line-outs too, pick and go was great, defence was impressive. Hamilton's defence was strong, too, but different from Napier, they used their backs more, with one runaway try scored by a fast Fijian. Hamilton also managed to get some very useful turnovers, but their line-out drives didn't work against the Napier defence.
Stand-out players for Napier were captain and hooker Tyrone Thompson, TH prop Patrick Teddy, no. 8 Luke Russel, and centre Leo Thompson. Their forward pack is no doubt the strength of the team. It will be interesting to see how they go in the Hurricanes Top 4.
Last year, Hastings absolutely dominated and this year, they were only a few bonus points behind Napier (the only team to beat them). While it is clear that Hastings is not as strong as last year, and Napier is significantly better than previous years, the question is whether the Wellington Schools have improved.
Can a Hawke's Bay team again grab the Hurricanes spot in the National Top 4?
If they do, today's match has shown that Hamilton is beatable. A National Top 4 Final is feasible, if Hamilton is the opponent in the semis. -
It appears, there is a challenger to take on Hastings BHS for a spot in the Hurricanes Top 4: Palmerston North BHS.
The game will be played in Hastings tomorrow. Kick-off 2.00pm.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503460&objectid=12108381
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Nationwide Scores
Auckland Final
St Peter's College: 29 v King's College: 281B
Tangaroa College: 31 v MacLeans: 7UC Semis
Christchurch BHS: 54 v Rangiora HS: 22
Christ's College: 24 v St Bede's College: 23Hurricanes Playoff
Hastings BHS: 43 v Palmerston North BHS: 21
CNI Final
St Paul's Collegiate: 24 v Feilding High School: 17
Highlanders
Otago BHS: 43 v Waitaki: 0 (Otago play Southland next week)From fourth to first - St Peter’s win 1A!
St Peter’s College are the 1A Auckland First XV champions after a stirring 29-28 victory over King’s College at Eden Park.
For the second consecutive week, St Peter’s won by a solitary point after upsetting St Kentigern College 22-21 in the semi-final.
In the last minute King’s went within a whisker of stealing an unlikely triumph. Stranded deep inside their 22, King’s spread the ball to the left wing where centre Lukas Halls bullied through multiple tackles before kicking ahead for fullback Aidan Morgan and himself to chase.
A retreating St Peter’s defender fell over leaving Halls and Morgan unmarked. Five-meters short of the St Peter’s try line, Halls bent over to try and collect the ball, but an awkward bounce slipped through his grasp gifting St Peter’s the last scrum and the championship.
St Peter’s start was the total opposite of their nervy finnish. The Saints burst out a 17-3 lead after 20 minutes on the back of an imperious forward display. King’s had no answer for the St Peter’s onslaught as tries to Sam Wye, Semisi Tapa and Apetone Vaka had St Peter’s comfortably ahead.
Wye scored in the first minute charging down a Zarn Sullivan clearance while Tapa and Vaka were the benefactors of accurate and aggressive phase play.
St Peter’s discipline wavered and their lineout wobbled allowing King’s to gradually crawl their way back into the contest. Wing Temple Kalepo burst onto a short ball from halfback Thorn Parkes to score King’s first try and two penalties from Morgan made it 17-13 at halftime.
Morgan kicked a third penalty two minutes after the resumption to close the deficit to 17-16, before Sullivan propelled the Maroon colours 21-18 ahead with a 35-meter solo dash.
St Peter’s regrouped and a try to wing PJ Tonga reclaimed the lead, 22-21. Captain Niko Jones was largely responsible after an outrageous offload, behind his back, in a three-man tackle.
St Peter’s first-five Ajay Faleafaga played with a composure and skill older than his 15 years and a bullet pass to unmarked Malipolo Manukia expanded St Peter’s lead to 27-21. The sideline conversion, which traveled straighter than an arrow, was ultimately the most important kick of the match.
Kalepo emulated Jones in the offloading department, releasing in the vice of two tacklers to set Halls free for King’s third try and set up a grandstand finnish.
Both St Peter’s props Zyon Holo and Hamdahn Tuipulotu were relentlessly damaging and Tapa was named man of the match for his bruising contribution.
King’s enjoyed a healthy advantage in the penalty count, but critically Sullivan missed touch twice in the last 15 minutes.
St Peter’s have been semi-finalists six times in the past decade, but at last can call themselves champions for the first time since 2000.
The victory will no doubt be dedicated to Peter Watt and Dylan Mika, two legendary rugby figures at the college who passed away this year.
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@magpie_in_aus No problem, but this is the Magpies Schoolboy Thread. Did you mean to post this in here?
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Not really.
Updated post.
Hurricanes Playoff
Hastings BHS: 43 v Palmerston North BHS: 21
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St Pat's Silverstream beat St Pat's Town in the Wellington Premiership Final yesterday (29 - 22).
That means that Napier Boys will host St Pat's Town in Napier for the Hurricanes Top 4 semis, and that Hastings Boys will have to travel to St Pat's Silverstream for the other semi.
I can't remember how they did against each other during preseason in the annual sports exchanges/traditionals, so I don't know whether the Wellington schools have improved. Napier has definitely improved a lot since last year, and while Hastings isn't as good as in previous years, they're still quite good. I'm quietly hoping for a Napier v Hastings Final.
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@stargazer
Going by the other schoolboy thread from earlier in the seasonNapier BHS 40 v St Pats Silverstream 22
Napier BHS: 64 v St Pats Town: 8St Pats Silverstream: 14 v Hastings BHS: 7
and for other reference.
Palmerston North BHS: 42 v St Pats Town: 8
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@stargazer said in Schoolboy Rugby:
This Saturday:
Hurricanes Top 4 Semi-Finals
Napier BHS v St Pat's Town, played at NBHS with kick-off at 12.30pm
St Pat's Silverstream v Hastings BHS, played at Porirua Park #1 with kick-off at 12.30pmThe Battle for the Soul of the Canes. I think I'll even support NBHS in this week.
Hopefully HBHS can turn around their earlier defeat, it was reasonably close so not insurmountable and they've come off an ok Super 8.
