2020 School Rugby
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So the big carrot this year will be the regional competitions, assuming they are played in some capacity.
@Bovidae The media release says "local":
NZSRU Chairman Garry Chronican said the early decision meant schools and organising committees can now prioritise running local competitions. “The Top Four championships have traditionally been the culmination of the secondary school rugby year. We’ve seen the start of school rugby disrupted already and now local secondary competitions can plan for a full season.I really hope they mean the likes of Super 8, and not really local (as in limited to schools from own province). In Hawke's Bay, the only really interesting game is between Napier and Hastings Boys. The rest are training runs.
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May is usually for preseason/traditional rivalry games with the 1A, Super 8, etc starting in June. They are already going to be 1-2 months behind their normal schedule. It will be a short season for teams outside of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch if it is really local.
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The CNI Competition has been proposed to split into two sections - North and South, pools of five followed by cross over semi-finals and final.
The season will start on Saturday 25 July 2020.North
St Peter's Cambridge
St Paul's Collegiate
St Johns Hamilton
Wesley
FDMCSouth
Whanganui Collegiate School
Rathkeale
St John's Hastings
Lindisfarne
Feilding HSThe draw will be confirmed after the Government's announcement.
The North section will be so much stronger.
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The CNI Competition has been proposed to split into two sections - North and South, pools of five followed by cross over semi-finals and final.
The season will start on Saturday 25 July 2020.North
St Peter's Cambridge
St Paul's Collegiate
St Johns Hamilton
Wesley
FDMCSouth
Whanganui Collegiate School
Rathkeale
St John's Hastings
Lindisfarne
Feilding HSThe draw will be confirmed after the Government's announcement.
The North section will be so much stronger.
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@Bovidae Whanganui or Feilding the top favourites to win the South section, I think.
Edited to add that if last year's standings are anything to go by, the North section will be stronger but not by a big margin.
Historically, only Feilding HS has been one of the stronger teams from the South, while 4 of the 5 teams from the North could win the competition. Whanganui Collegiate weren't that strong until last year.
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For anyone who wants to watch two of the best Auckland schools play, St Kents are hosting King's College at 2:30 pm on Saturday.
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Preseason games to be played on Sat 13 June 2020 (there may be more):
St Kentigern College v King's College @ St Kent's - 2.30pm (the livestream has been cancelled)
Sacred Heart College v Tauranga BC @ Sacred Heart - ??
St Kevins College v Roncalli College @ SKC - 1pm
Feilding HS v New Plymouth BHS @ Waverley - 1:30pm
Auckland GS v MAGS @ AGS - 2.30pm
St Bede's College v Christchurch BHS @ SBC- 2:30pm (2nd XV at 1.00pm)
St Thomas CC v Shirley BHS @ St Thomas - 12.30pm
St Andrew College v Lincoln Combined @ STAC - 12pm
Wanganui Collegiate v Manukura @ WC - 12pm
Lindisfarne College v Hastings BHS 2nd XV @ LC - 12pm
Freyberg HS v Hato Poara College @ FHS - 12:30
Timaru BHS v Kings HS @ TBHS - 12pm
Wakatipu HS v Dunstan HS @ WHS - 1pm
St Peter's College vs Liston College @ The Cage - 2:30pm -
Fixtures Saturday, 20 June 2020:
Preseason/traditionals:
- Rotorua BHS v St Peter's Coll - 12.00pm, RBHS
- St Kent's v Hastings Boys - 1.00pm, Owen Delany Park, Taupo
Auckland 1A
1st XV - 1A (Promotion Relegation - 1A/1B)- Dilworth School v One Tree Hill Coll - 2.30pm, Dilworth 1
- Botany Downs SC v Liston Coll - 2.30pm, BDSC 1
Competition starts 27/6
Harbour 1A
Starts 27/6Central North Island
starts 25/7Super 8
starts 25/7Wellington Premiership
starts 25/7 (until then: grading games)UC Championship
Round 1- Nelson College v Mid-Canterbury combined - 11:00am, Nelson college
- Shirley BHS v Waimea combined - 11:55am, Rawhiti Domain
- Marlborough BC v St Thomas College - 12:00, MBC 1
- Timaru BHS v Christ’s College - 12:00pm, Alpine energy stadium
- Aoraki- Roncalli combined v Rangiora HS - 12:00pm, Roncalli college
- Christchurch BHS v Lincoln combined - 12:00pm, CBHS 1
SKY SPORT MATCH: Sky Sport 1
- St Andrews College v St Bedes college - 2:45pm, STAC 2
Otago Premier Schools (Premiership)
Round 1- John McGlashan Coll v Southland BHS - 1.00pm, Johm McGlashan 1
- Dunstan HS v King's HS - 1.00pm, DHS 1
- Mt Aspiring Coll v Otago BHS - 1.00pm, Mt Asp 1
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There will - no doubt - be more traditionals/preseason games.Edited to add that, obviously, some of these games may be cancelled if the weather doesn't improve. Some grounds may be turning into swimming pools at the moment.
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Really good game yesterday, even whizzed through a replay this morning. Both eights and sixes were impressive, the score swung back and forth, there was some drama with the yellow card and time keeping to top it off. I was behind the in goal where STAC scored a couple times in the first half and felt some of the refereeing calls were poor, but ultimately balanced out.
Jack Forrest at the back for STAC is the son of Simon Forrest, and apparently the STAC 10 is related to Richie Mo'unga. Their 6 is a monster for a 16 year old.
