Goodness this has been a bruising round. I did a quick calculation of my score and it only just snuck into double figures and I suspect there might a some tippers giving the magical nil total a good nudge. We await KP to post the results of this week's carnage!

And into the real world

Napier Technical 24 (T Farrell, E Martin, N Hemopo, J Faia tries; M Watson 2 con)
Clive 21 (R Pohatu, C Karauria, L Udy-Johns tries; T Poto 3 con). HT: 14-0.

I have commomorated the comprehensive victory over the reigning Maddison Trophy Champions for both of us MagpieInAus. Having said that I am not looking forward to waking up in the morning with what will almost certainly be a monumental hangover!

@Stargazer No that score is definitely not correct . It was about that at halftime and was certainly over the fifst matk for NBHS. What cannot be disputed is that it was an absolute huge victory in NBHS favour.

@Stargazer I was at the NBHs 2nd XV game and can confirm the score was more like 53 - 05 to NBHS than the 33 - 05 you recorded.
In addition the Under 15s game was even more one sided but cannot confirm the actual score but suspect it was something in the 60s to NBHS and Wellington Coll something like 15. They (Wellington COllege) only scored three tries whilst I was paying attention to that game. It was a pleasant time watching complete and absolute carnage in my favour (even though my school attendance ended sometime around about the 1978 period but my uncle will be forever remembered and honouored in the school's history as one who sacrificed their life in World War 2 on the rememberance board in the School's Library so my feeling and attachment to NBHS will be forever more).
In reality as a rugby supporter one must be concerned about the demise of Wellington College. Their 2nd team did not contain a singe player of pacific origin in the starting lineup and they only rolled on a couple of island boys in the second half. They were completely and utterly obliterated. Most of their players were skinny little palagi boys and they were on a hiding to nothing right from the start. My NBHS guys were the normal sort of guys you would expect from a provincial Nth Island State School but they were streets ahaed of Wellington College in absolutely everything. They looked well coached and the players knew when they had to pass and timed their passes to perfection in the backline. And the forwards knew instinctively when they had to one off run and when to pick and go and when to release the ball to the backs. They looked well coached and to be blunt my players looked to have rugby foresite and correctly knew what was the proper option all the time.

Things took a quick turn to reality when I turned up to watch my club team get steamrolled by 50 shortly afterward. In defence to that we did have six players injured in the first 20 or so minutes which did not help. Still after watching HB turn Tasman over on Wednesday and NBHS do likewise on Saturday morning I am slightly on the positive side of the scoreboard for the weekend eventhoug St Pats Silverstream got within 8 points of NBHS in the First XV clash (my guys might have givne their bench players a run to ensure everyone has had plenty of game time some the start of the Super 8 season.

@Stargazer The Pirates tighthead looks an interesting selection

There is still eight minutes left. Will an eighteen point margin be enough to get the Warriors home or will they somehow concoct a way to blow it?

@SammyC said in Hurricanes vs Jaguares:

That was entertaining:)

Without reading the thread I’m guessing the ref is at fault according to everyone on here

He did not help but the Hurricanes were so far removed skill wise from what you expect to see from fulltime professional players there would be a good chance of a prosecution under the Trades Description Act succeeding if they advertised that as a professional rugby match.

There had better not be a Hurricanes player with a smile on their face during the shaking of hands formalities after this debacle.

@MrDenmore I have it on good authority from Ken Laban that Petone's James Blackwell actually attended Wellington College.

And even the replacement hooker adheres to the Creevy offside line interpration as he enters that maul to win the turnover from a cleay offside position.