2018 School Rugby
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The problem is that the CNI extends from Paerata (Welsey) in the north to Masterton (Rathkeale) in the south. That's a lot of travelling. They might be better to have a north and south region (adding a few schools if required) where the top 2 teams from each region meet in cross-over semis and then a final. Fielding HS would dominate the south region but the north would be much more competitive.
I see that Wesley only joined in 2017, and St Johns Hamilton this year. St Paul's have been the strongest school over the whole competition.
@bovidae said in 2018 School Rugby:
The problem is that the CNI extends from Paerata (Welsey) in the north to Masterton (Rathkeale) in the south. That's a lot of travelling. They might be better to have a north and south region (adding a few schools if required) where the top 2 teams from each region meet in cross-over semis and then a final. Fielding HS would dominate the south region but the north would be much more competitive.
I see that Wesley only joined in 2017, and St Johns Hamilton this year. St Paul's have been the strongest school over the whole competition.
A few more teams but only a few km more than Super 8 in distance really. A split would make sense but Feilding would dominate easily going by recent results.
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@bovidae said in 2018 School Rugby:
The problem is that the CNI extends from Paerata (Welsey) in the north to Masterton (Rathkeale) in the south. That's a lot of travelling. They might be better to have a north and south region (adding a few schools if required) where the top 2 teams from each region meet in cross-over semis and then a final. Fielding HS would dominate the south region but the north would be much more competitive.
I see that Wesley only joined in 2017, and St Johns Hamilton this year. St Paul's have been the strongest school over the whole competition.
A few more teams but only a few km more than Super 8 in distance really. A split would make sense but Feilding would dominate easily going by recent results.
@nepia said in 2018 School Rugby:
@bovidae said in 2018 School Rugby:
The problem is that the CNI extends from Paerata (Welsey) in the north to Masterton (Rathkeale) in the south. That's a lot of travelling. They might be better to have a north and south region (adding a few schools if required) where the top 2 teams from each region meet in cross-over semis and then a final. Fielding HS would dominate the south region but the north would be much more competitive.
I see that Wesley only joined in 2017, and St Johns Hamilton this year. St Paul's have been the strongest school over the whole competition.
A few more teams but only a few km more than Super 8 in distance really. A split would make sense but Feilding would dominate easily going by recent results.
Yeah, but the Super 8s are rugby teams with schools attached.
The CNI are schools which play some rugby.
Two days off school to play a game isn't something a good principal should be happy about.
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Here is a summary of all the Top 4 playoff games scheduled over the next 2 weeks.
https://www.collegesportmedia.co.nz/rugby-union/pivotal-fortnight-for-top-4-rugby-hopefuls
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A late change to the Chiefs playoff games. It's now Hamilton BHS @ New Plymouth BHS and Rotorua BHS @ Wesley College.
They have a format for the semis and RBHS pointed out the matchups were incorrect. RBHS did lose at NPBHS in the Super 8 too.
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@stargazer said in 2018 School Rugby:
@bovidae Smart. So now they'll lose in Hamilton next week?
That didn't work out well for Rotorua.
Wesley 26 beat Rotorua BHS 21
Hamilton BHS 29 beat New Plymouth BHS 12 -
Other results
UC Final
Christchurch BHS 18 v Christ's College 18 (CBHS win on more tries rule)Hurricanes Semi Finals
Hastings BHS 31 v St Pats Silverstream 14
Napier BHS 31 v St Pats Town 14The Hawke's Bay mob will be happy.
@bovidae said in 2018 School Rugby:
Other results
UC Final
Christchurch BHS 18 v Christ's College 18 (CBHS win on more tries rule)Hurricanes Semi Finals
Hastings BHS 31 v St Pats Silverstream 14
Napier BHS 31 v St Pats Town 14The Hawke's Bay mob will be happy.
Yessssssss, Hawke's Bay guaranteed the Hurricanes spot in the National Top 4! Looking at those full time scores, very convincing wins over the Wellington schools as well. Next weekend's Hurricanes final between Napier and Hastings will - I think - be televised. Can't wait.
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Other results
UC Final
Christchurch BHS 18 v Christ's College 18 (CBHS win on more tries rule)Hurricanes Semi Finals
Hastings BHS 31 v St Pats Silverstream 14
Napier BHS 31 v St Pats Town 14The Hawke's Bay mob will be happy.
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@bovidae said in 2018 School Rugby:
Other results
UC Final
Christchurch BHS 18 v Christ's College 18 (CBHS win on more tries rule)Hurricanes Semi Finals
Hastings BHS 31 v St Pats Silverstream 14
Napier BHS 31 v St Pats Town 14The Hawke's Bay mob will be happy.
Yessssssss, Hawke's Bay guaranteed the Hurricanes spot in the National Top 4! Looking at those full time scores, very convincing wins over the Wellington schools as well. Next weekend's Hurricanes final between Napier and Hastings will - I think - be televised. Can't wait.
