3 and colts' competitions. 2022 Format variation Due to the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the 2022 club rugby season was delayed by almost a month. As a result, for the 2022 season, some changes were made to the new club rugby format introduced in 2021. In the premiers grade, there is only one round in which eleven teams play 5 home and 5 away matches over 12 weeks of round robin, including one bye-weekend. The highest ranked team at the end of the round robin wins the Nash Cup. The round robin will be followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final to be played by the eight highest ranked teams after the round robin. The winner of the final wins the Maddison Trophy. The club finishing last after the round robin, will be relegated to the Town & Country grade for the 2023 season. There are some less significant changes to other grades of club rugby. Competition winners Round one champions: 2022 Nash Cup (Premier): Napier Tech Old Boys Rugby Club 2022 Town & Country: Bridge Pa Rugby (Town grade - Jack Swain Cup) and Otane Sports Club (Country grade - Arthur Bowman Cup) 2022 Maury Cody Cup (Division 3): Clive Rugby and Sports Club 2022 Marsh Cup (Women's grade): Taratech (Taradale and Napier Tech combination team) 2022 Arthur Brown Cup (Colts): Clive Rugby and Sports Club Round two champions: 2022 Maddison Trophy (Premier): Taradale Rugby & Sports Club 2022 Hepa Paewai Memorial Trophy (Division 1): Maori Agricultural College (MAC) Sports Association 2022 Tom Mulligan Cup (Division 2): Hastings Rugby and Sports Club 2022 Ron Parker Memorial Cup (Division 3): not played for 2022 Championship Cup (Women's grade): Taratech (Taradale and Napier Tech combination team) 2022 Pat Ryan Memorial Trophy (Colts): Napier Tech Old Boys Rugby Club U85kg 2022 (inaugural) U85kg club competition winners: Havelock North Rugby Club School rugby The Hawke's Bay Rugby Union administers a secondary schools rugby competition, consisting of several boys' grades and two girls' grades. The strongest boys' schools teams, however, compete in interregional competitions. The two best Hawke's Bay rugby schools, Hastings Boys' High School and Napier Boys' High School, compete in the Super 8 competition in multiple grades, while Lindisfarne College and St John's College, Hastings currently participate in the Central North Island 1st XV competition. Napier Boys High School 1st XV won the Super 8 in 2000,