2017 NZ Schools
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Highlights from NZ Barbarians Schools v Tonga Schools via http://www.rugbypass.com/news/highlights-new-zealand-schools-barbarians-vs-tonga-schoolboys
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Those tools from NZR have uploaded a page to their website that's supposed to include the team list of NZ Schools but instead gives the team list of NZ Barbarians Schools! I think they also got the kick-off time (4.00pm NZT) wrong, not being aware that daylight saving started in NSW yesterday. Can someone confirm that?
Fortunately, there are other websites that have published the media release with the correct team list.
28/9/2017 NZ Schools Team Named For 2nd Test New Zealand Schools' coach Jason Holland has rung in the changes for their second match in Sydney tomorrow. The New Zealand Schools' team will meet Australian Schools' Barbarians with only five players remaining in the starting line up that beat Fiji Schools' 54-7 on Thursday. Holland said wholesale changes are to ensure all players see game time in the three-match campaign. "We have good depth in our squad so we're confident these players will continue where we left off against Fiji. "We did some good things on attack and defence on Thursday, the focus will be on the breakdown. If we can get quick ball I think we'll be hard to contain so we need to focus on the tempo of the game," said Holland. Quinn Tupaea will again captain the team from the midfield, he along with Tupou Vaa'i, Devan Flanders, Leicester Faingaanuku and Etene Nanai retain their starting positions.NZ Schools Kick-off time is 1.00pm AEDT (that should be 3.00pm NZT):
1 Fatongia Paea (Sacred Heart College)
2 Shilo Klein (St Andrew’s College)
3 George Dyer (St Paul's Collegiate)
4 Cullen Grace (Timaru Boys' High School)
5 Tupou Vaa’I (Wesley College)
6 Quade Tapsell (Gisborne Boys' High School)
7 Josh Southall (St Patrick's College – Silverstream)
8 Devan Flanders (Hastings Boys' High School)
9 Humphrey Sheild (Napier Boys' High School)
10 Lincoln McClutchie (Hastings Boys' High School)
11 Leicester Faingaanuku (Nelson College)
12 Quinn Tupaea (Hamilton Boys’ High School)
13 Isaiah Punivai (Christs College)
14 Etene Nanai (St Kentigern College)
15 Danny Toala (Hastings Boys' High School)Reserves:
16 Abraham Pole (Otago Boys' High School)
17 Tamaiti Williams (St Kentigern College)
18 Josiah Tavita-Metcalfe (Hastings Boys' High School)
19 Charles Alaimalo (Hamilton Boys' High School)
20 Jeriah Mua (Hastings Boys' High School)
21 Taufa Funaki (Sacred Heart College)
22 Rivez Reihana (St Kentigern College)
23 Tauterangimarie Kapea (Hamilton Boys' High School)This game will be livestreamed on www.rugby.com.au (and also the Australian Schools v Fiji Schools game from 5.00pm NZT).
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New Zealand Schools' Barbarians coach Brad Mooar has named an unchanged starting line up for their second and final match of the 2017 campaign. They meet New Zealand Maori Under 18s in Palmerston North tomorrow. The only change comes on the bench, with De La Salle College's TJ Ane coming into the squad to replace the injured Lemeki Namoa. Coach Brad Mooar said the team has shown huge improvement while in camp and he wanted to let them continue to grow combinations. "The squad went well on Thursday and it felt like the right thing to do to let them continue to establish and build their combinations. "Areas of improvement from the first match are error rate and penalties. It's not abnormal for that type of thing when the team is getting to know each other so if we can reduce those mistakes it should lead to a smooth performance."NZ Barbarians Schools v New Zealand Maori Under 18 - Sport & Rugby Institute, Palmerston North, kick off 2.00pm
1 Oliver Norris (St Peter’s College, Cambridge)
2 Tane Te Aho (Hamilton Boys’ High School) - captain
3 Patrick Thacker (Christ’s College)
4 James Thompson (St Peter’s College, Cambridge)
5 Taine Plumtree (Wellington College)
6 Joshua Bokser (Napier Boys’ High School)
7 Taine Te Whata (Otago Boys’ High School) - vice captain
8 Tovo Faleafa (Auckland Grammar School)
9 Louie Chapman (Christchurch Boys’ High School) – vice captain
10 Fergus Burke (St Paul’s Collegiate)
11 James Stratton (Palmerston North Boys’ High School)
12 Kienan Higgins (St Patrick’s College – Silverstream)
13 Josiah Maraku (Feilding High School)
14 Siave Seti (St John’s College)
15 Rico Syme (Christchurch Boys’ High School)Reserves:
16 David Meki (Rosmini College)
17 Ethan McQuinlan (Feilding High School)
18 Saula Mau (Auckland Grammar School)
19 Samipeni Finau (St Peter’s College, Cambridge)
20 Simon Parker (Otamatea College)
21 Luke Donaldson (St Paul’s Collegiate)
22 TJ Ane (De La Salle College)
23 Kaleb Talamahina (Southland Boys’ High School) -
There is some schoolboys trinations thing on FB right now for anyone interested.
NZ Schools v Oz Schools Baabaas
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FYI: Australian Baabaas Schools line-up: http://www.rugby.com.au/news/2017/10/01/australia-schools-teams-round-one
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@stargazer said in 2017 NZ Schools:
That's a feisty Aussie Baabaas team!
They should be - some of those boys were in the victorious ACT side, who didn't get picked in the First XV.
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@kiwimurph Only in patches. And its the greenest rugby field I've seen in Sydney this year
But yes, despite being the driest summer on record in Sydney, you'd think a fucking private school would have the cash to keep that shit in order and not get green paint out.
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