2018 School Rugby

[Rapido]

Have ever SPC won this before?

Congrats to SPC.

[African Monkey]

@rapido Yup 1987 and 2000. What a comeback well done to the boys WOOOOOO!!!!!!

[Stargazer]

Congrats to St Peter's. Won with a fantastic second half.
Proud of Napier Boys, who dominated the first half. Only 3 points in it.

Watching this game between these two very good teams, the future of NZ rugby looks bright.

FT: Napier BHS 28 - 31 St Peter's College

[KiwiMurph]

Haha well just as well they play the games and not just decide the winner on paper eh!

Well done St Peter's - what a season - great to see a different school take out the national title and good to see an Auckland school take it out.

[Bovidae]

I said that the Top 4 final would be anyones to win. Congrats St Peter's.

Well done Hamilton GHS and St Peter's Cambridge for winning the girls and co-ed finals, respectively.

[African Monkey]

@kiwimurph Haha yeah, we've been underdogs for 4 of the last 5 games. The Westlake game was a good wake up call as we were very lucky to get out of that one, the one game where we were expected to win.

[Stargazer]

National Top 4 - Results

Co-ed Cup
3rd/4th: Feilding HS 10 v 16 Mt Albert Grammar
FINAL: Rangiora HS 26 v 33 St Peter’s Cambridge

Hine Pounamu Trophy – Girls 1st XV
3rd/4th: Aorere College v Southland GHS
FINAL: Manukura 7 v 42 Hamilton GHS

Barbarians 1st XV Trophy
3rd/4th: Hamilton BHS 43 v 25 Christchurch BHS
FINAL: Napier BHS 28 v 31 St Peter's College

[Tim]

Interesting that Michael Jones' son was tournament MVP.

[Stargazer]

@tim He was quite impressive. Strong lad, great ball carrier.

[African Monkey]

@tim His defence against Hamilton Boys won us the match, and his work from the back of the scrum and ball in hand won it for us today. A real classy player I think his future is at 7 unless he starts growing a bit more as he isn't the biggest loosie going round.

[taniwharugby]

man he looks and sounds like his dad!

[Bovidae]

So I assume a NZSS wider squad is named soon?

[Stargazer]

@bovidae This or next week, I think.

[mimic]

@african-monkey said in 2018 School Rugby:

@tim His defence against Hamilton Boys won us the match, and his work from the back of the scrum and ball in hand won it for us today. A real classy player I think his future is at 7 unless he starts growing a bit more as he isn't the biggest loosie going round.

Really interesting with Gibson and Papali'i around..

[Tim]

[JK]

Saw a snippet of highlights of the final on the news. Jeez Niko (or is it Nikau?) Jones sounds like his old man.

Hopefully catch full game replay on sky this week

Slow starts v Westlake and same in this game by sounds of it

[Rapido]

@jk said in 2018 School Rugby:

Saw a snippet of highlights of the final on the news. Jeez Niko (or is it Nikau?) Jones sounds like his old man.

Hopefully catch full game replay on sky this week

Slow starts v Westlake and same in this game by sounds of it

Michael Jones' middle name is Niko.

[taniwharugby]

ha bit they just mentioned on the news just now...Michael Jones let Niko decide if he wanted to play yesterday, being a Sunday and all!

[Bovidae]

The two Auckland private schools he refers to must be St Kents and Kings.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/107546162/schools-unseemly-rugby-playernapping-is-almost-out-of-control

[Rapido]

@bovidae said in 2018 New Zealand Schools:

The two Auckland private schools he refers to must be St Kents and Kings.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/107546162/schools-unseemly-rugby-playernapping-is-almost-out-of-control

If this bit is true, then holy shit!

Bills alleges rich-lister Douglas Goodfellow, when he died in 2014, left St Kentigern $250 million.