Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby
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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.
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A little reminder that if you want to watch the Super 8 games online, you can do so via https://www.sidelineapp.co.nz/
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Super 8
Hastings BHS 1st XV 40 - 7 Palmerston North BHS 1st XV
Gisborne BHS 1st XV 19 - 22 Napier BHS 1st XV
Gisborne BHS 2nd XV 19 - 43 Napier BHS 2nd XVOther results:
Hamilton Boys 52 - 7 New Plymouth BHS
Rotorua Boys 29 - 13 Tauranga BCCentral North Island
St Paul's Collegiate 1st XV 24 - 13 St John's 1st XVOther results:
St Peter’s Cambridge 12 - 23 Francis Douglas MC
Wesley College 73 - 0 Rathkeale College
Feilding HS 60 - 8 St John's Hamilton -
@Stargazer Nice work by Hastings and Napier Boys' as I think both their opponents have been decent so far this year?
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Has the post mortem been released from the Scots College match. The scoreline beggars belief and one can only assume NBHS played most of the 2nd XV and the 3rds took on Hutt Valley Firsts for a scoreline like that to eventuate. Maybe Scots played that sprinting sensation and he might have streaked away for about ten runaway tries?
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@Stargazer Scots have a gun backline this year, including Roderick Solo & Ethan Webster-Nonu so it wouldn't surprise me if they won by a big amount.
This ranking system from the High School Top 200 website gives you a fair idea of where Scots and Napier rank nationwide:
- Hastings BHS
- Rotorua BHS
- Otago BHS
- Hamilton BHS
- Auckland GS
- King’s College
- St Kentigerns College
- Kelston BHS
- Scots College
- Sacred Heart College
- Nelson College
- St Bedes College
- Christchurch BHS
- St Peter’s College
- New Plymouth BHS
- De La Salle College
- Westlake BHS
- Tauranga Boys College
- Napier BHS
- St Paul’s Collegiate
- St Patrick’s Silverstream
- Palmerston North BHS
- Southland BHS
- John McGlashan College
- St Andrews College
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@Canes4life That ranking is from a guy who has never given any detail on how he ranks schools, only that he got his ranking system from the USA. I remember how he ranked schools the last few years, and he was way off.
Napier Boys have been good thus far, so I don't think a good backline from Scots can make such a big difference. I may be wrong, but until more info becomes available, I'm inclined to believe that either the score was wrong or something happened during that game (like red card(s) being handed out) or good players missing from the Napier line-up.
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@Stargazer Yeah you would think something like a card would of had to eventuate for the score to blow out like that. Scots have been dominant in Wellington though so who knows.
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@Number-10 Yeah, just read that article. Unfortunately, no info on what happened in that game.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503460&objectid=12238585
