2018 School Rugby

[Stargazer]

South Island Co-ed Final
Gore HS 17 - 42 Rangiora HS

Blues Boys Final
St Peter's 19 - 17 Westlake BHS

Blues Co-ed Final
Mount Albert GS 36 - 3 Takapuna GS

[Bovidae]

I had an interesting conversation about Sky's 1st XV coverage at the Hamilton-Wesley game today. Based on what I was told we might be seeing less TV games outside of Auckland in the future. Land Rover paid a good sum for sponsorship of 1st XV rugby. So where did the money go to? Not to the schools, but the ARU.

A lot of schools outside of Auckland won't let Sky televise their games now as none of the money goes to the schools or their local rugby province. sidelineapp seems to be a better model for the future.

[African Monkey]

Well done to St Peter's. Next week might be a step too far for us but we've upset plenty to get this far so you never know.

[Bovidae]

This is the most even Top 4 for a while as there is no standout team.

[Stargazer]

National Top 4 - Friday, 7 Sep 2018 - Sports and Rugby Institute, Palmerston North

Hine Pounamu Trophy – Girls 1st XV
10.30am – Aorere College v Hamilton GHS
Referee: A Conlon

11.45am – Manukura v Southland GHS
Referee: MRRA

Co-ed Cup
1.30pm – Mt Albert Grammar v St Peter’s Cambridge
Referee: A Rimene

2.45pm – Feilding HS v Rangiora HS
Referee: D Waenga

Barbarians 1st XV Trophy
1.10pm – St Peter’s College v Hamilton BHS - Televised
Referee: R Gordon

2.55pm – Napier BHS v Christchurch BHS Televised
Referee: V Ringrose

[Bovidae]

Some historical info in the following article:

• Summary Points: 1113
• Highest scoring final: Wesley College 53 – Rotorua BHS 32 in 2001
• Lowest scoring final: Otago Boys’ HS 5 – Rotorua BHS 5 in 1998
• Draws: 4 (Otago BHS 5 – Rotorua BHS 5 in 1998, Christchurch BHS 22 - Wesley College 22 in 2004, Hamilton BHS 6 – De La Salle College 6 in 2008, Hamilton BHS 26 – Scots College 26 in 2014)
• Tries: 140 Conversions: 82 Penalties: 84 Dropped Goals: 7
• All Blacks try/point scorers: Sitiveni Sitiveni, Stephen Donald, Colin Slade, Charlie Ngatai, Sam Tuitupou, Jonah Lomu, Ant Strachan, Rhys Duggan, Pat Lam, Craig Newby, Richie McCaw

National Top Four rugby finals – results and scoring

​​St Peter's College beat Napier Boys' High School 31-28 in last year's final. The  NZ Barbarians National 1st XV Championships  are being held at the Sport and Rugby Institute in Palmerston...

[chchfanatic]

Did anyone see the cbhs vs obhs past week. Otago has a winger with serious gas who scored a hat trick. Also the chch halfback is going to be a great player. Don’t think chchs forward will handle the big boys from up north. Pretty good backs though

[SammyC]

@chchfanatic said in 2018 School Rugby:

Did anyone see the cbhs vs obhs past week. Otago has a winger with serious gas who scored a hat trick. Also the chch halfback is going to be a great player. Don’t think chchs forward will handle the big boys from up north. Pretty good backs though

I was there for a bit, not the whole game.

The OBHS winger may be the fastest player I've seen at that level.

[Stargazer]

This week, there's also been an U15 tournament (at Auckland Grammar). I'll skip the pool game results, but here are the results from the quarter-finals, some results of the semi-finals, as well as the draw for finals day.

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Results Semi-Finals (could not find them all)

13th-16th
Palmerston North BHS 24 - 14 New Plymouth BHS
Westlake Boys ? - ? Wellington College - Westlake won

9th-12th
Otago BHS 14 - 36 Hastings BHS
Wesley College 0 - 6 Tauranga BHS

5th-8th
St Patrick's College Town 19 - 22 Christchurch BHS
MAGS v St Bede's - St Bede's won

1th-4th
Hamilton BHS - Auckland Grammar - Hamilton won
Napier BHS 8 - 0 Rotorua BHS

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[Higgins]

The final looks to be a curtainraiser to the Top 4 Final on the Sunday in Palmy!

[Stargazer]

@higgins Yes, it crossed my mind as well that that might be the final between the 1st XVs as well. Fingers crossed!

[Stargazer]

Half time: St Peter's College 3 - 7 Hamilton BHS

Hamilton looked the stronger team in the first half with most of the possession (67%), territory (70%) and opportunities, but - except for one try - St Peter's defence kept them from scoring. From the 23rd minute, St Peter's got a bit more ball, but didn't get close to the Hamilton try line.

Quite a bit of handling errors in this game.

Unfortunately, Hamilton lost its no. 8 after a bad head knock in the 14th minute.

[Bovidae]

Typical Palmy weather with a strong gusting wind.

[Stargazer]

Great try from the St Peter's winger, PJ Tonga.

[Stargazer]

With that terrible wind, kicking is a nightmare.

St Peter's 8 - 7 Hamilton Boys

[shark]

In year 11, Alaimalo started every game for St Bede’s College who won the UC Championship. Since Alaimalo left, St Bede’s hasn’t made the top four. italicised text

Weird, and misleading. St Bedes made the UC top four this year for a start. If they mean the national top four, I doubt we made that when he was there either as it's been a few years since we dominated the UC, let alone SI.

[Bovidae]

Hamilton is not a big team and got outmuscled by St Peters in the 2nd half and that resulted in turnovers and handling errors. Losing Keogh early didn't help as he is their main ball-carrier. A better kicking game by St Peters too.

Congrats St Peters.

[Stargazer]

Full time: St Peter's 8 - 7 Hamilton Boys

Now: Christchurch BHS v Napier BHS

By the way, the Moascar Cup is also on the line in this game!

[SammyC]

@stargazer said in 2018 School Rugby:

Full time: St Peter's 8 - 7 Hamilton Boys

Now: Christchurch BHS v Napier BHS

By the way, the Moascar Cup is also on the line in this game!

Do you have a link to watch this mate? or at least follow live scoring?

[Stargazer]

@sammyc I'm happy to post liveupdates here. It's on the Rugby Channel. Haven't looked for streams.