16 Aug 2010
Riccarton Juniors continued their school's connection with Higashi Fukuoka HS, by playing the Japanese school's U16 team in the first game of their tour based in Christchurch. The Riccarton Junior Boys bravely stuck to the task, but were overpowered ... read more...
15 Aug 2010
St. Bede's College beat Christchurch Boys' High School 27-12 in the Press Cup final with the forwards paving the way for a third consecutive Press Cup victory and fourth consecutive final. CBHS were beaten at the breakdown and only managed to ... read more...
11 Aug 2010
Riccarton High School's junior boys beat Darfield HS by 25 - 5 to win the Year 9/10 midweek competition while Cashmere HS defeated Rangiora HS Gold by 25 - 17 in the Shield Final. In the girls competition Papanui beat Rangi Ruru by 44 - 12 and ... read more...
9 Aug 2010
Two players celebrated 100 games for the Rangiora HS 1st XV over recent weeks. Jed Williams and Alex Kennedy are both in their third season with the team and have racked up their 100 games in a very short space of time. The school side has played in ... read more...
9 Aug 2010
Two Christchurch schools will contest the Press Cup final for the first time in several years with Christchurch BHS and St. Bede's both winning their semi-finals, 25-6 and 40-10 respectively. The Plate will see St. Andrew's play Marlborough BC with ... read more...
7 Aug 2010
Higashi Fukuoka U17s were too well-drilled and cohesive for Cashmere HS in their last tour match. They dominated possession and territory in both halves, but Cashmere did well in the second half to apply some pressure and score a good try. Higashi ... read more...
4 Aug 2010
On a day of great finals in the CRFU midweek competition, Papanui HS beat Rangiora HS by 25 - 20 to win the U70 kg Boys Cup Final and Kaiapoi HS beat Middleton Grange by 24 - 7 in the Bowl. Elsewhere Marian College scored a last minute try to beat ... read more...
4 Aug 2010
Today the Higashi Fukuoka U17s beat the St. Bede's College 3rd XV 36-12 after being up 29-0 at half-time.
In an impressive first half the visitors played a high tempo game to run in five tries, but in a more even second half the St. Bede's boys managed read more...
3 Aug 2010
The annual interschool 1st XV clash between these two schools was played this afternoon. Otago was victorious last year in Dunedin so Christchurch Boys’ were looking to turn the tables this year read more...
2 Aug 2010
This was a big game for the St Andrew’s College side marking the 50th Press Cup game for captain James Fairbairn,a great achievement,unfortunately not played at home due to field conditions to mark the occasion.
After recent weeks of impressive ... read more...
2 Aug 2010
Japan's number one rugby high school, Higashi Fukuoka (U17s = Year 12s) beat Rangiora HS 1st XV 22 -12 in a hard-fought tussle at Rangiora HS on Monday, August 2. Played in showers of rain, it was a bruising encounter in which the Japanese forward read more...
1 Aug 2010
The order of the Top Four was unchanged after this weekend's games with St. Bede's College rallying strongly in the second half to beat Christ's College 41-12 after trailing in the early stages due to College centre, Marty McKenzie taking his read more...
21 Jul 2010
Having been front runners all season, Linwood College beat Boys' High in the final of the Midweek Senior Boys competition to take the trophy for the first time. In the Plate final at Kaiapoi, Area Schools had a well earned win over Ellesmere College. read more...
4 Jul 2010
Another rather predictable series of results in Round 11, in which the top four teams all had bonus point wins to leave the status quo in place at the top end of the competition. St. Bede's comfortably beat St. Andrew's College on Thursday ... read more...
2 Jul 2010
The 2010 Wyllie-Earl Shield match started with StAC dominating both territory and possession, as well as the quality of field-kicking, but were not able to convert that advantage into points. A rather lucky, run-away try to St. Bede's right ... read more...
30 Jun 2010
Linwood College beat last year's Senior Boys' champions by 19 - 12 in an excellent semi-final to secure a home final on July 21st against Christchurch Boys' High who beat Aranui HS by 27 - 22. Area Schools will play Ellesmere College in the Plate ... read more...
27 Jun 2010
The only change among the top four contenders was that Nelson College failed to secure a bonus point in their 21-5 victory of local rivals, Waimea College. St. Bede's (49-5 over Shirley BHS), Christ's College (28-8 over Roncalli)
and Christchurch ... read more...
