2022 School rugby
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@JK they been the best in that comp all year
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@taniwharugby said in 2022 School rugby:
@JK they been the best in that comp all year
Yeah we have but gotta say I was a wee bit worried by that manurewa comeback early in the second half.
Was a good game!
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Results - Sat 20 August 2022
Harbour 1A
Final
WESTLAKE BHS 36 - 24 Manurewa HS
Auckland 1A
Semi-finals- St Peter's College 21 - 16 De La Salle College (1 v 4)
- Kelston BHS 20 - 16 Sacred Heart (2 v 3)
Chiefs Secondary School
Play-off
Hamilton BHS 31 - 12 St John's (Hamilton)
BOP Secondary School Final (Chiefs Zone Top 4 qualifier)
Tauranga BC 22 - 11 Rotorua BHS (Tauranga Boys' are the new holders of the Moascar Cup)
Hurricanes Cup (Hurricanes Zone Top 4 qualifier)
Quarter-final
Napier BHS 16 - 14 Palmerston North BHS
Wellington Premiership
Final
ST PAT'S SILVERSTREAM 28 - 14 St Pat's Wgtn
Miles Toyota Championship
Round 12
Bowl Final
Christ’s College 42 - 14 Selwyn Schools CombinedPlate Final
Shirley BHS 30 - 25 Marlborough BCTrophy Final
Nelson College v St Bede's College - POSTPONED
Otago SchoolsRitchies Cup Final
Waiktaki BHS 22 - 24 Dunstan HSODT Cup
JOHN MCGLASHAN COLLEGE 36 - 27 Southland BHS -
Best of the rest in the Counties comp
Semi Finals
Tuakau / OAS 27 vs 24 Alfriston College: 1st XV
HPC 1st XV 20 vs 8 Waiuku College: 1st XVThe Final will be Tuakau College/Onewhero Area School combined Vs Hauraki Plains College
Onewhero is my old school. Hauraki are actually a Thames Valley school and they annoyed their home union when they came over to the Counties Comp. Some of their kids would be living in the Counties region.
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Secondary School Rugby Wraps Up for 2022
On Saturday 20th August over 2300 secondary school rugby players represented their school with pride and played their...
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Result - Wed 24 August 2022
Rex Kerr Cup (Hurricanes Girls Top 4 qualifier)
Final
Manukura 24 - 17 St Mary's College
Fixtures - Sat 27 August 2022
South Island Final (SI Girls Top 4 qualifier)
St Hilda's v Christchurch GHS - 12.00pm @ Otago Uni Oval, Dunedin
The Auckland Girls' Final will be played this Monday. I don't know anything about Blues Girls Top 4 qualfiers.
I couldn't find the Chiefs Girls Top 4 qualifiers. Will the Chiefs Manawa 1st XV competition winner (Hamilton Girls' won the final on 6 July 2022) represent the Chiefs region at the Top 4?
Chiefs Co-Ed Cup qualifier / Waikato Co-Ed Final
Matamata College v St Peters School, Cambridge - 11.00am (livestream via COMAG Matamata College 1st XV Facebook page)The winner progresses to the Chiefs Co-Ed Cup semi-final v the top Co-Ed team from BoP. The top Co-Ed school from Counties will play the Taranaki qualifier in the other semi.
Hurricanes Co-Ed Cup
Semi-final
Upper Hutt/Heretaunga Colleges (combined) v Whanganui Collegiate - 12.00pm @ Maidstone ParkI couldn't find the other Hurricanes Co-Ed Cup semi-final and don't know which schools are in it.
I've no idea where to look for South Island and Blues region Co-Ed games, if they are played at all.
Harbour 1A
Finished
Auckland 1A
Final
St Peter's College v Kelston BHS - 3.05pm @ Eden Park -
LIVE on Sky Sport 2
CNI
Finished
Super 8
Finished
Chiefs Secondary School (Chiefs Zone Boys Top 4 qualifier)
Semi-finals- New Plymouth BHS v Pukekohe HS - 12.00pm - livestream via Whakaata Māori YouTube channel
- Tauranga BC v Hamilton BHS - 12.00pm - livestream via Whakaata Māori YouTube channel
Hurricanes Cup (Hurricanes Zone Boys Top 4 qualifier)
Semi-finals- Hastings BHS v Napier BHS - 12.00pm
- St Pat's Silverstream v Feilding HS - 1.30pm
I couldn't find a livestream of these games, unfortunately.
