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Secondary School Rugby Formats and Draws
by Manawatu Rugby

Categories: News; Noticeboard Ezine;
Publication: Secondary School; Date: 2009-05-04

All grades in the MSSRB competition commence on Saturday 9th May. Formats and Draws for all grades have been confirmed.

Schoolgirls' rugby commences on Sunday 10th May with a 7's tournament at Ongley Park.

Game times are as follows:

Saturday 10:00am:
U15b
U15a
U14b
U14a

Saturday 11:10am:
U60kg
Premier 3
Premier 4

Saturday 12:30pm:
Premier 1
Premier 2

Sunday 1:00pm:
SchoolGirls

On Saturday 13th June all games will be scheduled 1 hour earlier than these times due to the All Blacks v France Test Match in Wellington.

There are 11 weeks of playing days for the MSSRB season as follows (with SchoolGirls' on the following Sundays):
9th May
16th May
23rd May
6th June
13th June
20th June
27th June
25th July
1st August
8th August
15th August

Formats:

Premier 1:
6 Teams play a home/away round followed by a final

Premier 2:
10 teams play a round robin followed by semifinals and a final

Premier 3:
6 Teams play a home/away round followed by a final

Premier 4:
7 teams play 2 friendlies followed by a competition round, semifinals and a final

Under 15:
13 teams play 3 grading games, followed by 2x6/7 team competition rounds (A + B) with a final in each.

Under 14:
14 teams play 3 grading games, followed by 2x7 team rounds (A + B) with a final in each. The bye teams in each pool will play a friendly

Under 60kg
4 teams play 3 rounds followed by semifinals and a final

Points:

Win - 4
Draw - 2
Loss by 7 points of less - 1
Loss by 8 points or more - 0
Default win - 4

Points gained in grading rounds are reset at 0 for the commencement of competition rounds

Draws for all grades can be viewed on the NZRU Competitions Portal

Always check the weekly draw for any updates on the Manawatu Rugby Website