Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby

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@higgins Yeah, it was a great day for HB school rugby:

Hurricanes Semi Finals
Hastings BHS 31 v St Pats Silverstream 14
Napier BHS 31 v St Pats Town 14

It will be an all Hawke's Bay Hurricanes Final and we'll have a HB school in the Top 4 to rep the Hurricanes region!

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HBT write-up. About the venue:

Originally the Hurricanes final was scheduled for Palmerston North but Bird said there is a chance it could be played in Hawke's Bay. The venue is expected to be confirmed on Monday.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503460&objectid=12113474

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Photos of St Pat's Silverstream v Hastings BHS

https://www.facebook.com/pg/NZClubRugby/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1755941527860295

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From the Napier BHS Facebook page

All Hawke’s Bay Hurricanes Final

Napier Boys’ High to play Hastings Boys’ High in the the Hurricanes final after both teams beat their Wellington opposition with identical scores 31-14.

The final was to be played in Palmerston North but with both teams from Hawke’s Bay it has been negotiated to play this here in the Bay.

Thanks to Hawke’s Bay Rugby and Napier City Council we have been given the go ahead to play this on McLean Park this Saturday kick off at 12.00pm.

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Teams for today's Hurricanes Final at McLean Park (k/o 12pm NZT):

Napier Boys' High School: Max Anderson, Caleb Turner, Leo Thompson, Keegan Christian-Goss, Jayden Stok, Henry Williams, Angus Kilmister, Luke Russell, Sam Henderson, Josh Gimblett, Frank Lochore, Tiaki Fabish, Patrick Teddy, Tyrone Thompson (captain), Jayden Walker.

Substitutes: Hayden Davis, Manaaki Aranui, Austin Soanai, Rob Slabbekoorn, Treyah Kingi-Taukamau, Pereiha Hubbard, Qunta Tawhai.

Hastings Boys' High School: Eldius Oli, Joeli Rauca, Andrew Hayward, Jordan Thompson-Dunn, Michael Naitokani, Latrell Ah Kiong, Charlie Varcoe, Liam Udy-Johns (captain), Connor Wadley, Donovan Mataira, Julian Goerke, Emil Crichton, Matt Wilson, Damarus Hokianga, Tini Nu'u.

Substitutes: Jacob Dorward, Alfred Tuliaupupu, Sam Taylor, Ngiyaani Waters, Daemon Brough, Shamara Brooks, Gideon Kautai.

Online streaming:

https://www.sidelineapp.com/teams/napier-bhs-1st-xv/

https://www.sidelineapp.com/teams/hastings-bhs-1st-xv/

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503460&objectid=12117004

[Higgins]

Any progress score yet? Two minutes played, surely Hastings will be behind by now.....

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@higgins Haha, still 0 - 0, but Napier just spent quite a while at 5m from the Hastings try line, without scoring.

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Napier scrum just smashed the Hastings pack.

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Hastings defending well so far, but their line-out needs to improve.

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Napier could have been at least 6 points ahead if they had decided to kick at goal instead of going for the line-out. Another opportunity missed. Hastings defence still holding.

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After 17 minutes, Napier have scored an unconverted try. I couldn't see who scored and the commentators didn't name the try scorer.

Napier leads 5 - 0.

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Penalty goal Napier after 23 minutes. Then a run-away try from Hastings left winger Michael Naitokani, against the run of play.

It's 8 - 5 to Napier after 30 minutes.

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Hastings playing football instead of rugby and they score again! I think the same left winger, but he didn't do it alone.

Half time: Napier 8 - 10 Hastings

Napier looking the stronger team, but not able to convert opportunities into points due to a good Hastings defence.
Both Hastings tries were against the run of play, but they're grabbing their chances and that's how they've earned their lead.

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The quality of the stream is excellent, but the commentators are talking too much.

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Try to Napier centre Leo Thompson. Finally they're able to get through that stubborn Hastings defence.

Keegan Christian-Goss has converted the try.

Napier takes back the lead 15 to 10.

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Oh, man, I wish the commentators would shut up!

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The officiating is questionable at times. Ref has forgotten offside rules.

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Napier try disallowed because of a knock-on in the lead-up.

[Higgins]

Must only be about ten minutes to go, looks like Hastings will be able to keep the score under fifty!

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I'm not biased towards either team, but these commentators are such Hastings fanboys that it would almost make me a Napier supporter. Bloody hell, they talk more than my mother-in-law, who is a non-stop chatterbox.