2019 School Rugby
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@Tim Google tells me he is a cousin of Ma'a.
The author of that article is also the owner of the High School Top 200 website and FB page, and uses a ranking system that he says he learned in the USA, but has never been willing to explain for some reason. I'd take his opinions on, and ranking of, players with a grain of salt.
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Highlanders Assistant Coach and former All Black Mark Hammett will head the New Zealand Schools team while former Tongan International Gus Ledger take charge of the New Zealand Schools Barbarians. Both teams will assemble at the end of the 1st XV season for a series of matches against Australia and Fiji in Waikato. Hammett has a long coaching CV, with roles at Canterbury, Crusaders and Hurricanes rugby, before coaching in Wales and Japan. He returned to New Zealand in 2016 to bolster the coaching teams for the Ta$man Mako and the Investec Super Rugby team, the Highlanders. He will be joined by Sam Rasch as Assistant Coach who currently leads the rugby programme at Scots College in Wellington. Canterbury’s Kevin Harding will also join the coaching team in a skill development role.Gus Ledger steps into the Head Coach role of the New Zealand Schools Barbarians and brings a wealth of age group rugby experience. The current Sacred Heart Auckland 1st XV Coach has led a number of age group teams under Super Rugby and Provincial Union flags. Returning for a second year as Assistant Coach is Mark Hooper from Kelston Boys’ High School.http://www.allblacks.com/News/34082/mark-hammett-to-lead-new-zealand-schools-in-2019
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Does Hammett have photos or something? What in his coaching history suggests he should be given the opportunity to ruin prospective professional careers before they begin?
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@antipodean If the selections are as bad as they were last year - with really good players being overlooked - then maybe he only gets to ruin the second stringers' prospective careers and not those of the best schoolboy players.
The scary reality is that now Hammett is involved with the NZ Schools teams and Philpott with the NZU20s.
Bloody hell.If they are so determined to appoint Canterbury coaches, why not appoint the good ones, instead of the worst!
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@antipodean said in 2019 School Rugby:
Does Hammett have photos or something? What in his coaching history suggests he should be given the opportunity to ruin prospective professional careers before they begin?
He built the foundation for the success the Hurricanes have now.
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@mimic said in 2019 School Rugby:
@antipodean said in 2019 School Rugby:
Does Hammett have photos or something? What in his coaching history suggests he should be given the opportunity to ruin prospective professional careers before they begin?
He built the foundation for the success the Hurricanes have now.
Bahahahaha @Chris-B you’re so funny ... oh, wait.
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Don’t feel bad - there is no quota system in SA School rugby - so coaches are allowed to pick first teams on merit. Only provincial teams and national teams from age 12 to 18 and senior levels have a quota system.
What I am saying is that our top 10 rugby schools will beat the under 18 junior springboks by 50 points or more.our number 14 and number 10 ranked schools also beat some top New Zealand Schools with big scores.
Unlike your junior all blacks and senior all blacks and all your super rugby teams - your schoolboy rugby teams actually get to play against quota free teams - so it is like playing against the springboks of the old days when springboks ruled world rugby.
Boland Landbou 30 (SA)
Napier Boys’ 25 (NZ)Grey College 73 (SA)
Christchurch Boys 26 (NZ)Paul Roos 93 (SA)
Southland Boys 5 (NZ)Monument 48 (SA)
John McGlashan College 10 (NZ)Grey College (SA) 54
Southland Boys High (NZ) 0Paul Roos (SA) 62
Napier Boys High (NZ) 7Paul Roos (SA) 52
St Peter’s College (NZ) 5 @akan004 -
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Back to NZ schools, which is way more interesting for most of us.
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Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament
Boys 1st XV - St Peter's College's results:
Pool games:
St Peter's College 45 - 10 Higashi Fukuoka HS, Japan (HT: 24 - 7)
St Peter's 38 - 7 Chubu University Kasugaoka High School, Japan (HT: 14 - 7)
St Peter's 10 - 0 Cardiff and Vale College, Wales (HT: 10 - 0)QF:
St Peter's College 29 - 5 Kyoto Seisho HS, Japan (HT: 10 - 5)SF:
St Peter's College 17 - 13 Toin Gakuen HS, Japan (HT: 7 - 13)Final:
St Peter's College 5 - 52 Paul Roos Gymnasium, South Africa (HT: 5 - 17)Girls Sevens - Howick College's results:
Pool games
Howick College 40 - 5 Otemon Gakuin HS, Japan (HT: 19 - 0)
Howick College 14 - 12 Kanton Gakuin Mutsuura HS, Japan (HT: 7 - 5)
Howick College 29 - 0 Moscow Region Girls School, Russia (HT: 17 - 0)Semi-finals:
Howick College 5 - 17 Fukuoka Ladies RFC, Japan (HT: 0 - 10)3rd-4th place play-off:
Howick College 14 - 17 Kanton Gakuin Mutsuura HS, Japan (HT: 14 - 5) -
Several school competitions kicked off last weekend.
