2017 School Rugby
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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.
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Commentators were saying the very strong wind was behind Hamilton BHS, but I'm not convinced.
Both teams were making good distance with their kicks when kicking to the far touchline. No one was kicking to the near touchline.
@Number-10 Commentators are probably right, because Hamilton played from the same side of the field as Hastings in the first half and it was benefiting Hastings. St Kent's, however, didn't do anything with the advantage in the 2nd half. Doesn't look like the wind has eased.