24 Jun 2010
The match was played at St Andrew’s College on a very boggy field but in perfect weather conditions with very warm temperatures and little or no wind in the first half. There was a sizeable crowd gathered for what was a must win game for Stac 1st XV ... read more...
23 Jun 2010
Linwood College beat traditional rivals Aranui HS by 46 - 7 to qualify for a home Cup semi-final against Riccarton HS who beat Ellesmere College by 24 - 15 to qualify fourth. Boys' High defeated Cathedral College to claim second place in the pool; ... read more...
22 Jun 2010
Boys' High scored three tries to one in an entertaining first half in front of a full house at College to lead Christ's by 17 - 5 at the break. Christ's raised the stakes with a converted try early in the second forty to narrow the gap to five ... read more...
9 Jun 2010
Having beaten Cashmere HS by 27 - 14, Linwood College leads Aranui HS who beat Cathedral College 28 - 10 by one point at the top of the Senior Boys' table. Last year's top dogs Riccarton, beat Area Schools in a tight game at Kaiapoi by 26 - 19. In ... read more...
13 Jun 2010
The top four teams all had convincing wins to keep the status quo in place at the top end of the table. St. Bede's College demolished Burnside HS 113-0, Christchurch BHS comfortably beat Waimea College 61-0, Christ's College ran away with their game again read more...
3 Jun 2010
Mairehau HS hosted the St. Bede's College Rugby ESOL boys for a 10-a-side match which the St.Bede's won 54-36 in a game that was evenly balanced until the final few minutes when the visitors scored three tries in quick succession after good flowing move read more...
6 Jun 2010
Christ's College's convincing win (38-3) over Shirley BHS means that it assumes the top spot on the competition ladder with St. Bede's and Christchurch BHS close behind and Nelson College in fourth position. St. Bede's beat CBHS (24-14) in a ... read more...
3 Jun 2010
The Senior Boys section of the midweek competition has provided us with some outstanding rugby this season and this week's 19 – 19 draw between Linwood and Ellesmere College’s has continued that trend. Also in the senior grade, Christchurch Boys’ ... read more...
31 May 2010
After what had been a shocking week of wet weather the grounds at Ashburton looked surprisingly firm. St Andrew’s College started strongly by controlling the ball in hand and were rewarded with a try in the first five minutes by Ash McConville in the cor read more...
30 May 2010
St. Bede's College shot out to a 19-0 lead over Timaru BHS in the first third of the game, with good tries to Matt Comyns, Carl Jeffs and Zac Lilley, two of which were converted by Zac Southen. However, a series of indiscretions at the breakdown saw ... read more...
30 May 2010
The top four teams all managed bonus points wins, thereby maintaining the status quo at the top end of the table. Christchurch BHS beat arch rival Shirley BHS 34-7, Christ's College cruised to victory over Lincoln HS 64-0, St. Bede's College repelled ... read more...
27 May 2010
A beautiful day with a cool nor’easterly ensured that there was a large crowd gathered in support of their teams and after a hearty warm up by both sides, the stage was set for the annual Christ College v St Andrews encounter. On paper, both teams ... read more...
23 May 2010
St. Bede's College beat Roncalli College 48-3, to gain a bonus point and therefore extend the gap between themselves and fourth placed Nelson College, who beat Timaru BHS, but without scoring four tries. Bede's controlled the game and scored some good read more...
23 May 2010
As the mid point in the competition approaches the top half and the bottom half of the competition becomes increasingly clear.
Table leaders Christchurch BHS and Christ's College both achieved bonus point wins against St. Thomas's College (61-8) and ... read more...
19 May 2010
Ellesmere College beat Cashmere HS by 33 – 29 in a 9 try cracker in round two of the Midweek Senior Boys competition. Elsewhere Aranui beat Boys’ High and Linwood defeated Area Schools at Kaiapoi RFC. In the Boys Under 70 kg section Papanui HS beat ... read more...
19 May 2010
In a flowing match played today at St Bede's, SBC came out on top 65-40 but the match was extremely even, with some great individual and team tries being scored by both sides. Plans are afoot for a rematch at Mairehau.
15 May 2010
The weekend's games were spread over Friday, Saturday and Tuesday. Two of the Tasman region teams bettered their Christchurch opposition with Nelson College beating St. Andrew's College 31-5 and Marlborough Boys' College defeating St. Thomas's ... read more...
