High School Rugby
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<p>Listening to RS sport this morning and were talking about this website which has a lot of good info</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.hstop200.com/'>http://www.hstop200.com/</a></p>
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<p>Rongotai are way overrated in those ratings.</p>
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<p>Saint Pats Town are probably the best team in Wellington.</p> -
<p>There's plenty of flaws in the way that dude does his ratings. For the player ratings he finds a phone number for a kid who's in a certain school's 1st XV and has a yarn with them about who are the best players in the team. Before the season started there were students messing him around for a joke and telling him a 15-year-old fringe player was a GOAT or giving him wrong positions or just making up names.</p>
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<p>I wondered how he could compare a kid from Southland to a kid from Rosmini when those schools may only have one TV game a year. It's all guess work, conjecture and facebook snooping.</p> -
<p>yeah he said he rates them based on them as a person as well rather than just on field performance, similarly the team standings, I don't think HBHS have won every game with a BP but sit higher than MAGS who have a BP from every game...?</p>
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<p>So yes they are subjective, but is more other info on there which is good</p> -
<p>yeah I think he said if MAGS beat Sacred Heart they will go ahead of HBHS regardless of how their next match goes....</p>
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<p>I'd never seen that website before. You might disagree with his rankings but good on him for taking the time. </p>
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<p>It's almost impossible to rank players without seeing them all play. I've seen Florence play live - he's a ginga so hard to miss.</p>
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<p>For the teams, we will get a better indication of the relative strength of each school once the Top 4 playoffs start. Hastings has already beaten a few Wellington teams this season and play Ham BHS at home on Aug 6. 5 Auckland schools in his Top 10 but only 1 can advance to the Top 4 finals.</p> -
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<p>yeah he said he rates them based on them as a person as well rather than just on field performance, similarly the team standings, I don't think HBHS have won every game with a BP but sit higher than MAGS who have a BP from every game...?</p>
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<p>So yes they are subjective, but is more other info on there which is good</p>
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<p>Super 8 is a lot harder than the Auckland competition, I think. Especially given the amount of All Blacks produced.</p> -
I was just reading an article the other day, from when the herald were going a feature on the poaching and other stuff going on in the 1A Comp.<br><br>
This was back in 2013 I think, but a stat was at that time the 1A had only produced 1 all black in the last 7 years, and that AB was Benson Stanley.<br><br>
Have there been many or any since? Luatua? Ofa T last week (or was he Counties?), maybe Piutau? or again was he schooled in Counties?<br><br>
That's fucking atrocious.<br><br>
How many All Blacks has e.g. Manawatu's schools produce in the same 10 year time frame? Whitelocks x 3, NMS, C Taylor, A Smith, Cruden -
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<p>I was just reading an article the other day, from when the herald were going a feature on the poaching and other stuff going on in the 1A Comp.<br><br>
This was back in 2013 I think, but a stat was at that time the 1A had only produced 1 all black in the last 7 years, and that AB was Benson Stanley.<br><br>
Have there been many or any since? Luatua? Ofa T last week (or was he Counties?)<br><br>
That's fucking atrocious.<br><br>
How many All Blacks has e.g. Manawatu's schools produce in the same 10 year time frame? Whitelocks x 3, NMS, C Taylor, A Smith, Cruden</p>
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<p>Yep, the Super 8 teams must have a decent number of ABs over that 10 year period.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Immenso Rapido" data-cid="595167" data-time="1467973487">
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<p>I was just reading an article the other day, from when the herald were going a feature on the poaching and other stuff going on in the 1A Comp.<br><br>
This was back in 2013 I think, but a stat was at that time the 1A had only produced 1 all black in the last 7 years, and that AB was Benson Stanley.<br><br>
Have there been many or any since? Luatua? Ofa T last week (or was he Counties?)<br><br>
That's fucking atrocious.<br><br>
How many All Blacks has e.g. Manawatu's schools produce in the same 10 year time frame? Whitelocks x 3, NMS, C Taylor, A Smith, Cruden</p>
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<p>Ofa T never played 1A rugby as his school was and still is a 1B school. There's been Pat Tuipulotu, George Moala, Francis Saili, Ben Afeaki, James Parsons and Seta Tamanivalu off the top of my head possibly more but can't think of any at the moment.</p> -
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Ofa T never played 1A rugby as his school was and still is a 1B school. There's been Pat Tuipulotu, George Moala, Francis Saili, Ben Afeaki, James Parsons and Seta Tamanivalu off the top of my head possibly more but can't think of any at the moment.</p></blockquote>
Cheers. So, Quite a few more,<br><br>
Although I think Parsons would be too old to fit the criteria, if I was to nitpick ......<br><br><br><br>
Even more than Mr and Mrs Whitelock. -
<p>Easy win for MAGS over Sacred Heart. St Peters defeated AGS 19-13 in a tight encounter and with Kelston and Dilworth remaining, St Peters are looking good for a top 4 finish.</p>
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<p>A mid-term update on 1st XV rugby in each of the regions.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://absnz.org.nz/rugby-mid-term-report/'>http://absnz.org.nz/rugby-mid-term-report/</a></p> -
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<p>A mid-term update on 1st XV rugby in each of the regions.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://absnz.org.nz/rugby-mid-term-report/'>http://absnz.org.nz/rugby-mid-term-report/</a></p>
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<p>I'm assuming it was just a typo that Otumoetai College wasn't mentioned among the sides vying for the Chiefs title</p>
