First XV Final: St Peter's (Auckland) v Napier Boys High School

The First XV boys’ final for the NZ Barbarians Cup was taken 31-28 by St Peter’s of Auckland, its third national title, after overturning a 21-0 deficit to Napier Boys’ High School.

[@Captain-Idiot]

Niko Jones channeling a bit of his father here...awesome stuff from St Peter's

[@UNCLEBILLYTEE]

Number 8 from st Peter is going to be a superstar

[@AK-wc9rl]

Like his dad, the great Michael Jones.

[@PrivateRes]

Came here to write the same. What a talent.

[@julianmaragliano6311]

The offload in the second half with one hand was insane

[@UNCLEBILLYTEE]

@@AK-wc9rl didnt know it was his son. Interesting. Speed for a 8

[@UNCLEBILLYTEE]

@@julianmaragliano6311 bro his decision making, skill and speed is crazy good for a youngster.

[@tinupaulse]

We're just a small school from Auckland, showing what self-belief, brotherhood, and God's grace can achieve!! 2018 National Champs, Up the Saints!!

[@adamt808]

Paulse Anithottam YES MY BROTHER WAIT TILL THEY SEE US AT INTERNATIONALS!Q!

[@eskoh7251]

Fuck off

[@TechFeedMe]

Number 8 is a beast!

[@cappingsole1985]

That’s niko Jones

[@danieljoseph9553]

Awesome comeback win from St Peters!! Single handedly dismantled by Nico Jones! Great game by both teams. Insane similarities of Nico and the Iceman. Dominant, hard running, unreal offloads, and fullstop defence. Michael Jones would be proud of his son and teams effort. Well deserved #1 1st XV Rugby Team in the country!!

[@nt0949]

Daniel Joseph I would not say single handedly, there are 14 other boys on that field that made that team win

[@danieljoseph9553]

@@nt0949 My bad, I was talking about Nicos offloads.. but.. yes your right it was definitely a team effort to get the win. Impressive comeback win against all odds and very strong opposition.

[@romelnegut2005]

What a great game and the number 8 from SPE is hella fast!

[@princehalo5023]

Wow!!! That quality of rugby is crazy. Very entertaining. Well done Saint's, frm aussie.

[@bodybalanceU2]

what a great display of skill and talent from these young men - i thought for a moment I was watching a professional team and not just two high schools

[@joseignaciosalamanca2500]

CRAZY skill from the N8, great off loads that could even make Read proud. Surprised algo that he is the son of such a legend as Michael Jones, hope that gives him a nice edge for been profesional so he can use all that skill, pace and power for the beneffit of NZ and the great ABs!

[@tofuolatapaleao4921]

really looking fwd to Niko's future...continuing the legacy of his legendary father....Man I'm excited ......

[@wahwah9899]

What a play at 1:12

[@Jo_240]

Niko display all the skills his dad had the ice man

[@martincaballero4295]

Proud Old Boy! Kudos to Niko and the boys! Well done, gents!

[@greylynnjr]

I cant stop watching this

[@eruetifoster6184]

Pj Tonga has to be a rugby league player with a try like that

[@gaius_enceladus]

Great stuff! Some real star players of the future here!

[@solomonmawanda6705]

St Peter's number8, has a BIG future

[@mruv5944]

Michael Jones taught his son well sheeesh

[@snkrhd8958]

0:46 that small side step to evade the tackler, number 8 has the fundamentals down!

[@cgrant1960]

Zyon Holo, the very big prop, is promising too.

[@MarkWhippy]

Number 8 reminds me of Nakarawa.

[@michaellinehan710]

He probably reminds you of a former All Black, Michael Jones ;)

[@MPA083]

Number 8 from St Peters is a beast

[@farqall9207]

These cords got speed. Good game both teams.

[@kataotr3816]

NZ rugby looking greater for the future..

[@arsonwars]

Awesome game lads

[@MichaelJordan-rt5fe]

Let's do it again boyz 2019 tribute to the kolhase famliy bring back the days of year 2000 where it all started for our boys coached by the legend Eric Kolhase back to back champions let's see if you can do it again back to back young usos SPC 4 Lyf brothers

[@dollarhugo37]

Congratulations Saints!

[@Outdoorcookwarereviews]

Man these kids have better ball handeling skills than pre 90'z Allblacks

[@Peter009ism]

How old are they? from Japan.