18 May 2010
Former Canterbury coach John Haggart gave a presentation to 15 secondary school coaches on aspects of coaching backs and attack in general. John pitched the content perfectly to match the needs of coaches from U13s through to Press Cup 1st XVs.
18 May 2010
Heavy rain in Nelson overnight softened up the ground but made handling difficult as the ball became wet and slippery and both teams were guilty of several knock-ons as a result. Early on, the hosts ran in three first half tries with James ... read more...
16 May 2010
After being beaten at Nelson College last weekend, St. Bede's College 1st XV rejigged its backline and reshuffled the forward pack for the game against Ashburton College. Talk of injuries to key players was pushed aside as opportunities were given to ... read more...
12 May 2010
Linwood HS beat last year's champions Riccarton HS by 21 - 15 in the first game of the Midweek Senior Boys season. Also in the Senior Boys section, Boys' High beat Area Schools by 34 - 19 and Aranui HS defeated Cashmere HS by 41 - 0. In the Year 9/10 ... read more...
10 May 2010
Timaru started well, pouncing on a Shirley mistake and fullback Ricky Neame scored in the first minute. They then consolidated their position with Willie Wright kicking two penalties to lead 11-0 after 14 minutes. Shirley finally started to get some ... read more...
11 May 2010
Renowned martial artist Renzie Hanham gave an excellent explanation of aspects of performing under pressure for a group of about 40 players and coaches last night in the penultimate session of the extremely valuable coaching series organised by Mark Ealey read more...
10 May 2010
On an extremely firm ground in ideal conditions with a cold southwest breeze, the teams held an early exchange of the ball as players settled, with ball in hand and kicking for field position. A beautifully placed kick by St Thomas’ led to a 5 metre ... read more...
8 May 2010
Round 3 of the 2010 Press Cup produced some entertaining and close games, notably between Nelson College and St. Bede's (26-22) and Timaru BHS and Shirley BHS (21-17) but two matches bizarrely produced the same score, reflecting mismatches in terms ... read more...
5 May 2010
Canterbury's country schools played out the annual College Day event at Burnside Park under clear skies. The two boys sections were closely contested, but Geraldine HS and Darfield HS ultimately emerged as victors from the group phase. They contested ... read more...
4 May 2010
Shirley had the winning of the game, scoring some good tries in the first half through their impressive back three and centre, but they lost their momentum when prop Joseph Topai-Aveai was sin-binned for not using his arms in a tackle. Marlborough BC ... read more...
4 May 2010
Following the convincing win over Burnside last week, there was the potential for LHS to take the game to CBHS and not just be another statistic. Unfortunately for LHS things took a turn for the worse before the game started, losing Daniel Hurring ... read more...
4 May 2010
Former Crusader and All Black loose forward explained the intricacies of defence from set-piece and phase-play to an attentive audience of coaches and players today at a coach development session held at St. Bede's College. Scott gave some ... read more...
4 May 2010
My first experience of 1st XV rugby, and what a great introduction.
From the sound of the school song emanating from the changing room, the pipes, the guard of honour and the haka, it was obvious this was going to be a spectacle, and the boys didn’t ... read more...
3 May 2010
St. Bede’s College successfully defended the Trustbank Cup for a record-equalling 26th time with their comprehensive 61-0 victory over Waimea College in Round 2 of the Press Cup. The writing was on the wall from early in the game as the St. Bede’s ... read more...
3 May 2010
Bonus point wins for Christchurch Boys' High School, St. Bede's College and St. Andrew's College keep these three teams first-equal at the top of the table with maximum points, but Christ's College and Nelson College also had sound victories.
Boys' ... read more...
24 Apr 2010
As part of the pre-season build up, 50 boys were selected for a training group which trained twice a week in preparation for CRFU 10s Tournament, warm-up matches against St Augustine’s of Australia, three internal school trials and the CBHS Festival. ... read more...
25 Apr 2010
Richie Mo’unga kicked five kicks from five, sealing the St Andrew’s College 1st XV 35-9 victory over new team to the competition, Roncalli College from Timaru, at Timaru in the opening round of the Press Cup. Roncalli went ahead in the first 10 ... read more...
24 Apr 2010
Press Cup Round One resulted in bonus point wins for Christchurch Boys' High away to Nelson College (36-13), St. Bede's College over St. Thomas' College (37-6), St. Andrew's College over new boys in the competition Roncalli College 35-9, and ... read more...
