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Matchday scoring highlights: Wellington U19s v Manawatu U19s

The two teams met at Rugby League Park on Saturday in the opening round of the Hurricanes Central Region Shield competition.

The Central Region Shield has been been running for 40 years and Wellington are the defending champions, having beaten Manawatu 64-24 in the deciding match of 2023.

This rematch appeared to be heading to a similar big scoreline after Wellington scored their first try not long after the opening kick-off and then scored again to go 14-0 up after a couple of minutes. Manawatu settled and came back to score to trail 14-7 and 14-12, before Wellington scored on halftime to leaf 21-12 at the break.

Played in a moderate wind, Manawatu had its use in the second spell and came back strong to take a 22-21 lead midway through the second half. Wellington re-grouped and scored their winning try with about 10 minutes to play and then kicked a penalty to win 29-22.

Hawke’s Bay beat the Hurricanes Heartland U20s 75-14 in the other opening round match. This coming weekend, Wellington travels to play Hawke’s Bay and Manawatu hosts the Heartland side.

Scoring highlights of the Wellington – Manawatu match below:

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The two teams were:

Wellington U19s

    1. Israel Time (HOBM)
    2. Semurana Fepulea’I (Ories)
    3. Alexander Hewitt (Upper Hutt)
    4. Finn O’Sullivan (OBU)
    5. Lennox Easthope (Petone)
    6. Harry Irving (OBU) ©
    7. Braith Ingram (Petone)
    8. Taufaeteau Kaufononga (MSP)
    9. Thoma Takeuchi (OBU)
    10. Elysium Tolova’a-Stanley (MSP)
    11. Jacob Kennedy (Johnsonville)
    12. Meta Afamasaga (Tawa)
    13. Josh Semu (Ories)
    14. Emery McGill (Petone)
    15. Jacob Denyer (Tawa)
    16. Solomona Vaka (OBU)
    17. Faenza Snowdon (Petone)
    18. Marley Fretton (Pare-Plim)
    19. Tane Landon-Lane (Norths)
    20. Marcus Alexopoulos (Petone)
    21. Jayde Burns (Norths)
    22. Siaosi Siupolu (Pare-Plim)
    23. Josh Leafa-Paki (Wainuiomata)

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