Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby
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If the competition table on the Tribe app is correct, then it's a bit worrying that Hastings, despite having a win more than Hamilton, has only one competition point more than Hamilton. Hamilton must have earned more bonus points.
Three weeks no Super 8 now, but Napier play Feilding HS at home on 25 July (sports exchange). Their next Super 8 game is against New Plymouth (away) on 31 July.
Hastings play Tauranga at home on 31 July. Don't know about traditionals or sports exchanges.
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Today, several games between Napier Boys and Feilding HS (annual rugby exchange): U14, U15, 2nd XV and 1st XV.
The 1st XV game starts at 12.30pm and will be livestreamed here: https://sideline.live/play/14855
I haven't seen a team line-up, yet.
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Didn't watch the game too closely, but Napier did make it hard for themselves with sloppy passing, lots of other handling errors, and some ill-discipline. They should have easily smashed Feilding HS, but it was 17 - 12 at half time. The full time score: 29 - 12 to Napier Boys'.
Not sure what it is with Napier Boys' this season; I had higher hopes at the beginning of the season, because there are some really talented players in this squad and they looked good in preseason, but ball handling just keeps on being a problem. Maybe it's because they've lost so many players from last year and this is a very young squad, I don't know. It's pity for some of the really great talents in this team (particularly Gilgal Leutele Malasia, his brother Bethel, Lochi Mead and Gus Brown), because I'm not sure whether they'll all still be there, next year. Bethel scored a great try in this game.
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