Jake Porter settled a lot of nerves in the 22nd minute when he picked up a poor clearance, advanced to the edge of the St Peter's penalty area and unleashed a dipping, swerving shot that had goal written all over it and gave MAGS their 2-0 lead.
The second half was soon a mirror image of what had been produced in the first 45 minutes. The visitors continued to create chances but could not add a third goal whereas the hosts had their opportunities but could not close the gap.
MAGS need only a point from their remaining two games, including Saturday's home clash with AGS - the only team to have beaten them this season - to make certain of an 11th title in 17 years.
St Peter's coach Brett McMurdoch said afterwards: "As long as we kept the score down we were in the game. For our boys a 2-0 defeat was a job well done."
Cashing in on St Kentigern's stumble at Westlake BHS - beaten 3-2 for just their second loss of the season - AGS, 6-0 home winners over Rangitoto, moved into second place. Sacred Heart also lost ground when held 1-1 at Kelston BHS.
BASKETBALL
PREMIER
Girls.-
Round 13: WGHS 83 Carmel 51, St Kentigern 58 AGGS 54.
Basketball Premier
Premier Girls Draw: Westlake Girls 83 Carmel 51; Massey 64 MAGS 62; Saint Kentigern 58 AGGS 54.
Premier Boys Draw: Onehunga 110 Lynfield 36; AGS 81 Saint Kentigern 28.
Rangitoto 12 11 0 1 814 500 34
Massey 13 10 0 3 860 727 33
WGHS 12 10 0 2 817 633 32
MAGS 13 6 0 7 844 692 25
AGGS 13 5 0 8 652 735 23
St Kentigern 13 4 0 9 592 711 21
Avondale 11 3 0 8 571 827 17
Carmel 13 1 0 12 520 845
Boys.-
Round 13: AGS 81 St Kentigern 28, Onehunga 110 Lynfield 36.
Rosmini 12 11 0 1 1028 785 34
AGS 13 10 0 3 1157 879 33
WBHS 12 10 0 2 1060 845 32
Rangitoto 12 8 0 4 1106 848 28
Avondale 12 5 0 7 933 926 22
St Kentigern 13 3 0 10 868 953 19
Onehunga 13 3 0 10 870 1004 19
Lynfield 13 0 0 13 550 1332 13
AUCKLAND
Central zone boys open grade: Glendowie default to St Peters; MAGS 81 AGS 42; Dilworth 78 Michael Park 51; Sacred Heart 81 One Tree Hill 77.
HOCKEY
SUPER CITY
Boys A grade: St Kentigern 5 Sacred Heart 1; Kings 8 AGS 0; Avondale 1 Macleans 0; WBHS 3 MAGS 0.
Girls A grade, championship: EGGS 1 Diocesan 1; WGHS 4 St Kentigern 1. Plate: MAGS 0 Baradene 0; Macleans 1 Avondale 1.
AUCKLAND
Open A boys: Botany Downs 1st XI 2 St Peter's 1st XI 2; Kings 2nd XI 3 AGS 2nd XI 2; KBHS 1st XI 7 Onehunga 1st XI 1.
Open A girls: Pakuranga 1st XI 3 St Marys 1st XI 0; MRGS 1st XI 1 Diocesan 2nd XI 1; Botany Downs 1st XI 2 St Cuthberts 2nd XI 2.
Open B boys: Henderson 1st XI 2 AGS A 0; Macleans 2nd XI default to One Tree Hill 1st XI; Lynfield 1st XI 4 St Kentigern 2nd XI 1.
Open B girls: EGGS 2nd XI 3 Baradene 2nd XI 2; Marist 5 Macleans 2nd XI 0; St Cuthberts 3rd XI 2 Lynfield 1st XI 0.
Open C boys, East: AGS 3rd XI 3 Kings 3rd XI 2; Glendowie 1st XI 2 Howick 1st XI 0.
Central/West: Dilworth 1st XI 9 Parnell 1st XI 0. Dilworth 1st XI 6 MAGS 2nd XI 3; Parnell 1st XI 6 St Peter's 2nd XI 0; MRGS 2nd XI 1 Western Springs 1st XI 0.
