2023 School Rugby
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@Chester-Draws said in 2023 School Rugby:
As far as I know, it has always been played at HBHS.
For fairness I think they now try to alternate who plays at home. That is certainly the situation for the Super 8 teams, i.e., whichever team played at home during the season plays away if they meet again. I do remember watching St John's and Hamilton BHS play at St John's a few years back, but that might have been a game early in the season.
Hamilton BHS has had so few home games this year anyway. Three in the Super 8 and then the SF and final, so only five in total.
I'm not sure that St John's "choked" this year.
I went to the St John's-Feilding game, and they won reasonably convincingly.
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A bit of info lately on this facebook page outlining what's going on for qualifying.
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@Bovidae said in 2023 School Rugby:
I went to the St John's-Feilding game, and they won reasonably convincingly.
I'm sure they did. But I also don't think that was entirely unexpected. I think it would have been a "choke" if the defending holders, who were coming right at the end of the season, had lost.
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Scots College beat St Pats Silverstream 29-27 in the Wellington college final earlier today.
https://clubrugby.nz/wp/2023/08/13/sizeable-scots-stop-stoic-stream-in-premiership-decider/
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Pretty lame way to decide the Auckland 1A semi final between St Kent's & De La Salle. Tied at full time - St Kent's go through as they scored the first try.
In fairness St Kent's haven't lost a game all season but it gives off boundary countback vibes.
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Results - Weekend 12-13 August 2023
Saturday 12 August 2023
Auckland 1A
Semi-finals- St Kentigern (1) 22 - 22 De La Salle College (4)
From St Kent's FB: The 1st XV won the Auckland semi final on Saturday - with good weather and big crowd it was a close game from the start. De La Salle were leading until the last play with Saint Kentigern scoring in the corner to draw even 22-22. With no extra time in this competition the team that scored the first try would be awarded the win which was SKC. - Sacred Heart College (2) 32 - 8 Auckland Grammar School (3)
Harbour 1A
Semi-finals- Westlake BHS (1) 64 - 0 Takapuna Grammar (4)
- Massey HS (2) 13 - 27 Rosmini College(3)
- Whangarei BHS (5) v Manurewa HS (8) CANCELLED
- Rangitoto College (6) 29 - 15 Orewa College (7)
BOP Final (Chiefs boys Top 4 qualifier)
Rotorua BHS 24 - 28 Tauranga BC
-> winner to Chiefs semi-finals
Central North Island
all matches at Owen Delany Park, Taupō9th/10th place play-off
Rathkeale College 31 - 29 St John's College, Hastings7th/8th place play-off
Lindisfarne College 5 - 19 St Paul's Collegiate5th/6th place play-off
Francis Douglas Memorial College 32 - 28 St Peter's School, Cambridge3rd/4th place play-off
Whanganui Collegiate School 5 - 32 Wesley CollegeFinal
Feilding HS 24 - 17 St John's College, Hamilton
Hurricanes Cup (Hurricanes Top 4 qualifier)
Challenger match / quarter-final
Palmerston North BHS 27 - 25 Hastings BHS
Otago Schools Rugby Championship (Division 1) - part 2
ODT Cup Final
Southland BHS (1) 22 - 10 Otago BHS (3)
-> winner to South Island final
Sunday 13 August 2023Wellington Premiership
Final
Scots College (1) 29 - 27 St Pat's Silverstream (2) - 1.00pm
-> winner to Hurricanes semi-final - St Kentigern (1) 22 - 22 De La Salle College (4)
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Midweek fixtures 14 - 18 August 2023
Monday 14 August 2023
Auckland Girls 1st XV (Blues girls' Top 4 qualifier)
Final
Auckland Girls Grammar School v Mount Albert Grammar School - 4.00pm at Colin Maiden Park
-> winner to Blues Final
Wednesday 16 August 2023Chiefs (Chiefs boys' Top 4 Qualifier)
Quarter-final
St John's College v Hamilton BHS
Rex Kerr Cup (Hurricanes girls' Top 4 Qualifier)
Final
Manukura v St Mary's College - 2.00pm at Massey Uni #4
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Can anyone confirm this? On the club rugby website it says that Hamilton Girls' are out of contention for the girls' Top 4 because "Cambridge High School [beat] perennial contenders and former champions Hamilton Girls’ High School 15-10 last week in the Waikato final."
So Cambridge HS will play the Chiefs semi against Wesley on Saturday?
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No. Cambridge beat HGHS second XV in the Waikato comp. The Best teams in the Waikato play in the Chiefs Manawa comp which HGHS first XV won. I expect it is HGHS first XV playing Wesley. There could be a case that Cambridge or the second best Waikato team in the Manawa comp (Sacred Heart Hamilton) could have had a play off to decide Waikato's representative.
The post on the NZ Barbarians National 1st XV Championships facebook page says HGHS vs Wesley.
Chiefs Girls Pathway:
Semi’s set for 19th August
Rotorua v TGC (tbc) v Scared Heart Girls New Plymouth
HGHS v WesleyThe news report on the Waikato website didn't state which HGHS team Cambridge played so that would have caused confusion.
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@mikedogz Ah, that explains it. I had my doubts after reading that.
I assume it will be RGHS in the semi v Sacred Heart as they beat TGC in round 1 of the Manawa comp? Can't find anything about another (Bay of Plenty) play-off between both schools. They also finished higher on the Manawa table.
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@Can-I-Play-too Why does nobody proofread these things?
19th August, boys (2) isn't a BOP Final. Tauranga BC is the BOP final winner. It's a Chiefs semi-final.
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@Stargazer yep 100%.... the could have started earlier.... and Auckland 1A winner lost to Westlake last year, not sure if that changes who has to play who the following year.
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@Stargazer said in 2023 School Rugby:
Chiefs (Chiefs boys' Top 4 Qualifier)
Quarter-final
St John's College v Hamilton BHS
St John's were a much bigger team across the park.
