Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby

[Higgins]

Genuine question, have all the decent polynesian boys been scholarshipped by the Auckland schools or are there simply no Samoan or Tongan boys living in the Westlake catchment? They don't even have the obligatory Fijian wingers!

[Stargazer]

Great defence Napier Boys. I hope it holds, because Westlake are getting all the penalties.

Gus Brown with another steal from Westlake's line-out.

Now a Napier player penalised for tackling a player in the air. No yellow because they didn't know who the Napier player was.

[Stargazer]

Westlake scores in the corner. Great try from their 22.

The fullback converts. Very good kick.

40 - 17 Napier. About 18 minutes to go.

[Higgins]

@Stargazer said in Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby:

Westlake scores in the corner. Great try from their 22.

The fullback converts. Very good kick.

40 - 17 Napier. About 18 minutes to go.

No, only about six minutes left as they only play thirty five each way

[Stargazer]

Almost another Westlake try, but the player was in front of the kicker (and didn't ground the ball).

[Stargazer]

@Higgins Ah, yes, of course.

[Higgins]

Pathetic call, if that is penalty worthy we might as well ban tackling completely.

[Stargazer]

@Higgins Yeah, looked good to me.

[Stargazer]

Full time: Napier Boys 40 - 17 Westlake Boys

I think it is fair to say that Napier Boys were a size too big for Westlake. The Final will be a lot more difficult.
Now hoping Hamilton Boys and John McGlashan beat the crap out of each other.

[Higgins]

@Stargazer Slaughtered on the possession, territory and penalties conceded stats and still knocking them off big time. Take a bow the likes of @stockcar86 @higgins! The law of averages says we must knock off Hamilton (presumably they will win the other semi-final easily) sometime soon seeing as though it has been so long since that has been achieved.

[Nepia]

@Higgins said in Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby:

@Stargazer Even the likes of @gibbit @Nepia would have to be impressed by this! Seventeen minutes left to play but Westlake hot on attack.

Nope, just annoyed we're not running up that score against them.

[Stargazer]

The Top 4 Final between Napier Boys' and Hamilton Boys starts at 12.40pm.
It looks like the game will be live on Sky Sport Select from 12.30pm.

[Stargazer]

Napier Boys having to defend a lot in the first minutes of the game.

[Stargazer]

Yeah! Try to George Manson, Napier's blindside flanker.

[Stargazer]

Cory Berkett converts!

7 - 0 Napier Boys

[Stargazer]

Hamilton still with all the possession. Their attack looks dangerous.

[Stargazer]

Ah, f*ck, now Ratcliffe send to the sin bin for collapsing the maul. Gus Brown taking over the captaincy.

[Stargazer]

Forward pass Hamilton. Good defence Napier.

[Stargazer]

Hamilton has had 72% of the possesion and 64% territory.

[Stargazer]

No way that line-out from Hamilton was straight.