Open C girls, Central: Parnell 1 5 St Mary's 2 1. East: Papatoetoe 2 Howick 0; Onehunga 6 Kings 0; Sancta Maria 2 Aorere 1. West: Henderson 1 Green Bay 0; Rutherford 4 KGHS 0.
Open D boys, section one: Kings 4 5 Aorere 2 1; Edgewater 7 Glendowie 2 1; Sancta Maria 9 Macleans 3 1; Papatoetoe 6 St Kentigern 3 0. Section two: Lynfield 2 5 AGS 4th XI 2; Sacred Heart 2 8 Waitakere 0.
Open D girls, East: Edgewater 7 Macleans 3 0; Glendowie 2 3 Glendowie 3 2; St Kentigern 3 0 Pakuranga 2 0. South/Central: One Tree Hill 0 St Kentigern 2 0; EGGS 4 default to McAuley; Otahuhu 3 Selwyn 0. West: Lynfield 2 2 Avondale 2 0; Baradene 3 5 EGGS 3 1; Rutherford 2 1 Marist 2 0. MAGS 4th XI default to Rutherford 2.
Under-15 boys A: AGS B 2 KBHS 1 1; Kings 1 2 MRGS 1 0; Sancta Maria 1 1 MAGS 1 0.
Under-15 boys, East: St Kentigern 1 0 Pakuranga 1 0; Botany Downs 1 3 St Kentigern 2 0; Sacred Heart 1 6 Macleans 1 0. West: AGS Blue 11 Liston 1 0; Kings 2 4 St Peters 1 2; Lynfield 1 3 AGS Gold 1.
Under-15 girls A: St Cuthberts 1 1 Macleans 1 0; MRGS 1 3 St Kentigern 1 0.
Under-15 girls, Central: Baradene 2 9 MAGS 1 0; St Cuthberts 2 3 EGGS 2 0; Baradene 1 2 Diocesan 2 0. West: St Cuthbert's 3 1 Lynfield 1 0; Diocesan 3 4 Avondale 1 1; MAGS 2 3 St Marys 1 0. East: Howick 1 5 St Kentigern 2 0; Otahuhu 1 1 Sancta Maria 1 1.
8-a-side open: Henderson 1 3 Marist 0; One Tree Hill White 15 EGGS 0; Ormiston 3 McAuley 1; One Tree Hill Navy 12 Papatoetoe 1.
LACROSSE
AUCKLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Avondale Racecourse)
Division one: MAGS 3 EGGS 3; Whangaparaoa 3 Avondale 3. Whangaparaoa 6 EGGS 0; Diocesan 4 Avondale 2. EGGS 4 Diocesan 2; MAGS 5 Whangaparaoa 3. MAGS 6 Diocesan 4; EGGS 5 Avondale 1. Diocesan 6 Whangaparaoa 1; MAGS 4 Avondale 1.
Division two, pool A: St Marys 3 Whangarei GHS 3; Avondale 2 MRGS 2. St Mary's 8 Avondale 0; Whangarei GHS 4 MRGS 1. St Marys 5 MRGS 3; Whangarei GHS 7 Avondale 0. Pool B: Diocesan 3 Pinehurst 3. Whangaparaoa 2 Diocesan 2. Pinehurst 3 Whangaparaoa 3. Pool C: AGGS 4 EGGS 2. St Cuthberts 4 AGGS 4. St Cuthberts 4 EGGS 2.
Division two, championship: Whangarei GHS 3 Diocesan 2; AGGS 4 St Marys 1. Semifinals, Whangarei GHS 5 AGGS 4 (1st/2nd - AGGS 1st as Whangarei not able to place as not AKSS); St Marys 2 Diocesan 1(3rd/4th). 5th/10th: St Cuthberts 3 Pinehurst 2 (5th/6th); Whangaparaoa 6 MRGS 0 ( 7th/8th). St Cuthberts 4 Whangaparaoa 3; Pinehurst 3 MRGS 2; EGGS 4 Avondale 3-(9th/10th).
Final placings.-
Division one: MAGS 1, EGGS 2, Diocesan 3, Whangaparaoa 4, Avondale 5.
Division two: Whangarei GHS, AGGS 1, St Marys 2, Diocesan 3, St Cuthberts 4, Pinehurst 5, Whangaparaoa 6, MRGS 7, EGGS 8, Avondale 9. Whangarei GHS placed first but could not take the title.
