2023 School Rugby
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Fixtures - Weekend 12-13 August 2023
Saturday 12 August 2023
Auckland 1A
Semi-finals- St Kentigern (1) v De La Salle College (4) - 2.30pm
- Sacred Heart College (2) v Auckland Grammar School (3) - 2.30pm
Harbour 1A
Semi-finals- Westlake BHS (1) v Takapuna Grammar (4) - 12.00pm
- Massey HS (2) v Rosmini College(3) - 12.00pm
- Whangarei BHS (5) v Manurewa HS (8) - 12.00pm
- Rangitoto College (6) v Orewa College (7) - 12.00pm
Central North Island
all matches at Owen Delany Park, Taupō9th/10th place play-off
Rathkeale College v St John's College, Hastings - 11.00am7th/8th place play-off
Lindisfarne College v St Paul's Collegiate - 11.00am5th/6th place play-off
Francis Douglas Memorial College v St Peter's School, Cambridge - 11.00am3rd/4th place play-off
Whanganui Collegiate School v Wesley College - 11.00amFinal
Feilding HS v St John's College, Hamilton - 12.45pm
Hurricanes Cup challenger match (quarter-final, Hurricanes Top 4 qualifier)
Palmerston North BHS v Hastings BHS - 12.00pm
Otago Schools Rugby Championship (Division 1) - part 2
ODT Cup Final
Southland BHS (1) v Otago BHS (3) - 2.00pm
Livestreamed on Rugby Southland and Otago Community Rugby FB pages
Sunday 13 August 2023Wellington Premiership
Final
Scots College (1) v St Pat's Silverstream (2) - 1.00pm -
Hamilton BHS is meant to play St John's to decide the Waikato Chiefs Top 4 team. This will have to be a midweek game due to the CNI schedule.
@Bovidae said in 2023 School Rugby:
Hamilton BHS is meant to play St John's to decide the Waikato Chiefs Top 4 team. This will have to be a midweek game due to the CNI schedule.
It is Wednesday at 2:00.
Oddly, it is at St John's. Although a worse track, it has much better viewing.
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@Bovidae said in 2023 School Rugby:
Hamilton BHS is meant to play St John's to decide the Waikato Chiefs Top 4 team. This will have to be a midweek game due to the CNI schedule.
It is Wednesday at 2:00.
Oddly, it is at St John's. Although a worse track, it has much better viewing.
@Chester-Draws said in 2023 School Rugby:
@Bovidae said in 2023 School Rugby:
Hamilton BHS is meant to play St John's to decide the Waikato Chiefs Top 4 team. This will have to be a midweek game due to the CNI schedule.
It is Wednesday at 2:00.
Oddly, it is at St John's. Although a worse track, it has much better viewing.
They played this game at HBHS last year so that would make sense. I see St John's choked in the CNI final again.
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@Chester-Draws said in 2023 School Rugby:
@Bovidae said in 2023 School Rugby:
Hamilton BHS is meant to play St John's to decide the Waikato Chiefs Top 4 team. This will have to be a midweek game due to the CNI schedule.
It is Wednesday at 2:00.
Oddly, it is at St John's. Although a worse track, it has much better viewing.
They played this game at HBHS last year so that would make sense. I see St John's choked in the CNI final again.
@Bovidae said in 2023 School Rugby:
@Chester-Draws said in 2023 School Rugby:
@Bovidae said in 2023 School Rugby:
Hamilton BHS is meant to play St John's to decide the Waikato Chiefs Top 4 team. This will have to be a midweek game due to the CNI schedule.
It is Wednesday at 2:00.
Oddly, it is at St John's. Although a worse track, it has much better viewing.
They played this game at HBHS last year so that would make sense. I see St John's choked in the CNI final again.
As far as I know, it has always been played at HBHS.
I'm not sure that St John's "choked" this year. Last year, sure, when they won all the round robin, but they only just squeezed into first place this year, and a bounce of the ball vs St Paul's and they would have been below Fielding.
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@Bovidae said in 2023 School Rugby:
@Chester-Draws said in 2023 School Rugby:
@Bovidae said in 2023 School Rugby:
Hamilton BHS is meant to play St John's to decide the Waikato Chiefs Top 4 team. This will have to be a midweek game due to the CNI schedule.
It is Wednesday at 2:00.
Oddly, it is at St John's. Although a worse track, it has much better viewing.
They played this game at HBHS last year so that would make sense. I see St John's choked in the CNI final again.
As far as I know, it has always been played at HBHS.
I'm not sure that St John's "choked" this year. Last year, sure, when they won all the round robin, but they only just squeezed into first place this year, and a bounce of the ball vs St Paul's and they would have been below Fielding.
@Chester-Draws said in 2023 School Rugby:
As far as I know, it has always been played at HBHS.
For fairness I think they now try to alternate who plays at home. That is certainly the situation for the Super 8 teams, i.e., whichever team played at home during the season plays away if they meet again. I do remember watching St John's and Hamilton BHS play at St John's a few years back, but that might have been a game early in the season.
Hamilton BHS has had so few home games this year anyway. Three in the Super 8 and then the SF and final, so only five in total.
I'm not sure that St John's "choked" this year.
I went to the St John's-Feilding game, and they won reasonably convincingly.
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A bit of info lately on this facebook page outlining what's going on for qualifying.
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@Chester-Draws said in 2023 School Rugby:
As far as I know, it has always been played at HBHS.
For fairness I think they now try to alternate who plays at home. That is certainly the situation for the Super 8 teams, i.e., whichever team played at home during the season plays away if they meet again. I do remember watching St John's and Hamilton BHS play at St John's a few years back, but that might have been a game early in the season.
