2020 School Rugby
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CBHS beat Goon HS today, and STAC beat St Bedes in a close one. The two best sides will now meet in the final. St Bede's only really notable win this season was against Christ's around midway through the season before Christ's form really dropped away.
CBHS have improved as the season has gone on while STAC declined during and after a 9/9 start but have regained some form latterly. STAC beat CBHS in a TV game which acted as the curtain-raiser to a Crusaders game, so this should be a ding dong battle.
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Good game, the UC final. CBHS had the benefit of a strong Northerly at their backs in the first half and got out to a 20-0 lead. I thought STAC were stuffed at that stage, and expected those CBHS floggers to run away with it. But STAC came back and scored two quick tries to go into the break at 14-20. In the second stanza St Andrews took full advantage of the breeze and played some good football. I thought Boys High still had them at set piece but STAC had belief, and their 10 controlled things manfully.
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I didn't see the game so will try to watch a replay. I note that Rod McIntosh is STAC's Director of High Performance Sport. I remember him when he played for Waikato in the late 1980s to early 1990s, out of the now defunct Ngāruawāhia club. He later spent some time playing and coaching in HK.
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I have watched a replay of the UC Championship final, paying particular attention to the players that were selected for the NZ Schools squad. This highlights the difficulty of comparing players in completely separate competitions because I don't believe there can be much co-ordination from the selectors amongst the regions.
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A summary of the season, or lack of, for some regions.
https://www.allblacks.com/news/wrap-first-xv-season-draws-to-a-close/
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School XVs is done for the year and now the school 7s tournaments are starting.
21 Teams Set To Contest Hurricanes Secondary Schools Sevens Tournament
12 boys teams and 9 girls teams have currently registered to compete for the Hurricanes Secondary Schools Sevens Cups at Rathkeale College, Masterton on Saturday, 17 October. This is the seventh year of the Tournament, which was first played in 2014. 2019 champions Palmerston North Boys’ High School and Manukura will both look to defend their inaugural titles against a strong competition representing six of the Council’s eight member Provincial Unions. The Tournament is once again being hosted by the Wairarapa-Bush Rugby Football Union in the picturesque grounds of Rathkeale College.Participating teams:
Boys’ Section
- Aotea College, (Wellington RFU)
- Feilding High School, (Manawatu RFU)
- Hastings Boys’ High School, (Hawkes Bay RFU)
- Hato Pāora College, (Manawatu RFU)
- Lindisfarne College, (Hawkes Bay RFU)
- Mana College, (Wellington RFU)
- Palmerston North Boys’ High School, (Manawatu RFU) - (Defending Champions)
- St. Patrick’s College, Wellington, (Wellington RFU)
- Upper Hutt College, (Wellington RFU)
- Waiopehu College, (Horowhenua-Kapiti RFU)
- Wellington College, (Wellington RFU)
- Whanganui Collegiate, (Wanganui RFU)
Girls’ Section
- Aotea College, (Wellington RFU)
- Feilding High School, (Manawatu RFU)
- Kapiti College, (Horowhenua-Kapiti RFU)
- Manukura, (Manawatu RFU)
- Palmerston North Girls’ High School, (Manawatu RFU)
- Ruapehu College, (Wanganui RFU)
- St Mary’s College, (Wellington RFU)
- Wairarapa College, (Wairarapa-Bush RFU)
- Whanganui High School, (Wanganui RFU)
Draw not available, yet.
