2023 School Rugby
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@Kiwiwomble said in 2023 School Rugby:
This is kind of interesting, i'll be trying to work out who the OBHS players are and if any of them are playing for someone other than the Highlanders
I think I'm missing one.
Hurley, Te Hiwi, Millar, Arscott, Haig, Dickson, Ainsley, Abraham Pole,
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@SouthernMann arscott
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@SouthernMann sorry, read that a couple of time and still missed him
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Mike McKee will be the 9th player.
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@Kiwiwomble Some of those schools are overrepresented, because of poaching.
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@Kiwiwomble They also missed a Hastings Boys' player (probably Michael Naitokani). They have 9 players in Super Rugby.
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@Stargazer ok, i just posted it as a conversation starter, didn't fact check it
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Hamilton BHS and Westlake BHS had their traditional game yesterday in Auckland. A come-from-behind 29-26 win for Hamilton BHS.
This is always their first game of the season and tends to include a mixture of 1st and 2nd XV players before the final squad is confirmed. Like Napier BHS, they will want to have some meaningful games pre-Sanix tournament.
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Interesting to see that several schools are going overseas preseason or mid-season. Francis Douglas MC is in Melbourne at the moment and will play several games in Australia. On Monday, they beat Melton Secondary College 62 - 10. They're playing Brighton Grammar later today.
Rotorua Boys are fundraising for a tour to Argentina, and St John's (Hastings) are also fundraising for a trip to Australia.
I assume there may be a few more teams doing the same.
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Played annually at the Global Arena sports complex in Munakata City, on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu, the competition sees high school teams from around the world compete against a selection of local Japanese schools. Taking place during Japan’s Golden Week holiday, this year’s event will run from April 28th to May 5th. It will see 12 teams compete across five days of competition in Men’s Fifteens and eight teams compete in a two-day Women’s Sevens tournament on April 28 and 29.
2023 Sanix World Rugby Youth Exchange Tournament – Participating Teams:
Men’s Fifteens – 12 teams
International Teams (6)
Downlands College (Australia)
Jianguo High School (Chinese Taipei)
Brooksby Melton College (England)
Seoul National University High School (Korea)
Hamilton Boys High School (New Zealand)
Napier Boys High School (New Zealand)
Domestic Teams (6)
Keio Gijuku High School (Kanagawa Prefecture)
Kyoto Seisho High School (Kyoto Prefecture)
Houtoku Gakuen High School (Hyogo Prefecture)
Tenri High School (Nara Prefecture)
Saga Technical High School (Saga Prefecture)
Higashi Fukuoka High School (Fukuoka Prefecture)
Women’s Sevens – Eight teams
International Teams (4)
King’s Christian College (Australia)
City of Oxford College (England)
Manukura School (New Zealand)
Domestic Teams (4)Brave Louve (Tokyo)
Kyoto Seisho High School (Kyoto Prefecture)
Iwami Chisuikan High School (Shimane Prefecture)
Saga Technical High School (Saga Prefecture)
Fukuoka Lady’s Rugby Football Club (Fukuoka Prefecture)I predict a Hamilton Boys v Napier Boys Final, with Manukura to win the trophy in the girls' sevens.
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@Stargazer said in 2023 School Rugby:
@Kiwiwomble Some of those schools are overrepresented, because of poaching.
What would be interesting would be to see those numbers, but based on where they started at Year 9.
A few schools would barely change, and some would have barely any if you excluded their late poaches.
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@Stargazer said in 2023 School Rugby:
Interesting to see that several schools are going overseas preseason or mid-season.
Takapuna Grammar are another, heading to Australia.
Speaking of Australia, FDMC won their latest tour game 50-0.
