2023 School Rugby
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@Bovidae said in 2023 School Rugby:
@JK I did say earlier that I wouldn't be surprised to see Westlake win this game. They are my pick to win it all.
I see that Hamilton BHS made a late charge but lost to TBC. Home field advantage was always going to be big in this game.
Damn so much drama in schools rugby this year, interesting bunch of teams to go through to the Top 4, some weird home ground advantages, TJ taking a shot at the A1 on Sky broadcast, and a Wellington school blatantly cheating in the Canes competition and being given a pass for it.
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@JK said in 2023 School Rugby:
I donโt think any of these 4 have won it before so we will have a new champ.
Yes. Looking at the records, Southland BHS lost in the 1987 final and Palmerston North BHS lost in 1996 and 1997.
2012 is the last time a South Island school even made the final (Otago BHS).
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is that the official game footage? seems to be spending all its time on their bench as if they were looking for something
that is criminal, could the final not have been pushed a week and FAHS play it as they deserve too? looks like Scots were just trying to punish FAHS
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@Kiwiwomble I don't think it's the official game footage, but I'd say the person behind the camera knew something fishy was about to happen. Why else would they focus on the team management and bench?
There was no time to play the final a week later! The Top 4 starts this Friday!
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@Stargazer its really weird as thats obviously a filming scaffold, right on half way close to the sideline, also looks like a proper camera on a tripod (stable) rather than just someone using their phone...but yeah...filming the bench rather than the game, super sus, whos ground was that at?
fair enough, just really feel for FAHS, rightfully should have been able to play their final, Scots appealing just to default just seems petty
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@Kiwiwomble said in 2023 School Rugby:
whos ground was that at
It was a home game for Scots College and the game was supposed to be played on their own ground, but a day or so before the game,it was moved to another ground in the same suburb. I don't know why. Still huge home advantage.
Why Scots got to play at home was a debatable decision, too. The first semi is played between Super 8 schools and is based on merit: it's at the ground of the highest ranked Hurricanes team in the Super 8.
The second semi, between the Wellington Premiership winner and the highest ranked Hurricanes school in the CNI competition, was played in Wellington, last year. As there is no ranking to determine the home advantage, it would be fair to alternate between Wellington and the ground of the CNI finalist. So it should really have been played at Feilding's home ground, this year. -
Westlake, who are also proud Auckland First XI football and cricket champions
First XV wrap: Best of schoolboy rugby overshadows the worst
A pulsating Westlake-Sacred Heart contest was metaphorical ointment for Scots scab.
Hulking centre James Cameron introduced Murray-Macgregor to the scoresheet. A bullying bust at halfway saw the Crusaders-bound Murray-Macgregor galloping alongside Cameron to eventually take a regulation pass.
Absolutely vile.
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@Bovidae It happens everywhere, unfortunately. For us in HB, the Highlanders are the worst, but Blues scouts have been at our school games as well this year and we've lost a few players to the Crusaders region in recent years, too. Several of our recent school leavers have been playing club rugby in Otago this year, and at least 3 of them are now in the Otago U19 squad. There's at least one in the Canterbury U19 squad. I haven't looked at other U19 and development squads, but I might find a few more. It's frustrating, but I lay some of the blame with the Hurricanes, too. Players know very well that the Hurricanes always look at Wellington players first & they may think they have a better chance at making it down South because of that.
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TOP 4
SEMI-FINALS
Friday, Sep 2023 - CET Arena, Palmerston North
Hine Pounamu Trophy โ Girls 1st XVFriday, 1 Sep 2023 - 10.30am:
Mount Albert Grammar School v Hamilton GHSFriday, 1 Sep 2023 - 12.30pm:
MANUKURA v Christchurch GHS
Barbarians Cup - Boys 1st XVFriday, 1 Sep 2023 - 1.10pm:
Westlake BHS v Tauranga BCFriday, 1 Sep 2023 - 2.45pm:
Palmerston North BHS v Southland BHS
Whakaata Mฤori only seem to be streaming two of the four semi-finals, unless they still have to post the other two:
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