2019 School Rugby
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I have finally watched the AKL A1 final involving St Kents and Kings. First school boy rugby I have watched in years and was surprised at the standard. A shitload better than when I was at school - admittedly a long time ago.
This might be a stupid question but why do they have a Co-Ed division? I thought that meant girls and boys at the same school, but it is unlikely to have a girl in the boys 1st 15 and I would hope the other way around too. LGBT whatever of course. So why have a separate comp? What is it?
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@Snowy said in 2019 School Rugby:
This might be a stupid question but why do they have a Co-Ed division? I thought that meant girls and boys at the same school, but it is unlikely to have a girl in the boys 1st 15 and I would hope the other way around too. LGBT whatever of course. So why have a separate comp? What is it?
To answer your question without the culture wars BS, it's because generally co-ed schools are weaker and aren't good enough to compete for the Top 4 .
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@Nepia said in 2019 School Rugby:
@Bovidae said in 2019 School Rugby:
CO-ED DIVISION
Blues Final
St Kentigern College 88 - Rangitoto College 7What a mockery, the fishheads should have stepped in and banned St Kents from the division.
St Kents used to be in the co-ed comp before moving up with the big boys.
It is a joke but schools need to specify which competition they wish to qualify for by the end of term 2 I think. King's were guaranteed to be the Auckland qualifier for the Top 4 before the 1A final.
I read that St Andrews aren't even the best co-ed school in the UC. That was Rangiora.
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@Bovidae said in 2019 School Rugby:
@Nepia said in 2019 School Rugby:
@Bovidae said in 2019 School Rugby:
CO-ED DIVISION
Blues Final
St Kentigern College 88 - Rangitoto College 7What a mockery, the fishheads should have stepped in and banned St Kents from the division.
St Kents used to be in the co-ed comp before moving up with the big boys.
It is a joke but schools need to specify which competition they wish to qualify for by the end of term 2 I think. King's were guaranteed to be the Auckland qualifier for the Top 4 before the 1A final.
I read that St Andrews aren't even the best co-ed school in the UC. That was Rangiora.
Winning, qualifying and "best" are quite different things.
In general co-ed schools struggle to have strong teams. While girls aren't in the boys teams, they do mean half the roll isn't able to play. Hamilton Boys High is the biggest school in Hamilton anyway, but counting boys it is three times the size of the others.
St Kent's are different because they buy in a team more or less completely. That's what needs to be fixed, not which competition they play in.
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@Bovidae said in 2019 School Rugby:
South Island Final
Otago BHS 26 - Nelson College 28South Island Champions - Nice!
Hey, aren't we the national sevens champs, as well? I think we are!
And....
http://www.mitre10cup.co.nz/Fixtures/Standings
It is a great thing that women have taken up rugby!
Edit: Hey Duluth - the board isn't working properly... I get an error message saying, "You cannot vote for your own post!"
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@OleOleOle said in 2019 School Rugby:
@Bovidae
Hastings
St Kents
HGHSWhy, with Hamilton beating Hastings in their match-ups have you gone for them?
Betting on Super 8 teams is a good bet, but I'd generally go for the winner.
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@Chester-Draws said in 2019 School Rugby:
@OleOleOle said in 2019 School Rugby:
@Bovidae
Hastings
St Kents
HGHSWhy, with Hamilton beating Hastings in their match-ups have you gone for them?
Betting on Super 8 teams is a good bet, but I'd generally go for the winner.
It's our turn!
My head says Hamilton but obviously the heart wants Hastings, and from what I've been told the Super 8 final could have gone either way.
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@Chester-Draws Both games we're close, i just thinnk Hastings will have learnt from the two earlier loses
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@OleOleOle said in 2019 School Rugby:
@Chester-Draws Both games we're close, i just thinnk Hastings will have learnt from the two earlier loses
I'm sure Hastings will have learned a lot. What you forget is that Hamilton are unlikely to have learned nothing.
An analysis that runs -- Team A won both last recent meetings, therefore Team B will win the next one -- fails to convince me. To be sure it's not always true, but generally a team wins because it is the better team.
