The Wellington U19s retained the Hurricanes Youth Council’s Central Region Shield with a 48-15 win over the Manawatu U19s at Lyndhurst Park, Tawa, on Saturday 10 September.
The Wellington U19s led 19-7 at halftime, and then 24-15 early in the second half, but pulled away towards the end of the game to win well.
Scoring highlights of their fixture below.
- Photos of the match by Stewart Baird are here: https://clubrugby.smugmug.com/2022/2022-Representative-Rugby/10-Sept-Wellington-U19s-48-v-Manawatu-U19s-15
The winning Wellington U19s team was:
- Jonty Bird
- Leon Tuiloma
- Christian Semu
- Maea Tema-Schmidt
- Connor Chatfield
- Dominic Ropeti ( c )
- Toby Crosby
- Pene To’o
- Muri Stewart
- Chicago Doyle
- Garry Tuilekutu
- Tofuka Paongo
- Elijah Maene-Lokeni
- Keisar Vailalo
- Noah Guise
- Moses Tuifao-Galuvao
- Sio Titie
- Valentine Parker
- Markus Stowers-McCarthy
- Neru Sheck
- Sam Howling
- Junior Paulo
- Tyrone Maraku