Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby
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I really don't get why the commentators talked up big Palmy centre Lafo Takiari-Ah Ching as dominant, when he hardly had the ball and only one time caught the Napier defence napping to score a runaway try. In the few other cases he had the ball, he couldn't make the slightest dent in that defence (even though Napier needed about 4-5 players to stop him, he's huge).
Napier stand-outs Afa Moleli (MVP) and Jayden Stok. The pack was very good, too, dominating the scrum and bulldozing Palmy Boys with their driving mauls.
Great game to watch; even greater to see a Hawke's Bay school dominate. Not sure what they're going to do with the postponed/cancelled game in and against Hamilton Boys, because that will be a different story. Hamilton have been great and are unbeaten for a good reason. Anyway, the Polson Banner is back in Napier for a year.
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@Stargazer Ken Laban was it? Probably just to give him the chance to emphasize what villages he comes from and maybe even what school he started his secondary education at if it was not PNBHS! Also gives him a chance to show how accurate he is at pronouncing names from what looks like it might be from three languages.
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@Stargazer said in Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby:
Hastings Boys 2nd XV just suffered a big 7 - 48 loss to Hamilton Boys 2nds. I hope that the 1st XV doesn't share their fate, but the way this season is going, I'm not optimistic.
Eek, although a down year for Hastings (which this clearly is) is always going to result in big losses to the Super 8 powerhouse of Hamilton Boys.
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@Stargazer said in Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby:
Hastings Boys 2nd XV just suffered a big 7 - 48 loss to Hamilton Boys 2nds.
The Hamilton BHS 2nds are very strong this year. Their closest winning margin has been 36 pts!
The Hamilton-Napier games will be interesting for both the 1st and 2nd XVs, assuming they are played.