Here are the results from Saturday, 4 May 2019:
Auckland 1A
MAGS 19 - Auckland Grammar 34
Kelston BHS 28 - Sacred Heart 23
Dilworth 16 - Aorere College 17
Liston College 5 - King's College 69
De La Salle 24 - Tangaroa 17UC Championship
Waimea Combined 12 - St Thomas 43
Mid Canterbury Combined 8 - Marlborough Boys' 52
St Andrew's 33 - Nelson College 31
Timaru BHS 5 - St Bede's College 47
Christchurch Boys 83 - Roncalli Aoraki Combined 0
Lincoln Combined 0 - Rangiora HS 15
Christ's College 27 - Shirley Boys 15Tranzit Coachlines 1st XV Festival (Hurricanes region)
Wellington College 24 - Gisborne BHS 40
Scots College 35 - Palmerston North BHS 31
St Pat's Town 26 - Napier BHS 26
St Pat's Silverstream 5 - Hastings BHS 14Harbour 1A
Takapuna 17 - Massey 18
Orewa 5 -Westlake 36
Whangarei BHS 22 - Rangitoto 12
Manurewa 10 - Rosmini 15Otago Premier Schools
Otago BHS 56 - Dunstan 0
St Kelvin's College 17 - Otago BHS 2nd XV 40
Otago Combined Co-ed 26 - South Otago HS 35.
Results from Wednesday, 8 May 2019:
Otago Premier Schools
Southland BHS 26 - John McGlashan 13
Waitaki 7 - Kings HS 26
Wakatipu 22 - Mt Aspiring 24Annual sports exchanges:
New Plymouth BHS 1st XV 21 - Francis Douglas MC 1st XV 15 (highlights below)9.4K views · 152 reactions | You've all seen that absolutely amazing...
You've all seen that absolutely amazing Haka - now let's take a look back at what was a cracking match between New Plymouth Boys' High School and Francis Douglas Memorial College at the Gully!...
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I hadn't heard about this before. I think it's interesting.
New weight restricted 1R premier grade launched in Auckland schools
Auckland Rugby has launched a new premier level weight restricted competition in secondary schools to create room for even more players to flourish. The new 1R grade will extend pathways for young superstars that might have been lost within the open grades.
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This is from the Auckland Rugby website:
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Anyone know exactly how/why manurewa has ended up in the north harbour comp for this year?
I can only assume it’s due to them being too shit for Auckland (Westlake beat them 53 nil) but must be a more accurate reason?
Full results for round 2 of north harbour
Westlake 53 v Manurewa 0
Whangarei 28 v Rosmini 10
Orewa 27 v Massey 10
Rangitoto 17 v Takapuna 14Good win for whangarei there and orewa over Massey too. Takapuna with two losses already, more than they had all regular season last year
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@JK yeah I think the benefit of playing in that comp is slowly starting to show for WBHS after copping some big hidings in the early years, they got a few boys playing U14s this seaosn who I expect will be playing 1st 15 in the next year or so...still would suck having that much travel, I mean Whangarei-Manurewa is a bit of a hike for a rugby game.
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Results from Saturday, 11 May 2019:
Auckland 1A
St Kentigern College 20 - Sacred Heart 19
Liston College 7 - Aorere College 15
De La Salle 19 - Dilworth 6
Auckland Grammar 23 - Kelston 7
King’s College 48 - Tangaroa 0
St Peter’s 31 - MAGS 21North Harbour 1A
Westlake 53 - Manurewa 0
Massey 10 - Orewa College 27
Rosmini 10 - Whangarei Boys 28
Rangitoto 17 - Takapuna Grammar 14Tranzit Coachlines 1st XV Festival
Palmerston North Boys 31 - St Pat’s Town 14
Hastings Boys High 20 - Scot’s College 19
Napier Boys 36 - Wellington College 26
Gisborne Boys 21 - St Pat’s Silverstream 22UC championship
Roncalli Aoraki Combined 3 - Nelson College 43
Shirley Boys 3 - Lincoln Combined 38
Marlborough Boys 24 - St Andrew’s 30
Waimea Combined 17 - Mid Canterbury Combined 15
Rangiora High 14 - St Bede’s 33
Christ’s College 29 - St Thomas 16
(Timaru v Christchurch boys to be played on Tuesday)Otago Premier Schools
St Kevin’s 26 - Wakatipu 22
Dunstan HS 62 - Otago Combined Co-Ed 6
My Aspiring 12 - Southland Boys 50
Otago Boys 2nd XV 24 - Waitaki Boys 12
South Otago 7 - John McGlashan 57
(Otago 1st XV v Kings High to be played on Tuesday)Other result:
Rotorua Boys 24 Wesley College7 -
Manurewa are the second best team behind Wesley in Counties. With Wesley in CNI, they must be looking for meaningful competition. Auckland has never let outside Ist XV's in their main comp. North Harbour and Counties teams sometimes play in the lower grade comps. My old school Onewhero Area School played in a U14 comp last year.
