The Bay of Plenty will play host to rising rugby stars of the future when Rotorua hosts the National 1^st XV Championships.

Rotorua Boys' High School is the venue for this year's finals, which kick-off with the semi-finals on Friday before the final on Sunday.

Rotorua Boys' High 1^st XV will take part in this year's championships. Photo: File.

Four co-ed and four boys' schools from the Blues, Chiefs, Hurricanes and the Southern regions will fight it out for secondary school supremacy.

Aorere College and St Kentigern College represent the Blues, Cambridge High School and host school Rotorua Boys' High School represent the Chiefs, Feilding High School and Scots College represent the Hurricanes and St Andrews College and Otago Boys' High School represent the Southern region.

New Zealand Rugby Referees wider training squad will provide four of its referees to take charge of two of the top four games on Friday and two of the finals on Sunday, including the big one.

However, three of the bay's own up and coming referees – Mate Samuels, George van den Anker and Jamie Bell – will officiate the other three games.

'It's a great opportunity for our local referee talent to be seen by Vinny Munro, NZ Rugby Referee's Wider Training Group Manager,” says Bay of Plenty referee manager Pat Rae says.

'With a pathway to the top now firmly in place, it's vitally important for Bay referees to keep our ITM Cup and Super Rugby guys on their toes.

'Our ITM Cup/Super Rugby and World cup referees Glen Jackson, Nick Briant, Shane McDermott and Brett Johnson have paved the way and Jamie, Mate and George are potentially the next cabs off the rank.”

Fixtures:

Friday, September 4

10.30am: Feilding High School v St Andrews College

12pm: Cambridge High School v Aorere College

1.10pm: Scots College v Otago Boys High School (live on The Rugby Channel)

2.55pm: Rotorua Boys High School v St Kentigern College (live on The Rugby Channel)

Sunday, September 6

11.30am: Loser game 1 v Loser game 2

1.10pm: Winner game 1 v Winner game 2 (live on Rugby Channel)

2.44pm: Winner game 3 v Winner game 4 (live on Rugby Channel)