22 Apr 2010
Conducted by the CRFU coaching staff under the direction of Kim Browne, Girls Skills Day attracted well over a hundred secondary school girls to South Hagley Park for a pre-season coaching clinic. Ranging from experienced players to complete novices, ... read more...
20 Apr 2010
The Christ's College 1st XV hosted Nelson College, Southland Boys' High School and King's High School in a pre-season Quadrangular Tournament on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th April. On day one, Southland Boys' beat Nelson College 24-21 to advance ... read more...
20 Apr 2010
Burnside HS played in the pre-season 10-a-side tournament, improving with every game and putting together some solid performances. Our first game was against St Thomas’ College and was a courageous effort to manage a 12-12 draw considering the fact ... read more...
20 Apr 2010
The St. Bede’s College 1st XV has a lot to live up to in 2010. Last year's side was arguably the best in the College’s 99 year history winning through to the National Top Four finals in Rotorua, where they finished runners-up. The challenge for the ... read more...
20 Apr 2010
Captains and senior players from Christchurch Press Cup schools gathered to listen to speakers about captaincy, leadership, representing a school and working with referees. Speakers were former NZ Schools coach Mr. Gerry Davidson, Crusader and All ... read more...
20 Feb 2010
7 Sep 2009
After beating Napier Boys' High School 26-9 on the Saturday in the Top-Four semi-final, St. Bede's lost 0-17 in the final to Hamilton Boys High School played in Rotorua.
3 Sep 2009
The multi-talented Papanui Girls side beat St. Margaret's in the final of the CRFU Secondary Schools Tens tournament at Burnside Park to maintain its unbeaten run against secondary schools and make it a clean sweep of trophies this season. Elsewhere ... read more...
1 Sep 2009
In blustery conditions at Burnside Park, Rangiora HS A beat the winners of the Senior Boys' Midweek competition Riccarton HS to take the Senior Boys' Cup at the end-of-season tens tournament. With support from R80 and 24/7 the event produced some ... read more...
26 Aug 2009
Forty youngsters representing all of the teams playing in the Midweek Secondary School Competitions received specially commissioned Spirit of Rugby Awards at a ceremony in Christchurch on Wednesday August 26th. read more...
22 Aug 2009
St. Bede's College continue their dominance of U18 metro rugby in the top two section finals with St Bede's 2nd XV beating Christchurch Boys High School 2nd XV by 15-7 and the 3rds beating CBHS 3rd XV 15-8. Meanwhile St Bede's 1st XV read more...
19 Aug 2009
Playing under the banner of "The Best of the Rest," an invitation team comprised of girls from schools other than Papanui - beat this year's Champion team by 17 - 7 in a close encounter at Papanui High School read more...
12 Aug 2009
The season ended with the finals of the U70kg Boys competition. Congratulations to Kaiapoi who beat Papanui 15-10 to take the Cup. Rangiora were Shield Winners over Linwood 27-5 and and Riccarton took the Bowl competition downing Ellesmere 24-10. read more...
4 Aug 2009
As the Press Cup winds up its 9th season, former CRFU Rugby Manager Warren Barberel chronicles its creation and the last nine years of competition read more...
30 Jul 2009
At the beginning of 2009 during the 2nd week of term 1, I had a new student come and see me, he wanted to play rugby for Linwood College 1st XV. He had recently moved to Christchurch from Fiji and is of Fijian/Indian decent. read more...
30 Jul 2009
Ellesmere College won the first Midweek trophy of the year with a 42 - 0 victory over Cashmere HS. Playing some controlled football through their forwards, Ellesmere took charge of the game with a brace of tries midway through the first half and - ... read more...
30 Jul 2009
29 players have been named in the Canterbury Secondary School Girls Squad. The final squad of 22 will compete at the South Island Secondary Schoolgirls tournament. held at St Bedes on the 28th-30th September. read more...
28 Jul 2009
“Rugby gives you discipline, you have to show commitment and responsibility to your teammates, and these characteristics and ethics flow through to other aspects of your life” says Shirley Boys’ High School tighthead prop Mohamud Mohamed. read more...
21 Jul 2009
The North Canterbury Area Schools Team is undoubtedly one of the success stories of the 2009 midweek season. This is due in no small part to the drive of long time rugby administrator Kim Mather. read more...
