I know it's not the be-all and end-all but no Christchurch team came close to reaching the top eight at the national secondary schools championship. Another question is why they're not doing better there?
School sport in Auckland is "huge" across a lot of" codes". A lot of money is spent on recruiting and coaching . I spoke to a principal of a prestigious school in Auckland while watching a first 15 game . A lot of talk about sports . then we shifted the conversation to academics . I'm guessing it was tongue in cheek but his reply was "who cares about academics" . compare that to a school like papanui high who are just a bunch of players that happen to live in the same area so therefore go to the same school. The big question is " who will still be playing at there peak age of 23 - 26 . "