2017 School Rugby

Nepia

@Stargazer Suggesting Hastings poach from outside the region is laughable, Hastings actually loses a bunch of players to scholarships etc every year (Lindersfarne pick off at least one standout most years).

Stargazer

@Nepia Yes, I agree, but you know, sour grapes ...

Stargazer

Results weekend 24-25 June (copied from FB):

Auckland
#1 - Dilworth School 9 v Auckland Grammar 34
#2 - Kelston Boys' High School 11 v De La Salle College 11
#3 - King's College 8 v St Peters 13
#4 - MAGS 19 v Aorere 15
#5 - Tamaki College 5 v St Kent's 36
#6 - Sacred Heart 80 v Liston College 0

Rainbows End Counties Manukau and Waikato 1st XV (Premier)
St Johns College 71 Rosehill College 0
Pukekohe HS 11 Manurewa HS 12
Alfriston College 7 Cambridge HS 41
James Cook HS 7 Te Awamutu College 35

North Harbour
#1 - Rosmini College 65 v Orewa College 5
#2 - Westlake BHS 78 v Whangarei BHS 0
#3 - Massey HS 3 v Takapuna GS 21
#4 - Birkenhead 10 v Rangitoto 31

Central NI
Wesley 60 v Te Aute 0
St Paul's Collegiate 59 v Rathkeale 7
St Peter's 43 v St John's 7
Francis Douglas 28 v Lindisfarne 10
Feilding HS 22 v Wanganui Collegiate 0

Super 8
Palmerston North BHS 19 v New Plymouth BHS 12 (Wednesday)
Hastings BHS 70 v Gisborne BHS 0
Tauranga BC 34 v Napier BHS 26
Hamilton BHS 34 v Rotorua BHS 7

Wellington
#1 - Porirua College 31 v Wairarapa College 24
#2 - Tawa College 0 v Silverstream 57
#3 - Rongotai 43 v HVHS 0
#4 - St. Pat's Town 46 v Kapiti College 0
#5 - Well College 13 v Scots 14

UC Championship
#1 - Christchurch BHS 13 v Nelson College 11
#2 - Roncalli College 7 v Shirley Boys' High School 47
#3 - Marlborough BC 7 v Timaru Boys' High School 22
#4 - Burnside High School 12 v Christ's College 43
#5 - Waimea Combined 22 v Lincoln High School 20
#6 - Rangiora High School 21 v St Bede's 7
#7 - St Andrew's College 57 v Ashburton College 15

Otago
King's HS 34 v South Otago 17
Otago BHS (2) 22 v Waitaki BHS 0
Dunstan 43 v St Kevin's 25
Taieri 52 v Kavanagh 25

African Monkey

The Auckland comp very tight as usual. Lack of bonus points could cost St Peters despite having most wins so far.

shark

@Stargazer

St Bede's losing to Goon is a shocker.

SammyC

@shark said in 2017 School Rugby:

@Stargazer

St Bede's losing to Goon is a shocker.

not a great season for Bedes, they also lost to St Thomas a couple of weeks back.

mimic

@African-Monkey said in 2017 School Rugby:

The Auckland comp very tight as usual. Lack of bonus points could cost St Peters despite having most wins so far.

Yup, St Peter's and De La Salle suffering with the lack of bonus points.
St Peter's defence is amazing though.. Still surprised that they lost to Grammar..

MAGS and De La Salle are suffering with injuries (each with 5+ players out) though.. The holidays can't come quick enough for them

African Monkey

@mimic Yes AGS is usually a fixture we get up for as well and have had a fair bit of success over them in recent years. La Salle dropping points against Kelston could prove costly in the end.

jacktothed10

Long time lurker first time poster.

Ok im a Northern Hemisphere poster but have spent time in NZ and just thinking through NZ's rugby success and alot of it seems to be down to the 1st iv competition which seems to have grown important than local club rugby it seems.

But how does it work, ok I get that each franchise have their championship i.e. the blues championship is Auckland 1a vs the North Harbour Competition( Whangerei is Northland i suppose)

While the Crusades championship is a league with the top 15 college in the reason.

The other three regions I have no idea.

I know there is an Otago Competition and a Southland competition but it seems that Southland Boys high 1st iv dont even play in the Southland competition?

The Hurricanes competition and the Chiefs competition i dont know how they work, in the Hurricanes I know the wellington comp gets a semifinalist but the super 8 thing, i duno how that works?

Would anyone care to enlighten me on the structure?

Bovidae

It's complicated.

The Super 8 was formed in 1997 and incorporates the eight boys' high schools from their respective provincial cities of the central North Island.

From north to south that is:
Tauranga
Hamilton
Rotorua
Gisborne
New Plymouth
Napier
Hastings
Palmerston North

They play a round robin each year with the top 2 teams meeting in the final. The winner of the Super 8 is not guaranteed to make the top 4 for the nationals though as further games are played to determine the representatives from each region (Blues, Chiefs, Hurricanes and South Island). The Super 8 has 4 teams from the Chiefs region and 4 teams from the Hurricanes region. The latter teams will have to play schools from Wellington to decide the Hurricanes winner.

There is also a Central North Island competition which features 10 other schools not in the Super 8.

