2017 School Rugby
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@Bovidae Not surprised with those 2 finalists, although the score in the second semi is much bigger than expected. Maybe Southland Girls, last year's champions, lost a lot of players since last year (talented Black Ferns 7s player Alena Saili being one of them). Anyway, I'd be surprised if Hamilton Girls don't win the final, despite St Mary's again fielding a strong team.
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Result from the first co-ed semi:
Feilding 44 v Rangitoto 3
This means that the Hurricanes region have all three semifinalists going through to the final and that Auckland won't be represented in the finals.
In the other co-ed semi, St Peter's School is leading 31 to 0 over St Andrews College. I won't be surprised if all Chiefs region semifinalists go through as well.
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@Number-10 Commentators are probably right, because Hamilton played from the same side of the field as Hastings in the first half and it was benefiting Hastings. St Kent's, however, didn't do anything with the advantage in the 2nd half. Doesn't look like the wind has eased.
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@Bovidae You're right. I have seen a lot of comments on FB over the past few weeks/months downplaying the success of Hastings Boys (mostly from people in the Auckland and Wellington area) for several incorrect/unjustified reasons. One of them was that the Super 8 competition must be weaker than, particularly, the Auckland competition. I think today's results have clearly proven that that is just sour grapes.
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From top to bottom the 1A comp probably is the strongest in the country but that doesn't mean that they also have the best teams at the top end, as today's results have shown.
