2024 School Rugby
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A nice little fact:
A unique achievement for the Withy family, with Taine named as the captain of our First XV for 2024 - taking the team to Japan and beyond.
Taine's brother Sean captained the side in 2018, while Aaron captained the side in 2021 - and now three years later, it’s Taine's turn. -
@Dolamite said in 2024 School Rugby:
Anyone have results of preseason games so far?
Here's a few results I've seen:
Palmerston North BHS 22 - 5 St Paul's Collegiate
St Peter's College 27 - 31 St Thomas of Canterbury
Rotorua BHS 22 - 15 Auckland Grammar
New Plymouth BHS 7 - 15 Wellington College -
Some results from the last few days:
Sanix
Southland BHS 39 - 24 Kokugakuin University Tochigi High SchoolSaint Kentigern 24 - 5 Scots College (final)
St Andrews College 30 - 22 Lindisfarne College (3rd/4th)Rotorua BHS 18 - 12 St Peter's College
Palmerston North BHS 47 - 10 Whanganui Collegiate
St Patricks Silverstream 17 - 13 St Bedes
Auckland Grammar 12 - 7 Tauranga BC -
Otago BHS 22 - 26 St Thomas of Canterbury College
St Patrick's College Town 12 - 43 New Plymouth BHS@Bovidae said in 2024 School Rugby:
> Otago BHS 22 - 26 St Thomas of Canterbury CollegeSt Patrick's College Town 12 - 43 New Plymouth BHS
....i have never heard of St Thomas of Canterbury College...that cant be a good sign
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@Bovidae said in 2024 School Rugby:
> Otago BHS 22 - 26 St Thomas of Canterbury CollegeSt Patrick's College Town 12 - 43 New Plymouth BHS
....i have never heard of St Thomas of Canterbury College...that cant be a good sign
@Kiwiwomble said in 2024 School Rugby:
....i have never heard of St Thomas of Canterbury College...that cant be a good sign
The other Catholic school in Christchurch. More known for RL. Mark Hammett is their coach.
They also beat King's HS 38-27.
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Some recent results:
Wellington College 0 - 35 Hastings BHS
New Plymouth BHS 24 - 21 Whanganui Collegiate
Palmerston North BHS 36 - 22 FAHS
Napier BHS 12 - 26 St Pats Silverstream
Hamilton BHS 48 - 0 MAGS
Tauranga BC 46 - 7 St Paul’s Collegiate
Botany Downs College 31 - 0 Tangaroa College (1A promotion game)Sanix
Southland BHS 73 - 0 Jesuit High School (USA)
Southland BHS 17 - 24 Osaka Toin High School - SF
Southland BHS 21 - 33 St Augustine’s College (Aust) - 3rd/4th game -
Seen a post on a Facebook page that HBHS are not letting any of their top players play league. They train like pros so there would be a worry of burnout. Age grade league in the Waikato goes up to Under 17 and is played on Sundays.
Edit: The page mentioned in the article.
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@Tim why are the Warriors all of a sudden popular? They still put our mediocre results like they always have, nothings changed.
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Out of curiosity I checked who they were:
None from Kelston, which is a surprise.
Hiraka Waitai-Haenga was the 2nd 5 at Hamilton BHS. His midfield partner had already signed for the Titans.
@Bovidae said in 2024 School Rugby:
Out of curiosity I checked who they were:
None from Kelston, which is a surprise.
Hiraka Waitai-Haenga was the 2nd 5 at Hamilton BHS. His midfield partner had already signed for the Titans.
TBH, it's all a bit of B/S which looks like it's a bit of project for the Daily Telegraph in Oz with them cribbing stuff from Becht. They've done three similar articles/opinion pieces in about 7 days.
That list has a decent number of De La Salle, St Pauls, and Rotorua Boys players, who always feature highly in the schools league comp.
Also, any kid outside of Auckland is going to come from a "rugby" school.
@mikedogz said in 2024 School Rugby:
Seen a post on a Facebook page that HBHS are not letting any of their top players play league. They train like pros so there would be a worry of burnout. Age grade league in the Waikato goes up to Under 17 and is played on Sundays.
Edit: The page mentioned in the article.
This seems like a beat up too, who would go to Hamilton Boys (the premier rugby school in the country - yuck, felt sick saying that) and expect to be able to play for the 1st XV and then run of for the Warriors when they feel like it. No team would put up with that and if you want to play league then don't play for the rugby squad. As you note there's player burnout and lots of away games too.
It's not like back in my day where we could play rugby and league as the levels of professionalism weren't the same as now. Obviously I don't mean in the financial sense.
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@Bovidae said in 2024 School Rugby:
Out of curiosity I checked who they were:
None from Kelston, which is a surprise.
Hiraka Waitai-Haenga was the 2nd 5 at Hamilton BHS. His midfield partner had already signed for the Titans.
TBH, it's all a bit of B/S which looks like it's a bit of project for the Daily Telegraph in Oz with them cribbing stuff from Becht. They've done three similar articles/opinion pieces in about 7 days.
That list has a decent number of De La Salle, St Pauls, and Rotorua Boys players, who always feature highly in the schools league comp.
Also, any kid outside of Auckland is going to come from a "rugby" school.
@mikedogz said in 2024 School Rugby:
Seen a post on a Facebook page that HBHS are not letting any of their top players play league. They train like pros so there would be a worry of burnout. Age grade league in the Waikato goes up to Under 17 and is played on Sundays.
Edit: The page mentioned in the article.
This seems like a beat up too, who would go to Hamilton Boys (the premier rugby school in the country - yuck, felt sick saying that) and expect to be able to play for the 1st XV and then run of for the Warriors when they feel like it. No team would put up with that and if you want to play league then don't play for the rugby squad. As you note there's player burnout and lots of away games too.
It's not like back in my day where we could play rugby and league as the levels of professionalism weren't the same as now. Obviously I don't mean in the financial sense.
@Nepia The list I posted was from the Warriors website (after a google search). I've no idea what other articles have been published as I don't follow RL that closely anymore. I agree it's a promotion piece.
The player I mentioned who signed for the Titans (Caelys-Paul Putoko) did miss some later Super 8 games last year to play RL although I have no idea who he played for on those weekends. He was still selected for the NZ Schools team though (the starting 12).
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@Nepia The list I posted was from the Warriors website (after a google search). I've no idea what other articles have been published as I don't follow RL that closely anymore. I agree it's a promotion piece.
The player I mentioned who signed for the Titans (Caelys-Paul Putoko) did miss some later Super 8 games last year to play RL although I have no idea who he played for on those weekends. He was still selected for the NZ Schools team though (the starting 12).
@Bovidae said in 2024 School Rugby:
@Nepia The list I posted was from the Warriors website (after a google search). I've no idea what other articles have been published as I don't follow RL that closely anymore. I agree it's a promotion piece.
The player I mentioned who signed for the Titans (Caelys-Paul Putoko) did miss some later Super 8 games last year to play RL although I have no idea who he played for on those weekends. He was still selected for the NZ Schools team though (the starting 12).
That list was posted in the Daily Telegraph too, there seems to be two journos pushing it, a guy I can't remember and a lady named Fatima Kdouh. Kind of embarrassing for Richard Becht to be pushing it as a) a Kiwi and b.) someone who would know that Warriors junior teams have always had kids from rugby schools.
TBH, the hyping of league and attacking of rugby by the media is actually making me turn off the sport a bit (the Warriors returning to their old form might also be playing a part too).
