Un-Australian Activities 2019

[waiopehu oldboy]

^do you think they'll rest Rieko this week rather than next?

Heard today that the bye week resets the max-six-in-a-row count so if that's true it'll be neither.

 

[zer0]

Regardless of whether the bye counts -- I believe it should -- the Crusaders are playing Goodhue, so Ioane should have no problems.

 

[PaarlBok]

*Cries in 6 x U20's world cup titles*

Simple answer, Our schoolboy school teams is selected on merit. u20 EC 50%+ qoutas.

 

[PaarlBok]

By geez those SA schools are always pretty strong, that is pretty impressive scoring!

This year Paul Roos and Grey College will be our top school teams.

 

[PaarlBok]

Blues

15 Melani Nanai, 14 Tanielu Tele’a, 13 TJ Faiane, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Rieko Ioane, 10 Otere Black, 9 Jonathan Ruru, 8 Akira Ioane, 7 Blake Gibson, 6 Tom Robinson, 5 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, 4 Patrick Tuipulotu (captain), 3 Sione Mafileo, 2 James Parsons, 1 Alex Hodgman
Substitutes: 16 Matt Moulds, 17 Karl Tu'inukuafe, 18 Ofa Tu'ungafasi, 19 Scott Scrafton, 20 Dalton Papalii, 21 Augustine Pulu, 22 Harry Plummer, 23 Sonny Bill Williams

Stormers
15 Damian Willemse, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Dan du Plessis, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Dillyn Leyds, 10 Jean-Luc du Plessis, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Jaco Coetzee, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Chris van Zyl, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Steven Kitshoff
Substitutes: 16 Scarra Ntubeni, 17 Corne Fourie, 18 Frans Malherbe, 19 Cobus Wiese, 20 Juarno Augustus, 21 Justin Phillips, 22 Joshua Stander, 23 SP Marais

Stormers team just about there. Would play Stander in 10 (JLdP will hand the Bluesers all the possession they need with his stupid kicks) , JD Schickerling in lock (injured).

With Ysterbeth and Coetzee starting we will have a much improved pack.

 

[zer0]

Simple answer, Our schoolboy school teams is selected on merit. u20 EC 50%+ qoutas.

I see. And the 9-5 Sanix Youth results?

 

[PaarlBok]

I see. And the 9-5 Sanix Youth results?

Our best team dont play in that tournament. Paul Roos won that tournament, two years back, and got heavily beaten after returning to SA in their 150th year.

However this year you can measure them. Expect them and Grey College to be in SA top 5 rugby schools.

SA Schoolboy rugby is tops.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Regardless of whether the bye counts -- I believe it should -- the Crusaders are playing Goodhue, so Ioane should have no problems.

Cancelled game counts 'cos they trained all week for it but Goodhue missed a game due to illness so he's at four, I think.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Tribe: Damian McKenzie, Sean Wainui, Tumua Manu, Anton Lienert-Brown, Solomon Alaimalo, Marty McKenzie, Brad Weber, Tyler Ardron, Lachlan Boshier, Luke Jacobson, Mitchell Brown, Michael Allardice (c), Nepo Laulala, Nathan Harris, Aidan Ross. Reserves: Samisoni Taukei'aho, Tevita Mafileo, Angus Ta'avao, Jesse Parete, Taleni Seu, Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, Alex Nankivell, Etene Nanai-Seturo.

DMac-at-10 experiment appears to be over.

 

[Dctarget]

Interesting YC. Perena must be feeling smug.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^ nah, just dumb by Todd to even touch TJP who then only had to drop it to earn the YC. Still not convinced about the original penalty, but.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

I'm gunna tempt fate & suggest that you really shouldn't lose from here.

 

[Upthenuts]

crusaders get the rub of the green every game,

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Horrorcanes are done, even Nisbo's given up on them.

First CruSadists W in Wellywood since 2012, apparently.

 

[Shaker]

Feels like a bit of a statement from the Saders, especially after playing so badly last week. Looking forward to their first game back in Christchurch.

 

[Ulrich]

To weigh in on the schools rugby, there is again a World Schools Festival in the Cape this year.

Last year saw some interesting results, with the best foreign school not being from New Zealand, but rather England - although to be fair it was more of a club academy side than a school.


Absolutely wonderful to watch.

World Schools Festival fixtures:

26 March (Day 1):
Glenwood vs John McGlashan College
SA Invitational vs Zambezi Steelers
SACS vs World Schools Select XV
Monument vs Hartpury College
Paarl Gim vs Africa Pacific Select XV

27 March (Day 2):
Affies vs Italian All Stars
Boland Landbou vs Napier Boys’ High
Hilton College vs USA Schools XV
Grey College vs Christchurch Boys’ High
Paul Roos vs Southland Boys’ High

29 March (Day 3):
SA Invitation XV vs World Schools Select XV
SACS vs Zambezi Steelers
Glenwood vs Africa Pacific Select XV
Paarl Gim vs Hartpury College
Monument vs John McGlashan

30 March (Day 4):
Boland Landbou vs USA Schools XV
Hilton College vs Italian All-Stars
Grey College vs Southland Boys’ High
Affies vs Christchurch Boys’ High
Paul Roos vs Napier Boys’ High

 

[Ulrich]

Results for day 1:

Glenwood 32 - 17 John McGlashan College
WP Invitational 29 - 76 World Select XV
SACS 43 - 24 Zambezi Steelers
Monument 32 - 21 Hartpury College
Paarl Gimnasium 50 - 24 Africa Pacific Dragons

Results for day 2:

Affies 36 - 12 Italian All-Stars
Boland Landbou 30 - 25 Napier Boys’
Hilton College 43 - 0 USA Schools XV
Grey College 73 - 26 Christchurch Boys’
Paul Roos 93 - 5 Southland Boys’

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Highlights:

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Bleus¤ are healthy favs on NZ tab & I've taken them in my tipping. I therefore apologise in advance to zer0, KiwiM, Dismal & all other Bleus fans out there when they implode & go down by 13+.

¤ they've become so France-like (diamonds or rocks, often within minutes) that I've decided it's appropriate to ditch Bloos in favour of Bleus.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Jaguares: Joaquin Tuculet, Ramiro Moyano, Matias Moroni, Jeronimo De La Fuente, Emiliano Boffelli, Joaquin Diaz Bonilla, Tomas Cubelli, Javier Ortega Desio, Marcos Kremer, Tomas Lezana, Tomas Lavanini, Guido Petti Pagadizaval, Santiago Medrano, Julian Montoya, Mayco Vivas. Reserves: Gaspar Baldunciel, Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, Enrique Pieretto Heilan, Pablo Matera, Juan Manuel Leguizamon, Felipe Ezcurra, Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, Matias Orlando.