Colts Round One Highlights: Tawa (45) v OBU (29)

The opening round of the Colts round-robin Paris Memorial Trophy was in Wellington on Saturday, with Petone defeating Wellington 88-0 and  Norths also holding Avalon scoreless winning 57-0.

Pare-Plim also topped 50, beating Johnsonville 64-15, and the Upper Hutt Rams opened with a 36-14 win over Ories.

MSP won their Battle of Kilbirnie 31-17 over Poneke, while Tawa were surprisingly big winners 45-29 over OBU. Defending champions HOBM didn’t have to leave the house, defaulted to by Wainuiomata.

The Colts draw for this coming weekend in round two is:

• Old Boys University v Hutt Old Boys Marist, Ian Galloway Park, 12.30pm
• Pōneke v Avalon, Kilbirnie Park, 1.00pm
• Marist St Pat’s v Upper Hutt Rams, Kilbirnie Park, 1.00pm
• Wellington v Northern United, MacAlister Park, 12.30pm
• Paremata-Plimmerton v Wainuiomata, Ngati Toa Domain, 1.00pm
• Oriental-Rongotai v Johnsonville, Polo Ground 1.00pm
• Tawa v Petone, Redwood Park, 12.30pm

At Ian Galloway Park, OBU held a 10-0 lead towards the back end of the first half, before Tawa scored twice before the interval to lead 14-10. They then ran in a further five tries to win 45-29 – highlights of the match below:

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The ‘try of the match’ was previously posted to Club Rugby Instagram: 

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