AKSS BOYS
North/West: Rosmini 5 Pinehurst 5; WBHS 13 Orewa 1; Whangaparaoa 8 Avondale 5.
Boys South/East: St Kentigern 5 St Peter's 3; AGS 9 MAGS 7.
LEAGUE
AUCKLAND COLLEGE
Finals.-
Warriors Bowl, James Cook 14 (Moses Vailea, Henoa Tupouata 2 tries; Harry Robertson goal) MRGS 12 (Thomas Taunuu, Franciscus Semi, Paul Semi tries). HT: 10-0.
Bowl final MVP: Robertson.
Warriors Plate: Southern Cross 16 (Andy Keil, Okomaka Talagi, Viliami Ma'amaloa tries; Akesi Liaina 2 goals) Papakura 12 (Sengili Malu, Arthur Crichton tries; Crichton 2 goals). HT: 16-6.
Plate final MVP: Filigatauivi Tafa (Southern Cross).
Entries for the 2013 NZRL National Secondary Schools' Tournament.-
Premiership schools (16 teams): Aranui High School (Southern), Henderson High School (Akarana), Kaitaia College (Northland), Kamo High School (Northland), Kelston Boys' High School (Akarana), Mt Albert Grammar School (Akarana), Otahuhu College (Counties Manukau), Papakura High School (Counties Manukau), Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate (Counties Manukau), Southern Cross Campus College (Counties Manukau), St Paul's College (Akarana), Taita College (Wellington), Tangaroa College (Counties Manukau), Tokoroa High School (Upper Central), Tu Toa College (Mid-Central), Westlake Boys' High School (Akarana)
Developing schools (eight teams): Aotea College (Wellington), Fraser High School (Upper Central), Howick College (Counties Manukau), Northcote College (Akarana), Rotorua Boys' High School (Upper Central), Southland Boys' High School (Southern), St Thomas of Canterbury College (Southern), Whangarei Boys' High School (Northland)
NETBALL
AUCKLAND
Premier.-
MAGS 65 McAuley 15, Baradene 36 Avondale 32, EGGS 34 Macleans 17, St Kentigern 58 Botany Downs 25, AGGS 32 Aorere 19, Massey HS 29 Diocesan 28.
MAGS 9 9 0 0 0 447 189 36
Baradene 9 9 0 0 0 350 243 36
AGGS 9 6 0 3 1 340 230 25
Avondale 9 6 0 3 1 298 259 25
St Kentigern 9 5 0 4 1 316 255 21
EGGS 9 5 0 4 0 316 281 20
Aorere 9 5 0 4 0 270 286 20
Diocesan 9 3 0 6 1 317 307 13
Massey HS 9 3 0 6 0 238 315 12
McAuley 9 1 0 8 1 194 369 5
Botany Downs 9 1 0 8 0 244 382 4
Macleans 9 1 0 8 0 151 365 4
Senior A.-
MAGS 41 St Marys 25, AGGS 31 Baradene 24, St Cuthberts 39 Howick 32, EGGS 46 Pakuranga 33, St Kentigern 31 Kings 22, Sancta Maria 26 MRGS 22.
MAGS 9 9 0 0 0 373 218 36
AGGS 9 7 0 2 1 301 241 29
St Kentigern 9 7 0 2 1 291 256 29
St Marys 9 6 0 3 2 295 269 26
St Cuthberts 9 5 0 4 1 291 284 21
EGGS 9 4 1 4 2 295 297 20
Kings 9 4 0 5 2 260 270 18
Sancta Maria 9 4 0 5 0 248 309 16
Howick 9 2 2 5 3 323 308 15
Pakuranga 9 2 0 7 2 255 337 10
Baradene 9 1 1 7 3 220 278 9
MRGS 9 1 0 8 1 245 330 5
COMBINED POINTS TOURNAMENT
Finals.-
Year 9: MAGS 17 WGHS 8.
Year 10: MAGS 17 WGHS 12.
Premier: MAGS 22 AGGS 9.
Combined Trophy: MAGS.
NORTH HARBOUR
Premier.-
Round three: WGHS 1 35 Long Bay 1 23, Rangitoto 1 34 Whangaparaoa 1 12, Carmel 1 31 Carmel 2 27. Points: WGHS, Rangitoto 12, Carmel 1, Long Bay, Whangaparaoa 4, Carmel 2 0.
