2023 School Rugby

[Stargazer]

@Stargazer said in 2023 School Rugby:

Fixtures - Saturday 29 April 2023

Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament

• Napier BHS v Keio High School - 2.50pm NZT (11.50am local) - livestream below
• Hamilton BHS v Saga Technical High School - 5.40pm NZT (2.40pm local) - livestream below

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LIVESTREAMS on YouTube:

Napier BHS v Keio High School - 2.50pm NZT (11.50am local)

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Hamilton BHS v Saga Technical High School - 5.40pm NZT (2.40pm local)

Apoligies for getting this wrong. These are the games played on Friday 28 April 2023 (today).

Here are the games scheduled for Saturday:

Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament

• Napier Boys v Kyoto Seisho High School - 3.20pm (12.20pm local) livestream:

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• Hamilton Boys v Hotoku Gakuen High School - 4.40pm (1.40pm local) livestream

[Tim]

The North Harbour competition starts tomorrow:

[Stargazer]

@Tim Yeah, I've posted those fixtures yesterday.

[Bovidae]

Hamilton BHS ended up beating Saga Technical High School 24-14 (HT: 5-14) but looked very rusty. It looked liked a lot of the starters came on at HT.

[Stargazer]

Manukura represents NZ schools at the Sanix Tournament in the girls' sevens tournament.

Yesterday's results:
Game 1 vs Kyoto Seisho Loss 7-12
Game 2 vs City Of Oxford College | Win 55-0
Game 3 vs Saga Technical School | Win 14-5

They are through to the Semi Finals vs Fukuoka at 4.00pm (1.00pm local time).

[Bovidae]

Having a quick look at the Day 1 results, both the Australian and English schools lost their first games.

Brooksby Melton College (England) 10 - 15 Kyoto Seisho High School (Kyoto)
Seoul National University High School (Korea) 0 - 103 Higashi Fukuoka High School (Fukuoka)
Napier Boys' High School (New Zealand) 29 - 19 Keio High School (Kanagawa)
Downlands College (Australia) 12 - 18 Tenri High School (Nara)
Jianguo High School (Chinese Taipei) 5 - 43 Hotoku Gakuen High School (Hyogo)
Hamilton Boys' High School (New Zealand) 24 - 14 Saga Technical High School (Saga)

[Bovidae]

The weather conditions in Japan are very different to yesterday.

[Bovidae]

Hamilton BHS 52 - 0 Hotoku Gakuen High School (HT: 26-0)

Closer to their first-choice XV started the game.

[Bovidae]

Today's results from Sanix:

Downlands College (Australia) 17 - 29 Higashi Fukuoka High School (Fukuoka)
Seoul National University High School (South Korea) 0 - 67 Tenri High School (Nara)
Napier Boys' High School (New Zealand) 27 - 7 Kyoto Seisho High School (Kyoto)
Hamilton Boys' High School (New Zealand) 52 - 0 Hotoku Gakuen High School (Hyogo)
Brooksby Melton College (England) 14 - 36 Keio High School (Kanagawa)
Jianguo High School (Chinese Taipei) 5 - 50 Saga Technical High School (Saga)

Manukura beat Fukuoka Ladies Rugby Football Club (Fukuoka) 24-10 in their SF but lost the final 27-0 to King's Christian College (Australia).

[Stargazer]

Results - Saturday 29 April 2023

Preseason

• King's HS 10 - 38 Christchurch BHS
• Rotorua BHS 22 - 7 St John's, Hamilton
• Marlborough BC ? -? Christ's College
• Palmerston North BHS 2nd XV ? - ? Rathkeale College 1st XV
• game of 3 halves:
  Nelson College 7 - 7 St Bede's College
  Nelson College 19 - 17 St Thomas of Canterbury College
  St Thomas of Canterbury College ? - ? St Bede's College

Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament

• Napier Boys 27 - 7 Kyoto Seisho High School
• Hamilton Boys 52 - 0 Hotoku Gakuen High School

Harbour 1A
Round 1

• Rosmini College WBD - LBD Manurewa HS
• Orewa College 14 - 41 Whangarei BHS
• Rangitoto College 14 - 39 Takapuna Grammar
• Westlake BHS 42 - 10 Massey HS

Tranzit 1st XV Festival (Hurricanes region)

• Wellington College 34 - 19 Gisborne BHS
• Rongotai College 5 - 36 Feilding HS
• St Pat's Wellington 26 - 57 Palmerston North BSH
• St Pat's Silverstream 14 - 21 Hastings Boys

[Dolamite]

Wesley 19 vs Kelston 19

[Bovidae]

Another game played yesterday was the Auckland 1A/1B promotion/relegation game.

