Hurricanes Schools tournament and Centurions U18s playing on Saturday

School rugby points east on Saturday, with the annual Hurricanes Secondary Schools Sevens tournament in Masterton and the Centurions U18s versus Hawke’s Bay Saracens U18s representative match in Napier.

As of Friday morning, 10 boys teams and five girls teams will compete for the Hurricanes Secondary Schools Sevens Cups at Rathkeale College, Masterton. This is the seventh year of the Tournament, which was first played in 2014.

2019 champions Palmerston North Boys’ High School and Manukura will both look to defend their inaugural titles against a strong competition representing six of the Hurricanes Youth Council’s eight-member Provincial Unions.

The participating teams are:

Boys’ Section

– Aotea College, (Wellington RFU)
– Feilding High School, (Manawatu RFU)
– Hastings Boys’ High School, (Hawkes Bay RFU)
– Hato Pāora College, (Manawatu RFU)
– Lindisfarne College, (Hawkes Bay RFU)
– Palmerston North Boys’ High School, (Manawatu RFU) – (Defending Champions)
– St. Patrick’s College, Wellington, (Wellington RFU)
– Waiopehu College, (Horowhenua-Kapiti RFU)
– Wellington College, (Wellington RFU)
– Whanganui Collegiate, (Wanganui RFU)

Girls’ Section

– Feilding High School, (Manawatu RFU)
– Kapiti College, (Horowhenua-Kapiti RFU)
– Manukura, (Manawatu RFU)
– St Mary’s College, (Wellington RFU)
– Whanganui High School, (Wanganui RFU)

Previous Winners of the Hurricanes Secondary Schools Sevens are:

Boys’ Section

2014 : Scots College
2015 : Hastings Boys’ High School
2016 : Hastings Boys’ High School
2017 : Hastings Boys’ High School
2018 : St. Patrick’s College, Silverstream
2019 : Palmerston North Boys’ High School

Girls’ Section

2014 : New Plymouth Girls’ High School
2015 : Feilding High School
2016 : New Plymouth Girls’ High School
2017 : Manukura
2018 : Nga Wahine (Hawkes Bay)
2019 : Manukura

The draw is below (as of Friday morning, subject to change):

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The one-off match between the Centurions U18s and the Hawke’s Bay Saracens U18s kicks off at 12pm at Park Island, Napier.