Premier flight: Kristin 1 37 Northcote 1 13, WGHS 2 30 Albany SHS 1 21, Mahurangi 1 33 Orewa 1 18. Points: Kristin, Mahurangi 12, WGHS 9, Albany SHS 5, Orewa, Northcote 0.
Open A championship: Rangitoto 2 28 Carmel 3 14, TGS 1 45 Wentworth 1 27, Rangitoto 3 30 Orewa 2 22. Points: Rangitoto 2 12, TGS 1 9, Rangitoto 3 8, Carmel 3, Orewa 2 4, Wentworth 1.
Open A flight: Kaipara 1 32 Kristin 2 21, Pinehurst 1 37 WGHS 3 21, Pinehurst 1 32 Kristin 2 20 (deferred game), Long Bay 2 18 Rangitoto 4 11. Points: Pinehurst 12, Rangitoto, Long Bay 8, WGHS, Kaipara 4, Kristin 0.
COUNTIES MANUKAU
Premier: Rosehill 54 TKM Nga Tapuwae 5; Manurewa default to Papatoetoe; Wesley 34 Sir Edmund Hillary 19; Alfriston 1 47 Papakura 23; Pukekohe Gold 48 Aorere 12.
RUGBY
AUCKLAND SS
1A, final round.-
KBHS 8 Tangaroa 6, AGS 27 Otahuhu 0, St Kentigern 15 De La Salle 0, St Peters 34 Onehunga HS 10, MAGS 13 Kings 10, Sacred Heart 70 Papatoetoe HS 11.
St Kentigern 11 10 1 0 3 272 75 45
MAGS 11 9 1 1 2 267 102 40
AGS 11 7 0 4 7 283 125 35
Kings 11 7 0 4 7 301 163 35
KBHS 11 7 0 4 6 190 141 34
St Peters 11 7 0 4 4 237 193 32
Sacred Heart 11 6 0 5 7 243 143 31
Tangaroa 11 4 0 7 6 190 189 22
De La Salle 11 4 0 7 4 152 144 20
Otahuhu 11 3 0 8 4 152 200 16
Onehunga HS 11 1 0 10 1 107 348 5
Papatoetoe 11 0 0 11 0 62 633
1C, final round: Howick 70 Kia Aroha 0, Sancta Maria 7 Waitakere 0, Rutherford 8 Lynfield 8.
Final points.-
Howick 1010 0 0 7 359 53 47
Sancta Maria 10 7 0 3 3 301 160 31
Waitakere 10 5 0 5 5 244 99 25
Rutherford 10 4 2 4 4 177 162 24
Lynfield 10 2 2 6 3 106 173 15
Kia Aroha 10 0 0 10 0 61 601 0
NORTH HARBOUR
1A.- Massey HS 15 (Juda Moala-Liava'a, Hapukuki Moala Liava'a, Wairaki Pama tries) WBHS 10 (Peter Hurst, Ben McIntyre tries). HT: 10-5.
Rosmini 38 TGS 7, Orewa 37 Birkenhead 10.
Final points, WBHS 53, Rosmini, Massey 46, TGS 34, Orewa 20, Birkenhead 11.
1B.-
WBHS 2nd XV 36 Long Bay 11, Kaipara 15 Mahurangi 7, Northcote 23 Rangitoto 10.
Points, Northcote 19, WBHS 2nd XV 14, Rangitoto, Kaipara 9, Long Bay 7, Mahurangi 0.
1C.-
Glenfield 17 Kristin 12, Massey 2nd XV 24 Rosmini 2nd XV 14, WBHS 3rd Xv 41 Whangaparaoa 12.
Points, Massey 2nd XV 20, WBHS 3rd XV 15, Glenfield 10, Rosmini 2nd XV 8, Whangaparaoa 2.
AUCKLAND GIRLS
Semifinals: AGS 27 Onehunga High School 5, Tamaki College 17 Otahuhu College 5.
SOCCER
Premier.-
KBHS 1 Sacred Heart 1, WBHS 3 St Kentigern 2, AGS 6 Rangitoto 0, St Peters 0 MAGS 2.
