Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby

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@Stargazer said in Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby:

Palmy Boys not helping themselves, making a lot of errors.

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Try to Palmy's TH prop with a too difficult name to pronounce and write. From the pick 'n go. Fullback Curtis Heaphy converts.

33 - 14 Napier

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Ha, Napier answer with a monster scrum! Palmy have a lot of big boys in their squad, but Napier have dominated the scrum all game.

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That was hilarious! Awesome driving maul from Napier, and the Palmy no. 18 tried to get a ride on top. Ref tells him to get off, and he struggles to do so.

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Damn. Runaway try from the much hyped up Palmy centre. Try converted. Napier defence sleeping.

33 - 21 Napier

Come on, don't give it away!

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Another awesome driving maul from Napier Boys and no. 19 Hugh Taylor dots down! Moleli can't convert.

38 - 21 Napier

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@Stargazer Looks like only about five minutes to go?

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Ethyn Martin is a bit of a show pony, but he dots down another great try. Great offload from no. 12 Broughton, who survives a high tackle. Lochi Mead's conversion is good!

45 - 21 Napier

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@Stargazer Clearly the Polson Banner is more highly treasured than the Moascar Cup given that NBHS seemed not to be focusing on their game last weekend, concentrating on getting ready for this one. Beating those phffts from the other side of the Gorge rates equally as highly as knocking over that outfit from over the other side of the Ngaruroro River and more highly than beating any other team!

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Geezus that was a great try!! Bethel Malasia scores, but it was the great pass from Stok and brilliant run from Moleli that made it possible! Really, really good! Meads can't convert.

Time's almost up. Napier 50 - 21 Palmy

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Napier Boys win the Polson Banner, beating Palmy Boys 50 to 21. A bonus point win!

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I really don't get why the commentators talked up big Palmy centre Lafo Takiari-Ah Ching as dominant, when he hardly had the ball and only one time caught the Napier defence napping to score a runaway try. In the few other cases he had the ball, he couldn't make the slightest dent in that defence (even though Napier needed about 4-5 players to stop him, he's huge).

Napier stand-outs Afa Moleli (MVP) and Jayden Stok. The pack was very good, too, dominating the scrum and bulldozing Palmy Boys with their driving mauls.

Great game to watch; even greater to see a Hawke's Bay school dominate. Not sure what they're going to do with the postponed/cancelled game in and against Hamilton Boys, because that will be a different story. Hamilton have been great and are unbeaten for a good reason. Anyway, the Polson Banner is back in Napier for a year.

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@Stargazer Ken Laban was it? Probably just to give him the chance to emphasize what villages he comes from and maybe even what school he started his secondary education at if it was not PNBHS! Also gives him a chance to show how accurate he is at pronouncing names from what looks like it might be from three languages.

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@Higgins Ken Laban and Ben Castle both talked him up.

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Hastings Boys 2nd XV just suffered a big 7 - 48 loss to Hamilton Boys 2nds. I hope that the 1st XV doesn't share their fate, but the way this season is going, I'm not optimistic.

[Nepia]

@Stargazer said in Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby:

Hastings Boys 2nd XV just suffered a big 7 - 48 loss to Hamilton Boys 2nds. I hope that the 1st XV doesn't share their fate, but the way this season is going, I'm not optimistic.

Eek, although a down year for Hastings (which this clearly is) is always going to result in big losses to the Super 8 powerhouse of Hamilton Boys.

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Hastings line-up (from Tribe)