2017 School Rugby
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A summary of the finals for all 3 competitions which starts tomorrow. St Peters beat Feilding (away) in the CNI so are capable of doing that again.
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Friday 8 September
Hine Pounamu Trophy – Girls 1st XV
10.30am – Southern Cross Campus vs St Mary’s Wellington
11.45am – Hamilton Girls’ High School v Southland Girls’ High SchoolCo-ed Cup
1.30pm – Rangitoto College v Feilding High School
2.45pm – St Peter’s College Cambridge v St Andrew’s CollegeBarbarians 1st XV Trophy - Boys 1st XV
1.10pm – Saint Kentigern College v Hastings Boys’ High School - Televised (Rugby Channel)
2.55pm – Hamilton Boys’ High School v Southland Boys’ High School - TelevisedSunday 10th September
Hine Pounamu Trophy – Girls 1st XV
10am – 3rd v 4th
10.40am – Final - TelevisedCo-ed Cup
12.30pm – 3rd v 4th
12.25pm – Final – TelevisedBarbarians 1st XV Trophy - Boys 1st XV
1.30pm – 3rd v 4th
2.20pm – Final - Televised -
Are Hastings really strong favourites? More likely just only slight favourites as they've had a small win and draw with Hamilton this year.
@Nepia I agree. They were strong favourites for the Hurricanes Final, but the Top 4 is a different kettle of fish. They've earned their favourites role due to their unbeaten streak and the fact they lost last year's final only by one point after another unbeaten streak. But Hamilton is close, and their win over St Kent's was in preseason with both teams missing players. Southland's strength is probably the biggest unknown. I think a lot will depend on the form of the day.
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Must say I expected a lot more resistance from St Kent's, but Hastings was much better. Hastings handled the tough, windy conditions very well, made good decisions and had a rock solid defence. St Kent's handling errors cost them dearly.
MOTM: Jeriah Mua
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A very dominant performance by Hastings.
St Kents were not very smart when they were on attack but Hastings' defence was too good. I was disappointed in Nanai after the hype.
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In the girls comp:
St Mary's College beat Southern Cross Campus 22-17 in SF1
Hamilton Girls' High School beat Southland Girls' High School 51-12 in SF2@Bovidae Not surprised with those 2 finalists, although the score in the second semi is much bigger than expected. Maybe Southland Girls, last year's champions, lost a lot of players since last year (talented Black Ferns 7s player Alena Saili being one of them). Anyway, I'd be surprised if Hamilton Girls don't win the final, despite St Mary's again fielding a strong team.
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Result from the first co-ed semi:
Feilding 44 v Rangitoto 3
This means that the Hurricanes region have all three semifinalists going through to the final and that Auckland won't be represented in the finals.
In the other co-ed semi, St Peter's School is leading 31 to 0 over St Andrews College. I won't be surprised if all Chiefs region semifinalists go through as well.
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@Bovidae Not surprised with those 2 finalists, although the score in the second semi is much bigger than expected. Maybe Southland Girls, last year's champions, lost a lot of players since last year (talented Black Ferns 7s player Alena Saili being one of them). Anyway, I'd be surprised if Hamilton Girls don't win the final, despite St Mary's again fielding a strong team.
Hamilton GHS only edged Tauranga GC 12-10 last weekend but hadn't played for 3 weeks.
I was surprised with the scoreline too as they've lost players from last year.