Hamilton BHS has had so few home games this year anyway. Three in the Super 8 and then the SF and final, so only five in total.
I'm not sure that St John's "choked" this year.
I went to the St John's-Feilding game, and they won reasonably convincingly.
@Bovidae said in 2023 School Rugby:
I went to the St John's-Feilding game, and they won reasonably convincingly.
I'm sure they did. But I also don't think that was entirely unexpected. I think it would have been a "choke" if the defending holders, who were coming right at the end of the season, had lost.
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Did FDMC play NPBHS to decide the Taranaki winner? I'd give FDMC a good chance of winning that.
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Scots College beat St Pats Silverstream 29-27 in the Wellington college final earlier today.
https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2023/08/13/sizeable-scots-stop-stoic-stream-in-premiership-decider/
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Pretty lame way to decide the Auckland 1A semi final between St Kent's & De La Salle. Tied at full time - St Kent's go through as they scored the first try.
In fairness St Kent's haven't lost a game all season but it gives off boundary countback vibes.
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Results - Weekend 12-13 August 2023
Saturday 12 August 2023
Auckland 1A
Semi-finals- St Kentigern (1) 22 - 22 De La Salle College (4)
From St Kent's FB: The 1st XV won the Auckland semi final on Saturday - with good weather and big crowd it was a close game from the start. De La Salle were leading until the last play with Saint Kentigern scoring in the corner to draw even 22-22. With no extra time in this competition the team that scored the first try would be awarded the win which was SKC. - Sacred Heart College (2) 32 - 8 Auckland Grammar School (3)
Harbour 1A
Semi-finals- Westlake BHS (1) 64 - 0 Takapuna Grammar (4)
- Massey HS (2) 13 - 27 Rosmini College(3)
- Whangarei BHS (5) v Manurewa HS (8) CANCELLED
- Rangitoto College (6) 29 - 15 Orewa College (7)
BOP Final (Chiefs boys Top 4 qualifier)
Rotorua BHS 24 - 28 Tauranga BC
-> winner to Chiefs semi-finals
Central North Island
all matches at Owen Delany Park, Taupō9th/10th place play-off
Rathkeale College 31 - 29 St John's College, Hastings7th/8th place play-off
Lindisfarne College 5 - 19 St Paul's Collegiate5th/6th place play-off
Francis Douglas Memorial College 32 - 28 St Peter's School, Cambridge3rd/4th place play-off
Whanganui Collegiate School 5 - 32 Wesley CollegeFinal
Feilding HS 24 - 17 St John's College, Hamilton
Hurricanes Cup (Hurricanes Top 4 qualifier)
Challenger match / quarter-final
Palmerston North BHS 27 - 25 Hastings BHS
Otago Schools Rugby Championship (Division 1) - part 2
ODT Cup Final
Southland BHS (1) 22 - 10 Otago BHS (3)
-> winner to South Island final
Sunday 13 August 2023Wellington Premiership
Final
Scots College (1) 29 - 27 St Pat's Silverstream (2) - 1.00pm
-> winner to Hurricanes semi-final - St Kentigern (1) 22 - 22 De La Salle College (4)
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Midweek fixtures 14 - 18 August 2023
Monday 14 August 2023
Auckland Girls 1st XV (Blues girls' Top 4 qualifier)
Final
Auckland Girls Grammar School v Mount Albert Grammar School - 4.00pm at Colin Maiden Park
-> winner to Blues Final
Wednesday 16 August 2023Chiefs (Chiefs boys' Top 4 Qualifier)
Quarter-final
St John's College v Hamilton BHS
Rex Kerr Cup (Hurricanes girls' Top 4 Qualifier)
Final
Manukura v St Mary's College - 2.00pm at Massey Uni #4
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Can anyone confirm this? On the club rugby website it says that Hamilton Girls' are out of contention for the girls' Top 4 because "Cambridge High School [beat] perennial contenders and former champions Hamilton Girls’ High School 15-10 last week in the Waikato final."
So Cambridge HS will play the Chiefs semi against Wesley on Saturday?
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No. Cambridge beat HGHS second XV in the Waikato comp. The Best teams in the Waikato play in the Chiefs Manawa comp which HGHS first XV won. I expect it is HGHS first XV playing Wesley. There could be a case that Cambridge or the second best Waikato team in the Manawa comp (Sacred Heart Hamilton) could have had a play off to decide Waikato's representative.
The post on the NZ Barbarians National 1st XV Championships facebook page says HGHS vs Wesley.
Chiefs Girls Pathway:
Semi’s set for 19th August
Rotorua v TGC (tbc) v Scared Heart Girls New Plymouth
HGHS v WesleyThe news report on the Waikato website didn't state which HGHS team Cambridge played so that would have caused confusion.
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No. Cambridge beat HGHS second XV in the Waikato comp. The Best teams in the Waikato play in the Chiefs Manawa comp which HGHS first XV won. I expect it is HGHS first XV playing Wesley. There could be a case that Cambridge or the second best Waikato team in the Manawa comp (Sacred Heart Hamilton) could have had a play off to decide Waikato's representative.
The post on the NZ Barbarians National 1st XV Championships facebook page says HGHS vs Wesley.
Chiefs Girls Pathway:
Semi’s set for 19th August
Rotorua v TGC (tbc) v Scared Heart Girls New Plymouth
HGHS v WesleyThe news report on the Waikato website didn't state which HGHS team Cambridge played so that would have caused confusion.
@mikedogz Ah, that explains it. I had my doubts after reading that.
I assume it will be RGHS in the semi v Sacred Heart as they beat TGC in round 1 of the Manawa comp? Can't find anything about another (Bay of Plenty) play-off between both schools. They also finished higher on the Manawa table.