[@julianmaragliano6311]

IRANZ academy! I was there! Great place

[@leslymcneil]

Number 8 is a beast

[@paulmaheno496]

Niko - talk about a chip off the old block - his dad be proud

[@americomaldonado9148]

The 8 s'peter is Israel folau

[@deand503]

Their so small though exept for no 8 hes impressive

[@sonnybill8271]

*I C E M A N JR* ✊🏼

[@j.psensational6860]

Good job boys

[@santiagoaluque]

why does the game end at 69 minutes?

[@westsidemfz953]

70

[@marcogongo09]

How old are this boys, under 18?

[@flightofthefatman]

Yes, if things haven't changed since I left school.

[@jme317]

Number 10 for st peters is 15. Rest of team age between 16-18

[@cammilne1154]

I laaav dis gayme

[@drizzyrobby9269]

FUCK DEZE ADA GUYS #DODAFACE

[@trollfacepoo]

cam milne 😙🚀

[@EverlastingPraiseLIVE]

Wow that niko jones runs exactly like his dad michael jones

[@brettwilkinson9529]

Ice Mans offspring looking good.

[@bluekid8014]

Great Job St. Peter's

[@jeztauiliilivincent1916]

Niko ‘ Iceman’ Jones ✊🏾

[@hellovanite]

Good genes in that St Pets no.8

[@greylynn-snakevenom113glc7]

That Samoan blood. Not any Samoan blood but that of presitige and history that has in someway shape or form reincarnated in the second coming of the talent before him. Looking forward to seeing more of this Kid.

[@hellovanite]

@@greylynn-snakevenom113glc7 True dat

[@Endeavour02]

The new iceman

[@walkedale1986]

Crazy how the SA school teams destroy both these teams yet NZ international teams are by far the best.

[@sinethembaapril9766]

just good coahing and management mixed with a consistent style of play, had jake white stayed like hansen we'd still be no1

[@cheapestwebsite148]

Don’t feel bad - there is no quota system in SA School rugby - so coaches are allowed to pick first teams on merit. Only provincial teams and national teams from age 12 to 18 and senior levels have a quota system. Our top 10 rugby schools will beat the under 18 and most probably the under 20 junior springboks by 50 points or more as well. Our number 14 and number 10 ranked schools also beat some top New Zealand Schools with big scores. Unlike your junior all blacks and senior all blacks and all your super rugby teams - your schoolboy rugby teams actually get to play against quota free teams - so it is like playing against the springboks of the old days when springboks ruled world rugby. Boland Landbou 30 (SA) Napier Boys’ 25 (NZ) Grey College 73 (SA) Christchurch Boys 26 (NZ) Paul Roos 93 (SA) Southland Boys 5 (NZ) Monument 48 (SA) John McGlashan College 10 (NZ) Grey College (SA) 54 Southland Boys High (NZ) 0 Paul Roos (SA) 62 Napier Boys High (NZ) 7 Paul Roos (SA) 52 St Peter’s College (NZ) 5

[@Usikoe23]

Cheapest Website It’s a bit different when the team who won the championship for the certain schools has all its players leave becuase the tournament is at the start of the next year so the boys who won it for their school have already left. I was told it’s just the end of the SA boys season, unlike NZ who has to go to Sanix 7 months later and with a completely new and un-gelled team.

[@keamahia6413]

@efalomo yes RSA teams don't take into account that those international games are pretty much a school holiday and first game of the year sso 0 experience.

[@joemama6710]

Most of the players in this St. Peter’s team didn’t go to South Africa tour in 2019 because it was their last year of school. They would of destroyed Paul Roos tho

[@JN-er5yu]

NBHS vs SPC No. 8 lol

[@islandboii2431]

ICE MAN Jr🌴🌴

[@howinginnen8675]

Number 19 is my cousin

[@groundhogguns5828]

those lads will pump the springboks

[@cheapestwebsite148]

Groundhog Guns Don’t feel bad - there is no quota system in SA School rugby - so coaches are allowed to pick first teams on merit. Only provincial teams and national teams from age 12 to 18 and senior levels have a quota system. Our top 10 rugby schools will beat the under 18 and most probably the under 20 junior springboks by 50 points or more as well. Our number 14 and number 10 ranked schools also beat some top New Zealand Schools with big scores. Unlike your junior all blacks and senior all blacks and all your super rugby teams - your schoolboy rugby teams actually get to play against quota free teams - so it is like playing against the springboks of the old days when springboks ruled world rugby. Boland Landbou 30 (SA) Napier Boys’ 25 (NZ) Grey College 73 (SA) Christchurch Boys 26 (NZ) Paul Roos 93 (SA) Southland Boys 5 (NZ) Monument 48 (SA) John McGlashan College 10 (NZ) Grey College (SA) 54 Southland Boys High (NZ) 0 Paul Roos (SA) 62 Napier Boys High (NZ) 7 Paul Roos (SA) 52 St Peter’s College (NZ) 5

