2018 School Rugby
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@tim His defence against Hamilton Boys won us the match, and his work from the back of the scrum and ball in hand won it for us today. A real classy player I think his future is at 7 unless he starts growing a bit more as he isn't the biggest loosie going round.
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man he looks and sounds like his dad!
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@african-monkey said in 2018 School Rugby:
@tim His defence against Hamilton Boys won us the match, and his work from the back of the scrum and ball in hand won it for us today. A real classy player I think his future is at 7 unless he starts growing a bit more as he isn't the biggest loosie going round.
Really interesting with Gibson and Papali'i around..
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@jk said in 2018 School Rugby:
Saw a snippet of highlights of the final on the news. Jeez Niko (or is it Nikau?) Jones sounds like his old man.
Hopefully catch full game replay on sky this week
Slow starts v Westlake and same in this game by sounds of it
Michael Jones' middle name is Niko.
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ha bit they just mentioned on the news just now...Michael Jones let Niko decide if he wanted to play yesterday, being a Sunday and all!
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The two Auckland private schools he refers to must be St Kents and Kings.
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@bovidae said in 2018 New Zealand Schools:
The two Auckland private schools he refers to must be St Kents and Kings.
If this bit is true, then holy shit!
Bills alleges rich-lister Douglas Goodfellow, when he died in 2014, left St Kentigern $250 million.
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From: http://www.businesshalloffame.co.nz/past-laureates/goodfellow-william-douglas/
i(William) Douglas Goodfellow
Douglas Goodfellow, a son of dairy entrepreneur Sir William Goodfellow, built on his good start in life to become an astute investor and a spectacular donor.
He inherited great wealth but also the Goodfellows’ Presbyterian penchant for altruism and modesty. Once the richest New Zealander, by 1995 he had transferred most of his fortune to chartable trusts.
Goodfellow became a generous donor to the St Kentigern Trust, established in 1949 to facilitate the creation of a Presbyterian boys’ college at Pakuranga, Auckland.
He also established and funded a postgraduate chair in general practice at the Auckland Medical School, the Goodfellow Unit offering continuing education to doctors and nurses in primary health care, and the Douglas Goodfellow Scholarship in Engineering.
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@bovidae said in 2018 New Zealand Schools:
The two Auckland private schools he refers to must be St Kents and Kings.
I don't know why he stopped at two private schools. Auckland Grammar and MAGS do the same too.
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@bovidae it has always happened to some degree in NZ, not a new problem at all. Difference now is that almost ALL schools do it. If you look at new to schools list each year that as coaches you are allowed to see, the surprise is to see a school that doesn't from the Sth to the nth.
In relation to St Peters they do. Maybe not to the same level as others but they are very selective on who they enroll. They have over 3 times the amount of boys apply than there are places when entering so they can 'select' the best from there while topping up when needed.
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@98blueandgold This isn't the first article on this topic so, like you, I'm interested to know what prompted Peter Lampp to write it now. I assume he would have knowledge of what happens in the Manawatu region, and maybe PNBHS is one of the Super 8 schools that have lost players to another school.
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@98blueandgold said in 2018 School Rugby:
@bovidae it has always happened to some degree in NZ, not a new problem at all. Difference now is that almost ALL schools do it. If you look at new to schools list each year that as coaches you are allowed to see, the surprise is to see a school that doesn't from the Sth to the nth.
In relation to St Peters they do. Maybe not to the same level as others but they are very selective on who they enroll. They have over 3 times the amount of boys apply than there are places when entering so they can 'select' the best from there while topping up when needed.
Getting boring listening to these articles now, like to see the motivation behind it.With the emphasis on "almost". For example, Napier Boys does not. All players from the 1st XV squad that played so well this year and reached the final were at NBHS since year 9 and the one exception was a player who arrived from Lindisfarne College in year 10.
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@stargazer I agree but schools like Napier are selective in their enrolment, much like St Peters. I do not know their story but how many are out of zone enrolments. Schools may not bring players in but they make sure they are attracted to school at year 9. It doesn't bother me but schools go out of there way to say they don't poach yet 80% of the 1stXV are from out of the school zone.
Classic example is Christchurch Boys who if they selected solely or even if 50% came from zone wld like very different as a 1stXV. Auckland Grammar wld be the same. -
@98blueandgold Not sure what you mean with "selective in their enrolment" of out of zone students. They apply the priorities listed in the Education Act (with the first priority - relating to special programmes - not being applicable to NBHS). If there are more applicants than places in a priority group, selection is by ballot. How can they select players based on their rugby abilities based on those criteria?
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@stargazer I'm not having a go at Napier at all, as I said I do not know of their situation and understand how a few players have ended at other schools from them recently. I will not make judgement on them. They did awesome this year with St Peters.
I am more stating about articles like this.
It's easy for people to bury their heads in the sand or point fingers without the fully understanding the story. Zoning has eroded the power of Many 'prestigious' rugby schools who now 'bend' the rules to suit them and then point fingers at 'poachers' there are many expressions for this. Again not having a go at Napier at all.
