2022 School rugby

[mikedogz]

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[Stargazer]

Result - Wed 24 August 2022

Rex Kerr Cup (Hurricanes Girls Top 4 qualifier)
Final
Manukura 24 - 17 St Mary's College

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Fixtures - Sat 27 August 2022

South Island Final (SI Girls Top 4 qualifier)
St Hilda's v Christchurch GHS - 12.00pm @ Otago Uni Oval, Dunedin

The Auckland Girls' Final will be played this Monday. I don't know anything about Blues Girls Top 4 qualfiers.
I couldn't find the Chiefs Girls Top 4 qualifiers. Will the Chiefs Manawa 1st XV competition winner (Hamilton Girls' won the final on 6 July 2022) represent the Chiefs region at the Top 4?

Chiefs Co-Ed Cup qualifier / Waikato Co-Ed Final
Matamata College v St Peters School, Cambridge - 11.00am (livestream via COMAG Matamata College 1st XV Facebook page)

The winner progresses to the Chiefs Co-Ed Cup semi-final v the top Co-Ed team from BoP. The top Co-Ed school from Counties will play the Taranaki qualifier in the other semi.

Hurricanes Co-Ed Cup
Semi-final
Upper Hutt/Heretaunga Colleges (combined) v Whanganui Collegiate - 12.00pm @ Maidstone Park

I couldn't find the other Hurricanes Co-Ed Cup semi-final and don't know which schools are in it.

I've no idea where to look for South Island and Blues region Co-Ed games, if they are played at all.

Harbour 1A
Finished

Auckland 1A
Final
St Peter's College v Kelston BHS - 3.05pm @ Eden Park - :television: LIVE on Sky Sport 2

CNI
Finished

Super 8
Finished

Chiefs Secondary School (Chiefs Zone Boys Top 4 qualifier)
Semi-finals

• New Plymouth BHS v Pukekohe HS - 12.00pm - livestream via Whakaata Māori YouTube channel
• Tauranga BC v Hamilton BHS - 12.00pm - livestream via Whakaata Māori YouTube channel

Hurricanes Cup (Hurricanes Zone Boys Top 4 qualifier)
Semi-finals

• Hastings BHS v Napier BHS - 12.00pm
• St Pat's Silverstream v Feilding HS - 1.30pm

I couldn't find a livestream of these games, unfortunately. :crying_face:

Wellington Premiership
Finished

Miles Toyota Championship
Trophy Final
Nelson College v St Bede's College - 11.05am - :television: LIVE on Sky Sport 4

Otago Schools
Finished

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New Plymouth BHS v Pukekohe HS Livestream

Tauranga BC v Hamilton BHS livestream:

[Higgins]

@Stargazer Where is the venue for the Napier v Hastings battle? With this solid rain currently falling it might rule out being the Shield curtainraiser at McLean Park.

[Stargazer]

@Higgins This game is at Hastings Boys'.

The curtain raiser for the Shield game at McLean Park is the Hawke's Bay Secondary Schools Division 1 Final between Hastings Boys' "red" (I think that's their 3rd XV) and Lindisfarne 2nd XV.

[Can I Play too]

@Stargazer

[Stargazer]

@Can-I-Play-too Awesome, thank you! Totally forgot to look there!

[Crucial]

What’s in that Herald article (paywalled) about the SP v Kelston game? Expose of schools rugby or shit stirring?

[Smudge]

@Crucial said in 2022 School rugby:

What’s in that Herald article (paywalled) about the SP v Kelston game? Expose of schools rugby or shit stirring?

Here's the main part of it:

At this point in a match preview we would normally be quoting the thoughts of one of the coaches.

Perhaps we might have asked Kelston's Matt Howling what it would mean to win the title via knockout stages, as opposed to earning it through having been round robin leaders when the season was brought to a halt by Covid-19, as was the case last year.

Or inquired as to what they may need to do differently to avoid a repeat of their 23-3 loss to St Peter's on May 21.

We might have asked St Peter's Dave Thomas how his team compares to the school's champion team of 2018. Or maybe his thoughts on whether loosehead prop Sika Pole and halfback Etu Fokufuka can again score critical tries against Kelston, or the prospect of flanker Dylan Petaia turning in another player of the day performance.

Or, more generally it may have been a chance to name-drop a few of the individual players from both teams who have enjoyed stellar seasons. Or contextualise the occasion in terms of the schools' proud history in 1A competition.

For this article, Kelston's director of sport, William Howling, was contacted on the advice of Auckland Rugby's communications manager James Johnston, who did his best to facilitate media access with reluctant schools.

"We won't be making any comment," Howling said. He could not explain why Kelston wouldn't comment. Kelston has a stated school vision of "inspiring growth through wisdom and honour".

Meanwhile the St Peter's camp offered comment for over half the season - before belatedly advising they had been instructed by the principal to desist. No reason was given why.

Nic Slade is director of sport at St Peter's, whose mission statement says: "We work with the community in setting our goals and objectives and in assessing our effectiveness."

Slade was approached for comment via email and phone message. There was no response.

According to the same mission statement, St Peter's adopt Jesus Christ as their model in all they do. At this point, for anyone who ever went to a Catholic school, Proverbs 1:28 may spring to mind.

"Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;

"They will seek me diligently but they will not find me."

So here we are.

Auckland has one of the best first XV competitions around in terms of rugby production. But in terms of understanding how "the product" is presented and consumed, they live in the dark ages. They might as well inhabit the cave of Boreas as New Zealand's biggest metropolis.

In other parts of the country the promotion and publicising of a first XV rugby final is something which is embraced. In Auckland they would rather not answer the phone.

This season this column has presented comment and background information from schools in North Harbour, Hamilton, Rotorua, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, and Dunedin.

There has never been anything even approaching the insular resistance that prevails within the Auckland schools. Indeed, the contrast with how helpful they have been in trying to build the symbiotic relationship between sport and media has been striking.

To a certain extent that is a reflection of the civilising influence of sponsored competitions and trophies, where publicity is solicited to do justice to the wider community investment. In central North Island Super 8 rugby they now even broadcast and televise their matches.

By contrast, Auckland's unsponsored 1A stands aloof.

[Bovidae]

Lose a final at the death, and then win with a penalty as the last play for Hamilton BHS. The emotions of sport.

[Bovidae]

@Bovidae said in 2022 School rugby:

@mikedogz said in 2022 School rugby:

Matamata and St Peters Cambridge play in a Co-ed Final this Saturday.

Matamata will fancy an upset in this game, especially if they are at home.

As I said:

[mikedogz]

Counties First XV Winners Tuakau College - Onewhero combined beat Hauraki Plains College 14 to 10

The first time a team from Onewhero Area School or Tuakau College have won a counties comp for a long time in any grade.

It would be decent grade if Pukekohe, Wesley and Manurewa stayed in Counties.

[Stargazer]

Results - Sat 27 August 2022

South Island Final (SI Top 4 Girls qualifier)
St Hilda's 10 - 60 Christchurch GHS

Chiefs Co-ed Cup qualifier / Waikato Co-ed Final
Matamata College 15 - 8 St Peters School, Cambridge

Hurricanes Co-ed Cup
Semi-final
Upper Hutt/Heretaunga Colleges (combined) 7 - 57 Whanganui Collegiate

Auckland 1A
Final
St Peter's College 22 - 24 Kelston BHS

Chiefs Secondary School (Chiefs Zone Top 4 Boys qualifier)
Semi-finals

• New Plymouth BHS 36 - 25 Pukekohe HS
• Tauranga BC 17 - 20 Hamilton BHS

Hurricanes Cup (Hurricanes Zone Top 4 Boys qualifier)
Semi-finals

• Hastings BHS 17 - 20 Napier BHS
• St Pat's Silverstream 16 - 12 Feilding HS

Life Members' Cup (Hurricanes development schools - boys)
Final
Lindisfarne College 45 - 7 Bishop Viard College

Miles Toyota Championship
Trophy Final
Nelson College 45 - 19 St Bede's College

[Bovidae]

Manurewa HS beat Hamilton GHS 27-10 so will represent the Chiefs Region at the Girls Top 4.

I suppose this is an upset, but I'm not sure if they played each other earlier in the season to know the relative strength of each team.

[Stargazer]

Auckland Girls Grammar won the Auckland Girls 1st XV competition, yesterday, beating Mt Albert Grammer Girls' 26 - 12 in the Final.

They'll play Westlake Girls' in the Blues Top 4 qualifier on 5 September.

[mikedogz]

@Bovidae Manurewa ended up fourth on the table in the Auckland competition, Wesley were the other Counties team. Hamilton were the inaugural Chiefs Manawa winners.

https://www.facebook.com/ChiefsManawa1stVX/

[Crucial]

I'd like to point out that I once played for the Manurewa High School 1stXV. Key word being 'once'.

[Bovidae]

@mikedogz said in 2022 School rugby:

@Bovidae Manurewa ended up fourth on the table in the Auckland competition, Wesley were the other Counties team. Hamilton were the inaugural Chiefs Manawa winners.

But no CM teams in that Chiefs competition. Manurewa would have played against stronger teams during the season.

[Stargazer]

Fixtures: Fri 2 - Mon 5 September 2022

Friday 2 September 2022

Hurricanes Cup Final (Hurricanes Boys' Top 4 qualifier)
St Pat's Silverstream v Napier BHS - 4.35pm @ CET Arena, Palmerston North (curtain raiser Manawatū v Ta$man) - :television: LIVE on Sky Sport 1

Saturday 3 September 2022

South Island Boys' Final (South Island Boys' Top 4 qualifier)
Nelson College v John McGlashan College - 12.05pm - :television: LIVE on Sky Sport 2

Blues Boys' Final (Blues Boys' Top 4 qualifier)
Kelston BHS v Westlake BHS - 2.30pm

Chiefs Cup Final (Chiefs Boys' Top 4 qualifier)
New Plymouth BHS v Hamilton BHS (Moascar Cup game) - 12.00pm @ Gully - livestream via Whakaata Māori YouTube channel

Mon 5 September 2022

Blues Girls' Final (Blues Girls' Top 4 qualifier)
Auckland Girls' Grammar v Westlake GHS - 4.00pm

[Machpants]

Pretty good game

[Nepia]

@Machpants No TMO?