MAGS 12 10 1 1 44 11 31
AGS 12 8 1 3 32 15 25
St Kentigern 12 7 3 2 35 14 24
WBHS 12 7 0 5 45 35 21
Sacred Heart 12 4 2 6 21 23 14
St Peters 12 3 1 8 13 35 10
KBHS 12 2 2 8 17 32 8
Rangitoto 12 2 0 10 14 47 6
Senior A1.-
Kristin 4 TGS 1, Papatoetoe 0 Rosmini 7, Glendowie 1 Macleans 1, Kings 5 Liston 0.
Glendowie 12 9 2 1 37 16 29
Macleans 12 8 2 2 44 15 26
Kings 12 7 1 4 37 20 22
Kristin 11 5 3 3 20 21 18
Rosmini 12 5 2 5 26 19 17
Liston 12 4 2 6 25 38 14
TGS 12 2 1 9 15 36 7
Papatoetoe 11 0 1 10 12 51 1
Senior A2.-
One Tree Hill 2 Onehunga 2, MRGS1Botany Downs 1, Avondale 3 Long Bay 0, Northcote 1 Pakuranga 1.
Onehunga 11 7 4 0 27 11 25
Avondale 12 8 1 3 28 15 25
Long Bay 12 6 3 3 29 22 21
MRGS 12 3 6 3 19 18 15
Northcote 11 3 3 5 16 22 12
Botany Downs 12 2 5 5 16 19 11
Pakuranga 12 2 4 6 16 26 10
One Tree Hill 12 1 4 7 13 30 7
Senior A3.-
Albany SH 4 Waitakere 2, Howick 5 Whangaparaoa 2, Glenfield 0 Lynfield 3, Rutherford 2 Western Springs 5.
Western Springs 12 9 2 1 34 15 29
Rutherford 12 9 1 2 56 17 28
Albany SHS 12 9 1 2 49 21 28
Lynfield 12 6 2 4 25 24 20
Howick 12 4 2 5 37 28 14
Waitakere 12 3 3 6 31 41 12
Whangaparaoa 12 2 1 9 26 42 7
Glenfield 12 0 0 12 6 75 0
Senior A4, top five.-
Parnell 2 KingsWay 1, Dilworth 1 Massey HS 4, Green Bay bye.
Massey HS 2 2 0 0 7 1 6
Green Bay 2 1 1 0 7 5 4
Parnell 3 1 0 2 3 7 3
KingsWay 2 0 1 1 5 6 1
Dilworth 1 0 0 1 1 4 0
Senior A4, bottom five.-
Pinehurst 2 Selwyn 7, Auckland International College 0 Marcellin 2, Sancta Maria bye. Catch-up game, Sancta Maria 1 Pinehurst 1.
Selwyn 3 2 1 0 13 6 6
Marcellin 3 1 1 1 5 4 4
Sancta Maria 2 1 1 0 3 2 4
Pinehurst 2 0 1 1 3 6 1
Akld Intl 2 0 0 2 2 6 0
AUCKLAND GIRLS APC
Premier division one (Under-19): MAGS 3 TGS 0; EGGS 3 Diocesan 0; Rangitoto 9 Botany Downs 0; Pukekohe 1 WGHS 0; St Kentigern 3 Massey 0; Pakuranga 2 Avondale 1.
Premier division two: Whangaparaoa 2 Long Bay 0; Onehunga 3 Macleans 2; Marist 1 Baradene 0; St Marys 1 Rosehill 0; Green Bay 4 Glendowie 3; Western Springs 4 Lynfield 2.
Premier junior A, division one (under-15): MAGS 6 WGHS 1; St Kentigern 5 EGGS 4; St Marys Jnr 1st XI 2 Rangitoto 1; St Cuthberts 3 Diocesan 2; Albany Junior High 3 Western Springs 0; Baradene 3rd XI 5 Avondale 0.
Premier junior A, division two: Baradene 5th XI 5 St Cuthberts Develop 0; Diocesan 7 Botany Downs 0; Rutherford 1 MAGS Develop 0.
COUNTIES MANUKAU
Premier top four: Pukekohe 2 Manurewa 1. Bottom four: Al Madinah 4 Papakura 0.
TABLE TENNIS
A premier grade knockout championship: Macleans A 7 Macleans C 0, AGS A 6 St Kentigern 1, AGS B 4 Pakuranga A 3, Macleans B 4 Rutherford A 3.
