2018 New Zealand Schools

Number 10

Evaan is playing first-five for King Country in this year's Heartland Championship on loan.

Bovidae

Highlights of the New Zealand Schools v Australian schools Barbarians game.

KiwiMurph

http://www.allblacks.com/News/33203/new-zealand-schools-team-named-to-play-australia-schools

New Zealand Schools’ will be looking to make it three from three in their 2018 campaign when they meet Australian Schools’ in Brisbane tomorrow (kickoff 8pm NZT). 

The New Zealand Schools’ team is;

1 Tamaiti Williams (St Kentigern College) 
2 Soane Vikena (Mt Albert Grammar School) 
3 Saula Mau (Auckland Grammar School) 
4 Thomas Martin (Hamilton Boys' High School) 
5 Sam Darry (Christs' College) 
6 Iona Apineru (St Patrick's College - Silverstream) 
7 Anton Segner (Nelson College) 
8 Niko Jones (St Peter's College) 
9 Taufa Funaki (Sacred Heart College, Auckland) 
10 Rivez Reihana (St Kentigern College) 
11 Jacob Kneepkens (Francis Douglas Memorial College) 
12 Chay Fihaki (Sacred Heart College, Auckland)
13 Isaiah Punivai (St Kentigern College) 
14 Gideon Wrampling (St Paul's Collegiate) 
15 Blair Murray (New Plymouth Boys' High School)

16 Tyrone Thompson (Napier Boys' High School) 
17 Matt Graham-Williams (St Kentigern College) 
18 Patrick Thacker (Christ's College) 
19 Josh Lord (Hamilton Boys' High School) 
20 Simon Parker (St Peter's School) 
21 Louie Chapman (Christchurch Boys' High School) 
22 Zarn Sullivan (King's College) 
23 Josiah Maraku (Feilding Agricultural High School)

KiwiMurph

Pretty close to the teams suggested by @98blueandgold and @Stargazer

Bovidae

If we compare the common opponent Tonga Schools:
NZ Schools won 54-0
Aust Schools won 53-10 (Tonga scored a late try)

Stargazer

Thursday, last week, NZ Māori U18 beat NZ Barbarians Schools 21 - 20.
On Monday, Fiji Schools beat NZ Barbarians Schools 15 - 10.
Today, NZ Māori U18 beat Fiji Schools 20 - 15.

Hopefully, the best players of the whole group that was invited to attend camp a few weeks ago have been selected for NZ Schools (and hopefully they don't get beaten by Aussie Schools tomorrow), but these three results seems to suggest the selection process is not good enough. The NZ Māori U18 selectors could only pick players, who weren't invited to camp but they've performed better than NZ Barbarians Schools.

98blueandgold

Should be a close match, thought Australia looked better then they have for a few years. I think key will be us taking our chances and not playing high tempo rugby all the time. At times we need to plug the corner and consolidate rather than throw miracle balls, this Aussie team will capitalise on those. Then again they are just kids.

Stargazer

Match report and highlights video of the NZ Maori U18 v Fiji Schools game: https://www.collegesportmedia.co.nz/rugby-union/nz-maori-u18s-beat-fiji-u18s

Stargazer

Australian Schools v NZ Schools

Livestream: http://www.rugby.com.au/news/2018/10/04/2018-schools-tri-nations-final-day

Kick-off 8.00pm.

Tim

@stargazer Cheers!

Stargazer

Great to see our boys win the first line-out and scrum.

Stargazer

Rivez Reihana misses the first penalty kick (short).

Stargazer

This would have been a much easier kick, but they opt to go for the line-out. Oh, and it's close, but our TH prop ends up in touch.

Stargazer

Aussie line-out not straight and we get a scrum close to the Aussie try line. Aussies give away a penalty and it's another scrum.

Stargazer

Try Saula Mau under the sticks!

Reihana converts the try. 7-0 NZ

Stargazer

Both teams under a warning for backchat and "helping the ref" officiate.

Game is now mostly played in the NZ half. Not what we'd like to see.

Stargazer

Pfew, Aussies knock on close to the NZ try line.

Stargazer

God, I hate it when all backs come running to the pack to pat them on the back or head after a won scrum.

KiwiMurph

@stargazer showing team spirit....how dare they....

antipodean

Good reversal of the penalty.

The Silver Fern

2018 New Zealand Schools