2018 Jock Hobbs Memorial National U19 Tournament

[Bovidae]

Wellington 62 - Taranaki 8
Southland 29 - Northland 22

[Bovidae]

[Stargazer]

First results:

Hawke's Bay 33 - 35 Ta$man (HT: 21 - 15)
Auckland Dev 40 - 17 Manawatu (HT: 16 - 5)
Heartland 35 - 38 Northland (HT: 21 - 12)
Auckland 41 - 20 Taranaki (HT: 17 - 13)

[Stargazer]

Bay of Plenty 68 - 12 North Harbour (HT: 28 -12)
Otago 27 - 25 Counties Manukau (HT: 10 - 10)

BOP are unstoppable!

[Bovidae]

Waikato did OK vs BOP in comparison.

[chchfanatic]

@stargazer Canterbury 39-22 over Wellington.

[Stargazer]

Waikato 59 - 0 Southland (HT: 28 - 0)
Canterbury 39 - 22 Wellington (HT: 15 - 15)

[Bovidae]

Finals will be:

BOP vs Canterbury (Graham Mourie Cup)
Otago vs Waikato (Michael Jones Trophy)

[Bovidae]

I know what I'll be doing on Saturday afternoon...

[taniwharugby]

Cantabs leading BOP at half time - 13-8

[Stargazer]

@taniwharugby How quick things can change. BoP leading 20 - 13 after 44 minutes. Both teams looking strong.

[Stargazer]

It was widely discussed in the Crusaders thread that they had signed an Aussie schoolboy on a academy contract. That player, lock Nick Frost looks the goods in this Canterbury U19 team.

Interestingly, the commentators just said that there is also an Aussie schoolboy in the BoP U19 team, as well as one in the Waikato U19 (or was it Counties?) team.

[Bovidae]

@stargazer The Waikato halfback Josh Vuta is an Aussie (ex Aust SS) the commentators said. I'd never heard of him previously.

[Steven Harris]

That’s a sensational BOP try..!

[Steven Harris]

@stargazer Frost apparently is 2.05 metres,I wonder if he is gonna make himself available not just the Saders but also the ABs..

[Stargazer]

@steven-harris Yeah, that will be interesting. I wonder when he came to NZ. Before the 1st of January, and the residency period is 3 years; if he can after, it's 5 years.

[African Monkey]

What a finish!

[Stargazer]

Great to see yet another team win the tournament. There was nothing between these teams, either could have won it. Congrats to BoP, awesome game.

[Steven Harris]

@stargazer that’s some BOP team,good luck holding on to those boys..!

[Baron Silas Greenback]

@steven-harris said in 2018 Jock Hobbs Memorial National U19 Tournament:

@stargazer that’s some BOP team,good luck holding on to those boys..!

Why would we lose them?