Interzone Boys Rugby U45

On Tue 25 June the U45 Boys rugby team travelled to Avondale to compete in the Auckland Interzone Rugby Championships to find out who was the best team in Auckland. There were 6 teams representing the winners of the 6 Auckland Zones, from the North Shore, to Counties Manukau.

In our first game we played West Auckland winners Henderson and had a great start beating them 27 - 0

Next we played Koru School representing South Auckland, they were tough but we won 17 - 0

In the third round we came up against Sommerville from East Auckland and came out winners 28 - 0

Then it was time to play the North Shore champions, Northcross Intermediate, who we thought would be tough opponents, the boys really stepped up and played a great game to keep them scoreless, winning 20 - 0

Our last game was against East Counties, if we won that game we would win the whole tournament. East Counties were our hardest game, by now the boys had played 90 minutes of hard, fast rugby and legs were tiring.

They were the only team to score against us but we managed to run out winners 30 - 12 and were then named the Auckland Champions for 2019! A representative from Auckland Rugby presented the team with the trophy and certificates at Monday morning assembly.

Our team: Hamish Chauval, Louis Butler, Tyler Campbell, Blake Ryburn, Troy Craddock, Kace Hipkins-Taimai,
Milan Bardsley, Joel Chaplow, Lachlan McKenzie, Quinn Moss, George Barty, Tom Worn, Calum Bint, Matt Gaze, Eli McConnon, Cooper Peters, Hector de Mornac, Orlando Tamura, George Butler.