Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby
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@Stargazer I was at the NBHs 2nd XV game and can confirm the score was more like 53 - 05 to NBHS than the 33 - 05 you recorded.
In addition the Under 15s game was even more one sided but cannot confirm the actual score but suspect it was something in the 60s to NBHS and Wellington Coll something like 15. They (Wellington COllege) only scored three tries whilst I was paying attention to that game. It was a pleasant time watching complete and absolute carnage in my favour (even though my school attendance ended sometime around about the 1978 period but my uncle will be forever remembered and honouored in the school's history as one who sacrificed their life in World War 2 on the rememberance board in the School's Library so my feeling and attachment to NBHS will be forever more).
In reality as a rugby supporter one must be concerned about the demise of Wellington College. Their 2nd team did not contain a singe player of pacific origin in the starting lineup and they only rolled on a couple of island boys in the second half. They were completely and utterly obliterated. Most of their players were skinny little palagi boys and they were on a hiding to nothing right from the start. My NBHS guys were the normal sort of guys you would expect from a provincial Nth Island State School but they were streets ahaed of Wellington College in absolutely everything. They looked well coached and the players knew when they had to pass and timed their passes to perfection in the backline. And the forwards knew instinctively when they had to one off run and when to pick and go and when to release the ball to the backs. They looked well coached and to be blunt my players looked to have rugby foresite and correctly knew what was the proper option all the time.Things took a quick turn to reality when I turned up to watch my club team get steamrolled by 50 shortly afterward. In defence to that we did have six players injured in the first 20 or so minutes which did not help. Still after watching HB turn Ta$man over on Wednesday and NBHS do likewise on Saturday morning I am slightly on the positive side of the scoreboard for the weekend eventhoug St Pats Silverstream got within 8 points of NBHS in the First XV clash (my guys might have givne their bench players a run to ensure everyone has had plenty of game time some the start of the Super 8 season.
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Tomorrow, Lindisfarne plays St Paul's Collegiate at home at 11.00am. St John's College plays their 2nd CNI away against Rathkeale College (12pm).
Apparently, there's also a 2nd XV game between Hastings BHS and Napier BHS (at HBHS, 10.45am).
Couldn't find 1st XV games for Hastings Boys and Napier Boys.
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The other Central North Island results:
St John’s Hamilton 14 - Whanganui Collegiate 59
St Peter’s Cambridge 17 - Wesley 17
Fielding 22 - Francis Douglas 25One Super 8 game from round 5 (the competition officially starts next week):
Gisborne 25 - Palmerston North 32 -
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@Stargazer Sorry, I thought it was. I'll cut and paste it into the correct thread when I find it!
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Ahhh that reminds me more of the hbhs Lindisfarne battles of my day...
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According to posts on FB, Napier lost to Scots with the awful score of 17 - 70.
I know Napier lost a lot of their good players from last year, but earlier scores from this season didn't suggest that they have deteriorated dramatically. Which makes you wonder how many players Scots Coll have poached to top up their talent pool. This is not a normal score. There must be something more going on, surely? Or just a one-off, bad day?
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Super 8
Hastings BHS v Palmerston North BHS @ Hastings Boys:
10.30am: 2nd XV
10.30am: U15
12.00pm: 1st XVGisborne BHS v Napier BHS 2nd XV @ Gisborne Boys (Rectory):
11.00am: 2nd XV
12.30pm: 1st XVCentral North Island
11.00am: St Paul's Collegiate (Hamilton) 1st XV v St John's (Hastings) 1st XV @ St Paul'sTraditional
1.15pm: Lindisfarne Coll 1st XV v Te Aute Coll 1st XV at Lindisfarne...
Palmerston North BHS seems to have a strong team this year, so the game between Hastings and Palmy Boys will be interesting! I hope Napier have recovered from that - still unconfirmed - huge loss against Scotts and bounce back well against Gissy Boys.
