2024 School Rugby

[Boston Boy]

@Nepia
I know De La Salle and St Paul’s very well. Many of those 1st 15 rugby players in those teams are league boys who play rugby at college. They’ve grown up playing club rugby league and then play union at College on Saturdays and league is played on Wednesdays. The list doesn’t tell the whole story. It goes both ways, obviously league is poaching more but it also goes the other way.

[JK]

@JK said in 2024 School Rugby:

@JK said in 2024 School Rugby:

North Harbour Final
Westlake 41 - 27 Rosmini

Must be a Blues top 4 game next?

Hosting Kelston on Saturday in the Blues Final

Kelston too big, too strong winning 36-13

[Bovidae]

Chiefs Top 4 final
Hamilton BHS 41 - 15 Rotorua BHS

Hurricanes Top 4 final
Palmerston North BHS 14 - 15 Feidling HS

[Bovidae]

Four different schools from last year.

The SF games will be Chiefs vs Hurricanes, and Blues vs South Island (played on Friday).

[Bovidae]

The Top 4 semis are this afternoon. First up is Hamilton BHS v Feilding HS, followed by Kelston BHS against Nelson College. Nelson College is the only unbeaten school of the four so are probably the overall favourites.

Livestreams on Whakaata Māori for those that are interested.

[Bovidae]

Hamilton BHS - 23 - 19 Feilding HS
Kelston BHS 18 - 26 Nelson College

Both SFs were close. FAHS lost the ball over the line late which would have given them a lead with the score at 20-19. HBHS started well into a strong wind by scoring 3 early tries but FAHS dominated up front after that. It didn't help that HBHS lost three forwards before HT. Too many handling errors in the 2nd half by the forwards so the backs had few chances. Nelson looked slick and will be the favourites in the final.

[Daffy Jaffy]

[Bovidae]

3rd/4th
Feidling HS 35 - 32 Kelston BHS

Final
Hamilton BHS 27 - 17 Nelson College

I'll have to watch a replay but it sounds like the HBHS midfield had big games. They are the two players who I think have the best chance of making the NZS squad. Nelson's first loss of the year.

[Nepia]

Bloody hell, even in their not so good years Hamilton can win the Top 4. Congrats to them.

[Bovidae]

@Nepia We couldn't let Ta$man win everything this weekend.

[Nepia]

@Bovidae said in 2024 School Rugby:

@Nepia We couldn't let Ta$man win everything this weekend.

Ouch.

[Daffy Jaffy]

[Bovidae]

Is Willi Heinz finally retiring? He is one of the new 1st XV co-coaches for CBHS.

[Higgins]

@Bovidae The rumour going round is that he is going back to repeat Year 13 so he might just be the Player Coach!

[Bovidae]

[Bovidae]

Dane Johnston, the Feilding High School TH prop, and Bradley Tocker, Palmerston North Boys’ High School's NZ Schools lock-flanker have been signed by Taranaki in conjunction with the Chiefs. Johnston wasn't wanted by the Hurricanes.

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[Bovidae]

Westlake is also at the World Schools Festival. They are in the same pool as Paul Roos Gym.

[Bovidae]

Kelston BHS 33 - 0 EG Jansen
Westlake BHS 22 - 5 Harrow School

[JK]

WBHS won that festival last year too I think?

[Yeetyaah]

If anyone cares I'm also here at World Schools with Papakura High School. We aren't a "rugby school" but we were invited through some connections. We're competing in an open comp which has 2 invititational teams and Paul Roos 2nd XV.

We were also out supporting the other 2 Auckland teams and both made their games look easy, Kelston are very good.