In the Chiefs region the winners from each province (Counties, Waikato, BOP and Taranaki) will play in SFs and a final with the winner advancing to the Top 4.

taniwharugby

@jacktothed10 I believe Whangarei Boys High is the only Northland school in the North Harbour comp, and while the experience might be good, they are getting some heavy beatings, but I also know there a lot of talented kids that go to WBHS who have chosen to not play for the 1st 15 and just play 2nds, or play for a club, or a couple of cases, not play at all.

Stargazer

Results from yesterday, 29 July (copied from FB)

Auckland
King's: 50 v Dilworth: 0
Sacred Heart: 18 v St. Peter's: 14
MAGS: 15 v Kelston: 0
Auckland GS: 17 v St. Kent's: 28
Tamaki: 5 v Liston: 24
Aorere: 17 v De La Salle: 5

North Harbour
#1 - Takapuna GS (15) v Rosmini Coll (18)
#2 - Whangarei BHS (7) v Rangitoto (36)
#3 - Orewa Coll (24) v Birkenhead (10)
#4 - Westlake BHS (17) v Massey HS (7)

Super 8
Hamilton BHS: 48 v Gisborne BHS: 3
Palmerston North BHS: 16 v Rotorua BHS: 13
Hastings BHS: 64 v Tauranga BC: 0
Napier BHS: 45 v New Plymouth: 22

Central North Island
#1 - FDMC 84 v Rathkeale 7
#2 - St Peter's 77 v Te Aute 5
#3 - Wanganui Collegiate 5 v Wesley First XV 54
#4 - Lindisfarne 0 v Feilding HS 53
#5 - St Paul's 73 v St John's Hastings 3

Wellington
#1 - Silverstream (42) v St. Pat's Town (5)
#2 - Tawa College 8 v Scots 44
#3 - Kapiti College 22 v Wai Coll 30
#4 - Well Coll 67 v HVHS 3
#5 - Porirua College 10 v Rongotai 33

UC Championship
#1 - Ashburton College 31 v Burnside High School 33
#2 - Roncalli College 3 v Nelson College 48
#3 - Marlborough BC 14 v Christchurch BHS 20
#4 - Christ's College 27 v Shirley Boys' High School 22
#5 - Timaru Boys' High School 34 v Waimea Combined 7
#6 - Lincoln High School 21 v Rangiora High School 17
#7 - St Andrew's College 17 v St Thomas' 12

Otago
Otago (2) 17 v Waitaki 14
John McGlashan: 15 v South Otago HS: 0
St. Kevin's: 28 v Dunstan: 13
Taieri: 24 v Kavanagh: 20
King's HS: 52 v Mount Aspiring: 5

Next weekend, the big clash in the Super 8:
Hamilton BHS v Hastings BHS in Hamilton. The final, a week later (12 August), will be between the same schools, but next weekend's result will determine where that final will be played!

Stockcar86

Polson Banner where it belongs as NBHS beat PNBHS 12-10

Great to see how much this game matters to the players

https://www.facebook.com/collegesportmedia/videos/709300382591496/

Stargazer

Super 8

Just read that Hastings Boys have beaten Hamilton Boys in Hamilton today. Final score was close: 20-16.
The Super 8 Final will be played between the same teams next weekend, but should then be played in Hastings, because they've finished top of the table. Hopefully, the unbeaten streak will continue!

Nepia

@Stargazer said in 2017 School Rugby:

Super 8

Just read that Hastings Boys have beaten Hamilton Boys in Hamilton today. Final score was close: 20-16.
The Super 8 Final will be played between the same teams next weekend, but should then be played in Hastings, because they've finished top of the table. Hopefully, the unbeaten streak will continue!

Nice!

Hmmm, I wonder what time the game is next week? I'll be over home for a few days but will be driving up from Welly and stopping in P-hole Nth on the way. Might have to try get there in time for the game.

Stargazer

@Nepia Usually kick-off is at 12.00pm, but I think it will be televised so the game might be moved to about 2.30pm.

Nepia

@Stargazer said in 2017 School Rugby:

@Nepia Usually kick-off is at 12.00pm, but I think it will be televised so the game might be moved to about 2.30pm.

Hopefully it's moved to 2:30pm ... I wont be back by 12.00pm.

Rugger Quizzes

Good game down this way today between St Pats Silverstream and Scots.

Silverstream won all their traditionals this year (first time since J. Leslie and S. Mannix were playing in 1988) so are pretty strong.

Expect this classic Catholic vs Protestant match up again in the Wgtn final in a couple of weeks. The Catholics won it this week 35-22

Number 10

Super Eight Final this Saturday (12.08) - Hastings BHS v Hamilton BHS.

Live on Sky - kickoff 12.10pm.

Stargazer

Thanks @Number-10.

2017 Hurricanes competition - Schoolboys schedule:

Wed 23/8: challenger match between the Wellington Premiership runner-up (most likely Scots College) and a Hurricanes challenger team (I think that's a school not competing in Well Premiership and Super 8?)

Sat 26/8: semi-final between Wellington Premiership winner (Silverstream) v Super 8 second placed team (that should be Napier?) - to be played in Wellington
Sat 26/8: semi-final between Super 8 first placed team (Hastings) v Wellington Premiership runner-up or the challenger team - to be played in Hastings

Sat 2/9: Hurricanes Final

NZ Barbarians National 1st XV Championships (Top 4) - Sport & Rugby Institute, Palmerston North
Fri 8/9 semi-finals
Sun 10/9 finals

The Silver Fern

2017 School Rugby