Wellington Premiership
Finished
Miles Toyota Championship
Trophy Final
Nelson College v St Bede's College - 11.05am - LIVE on Sky Sport 4
Otago Schools
Finished
New Plymouth BHS v Pukekohe HS Livestream
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@Stargazer Where is the venue for the Napier v Hastings battle? With this solid rain currently falling it might rule out being the Shield curtainraiser at McLean Park.
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@Can-I-Play-too Awesome, thank you! Totally forgot to look there!
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@Crucial said in 2022 School rugby:
What’s in that Herald article (paywalled) about the SP v Kelston game? Expose of schools rugby or shit stirring?
Here's the main part of it:
At this point in a match preview we would normally be quoting the thoughts of one of the coaches. Perhaps we might have asked Kelston's Matt Howling what it would mean to win the title via knockout stages, as opposed to earning it through having been round robin leaders when the season was brought to a halt by Covid-19, as was the case last year. Or inquired as to what they may need to do differently to avoid a repeat of their 23-3 loss to St Peter's on May 21. We might have asked St Peter's Dave Thomas how his team compares to the school's champion team of 2018. Or maybe his thoughts on whether loosehead prop Sika Pole and halfback Etu Fokufuka can again score critical tries against Kelston, or the prospect of flanker Dylan Petaia turning in another player of the day performance. Or, more generally it may have been a chance to name-drop a few of the individual players from both teams who have enjoyed stellar seasons. Or contextualise the occasion in terms of the schools' proud history in 1A competition. For this article, Kelston's director of sport, William Howling, was contacted on the advice of Auckland Rugby's communications manager James Johnston, who did his best to facilitate media access with reluctant schools. "We won't be making any comment," Howling said. He could not explain why Kelston wouldn't comment. Kelston has a stated school vision of "inspiring growth through wisdom and honour". Meanwhile the St Peter's camp offered comment for over half the season - before belatedly advising they had been instructed by the principal to desist. No reason was given why. Nic Slade is director of sport at St Peter's, whose mission statement says: "We work with the community in setting our goals and objectives and in assessing our effectiveness." Slade was approached for comment via email and phone message. There was no response. According to the same mission statement, St Peter's adopt Jesus Christ as their model in all they do. At this point, for anyone who ever went to a Catholic school, Proverbs 1:28 may spring to mind. "Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; "They will seek me diligently but they will not find me." So here we are. Auckland has one of the best first XV competitions around in terms of rugby production. But in terms of understanding how "the product" is presented and consumed, they live in the dark ages. They might as well inhabit the cave of Boreas as New Zealand's biggest metropolis. In other parts of the country the promotion and publicising of a first XV rugby final is something which is embraced. In Auckland they would rather not answer the phone. This season this column has presented comment and background information from schools in North Harbour, Hamilton, Rotorua, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, and Dunedin. There has never been anything even approaching the insular resistance that prevails within the Auckland schools. Indeed, the contrast with how helpful they have been in trying to build the symbiotic relationship between sport and media has been striking. To a certain extent that is a reflection of the civilising influence of sponsored competitions and trophies, where publicity is solicited to do justice to the wider community investment. In central North Island Super 8 rugby they now even broadcast and televise their matches. By contrast, Auckland's unsponsored 1A stands aloof. -
@Bovidae said in 2022 School rugby:
@mikedogz said in 2022 School rugby:
Matamata and St Peters Cambridge play in a Co-ed Final this Saturday.
Matamata will fancy an upset in this game, especially if they are at home.
As I said:
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Counties First XV Winners Tuakau College - Onewhero combined beat Hauraki Plains College 14 to 10
The first time a team from Onewhero Area School or Tuakau College have won a counties comp for a long time in any grade.
It would be decent grade if Pukekohe, Wesley and Manurewa stayed in Counties.
