2024 School Rugby

[Bovidae]

Kelston BHS 33 - 0 EG Jansen
Westlake BHS 22 - 5 Harrow School

[JK]

WBHS won that festival last year too I think?

[Yeetyaah]

If anyone cares I'm also here at World Schools with Papakura High School. We aren't a "rugby school" but we were invited through some connections. We're competing in an open comp which has 2 invititational teams and Paul Roos 2nd XV.

We were also out supporting the other 2 Auckland teams and both made their games look easy, Kelston are very good.

[Bovidae]

@Yeetyaah Good stuff. Post the other results, including yours, if you know them.

[Dolamite]

I wonder why Xavier Leota from Kelston was playing in the Global 7s on the weekend and not for Kelston at the World Schools?

[Mauss]

@JK said in 2024 School Rugby:

WBHS won that festival last year too I think?

They did.

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/new-zealand-continue-their-winning-streak-in-the-world-schools-festival-as-westlake-take-the-spoils/

I watched the Kelston game. Really like Aio Keith's game, just into everything, with the added benefit of polished lineout work. Baleinaikasakasa looks a real handful in the carry as well. Scrummaging might need a little work, though.

[Bovidae]

@Dolamite said in 2024 School Rugby:

I wonder why Xavier Leota from Kelston was playing in the Global 7s on the weekend and not for Kelston at the World Schools?

Yeah, I noticed that too. Leota is very mobile but I doubt many hookers were playing in the Global 7s.

[Mauss]

@Yeetyaah said in 2024 School Rugby:

We aren't a "rugby school"

Not a rugby school, he says. For your second try in the game against RTA, your backline executes a beautiful midfield switch, your loosehead throws a perfect 10-metre cut-out pass, and to top it off, you have a conversion-kicking hooker. Reads like a rugby school to me!

Congrats on the victory, awesome to see the joy of the players at the end of the game.

[Yeetyaah]

@Mauss thanks mate it was a hell of a game. I also ran on at the end and one of the boys jumped up on me.

[Yeetyaah]

Worth noting all of the New Zealand teams are undefeated so far. Kelston smoked Zambezi 50-3 I think and Westlake beat Llandovery 21-5.

[Yeetyaah]

My boys went down 30-21 against Dubai English Speaking School. If anyone watched you would have seen the comeback we mounted in the second half but wasn't enough to get it done.

[OomPB]

Paul Roos vs Kelson final

[OomPB]

Paul Roos is SA nr 1 rank and went unbeaten this year. This group is u17 and building for next year. Keenan Stoffels is a player to watch.

[OomPB]

Final now live

[Daffy Jaffy]

Finals Highlights -

[Bovidae]

Spoiler

Well done Kelston.

I have yet to watch the final but did see the last pool games from Westlake and Kelston. Both made a lot of unforced errors (dropped balls, forward passes etc).

[Frank]

The great, unbeatable Paul Roos side lose.
NZ school side wins again.

I thought SA teams were unbeatable ????

[taniwharugby]

@Frank probably thier 3rd 15 and thier u14 team too...that's the gist I get from Social media anyway.

Seriously though, good work by the Kiwi teams.

[Bovidae]

The same excuses as previous years. The NZ school year has finished too, and they still send Y13s. Kelston did have a Y10 (~14 yr old) on the wing and were missing their no.1 hooker, Xavier Leota, who is probably the best in NZ.

[Frank]

What are the rankings of Kelston and Paul Roos within NZ and South Africa?

Is Kelston NZ's best school?
Is Paul Roos SA's best school?