24 Jul 2009
Thanks to everybody involved with the coaching school and the huge effort put in during the season by the selectors, managers and coaches of the southern regions team. The team competed in the NZ Regional Schools Tournament in Auckland read more...
20 Jul 2009
Leaving behind a cold grey winter’s day in Rangiora was no great hardship for the players, coaches and supporters. But knowing that the team was heading for an intense and challenging week of rugby it was disappointing to lose two key players through ... read more...
9 Jul 2009
For many schools, the July holidays also serve as a window for games against teams touring from Japan, Australia, Britain or Ireland. Christchurch BHS U16Bs today played Iwami Chisuikan HS, from Shimane Prefecture in western Japan. read more...
9 Jul 2009
St Margaret’s proved to be the best of the Christchurch schools at the girls festival of rugby in Oamaru this week, losing in an excellent semi-final to the eventual winners South Otago by 7-17. read more...
6 Jul 2009
Experienced CRFU Trainer Greg Thompson, demonstrated the basics of strength development and training to a small but receptive number of boys at CBHS today. The boys practised essential body-weight and partner exercises and learnt that the key ... read more...
25 Jun 2009
All Black scrum coach Mike Cron took time out of his busy schedule ahead of this week's test against Italy to talk to a gathering of secondary school coaches about a broad range of coaching issues. read more...
16 Jun 2009
Twelve months ago an email was sent to the Ugandan Rugby Union asking if they could identify a boy who would benefit from playing rugby in New Zealand. Not surprisingly the URU responded rapidly with an emphatic yes. read more...
9 Jun 2009
On Monday, June 9, All Black Leon Macdonald coached 14 secondary school fullbacks on the intricacies of fullback play. He covered tips for catching the high-ball, issues related to positioning and communication among the back-three and taught the ... read more...
28 May 2009
The Moascar Cup is regarded as the Ranfurly Shield of secondary school 1ST XV rugby. Secondary school rugby supporters in the South Island prior to 2004 knew little about the Moascar Cup, because the last time it had been played for down here was 1920. read more...
12 May 2009
One of the first rugby administrators to be appointed when the pilot scheme was launched in 2004, Rangiora High School’s Jo Best has been close to the explosion in rugby at the school over the past few years. read more...
13 May 2009
With twenty-plus matches across five divisions, the Midweek Competition has started with a bang. read more...
12 May 2009
Based upon a presentation he had given at a Principles of Rugby Coaching Course, but updated to include the impact the ELVs have had on aspects of back attack read more...
7 May 2009
Former Christchurch Boys’ High Rugby Co-ordinator Steve Dods leaves New Zealand in mid-May to take up a coaching position with the Japanese Division 2 club Canon, based in Yokohama read more...
25 Apr 2009
Last spring Olivia Coady (18) played her first two test matches for the Black Ferns. She started playing rugby for Marist Albion at the tender age of seven - because she “quite fancied one of the boys in the team” (also aged seven) read more...
28 Apr 2009
Over thirty captains and prospective captains of teams playing Saturday and midweek rugby attended a captaincy seminar hosted by Riccarton HS on April 27th. read more...
13 Apr 2009
Over the Easter weekend, secondary school teams from all over New Zealand and Australia participated in the CBHS Rugby Festival. read more...
9 Apr 2009
Having had reconstructive knee surgery over a year ago, Christchurch Boys’ High Year 10 student Mitch McCann decided the best way to stay in touch with the game he loved was to become a referee read more...
3 Apr 2009
St. Bede's beat a gallant Christ's College by 29-5 to in the final of the AMI Tens at AMI Stadium to take the title for the second year in succession. read more...
1 Apr 2009
Played against a background of an autumnal Hagley Park looking its very best, the 24SEVENS again provided the perfect start to the Midweek Secondary Schools season. read more...
31 Mar 2009
As part of the ongoing pre-season CRFU lecture series, former All Black half-back and now Sky Sports analyst, Jon Preston, took an hour out of a busy schedule to give an outstanding masterclass on the art of playing at nine read more...
18 Mar 2009
The Crusaders visits to secondary schools in Christchurch provides unique pre-season inspiration for teenage players and are always eagerly anticipated by the schools. read more...
26 Mar 2009
Hosting Sapporo Yamonote High School from Japan for the second year in succession, the Papanui 1st XV overcame atrocious weather to beat the visitors by 12-10 (having lead 7-5 at the interval) and level the series at one win apiece. read more...