St Paul's College beat Aorere College 53-5 so are promoted to 1A.

[Stargazer]

Monday 1 May 2023
Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament
Jianguo High School 3 - 76 Hamilton BHS
Brooksby Melton College 14 - 29 Napier BHS

There's at least one game, tomorrow:

Tuesday 2 May 2023
New Plymouth BHS v Auckland Grammar School - 12.15pm (sports exchange)

[Bovidae]

Today's other results from the Sanix tournament were:

Kyoto Seisho High School (Kyoto) 10 - 24 Keio High School (Kanagawa)
Hotoku Gakuen High School (Hyogo) 17 - 36 Saga Technical High School (Saga)
Higashi Fukuoka High School (Fukuoka) 17 - 12 Tenri High School (Nara)
Seoul National University High School (South Korea) 0 - 51 Downlands College (Australia)

As this is another tournament with only 3 pools the best 2nd-placed team will make the SF. We'll find out who that is when the SF draw is announced.

I watched the Hamilton BHS game. Jianguo High School is the weakest team in the pool so most of the regular starters were on the bench until late in the 2nd half. 29-3 at HT. At least it wasn't raining today.

I've only seen the Hamilton HBS games but have noticed that all players in the Japanese schools and the Chinese Taipei team wore headgear. That must be mandatory.

[Bovidae]

Hamilton BHS and Napier BHS have been drawn to play each other in one of the Sanix SFs tomorrow (4:40 pm NZT). The other SF is between Saga Technical High School and Higashi Fukuoka High School. The rules say that the SF draw is decided by a lottery and you can't play a team from your own Pool (Hamilton BHS and Saga were both in Pool B). 30 min halves now.

[Stargazer]

@Bovidae It's a pity Hamilton Boys' and Napier Boys' won't play the Final. I guess Napier Boys' will have to play for bronze then.

[Stargazer]

Result Tuesday 2 May 2023:

New Plymouth BHS 27 - 24 Auckland Grammar School

[Bovidae]

Sanix tournament:

Positions 9-12
Brooksby Melton College (England) 23 - 12 Jianguo High School (Chinese Taipei)
Seoul National University High School (South Korea) 0 - 67 Kyoto Seisho High School (Kyoto)

Positions 5-8:
Downlands College (Australia) 14 - 36 Keio High School (Kanagawa)
Hotoku Gakuen High School (Hyogo) 12 - 14 Tenri High School (Nara)

Positions 1-4:
Hamilton Boys' High School (New Zealand) 52 - 19 Napier Boys' High School (New Zealand)
Saga Technical High School (Saga) 14 - 21 Higashi Fukuoka High School (Fukuoka)

The final on Friday will be Hamilton BHS vs Higashi Fukuoka High School

[Stargazer]

Results Friday 5 May 2023

Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament
3rd/4th: Napier BHS 40 - 30 Saga Technical HS
Final: Hamilton BHS 28 - 22 Higashi Fukuoka HS

[Bovidae]

@Stargazer said in 2023 School Rugby:

Final: Hamilton BHS 28 - 22 Higashi Fukuoka HS

I've got to say that Hamilton BHS was a little lucky in the final. They were up 21-3 playing with the wind and then conceded a try just before HT so it was 21-8 at the break. In the 2nd half they rarely got out of their own half and seemed to be on the wrong side of the ref at times, combined with some poor discipline. A late length of the field try sealed the win while being behind 22-21.

Higashi Fukuoka High School was definitely a big step up from the other Japanese schools and defended very well. That said, Hamilton BHS butchered 3 tries with poor final passes. They also played the SF and final without their top lock (Tama Hodgson) so hopefully he is ready to go for the Super 8.

The other results today were:

11th/12th place
Jianguo High School (Chinese Taipei) 57 - 12 Seoul National University High School (South Korea)

9th/10th place
Brooksby Melton College (England) 26 - 24 Kyoto Seisho High School (Kyoto)

7th/8th place
Downlands College (Australia) 26 - 22 Hotoku Gakuen High School (Hyogo)

5th/6th place
Keio High School (Kanagawa) 20 - 26 Tenri High School (Nara)