@stargazer said in 2018 School Rugby:
@bovidae said in 2018 School Rugby:
Other results
UC Final
Christchurch BHS 18 v Christ's College 18 (CBHS win on more tries rule)Hurricanes Semi Finals
Hastings BHS 31 v St Pats Silverstream 14
Napier BHS 31 v St Pats Town 14The Hawke's Bay mob will be happy.
Yessssssss, Hawke's Bay guaranteed the Hurricanes spot in the National Top 4! Looking at those full time scores, very convincing wins over the Wellington schools as well. Next weekend's Hurricanes final between Napier and Hastings will - I think - be televised. Can't wait.
Scheduled for the Showgrounds (or whatever it is called now) in Palm Nth this coming Saturday but speaking to a Hastings official after the game discussions and negotiations for a venue change were already underway and a decision was expected with an hour or so. Have not yet been made privy to that decision but it seems eminently sensible to have it staged up home. However it if is scheduled to be televised (game is supposed to be the curtainraiser to a 'Poo Mitre10 Cup game) then both teams owe it to their jersey sponsors to take that option.
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@stargazer said in 2018 School Rugby:
@bovidae said in 2018 School Rugby:
Other results
UC Final
Christchurch BHS 18 v Christ's College 18 (CBHS win on more tries rule)Hurricanes Semi Finals
Hastings BHS 31 v St Pats Silverstream 14
Napier BHS 31 v St Pats Town 14The Hawke's Bay mob will be happy.
Yessssssss, Hawke's Bay guaranteed the Hurricanes spot in the National Top 4! Looking at those full time scores, very convincing wins over the Wellington schools as well. Next weekend's Hurricanes final between Napier and Hastings will - I think - be televised. Can't wait.
Scheduled for the Showgrounds (or whatever it is called now) in Palm Nth this coming Saturday but speaking to a Hastings official after the game discussions and negotiations for a venue change were already underway and a decision was expected with an hour or so. Have not yet been made privy to that decision but it seems eminently sensible to have it staged up home. However it if is scheduled to be televised (game is supposed to be the curtainraiser to a 'Poo Mitre10 Cup game) then both teams owe it to their jersey sponsors to take that option.
@higgins I can understand them not moving it to the Sunday, to make it the opposite of a curtain raiser to the Magpies game, because that would rob the winner of a recovery day before the Nationals, but it would have been great to have it played on the new turf of McLean Park.
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Blues Top 4 playoffs
Westlake 53 - Kataia nil
No real surprise and expecting a loss by a similar margin vs whichever Auckland team Westlake have to place next
@jk said in 2018 School Rugby:
Blues Top 4 playoffs
Westlake 53 - Kataia nil
No real surprise and expecting a loss by a similar margin vs whichever Auckland team Westlake have to place next
Westlake usually competes well against the Auckland winners.. St Peters have won by the skin of their teeth in their last two games.. I wonder if they have enough left in the tank to go further?
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The rest of the results:
Chiefs Co-Ed Qualifier
St Peter's Cambridge 55 v Cambridge HS 7Hurricanes Co-ed Semi-Final
Wairarapa College 38 v Manawatu College 27
Feilding HS 53 v Aotea College 10Hurricanes Girls Final
Manukura: 38 v St Mary's College: 33 (Manukura to top 4) - St Mary's College were the defending national champsGirls South Island Final
Southland GHS 39 v Christchurch GHS 0 (SBHS into top 4)Highlanders co-ed Final
Gore HS: 23 v St Kevin's 20 - Winner to play Rangiora High School.Boys South Island Final
Otago BHS 26 v Southland BHS 7 (OBHS v CBHS in the SI final) -
Now that all the finalists for the top four are into their last qualifying games can I make this observation.
The Super 8 competition is at least equal if not better than any other schoolboy competition.
Both Napier and Hastings beat their Wellington opponents this year to qualify.
Top four winners for the last 2 ( or 3 ? ) years have been super 8 teams. The super 8 has no easy games and half the schools are much smaller than their Auckland Wellington and Christchurch opponents and despite rumours to the contrary there very little,if any, poaching certainly here in Hawke’s Bay.
I know every dog has his day and other teams will rise but the media coverage even locally does not give enough credit for the quality of rugby played in the Super 8 competition. -
It will also be interesting to see how the winner of CBHS and OBHS goes in the Top 4. The SI team, SBHS in recent years, has been an easy win for whoever is drawn to play them. This year that is the Hurricanes school.
@bovidae
Agreed Bovidae. Of note is that the coach of SBHS until he took over Hastings Boys and got them to two finals was Mark Ozich who has already this season equalled Hawke’s Bays results from last year with only 2 games played.
Although SBHS didn’t fare that well when they got to the finals it was an impressive achievement to even get there.
When you look above NZ 20s it surprising how many players come from “unfashionable” schools or conversely the number that don’t come from the “ big “ schools.
