2019 NZ Schools
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@Bovidae The kid is a beast. You don’t see many 17 yr old white kids as big as him. Be interesting to see who starts at 1st five. Ollie Lewis is a great player but I think Aidan Morgan may be better
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@chchfanatic Is he bigger than Josh Lord and Sam Darry?
It's hard to know who starts if you aren't familiar with all of the players and their positions. Based on last year's team Segner should be at 7, Kneepkens and Wrampling on the wings, and Murray at fullback. Grindlay will be in the midfield.
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Fixture list (I couldn't find the kick-off times for the game of three halves)
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Thu 26 September 2019 - 3.00pm - Hillcrest High School, Hamilton
Australian Schools & U18 v Fiji Schools -
Thu 26 September 2019 - 2.30pm - Sport & Rugby Institute, Palmerston North
game of three halves: NZ Schools v NZ Schools Barbarians v NZ Maori U18 -
Mon 30 September 2019 - 1.10pm - Hamilton Boys HIgh School, Hamilton
NZ Schools Barbarians v Australian Schools & U18 -
Mon 30 September 2019 - 3.00pm - Hamilton Boys HIgh School, Hamilton
NZ Schools v Fiji Schools -
Wed 2 October 2019 - 8.30pm NZT (5.30pm local time) - Knox Grammar School, Wahroonga
Australian Schools Barbarians v Samoan Schools -
Fri 4 October 2019 -1.10pm - St Paul’s Collegiate, Hamilton
NZ Schools Barbarians v Fiji Schools -
Fri 4 October 2019 - 3.00pm - St Paul’s Collegiate, Hamilton
NZ Schools v Australian Schools & U18
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I didn't even know they were playing most of the games in Hamilton. Good that they are showing the games on Sep 30 and Oct 4 live on SS1. I'll be on scoreboard duty for the games at HBHS. I hope the weather forecast improves.
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Unless I can't find it the new format on allblacks.com completely omits school rugby news now.
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@Bovidae They have now one category of news for NZU20, U19s and NZ school teams: "age grade news"
https://www.allblacks.com/news/team/age-grade
The greatest loss is the complete archive of news articles. Nothing goes back further than 2018.
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@Stargazer said in 2019 NZ Schools:
Fixture list (I couldn't find the kick-off times for the game of three halves)
- Thu 26 September 2019 - 3.00pm - Hillcrest High School, Hamilton
Australian Schools & U18 v Fiji Schools
39-7 to Aust.
- Thu 26 September 2019 - 3.00pm - Hillcrest High School, Hamilton
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Whoever came up with the idea to let the NZ Schools team play in red and black jerseys against the NZ Schools Barbarians in red jerseys must give himself an uppercut. These jerseys are way too similar. At least the NZ Maori U18 team played in alternate white jerseys when they played NZ Schools.
About the results. I think they were too close to draw any conclusions, esp because we don't know the team line-ups and whether they used rolling subs, or not. The difference between NZ Schools Baabaas v NZ Maori U18 was a penalty goal. In the second game, the difference was one try, but it was the 2nd game for the Maori and the first game of NZ Schools, so the Maori team may have been tiring (sooner). The difference in the 3rd game was a conversion. It's pity they didn't stream these games, but fortunately all the other NZ Schools and NZ Schools Barbarians' games will be televised.
It's a pity the NZ Maori U18 doesn't get to play another game. The Samoan Schools team is touring NSW; it would have been nice if they could have made a stopover in Auckland on the way home for a game v NZ Maori U18.
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@Stargazer How many of the Samoa Schools team attend school in Auckland (Kings and St. Kents)?
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Damn, I totally forgot about these games (although the current score may be making you want to forget them)
Match schedule (all matches live on SKY Sports)
Monday 30 September
New Zealand Barbarian Schools v Australia Under 18, 1.05pm at Hamilton Boys High School
New Zealand Schools v Fiji Schools, 3.05pm at Hamilton Boys High SchoolFriday 4 October
New Zealand Barbarian Schools v Fiji Schools, 1.05pm at St Pauls Collegiate
New Zealand Schools v Australia, 3.05pm at St Pauls CollegiateNew Zealand Schools' team:
1 Ben Lopas - Christchurch Boys’ High School
2 Ben Strang - Whanganui Collegiate
3 Tiaan Tauakipulu - Saint Kentigern College
4 Allan Craig - Saint Kentigern College
5 Zach Gallagher – captain Christ’s College
6 Anton Segner - Nelson College
7 Cam Church - Saint Kentigern College
8 Vaiolini Ekunasi - St Peter’s Cambridge
9 Max Hughes - Christchurch Boy’s High School
10 Aidan Morgan - King’s College
11 Gideon Wrampling - St Paul’s Collegiate
12 Jacob Kneepkens - Francis Douglas Memorial College
13 Meihana Grindlay - King’s College
14 Wil Gualter - Lincoln High School
15 Ruben Love - Palmerston North Boys’ High School16 Matt Dobbyn - Hamilton Boys’ High School
17 Jack Sexton - St Andrew’s College
18 Seb Calder - St Andrew’s College
19 Dom Gardiner - St Bede’s College
20 Corey Kellow - Sacred Heart College
21 Manu Paea - Rotorua Boys’ High School
22 Te Rama Reuben - Saint Kentigern College
23 Ollie Lewis - Christchurch Boys’ High School
24. Roderick Solo - Scots College
25. Blair Murray - New Plymouth Boys’ High SchoolZach Gallagher takes up the captaincy of the New Zealand Schools team, after leading the Christ's College 1st XV this season.
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New Zealand Schools' Barbarians team:
1 Joseph Gavigan - Manukura
2 George Bell - John McGlashan College
3 Hakaraia Richards-Coxhead - Hamilton Boys’ High School
4 Jamie Hannah - Christchurch Boys’ High School
5 TK Howden - Feilding High School
6 Taya Brown - Nelson College
7 Julian Goerke - Hastings Boys’ High School
8 Sosaia Moala - Auckland Grammar
9 Treyah Kingi-Taukamo - Saint Kentigern College
10 Lattrell Smiler-Ah Kiong - Hastings Boys’ High School
11 Michael Manson - Otago Boys’ High School
12 Giovanni Leituala - King’s High School
13 Alfred Nonu - Tangaroa College
14 Etonia Bainivalu - St Bede’s College
15 Tepaea Cook-Savage - St Paul’s Collegiate16 Dayton Iobu - Kings’ College
17 Brian Leali’ifano - Sacred Heart College
18 Jona Mataiciwa - Saint Kentigern College
19 Leroy Ferguson - John McGlashan College
20 Harry Press - Hutt International Boys’ School
21 James Brown - King’s College
22 Leandro Vakatini - King’s College
23 Monu Moli - Marlborough Boys’ High SchoolPlaying on his home ground, Hakaraia Richards-Coxhead will captain the New Zealand Barbarians Schools team from the front row.
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https://www.allblacks.com/news/new-zealand-schools-and-new-zealand-barbarians-schools-named/