[@1mbasic]

Both team could easily beat the wallabies

[@cheapestwebsite148]

South Africa Schoolboy Ranking: Number 10 - Boland Landbou Number 14 - Monument (Interesting local results: Grey Bloem beat Paul Roos 28-26 in Bloemfontein) Arguably number 1 & 2 schools in SA 2018. New Zealand Schools Ranking 2018: 1. St Peter’s College 2. Napier Boys High 3. Christchurch Boys High (Interesting results in New Zealand: St Peter’s College won the final against Napier Boys High 31-28) World Schools Results 2019: Glenwood 32 (SA) John McGlashan College 17 (NZ) Boland Landbou 30 (SA) Napier Boys’ 25 (NZ) Grey College 73 (SA) Christchurch Boys 26 (NZ) Paul Roos 93 (SA) Southland Boys 5 (NZ) Monument 48 (SA) John McGlashan College 10 (NZ) Grey College (SA) 54 Southland Boys High (NZ) 0 Paul Roos (SA) 62 Napier Boys High (NZ) 7 World School Rugby Championships final in Japan: Paul Roos (SA) 52 St Peter’s College (NZ) 5 There is no denying that SA has the best school rugby in the world - FACT!

[@Usikoe23]

Cheapest Website Bro, the SA teams play NZ teams the year after NZ schools win the title, it’s a completely new team that ends up playing a stacked SA team who has just finished their season.

[@deand503]

Ofa Afungia Jr those are Sa schools first games idiot just like NZ

[@deand503]

Ofa Afungia Jr grey vs Christchurch was at the beginning of the year and was one of grey’s first games

[@Usikoe23]

GINGERcat D NZ schools seasons are during the middle of the years from June to Sep. which means they would of had to bring a whole new young team to play your SA schools , just like what Saint Peters did in Sanix, their seniors carried them to the win in the final and then at the beginning of next year when Sanix came they had a new young team that was not anywhere near as good as last years team, what happened to Paul Roos, what did they have to win in SA the previous year to make Sanix and then during this years season they became the 14th ranked first XV. I’m not denying talent on SA side but chemistry does play a lot into it.

[@deand503]

Ofa Afungia Jr they did not win the previous year grey did as well as this year and the actual season of Sa school rugby between april to September then a whole different team comes along for the next season the thing is just Grey College has a overall win rate of 90% wich means they top 3 every year but all Im saying is that there is not much of a difference between the seasons st peter was one of Paul roos first games this year they only played in Sannix have not played any SA school at that time beating st peters

[@Deadend09]

Up any auckland team hahaha

[@playoffp3800]

Westlake still robbed tho

[@jrsakz3152]

Shut the fuck up you cry baby bitch, 1 on 1 at grafton. ill give you some tissues. ;-)

[@Liam-gp3yp]

St. Peter's were basically a one man team lol

[@cheapestwebsite148]

Any top 20 school in SA would put 30-50 points on New Zealand number 1 schools. Why? Simple = there is no quota systems in school rugby. Quota selections only applies to provincial tournaments and national teams. This means the coach can select the best team on merit. So that is why you see 2 white boys playing wing in our school teams. No springbok team or super rugby team will ever have 2 white wings or a full white backline. Incase any New Zealanders is worrying about the future - don’t worry - 90% of these school boys won’t ever get selected for provincial and national teams. So the all blacks will have nothing to worry about. 👍 your national under 18 and under 20 teams are safe. Your super rugby teams are safe and your senior all black teams are safe. Only once in a blue moon when you have an off day we might pull an upset win. But you won’t get dominated like in the old days where we could chose all our juniors & seniors on merit. Maybe all blacks should put sanctions in. And refuse to play the “fake springboks”. And demand that all quota systems at all age groups be banned and selections on merit only at all age groups. So we can have fair rugby competitions at all age groups and even in our own local provincial tournaments have the best kids competing at all age groups.

[@pakauputairi2855]

stop talking shit

[@Usikoe23]

Pakau Putairi Hard aye bahah

[@Me-ex7qg]

Yet all the South African super rugby franchises are mud

[@SoOwOoSwaGGa]

If niko was playing league he'd be a nrl star by now nz rugby development so slow