Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby
-
-
@Stargazer said in Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby:
Sorry for the spamming
I'm enjoying it.
Hopefully they release some match highlights soon.
-
So, the questions now are:
How many of these players will return to the 1st XV in 2020 (there are several year 11 and 12 students in this squad).
How many of these players will be poached by other schools.
How many of these players will end up with a Magpies (development) contracts, and who?
How many of these players will be poached by other provinces, and who?
-
From the HBT article below:
"We've qualified for the world championship again and as we only lose five or six players from this team we have to give that a crack again in April," Bird said after his Hurricanes champions beat Blues champions King's College of Auckland 27-14 in the Palmerston North-hosted National Top Four final. HBHS went to the Sanix World Youth Invitational Tournament in Fukoka last year and finished second with a 35-5 loss to Fiji's Ratu Kadavulevu School. That was always going to be a tough assignment after losing the bulk of the 2017 National Top Four-winning side and next year it shouldn't be as hard.I had totally missed that Hastings 2nd XV had won the Super 8 (2nd XV) competition!
Bird agreed it would be awesome to have the first XV honoured by being involved in next weekend's Blossom Festival parade in Hastings as was the case in 2017. However this time he would also like to see the school's national invitational under-15 tournament champions and Super 8 title-winning second XV also involved. "Yes I would definitely make all three teams available as this is the first year we have won all three of those competitions. It's also the second time we have had the Moascar Cup and the last time was in 2006," HBHS principal Rob Sturch said referring to the "Ranfurly Shield" of secondary schools rugby. King's had taken the Moascar Cup off St Kentigern's College earlier in the season. St Kentigern's had earlier taken if off St Peter's College of Auckland who took it off Napier Boys' High School last year.https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503460&objectid=12265889
-
Hawke's Bay Schools participating in the Condor Sevens:
Hastings Boys (U15 - pool D)
Lindisfarne (U15 - pool E)
Hastings Girls (U15 - pool D)
Lindisfarne (Open boys - pool G)
Hastings Boys (Open boys - pool C).
I'm surprised to see Lindisfarne in this list instead of Napier Boys.
.Thursday, 28 November - U15 pool games:
11.20am - Hastings Girls' High U15 Girls 7's v St Marys College U15 Girls 7's - Field 3
12.20pm - Hastings Boys' High U15 Boys 7's v Feilding High School U15 Boys 7's - Field 3
12.40pm - Lindisfarne College U15 Boys 7's v Wesley College U15 Boys 7's - Field 2
1.40pm - Mt Albert Grammar U15 Girls 7's v Hastings Girls' High U15 Girls 7's - Field 1
2.40pm - Hastings Boys' High U15 Boys 7's v De La Salle College U15 Boys 7's - Field 1
3.00pm - Lindisfarne College U15 Boys 7's v St Patrick's College U15 boys 7's - field 2
4.00pm - Hastings Girls' High U15 Girls 7's v Hamilton Girls' High U15 Girls 7's - Field 3
5.00pm - Hastings Boys' High U15 Boys 7's v Tangaroa College U15 Boys 7's - Field 3
5.20pm - Mt Albert Grammar U15 Boys 7's v Lindisfarne College U15 Boys 7's - Field 2
.
(I'll post the next draw after day 1)
All other/general info can be found in this post.
-
@Nepia @Number-10 @Stockcar86 @Magpie_in_aus @Higgins @Steven-Harris I'm not sure whether posts in threads that were started on the old Magpie Rugby forum still appear under the "unread" tab, so I'm just tagging you, in case you're interested in what's happening at the Condor Sevens.
Results day one (U15):
Hastings Girls High School 12 - 12 St Mary's College
Mt Albert Grammar 21 - 5 Hastings Girls High School
Hastings Girls High School 7 - 14 Hamilton Girls High SchoolHastings Boys High School 7 - 17 Feilding High School
Hastings Boys High School 10 - 17 De La Salle College
Hastings Boys High School 27 - 7 Tangaroa CollegeLindisfarne College 10 - 17 Wesley College
Lindisfarne College 17 - 17 St Patrick's College
Mt Albert Grammar 17 - 17 Lindisfarne CollegeI didn't have team lists, so I had no idea who were playing, but during the games, I was impressed with the Hastings numbers 10 and 14. The no. 10 is Ethan (?) Bird, the son of Jason Bird (Head coach of Hastings Boys 1st XV). The no. 14 looked like a Fijian winger.
