Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby

[Stargazer]

All Napier Boys need to do is not fall asleep and not take the foot off the throat.

Not sure whether the wind is a big factor in this game.

[Stargazer]

Another line-out steal from Gus Brown.

Pick and go, and reserve loosie George Manson scores another one for Napier!

Cory Berkett converts

33 - 3 Napier Boys'

The female commentator clearly doesn't know that Gus Brown used to be a lock.

[Stargazer]

Wow, hat-trick for Tyrone Chrystal!! Pick and go, this time.

Cory Berkett converts.

40 - 3 Napier Boys after 46 minutes

[Stargazer]

Try to Westlake's Cole Jackson; converted. Napier's weak spot is their left winger, who can't catch a ball.

40 - 10 Napier Boys'

[Higgins]

@Stargazer Even the likes of @gibbit @Nepia would have to be impressed by this! Seventeen minutes left to play but Westlake hot on attack.

[Stargazer]

Napier's left winger and their centre have now been replaced.

[Higgins]

Crap call, first infringement was the WBHS not straight.

[Stargazer]

As good as Gus Brown is, he's giving away too many penalties.

Westlake lose another line-out but fortunately to them, Napier Boys' lose the ball forward. Scrum close to Napier's try line, with Westlake having the feed.

[Stargazer]

More Napier mistakes creeping in.

[Stargazer]

I wonder whether Peyton Kemp (the 21 who just made that great tackle) is a younger brother of Carlos Kemp, who now plays Heartland for NPEC.

[Higgins]

Genuine question, have all the decent polynesian boys been scholarshipped by the Auckland schools or are there simply no Samoan or Tongan boys living in the Westlake catchment? They don't even have the obligatory Fijian wingers!

[Stargazer]

Great defence Napier Boys. I hope it holds, because Westlake are getting all the penalties.

Gus Brown with another steal from Westlake's line-out.

Now a Napier player penalised for tackling a player in the air. No yellow because they didn't know who the Napier player was.

[Stargazer]

Westlake scores in the corner. Great try from their 22.

The fullback converts. Very good kick.

40 - 17 Napier. About 18 minutes to go.

[Higgins]

@Stargazer said in Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby:

Westlake scores in the corner. Great try from their 22.

The fullback converts. Very good kick.

40 - 17 Napier. About 18 minutes to go.

No, only about six minutes left as they only play thirty five each way

[Stargazer]

Almost another Westlake try, but the player was in front of the kicker (and didn't ground the ball).

[Stargazer]

@Higgins Ah, yes, of course.

[Higgins]

Pathetic call, if that is penalty worthy we might as well ban tackling completely.

[Stargazer]

@Higgins Yeah, looked good to me.

[Stargazer]

Full time: Napier Boys 40 - 17 Westlake Boys

I think it is fair to say that Napier Boys were a size too big for Westlake. The Final will be a lot more difficult.
Now hoping Hamilton Boys and John McGlashan beat the crap out of each other.

[Higgins]

@Stargazer Slaughtered on the possession, territory and penalties conceded stats and still knocking them off big time. Take a bow the likes of @stockcar86 @higgins! The law of averages says we must knock off Hamilton (presumably they will win the other semi-final easily) sometime soon seeing as though it has been so long since that has been achieved.