Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby

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Great turnover and break from Flanders, leading to an excellent try from Tupou. Converted by Ah Kiong.

7 - 10 Hastings

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A few line-outs from Napier later, and they are in again via good try from hooker Iafeta Maa, with a big role from both props, esp Jayden Walker. Martin converts.

14 - 10 Napier

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Wow, classy try from Ah Kiong! He converts his own try.

Half time: Napier 14 - 17 Hastings

Great game.

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Really good to see that we have a good 10 developing in the Bay again; Latrell Ah Kiong is in hist second year of playing 1st XV for Hastings, but he's only in year 13 IIRC.

Also some promising midfielders in Jayden Stok (played on the wing last year), Jack Sheridan (both Napier) and Jordan Thompson-Dunn (Hastings).

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Napier definitely the better team for scrums and line-outs. Hastings better at the breakdown thus far.

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Jayden Stok finally gets another try for Napier. They fully deserved that try. They have been so dominant in the 2nd half, but no points. Martin slots his 3rd conversion.

Not long to go now. 21 - 17 Napier

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Own scrums won: Napier 7, Hastings 3
Scrum won against the feed: Napier 2, Hastings 0

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Hastings TH prop Jeremiah Tuiatua steals it for Hastings! Great try.

Full time: Napier 21 - 24 Hastings

Not so sure Hastings really deserved that win; with another ref they'd probably had a player in the bin. They conceded a lot of penalties in their 22 with Napier hot on attack. That last try was against the run of play.

Having said that, Napier could have been well ahead if it wasn't for all the dropped balls and knock-ons. I'm not very impressed with their outside backs. Their pack looked strong, definitely better than Hastings' pack.

Stand-outs for me:
Napier: Walker (1), Leutele Malasia (6), Stok (12) and Sheridan (13), and Ennor (19) from the bench
Hastings: Flanders (8), Ah Kiong (10), Thompson-Dunn (12)

MotM: Ah Kiong

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I'd like to see the stats for this game. Flanders and Thompson-Dunn must have been good for quite a few turnovers. Really good!

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Highlights:

[Nepia]

Awesome, win to the good guys!

Thanks for the updates @Stargazer

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Super 8
Napier BHS 21 - 24 Hastings BHS

Other results:
Palmerston North BHS 6 - 45 Hamilton BHS
New Plymouth BHS 5 - 14 Tauranga BC
Gisborne BHS 5 - 57 Rotorua BHS

Central North Island
St John’s Coll H'ton 10 - 36 Lindisfarne
Whanganui Coll 69 - 0 St John's Coll Hastings

Other results:
Rathkeale 5 - 57 Francis Douglas MC
Wesley 24 - 26 St Paul's
St Peter's 26 - 20 Feilding HS

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Napier BHS 2nd XV 14 - 31 Hastings BHS 2nd XV
Napier BHS U15 31 - 7 Hastings BHS U15

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Was at the Napier BHS-Hastings BHS game.

You're right @Stargazer, the last minute try to Hastings to win was definitely against the run of play - but all credit to them because they had to go 80 metres to do it, and was very well executed.

The second half was all Napier BHS and they only scored one try with all the possession and territory and scrum dominance they had - have only themselves to blame.

I also liked the look of the two Hastings BHS flankers Daemon Brough (7) and Connor Wadley (6). Brough clearly had the Napier BHS first five Henry Willams worried with his speed and aniticipation, Williams twice hurriedly passed the ball a split second before Brough got to him.

Napier BHS had the better tight five but Hastings BHS had the better loose trio. I thought the backs probably cancelled each other out.

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Today's results:

Whanganui Collegiate 1st XV 46 - 26 Lindisfarne College 1st XV (CNI game)
Whanganui Collegiate 2nd XV 14 - 31 Lindisfarne College 2nd XV
Whanganui Collegiate U15 7 - 59 Lindisfarne College U15

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Tomorrow's games:

Super 8
Hastings BHS v Gisborne BHS @ HBHS
9.15am: U14
10.45am: U15
10.30am: 2nd XV
12.00pm: 1st XV

Tauranga BC v Napier BHS @ Tauranga
10.00am: 2nd XV
12.00pm: 1st XV

Central North Island
St John's (Hastings) 1st XV v St Peter's (Cambridge) 1st XV @ St John's College. K/o is at 11am

Lindisfarne have another Traditional (against and at Scots College) on Tuesday at 10.00am. They'll probably get hammered.

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Central North Island
St John’s Hastings 18 - St Peter’s Cambridge 41

Other results:
St John’s Hamilton 19 - St Paul’s Collegiate 48
Francis Douglas 25 - Wesley College 24

Super 8
Hastings Boys 38 - Gisborne Boys 7
Tauranga Boys 1st XV 26 - Napier Boys 1st XV 26
Tauranga 2nd XV 17 - Napier BHS 2nd XV 19

Other result:
Hamilton Boys 13 - Rotorua Boys 18

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This was posted on the Landrover 1st XV Facebook page. You may need to watch it directly on FB. If you can't watch it, please, let me know.

SPOTLIGHT ON LATRELL SMILER-AH KIONG 💡🏉

Many of the athletes that feature on Land Rover 1st XV Rugby excel in other sports and Latrell Smiler-Ah Kiong is no different. He is chasing his hoop dreams 🏀 as well as turning out for his Hastings Boys High 1st XV and representing the New Zealand Condor Sevens secondary schools team. ⚫️⚪️

Find out more about him in the video below. We are sure he has a bright future ahead of him! 🌟

Interesting to hear he has famous cousin!

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I've been trying to find a bit more info about his parents after watching that video. His parents are former Hawke’s Bay Sevens player Herman Ah Kiong and former Hawke’s Bay basketball and netball rep Cheleme Smiler. His grandfather is former (1979-1980) Magpies midfield back Wini Smiler.

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Super 8
Napier BHS v Hamilton BHS @ NBHS
10.30am: 2nd XV
12.00pm: 1st XV

Hastings BHS v Rotorua BHS @ HBHS
10.30am: U14
10.30am: 2nd XV
12.00pm: 1st XV

Central North Island
11.00am: St Peter's (Cambridge) v Lindisfarne @ St Peter's
12.00pm: Francis Douglas MC v St John's (Hastings) @ FDMC