Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby
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Really good to see that we have a good 10 developing in the Bay again; Latrell Ah Kiong is in hist second year of playing 1st XV for Hastings, but he's only in year 13 IIRC.
Also some promising midfielders in Jayden Stok (played on the wing last year), Jack Sheridan (both Napier) and Jordan Thompson-Dunn (Hastings).
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Hastings TH prop Jeremiah Tuiatua steals it for Hastings! Great try.
Full time: Napier 21 - 24 Hastings
Not so sure Hastings really deserved that win; with another ref they'd probably had a player in the bin. They conceded a lot of penalties in their 22 with Napier hot on attack. That last try was against the run of play.
Having said that, Napier could have been well ahead if it wasn't for all the dropped balls and knock-ons. I'm not very impressed with their outside backs. Their pack looked strong, definitely better than Hastings' pack.
Stand-outs for me:
Napier: Walker (1), Leutele Malasia (6), Stok (12) and Sheridan (13), and Ennor (19) from the bench
Hastings: Flanders (8), Ah Kiong (10), Thompson-Dunn (12)MotM: Ah Kiong
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Awesome, win to the good guys!
Thanks for the updates @Stargazer
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Super 8
Napier BHS 21 - 24 Hastings BHSOther results:
Palmerston North BHS 6 - 45 Hamilton BHS
New Plymouth BHS 5 - 14 Tauranga BC
Gisborne BHS 5 - 57 Rotorua BHSCentral North Island
St John’s Coll H'ton 10 - 36 Lindisfarne
Whanganui Coll 69 - 0 St John's Coll HastingsOther results:
Rathkeale 5 - 57 Francis Douglas MC
Wesley 24 - 26 St Paul's
St Peter's 26 - 20 Feilding HS -
Was at the Napier BHS-Hastings BHS game.
You're right @Stargazer, the last minute try to Hastings to win was definitely against the run of play - but all credit to them because they had to go 80 metres to do it, and was very well executed.
The second half was all Napier BHS and they only scored one try with all the possession and territory and scrum dominance they had - have only themselves to blame.
I also liked the look of the two Hastings BHS flankers Daemon Brough (7) and Connor Wadley (6). Brough clearly had the Napier BHS first five Henry Willams worried with his speed and aniticipation, Williams twice hurriedly passed the ball a split second before Brough got to him.
Napier BHS had the better tight five but Hastings BHS had the better loose trio. I thought the backs probably cancelled each other out.
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Tomorrow's games:
Super 8
Hastings BHS v Gisborne BHS @ HBHS
9.15am: U14
10.45am: U15
10.30am: 2nd XV
12.00pm: 1st XVTauranga BC v Napier BHS @ Tauranga
10.00am: 2nd XV
12.00pm: 1st XVCentral North Island
St John's (Hastings) 1st XV v St Peter's (Cambridge) 1st XV @ St John's College. K/o is at 11amLindisfarne have another Traditional (against and at Scots College) on Tuesday at 10.00am. They'll probably get hammered.
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Central North Island
St John’s Hastings 18 - St Peter’s Cambridge 41Other results:
St John’s Hamilton 19 - St Paul’s Collegiate 48
Francis Douglas 25 - Wesley College 24Super 8
Hastings Boys 38 - Gisborne Boys 7
Tauranga Boys 1st XV 26 - Napier Boys 1st XV 26
Tauranga 2nd XV 17 - Napier BHS 2nd XV 19Other result:
Hamilton Boys 13 - Rotorua Boys 18 -
This was posted on the Landrover 1st XV Facebook page. You may need to watch it directly on FB. If you can't watch it, please, let me know.
SPOTLIGHT ON LATRELL SMILER-AH KIONG 💡🏉 Many of the athletes that feature on Land Rover 1st XV Rugby excel in other sports and Latrell Smiler-Ah Kiong is no different. He is chasing his hoop dreams 🏀 as well as turning out for his Hastings Boys High 1st XV and representing the New Zealand Condor Sevens secondary schools team. ⚫️⚪️ Find out more about him in the video below. We are sure he has a bright future ahead of him! 🌟Interesting to hear he has famous cousin!
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I've been trying to find a bit more info about his parents after watching that video. His parents are former Hawke’s Bay Sevens player Herman Ah Kiong and former Hawke’s Bay basketball and netball rep Cheleme Smiler. His grandfather is former (1979-1980) Magpies midfield back Wini Smiler.