By the way, when I tried finding the first name of Jason Bird's son, I found an article in which HBT interviewed the father of Latrell Smiler-Ah Kiong. Waikato tried to steal him!
A Maddison Trophy, Nash Cup and Spillane Cup winner with Napier Old Boys Marist who also played premier club rugby for Clive and MAC, Ah Kiong snr, confirmed his son will be staying in the Bay next year. "We left the decision up to him. While he had a great offer from Waikato Latrell said he had an awesome relationship with the Magpies coaches as well as Jason Shoemark at the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union's Academy so there was no need for him to leave home." When it was put to Ah Kiong snr that his son could have a tough job putting in-form Magpies pivot Lincoln McClutchie, a product of the 2017 national title-winning HBHS first XV, out of a starting role for the Magpies in the near future Ah Kiong snr replied: "I'm looking forward to the day when Lincoln is at 10 for the Magpies and Latrell is at fullback." His son, who is a grandson of former Magpie and MAC midfield back Wini Smiler, will return to the Havelock North club for another summer of sevens and is tossing up between Havelock North and Clive for 15s. -
@Nepia @Number-10 @Stockcar86 @Magpie_in_aus @Higgins @Steven-Harris
Condor Sevens
Hastings Girls won the U15 Shield
QF: 37 - 0 win over Inglewood High School
SF: 24 - 12 win over Waitakere College
Final: 24 - 17 win over St Mary's CollegeHastings Boys won the U15 Bowl
QF: 44 - 12 win over Wesley College
SF: 24 - 5 win over Keri Keri HS
Final: 20 - 12 win over New Plymouth BoysLindisfarne lost the U15 Shield Final
QF: 22 -7 win over Tangaroa College
SF: 24 - 7 win over Taupo-nui-a-Tia College
Final: 10 - 12 loss to Pukekohe HSDraw for tomorrow's open boys pool games:
12.20pm - Hastings Boys HS v Rotorua Boys HS - Field 1
1.00pm - Kelston Boys HS v Lindisfarne College - Field 1
2.40pm - Hastings Boys HS v Rangitoto College - Field 3
3.20pm - Shirley Boys HS v Lindisfarne College - Field 4
5.00pm - De La Salle College v Hastings Boys HS - Field 1
5.40pm - New Plymouth Boys HS v Lindisfarne College - Field 1Some of these games will be televised (Sky Sport 4); I assume the games on Field 1.
The other games will be streamed on sideline app. -
@Nepia @Number-10 @Stockcar86 @Magpie_in_aus @Higgins @Steven-Harris
Results day 1 Open boys tournament:
Draw day 2:
Shield QF
10.10am: Marlborough Boys v Lindisfarne - Field 3Bowl QF:
10.30am: Hastings Boys v Keri Keri HS - Field 2 -
@Nepia @Number-10 @Stockcar86 @Magpie_in_aus @Higgins @Steven-Harris
Only now remembered that is wanted to post this.
I'm not sure why Lindisfarne participated in the Condor Sevens instead of Napier Boys. I can't imagine that they are good enough to beat any Napier Boys' team. Maybe Napier Boys couldn't field a team due to lack of interest, I don't know, but it was a very disappointing tournament for Lindisfarne. On the positive side, they'll have learned a lot from it and, hopefully, can use that to improve. You can't fault their effort. I liked that Porter-Samuels lad, but have no idea whether this was his last year in school, or not.
Hastings Boys also had a mixed tournament. Sometimes, they looked half in holiday mode; not strange, as - for example - their captain (Thompson-Dunn) only returned from Australia the day or so before the tournament. Maybe their preparation wasn't optimal. Plenty of effort and heart though. Not all players from their 1st XV side that I expected to play, were there either.
Anyway, Latrell Smiler-Ah Kiong was again a stand-out. I assume they don't pick players for the tournament team from teams that don't make the Cup QFs, but he deserved to be in it on individual performance. I can't wait to see how he develops further and how good he can become. I'm glad he decided to stay in the Bay instead of heading to Waikato.
And then there's Cooper Flanders. It is unbelievable he's so young (he played U16 this year). I wouldn't be surprised at all if - in a few years time - we come to the conclusion that he's even better than his older brother. Very promising.
-
@Stargazer said in Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby:
we come to the conclusion that he's even better than his older brother.
Uh oh, the Luke Whitelock curse.
-
-
@Stargazer said in Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby:
@Nepia I have no idea what you're talking about, but never mind.
When Lucky Luke was a youngster it was claimed (by some) that he would be the best of the Whitelocks.
