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Havelock’s Luca Barclay (left) and Melvin Rumere of Marist chase the ball in Saturdays clash. Coach Juliano Schmeling said his message at halftime was simple and direct: keep fighting or give up the season. So Marist battled, gave Wanderers much less room to operate, and the goals came, first (inevitably, it seemed) to Nick Carrick, followed by Melvin Rumere and finally Taylor Monk, about 10 minutes from the end when he lashed the winner through a crowded goalmouth and past the keeper. Wan...

Wanderers’ defeat was a shock because not only was it their first loss of the season, but they went down against a side which until Saturday had a meagre four points after 12 games. Palmerston North Marist still have a mathematical chance of winning the league title if they beat Wanderers at home next weekend – but Havelock North will have to also lose another game to enable the locals to nab the title ahead of them. Time is also running out for Palmerston North Marist, who after Wandere...

Everyone was available for the game except midfielder Dave McCorkindale, said Piper. Massey squeezed past North End 2-1 in their first game of the season in April and the students are third on the league ladder. North End co-coach Michael Sheridan said his team would be missing the suspended Shamus Moffat and veteran defender Crispin Moore, who is away, but on the bright side, prolific goalscorer Nathan Cooksley would be back after his red card was overturned. “Massey are a better side th...

Christchurch head students are speaking up about sexual assault and harassment Christchurch head students are speaking up about sexual assault and harassment 7 July 2021 More than half of Christchurch Girls High School in a survey said theyd been harassed. At least 20 students say theyve been raped. Christchurch Boys High head Boy Henry Allott says not addressing misogynistic behaviours can often precede sexual assault and harassment. He says this is why its so important senior male student...

Wesley took the lead in the first half when they booted through a loose ball about 50 metres and eventually scored. They took an 8-0 lead into halftime. Feilding put in a lot of defensive work in the first half and had a couple of scoring opportunities, but didn’t finish off. In the second spell Feilding spent a lot of time in Wesley’s half and with six minutes to go, were finally rewarded when hooker Vernon Bason drove over to score the winning try. “We got stuck in during the second...

Boys’ High’s defence stood up to waves of New Plymouth attack. Boys’ High missed a couple of penalties and a dropped goal which would have eased the pressure, before they were awarded a late penalty which Heaphy kicked to make it more comfortable. Both sides struggled to move the ball, so it was a defence-dominated game, with Oudenryn making lots of tackles and carries. Flankers Tom Illston-Park and Joe Simpson-Smith and second five-eighth Leo Gordon were other workhorses on defence. ...

Two tries either side of halftime proved the difference for Palmerston North Boys’ High School in a Super 8 loss to Hastings Boys’ High School.

First staged in 1892, the 136th clash between Christchurch Boys' High School and Christ's College saw College win by just a point, 35-34.

A miracle goal from more than 30 metres out has consigned the Palmerston North team to a narrow defeat in a top-of-the-table football clash.

One of NZ's oldest boys' schools has family ties stretching back five generations, but a controversial law change could end its “old boy” tradition.