Hawkes Bay Schoolboy Rugby

[Canes4life]

@stargazer the hstop200 website mentions Max Ratcliffe (year 12) as being one of the schoolboys to watch over the next year. How did he get on?

They also named a mid-year Hurricanes squad which included the below:

1. Salesa Seumagafagai (St Patrick’s College, Town)
2. Leon Tuiloma (Rathkeale College)
3. Siale Lauaki (St Patrick’s College, Town)
4. Max Briant (Gisborne BHS)
5. Maea Tema-Schimt (Scots College)
6. Tino Savea (Lindisfarne College)
7. Cooper Flanders (Hastings BHS)
8. Gilgal Malasia (Napier BHS)
9. Bradley Campbell (St John’s College, Hastings)
10. Curtis Heaphy (Palmerston North BHS)
11. Tony Solomona (St Patrick’s College, Silverstream)
12. Anaru Paenga Morgan (St Paul’s Collegiate)
13. Shaun O’Leary (Whanganui Collegiate)
14. Kere Penitito (St John’s College, Hastings)
15. Afa Moleli (Napier BHS)
16. Vernon Bason (Feilding HS) Year 12
17. Konradd Newland (Whanganui Collegiate) Year 12
18. Nathaniel Hauiti (Gisborne BHS)
19. AJ Malili Malo-Lauano (Feilding HS)
20. Max Ratcliffe (Napier BHS) Year 12
21. Keanu Kotuhi (St Patrick’s College, Silverstream)
22. Jacob Waikari-Jones (Wellington College)
23. Leo Gordan (Palmerston North BHS)

[Stargazer]

@canes4life That website uses player rating methods that is just as suspect as the Rugbypass ratings (not sure they use the same methods). I attach no value whatsover to the hstop ratings or predictions. He's also very secretive about it, which makes it even more dodgy.

As you may have read in my comments on the Napier v Hastings Boys game, both teams had very good backrows. Ratcliffe is one of them, but I don't think he's the best of that lot. I don't know the years all these players are in; maybe he's the only year 12 of these loosies.

Plenty of talent coming through in all top 4 four Hawke's Bay schools; yes, even St John's as a few great talents. Some have already played regularly for the HB Academy team. I just hope we can keep the best of them in the province.

[Nepia]

@canes4life When did the Hammetuer take up journalism? 1 HBHS player

[Stargazer]

Games on Sat 26 June 2021:

CNI

• Lindisfarne College v St John's (Hamilton) - 11.00am
• Whanganui Collegiate v St John's College (Hastings) - 12.00pm

Super 8

• Hastings BHS 1st XV v Gisborne BHS 1st XV - 12.00pm (HBHS1) - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/14619

• Hastings BHS 2nd XV v Gisborne BHS 2nd XV - 10.30am (HBHS2)

• Hastings BHS U15 v Gisborne BHS U15 - 10.10am (HBHS3)

• Hastings BHS U14 v Gisborne BHS U14 - 9.15am (HBHS3)

• Tauranga Boys 1st XV v Napier BHS 1st XV - 12.00pm - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/14622

• Tauranga Boys 2nd XV v Napier BHS 2nd XV - 10.30am

[Stargazer]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQhytM-lTwl/

[Stargazer]

Tough luck, Lindisfarne. They lead for most of the game, but lost by two points. They deserved the win, but a few errors in the last 10 minutes cost them and they also didn't get the rub of the green.

FT: Lindisfarne 15 - 17 St John's (Hamilton)

[Stargazer]

I predict Cooper Flanders will have a choice of provinces that will want to sign him. He's just outstanding; again in this game.

I really hope he's not tempted by the bigger money of richer unions and will stay in Hawke's Bay.

Hastings is leading 12 - 0.

Napier is trailing 3 - 6.

[Stargazer]

I don't know who's playing ast second five for Hastings, but he's been good, too.

[Stargazer]

Another try to Hastings. This one was scored by right wing Alex Dickey.

Hastings is leading 17 - 0.

Napier still trailing 3 - 6, just as Tim Slabbekoorn misses an easy penalty kick at goal. Don't know why Moleli isn't kicking them.

Hmm, the score on screen now says 3 - 9. I don't know when that happened.

[Stargazer]

Speaking of Moleli, he just scored the first try of the game!

Haha, the person who keeps the scores has totally lost it. The score on screen is now 14 - 3 now. That's definitely not correct. My guess is it's 8 - 6 to Napier, but not sure.

[Stargazer]

Aone Lolofie scores an excellent try for Hastings. They're smashing Gisborne. Admittedly, Gisborne have looked the weakest of all Super 8 schools thus far, but this is really a show of strength from Hastings!

HT: Hastings BHS 22 - 0 Gisborne BHS

They give the half time score of 14 - 3 to Tauranga Boys, but that's definetely not correct. Moleli scored a try for Napier, so they should be on at least 8 points.

[Stargazer]

Just saw the scoreboard at the ground: the half time score was definitely 8 - 6 to Napier Boys.

[Stargazer]

Great try to Mefi Tupou for Hastings. It's now 29 - 0.

St John's Hastings lost 0 - 35 to Whanganui Collegiate. Ouch.

[Stargazer]

Cooper Flanders has scored for Hastings. It's now 34 - 0.

Napier getting f*cked over by the ref. Scrum close to Napier's try line ...

[Stargazer]

Preston Whatarau (?) scores for Hastings. Never heard of him before; I think he's an outside back. Google tells me he was still playing U15s in 2020.

Hastings lead 41 - 0.

[Stargazer]

Not sure who this local commentator is (his voice sounds familiar), but he's too much! :cat_face_with_tears_of_joy:

Another try to Hastings, this time it's winger Josiah Sakaria. Sometimes I think the commentator is just guessing who's scoring, so not sure whether all the names are correct.

Hastings leads 46 - 0.

And just when I type that, they score again. It's a monster score. 9 tries.

It's now 53 - 0.

[Stargazer]

It looks like one of Napier's big boys has scored. Well-deserved! Again, the person from sideline live gives the points to Tauranga. It's hilarious.

Napier now leads 13 - 6.

[Stargazer]

The score I gave earlier for St John's Hastings was apprently the half time score. It's getting worse!

[Stargazer]

I can't keep up. Hastings has scored again. It's 60 - 0.

[Stargazer]

Dammit. Tauranga score close to the post. Haha, and now they give the points to Napier.

It's 13 all.