High School Rugby
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<p>You can watch all the highlights from each round of the Auckland 1A comp here: <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.youtube.com/auckland1stxvtv'>https://www.youtube.com/auckland1stxvtv</a></p>
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<p>Big match this round between the two unbeaten teams Mt Albert Grammar and Sacred Heart.</p>
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<p>At this stage it looks like MAGS will run away with it comfortably but funnier things have happened.</p> -
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<p>You can watch all the highlights from each round of the Auckland 1A comp here: <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.youtube.com/auckland1stxvtv'>https://www.youtube.com/auckland1stxvtv</a></p>
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<p>Big match this round between the two unbeaten teams Mt Albert Grammar and Sacred Heart.</p>
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<p>My old man went to Sacred Heart so hope they win but MAGS look very very strong.</p> -
<p>The MAGS team are huge from 1 to 15. What's most impressive about their season is they have picked up a 4-try bonus point in all eight of their games. Not sure if that will last as their final three games are against Sacred Heart, St Kents and Kings but would not surprise me if they went through unbeaten.</p>
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<p>The scary thing is, only five of their squad are Year 13 so next season could be more one-way traffic.</p>
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<p>Quite cool that Junior Tonu'u and Eroni Clarke's boys are team mates together just like their dads.</p> -
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<p>Listening to RS sport this morning and were talking about this website which has a lot of good info</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.hstop200.com/'>http://www.hstop200.com/</a></p>
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<p>Rongotai are way overrated in those ratings.</p>
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<p>Saint Pats Town are probably the best team in Wellington.</p> -
<p>There's plenty of flaws in the way that dude does his ratings. For the player ratings he finds a phone number for a kid who's in a certain school's 1st XV and has a yarn with them about who are the best players in the team. Before the season started there were students messing him around for a joke and telling him a 15-year-old fringe player was a GOAT or giving him wrong positions or just making up names.</p>
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<p>I wondered how he could compare a kid from Southland to a kid from Rosmini when those schools may only have one TV game a year. It's all guess work, conjecture and facebook snooping.</p> -
<p>yeah he said he rates them based on them as a person as well rather than just on field performance, similarly the team standings, I don't think HBHS have won every game with a BP but sit higher than MAGS who have a BP from every game...?</p>
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<p>So yes they are subjective, but is more other info on there which is good</p> -
<p>yeah I think he said if MAGS beat Sacred Heart they will go ahead of HBHS regardless of how their next match goes....</p>
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<p>I'd never seen that website before. You might disagree with his rankings but good on him for taking the time. </p>
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<p>It's almost impossible to rank players without seeing them all play. I've seen Florence play live - he's a ginga so hard to miss.</p>
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<p>For the teams, we will get a better indication of the relative strength of each school once the Top 4 playoffs start. Hastings has already beaten a few Wellington teams this season and play Ham BHS at home on Aug 6. 5 Auckland schools in his Top 10 but only 1 can advance to the Top 4 finals.</p> -
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<p>yeah he said he rates them based on them as a person as well rather than just on field performance, similarly the team standings, I don't think HBHS have won every game with a BP but sit higher than MAGS who have a BP from every game...?</p>
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<p>So yes they are subjective, but is more other info on there which is good</p>
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<p>Super 8 is a lot harder than the Auckland competition, I think. Especially given the amount of All Blacks produced.</p> -
I was just reading an article the other day, from when the herald were going a feature on the poaching and other stuff going on in the 1A Comp.<br><br>
This was back in 2013 I think, but a stat was at that time the 1A had only produced 1 all black in the last 7 years, and that AB was Benson Stanley.<br><br>
Have there been many or any since? Luatua? Ofa T last week (or was he Counties?), maybe Piutau? or again was he schooled in Counties?<br><br>
That's fucking atrocious.<br><br>
How many All Blacks has e.g. Manawatu's schools produce in the same 10 year time frame? Whitelocks x 3, NMS, C Taylor, A Smith, Cruden -
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<p>I was just reading an article the other day, from when the herald were going a feature on the poaching and other stuff going on in the 1A Comp.<br><br>
This was back in 2013 I think, but a stat was at that time the 1A had only produced 1 all black in the last 7 years, and that AB was Benson Stanley.<br><br>
Have there been many or any since? Luatua? Ofa T last week (or was he Counties?)<br><br>
That's fucking atrocious.<br><br>
How many All Blacks has e.g. Manawatu's schools produce in the same 10 year time frame? Whitelocks x 3, NMS, C Taylor, A Smith, Cruden</p>
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<p>Yep, the Super 8 teams must have a decent number of ABs over that 10 year period.</p> -
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<p>I was just reading an article the other day, from when the herald were going a feature on the poaching and other stuff going on in the 1A Comp.<br><br>
This was back in 2013 I think, but a stat was at that time the 1A had only produced 1 all black in the last 7 years, and that AB was Benson Stanley.<br><br>
Have there been many or any since? Luatua? Ofa T last week (or was he Counties?)<br><br>
That's fucking atrocious.<br><br>
How many All Blacks has e.g. Manawatu's schools produce in the same 10 year time frame? Whitelocks x 3, NMS, C Taylor, A Smith, Cruden</p>
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<p>Ofa T never played 1A rugby as his school was and still is a 1B school. There's been Pat Tuipulotu, George Moala, Francis Saili, Ben Afeaki, James Parsons and Seta Tamanivalu off the top of my head possibly more but can't think of any at the moment.</p> -
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Ofa T never played 1A rugby as his school was and still is a 1B school. There's been Pat Tuipulotu, George Moala, Francis Saili, Ben Afeaki, James Parsons and Seta Tamanivalu off the top of my head possibly more but can't think of any at the moment.</p></blockquote>
Cheers. So, Quite a few more,<br><br>
Although I think Parsons would be too old to fit the criteria, if I was to nitpick ......<br><br><br><br>
Even more than Mr and Mrs Whitelock. -
<p>Easy win for MAGS over Sacred Heart. St Peters defeated AGS 19-13 in a tight encounter and with Kelston and Dilworth remaining, St Peters are looking good for a top 4 finish.</p>
