A great start to the
year, with first our Senior side winning the Canterbury Secondary Schools 9 aside, followed by our
junior side sweeping all before them! The seniors struggled early, losing to a
well drilled Aranui High on their home patch and then being unable to finish
off Linwood college. A quick turn around, and a big effort saw victories over
Papanui High and the Institute of Sport sides. The
semi-final saw a rematch against Linwood and this time our team kept the foot
down and destroyed them with great defence and outstanding pace. The final was
a replay of our first game against Aranui. Staunch Defence and superior
fitness, and the will to win saw our boys close out a tough final. Stand out
players were Leicester Faingaanuku, Keanu Newson, Harry Kirk, Will Bartells,
Taani Taufa, but the whole team stood up when it counted, putting their
bodies on the line. Harry, Taani and Liecester all made the tournament
side.
Even more
impressive were the juniors who swept all opposition before them. Player of the
Tourney was Taani Taufa. Elisara Vaifale, Zinzan Martin,and Sulimoni Samasoni.
We are proud as of the effort and performances put in.
This is just
a start and we need to build on this success and prepare for the 13's
competitions and ultimately Nationals later in the year.
