Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby
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Disappointing news. Hastings Boys lost the game to Palmy Boys 22 - 27, after a narrow half-time lead of 14 - 13. That means their season is over and Palmy Boys will play in the Hurricanes Cup semis.
I haven't seen a draw for next weekend, yet. Napier should have a home semi.
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The other games also didn't go our way.
St John's unexpectedly lost their play-off match 29 - 31 to Rathkeale College, finishing the CNI in 10th and last place.
Lindisfarne College, as expected, lost their game to St Paul's Collegiate 5 - 19 and finished 8th.
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@Stargazer said in Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby:
Disappointing news. Hastings Boys lost the game to Palmy Boys 22 - 27, after a narrow half-time lead of 14 - 13. That means their season is over and Palmy Boys will play in the Hurricanes Cup semis.
I haven't seen a draw for next weekend, yet. Napier should have a home semi.
That will work out just fine for me!
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Just saw a post on Facebook from Manawatū sports journo Peter Lampp. The score of the Palmy v Hastings game was much closer:
Only desperate last-second defence on their own line saw the Palmerston North BHS 1st XV through to a 27-25 win over Hastings BHS at Massey University today.
It was the first round of the Hurricane region knockout. PNBHS must now travel away to take on Napier BHS.
At Taupo, Feilding HS repeated their feat of last year by again beating the Central North Island winners, St John’s College of Hamilton, 24-17 in the final.
Feilding will next play the winners of the Wellington schools final, in their first-round Hurricanes knockout match.
I found this info about the Hurrcianes pathway to the Top 4:
Males Semi-Final Draw- 19th August (kick-off times TBC) (Home team listed first)
Game 1 Super 8 1 (NBHS) vs Super 8 2 (PNBHS)
Game 2 Wellington 1 vs CNI 1 (FAHS)
Final 26th August 2pm, Bill Brown Park (Venue TBC), Palmerston North
So they have already determined the venue for the final, regardless of who are playing.
Also, they're doing everything to avoid a Hurricanes Final between two Super 8 teams, again, like last year, almost guaranteeing that the Wellington team makes the final, because there's no way Feilding will win their semi. -
@Stargazer Wouldn't be so sure about that. Feilding gave NBHS a good run down there a month or two back and I was not all that impressed when I watched Silverstream beat Rongotai (at Rongotai). Having said that both winning teams could well have rested key players for games they could be expected to win using their bench players anyway. From memory Feilding could also have tipped PNBHS over too.
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@Higgins You may be right; during preseason Feilding HS beat both St Pat's colleges and kept it reasonably close against Napier in July. They didn't play Scots College, I think. Strangely enough, they haven't played Palmerston North BHS this season as far as I know (the game is not in the match schedule they published early this year).
The Polson Banner game was a draw in Palmy. Hopefully, Napier Boys' can get the job done at home.
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Saturday 19 August 2023
Hurricanes semi-final
Napier BHS v Palmerston North BHS
Kick-off 1.00pm at NBHS #1Nothing on Napier Boys' socials yet about this game.
Palmerston North BHS say on their FB page that they're trying to stream this game on their YouTube channel but ask for patients in case they face some technical issues.
This is the link: