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NELSON COLLEGE RUGBY NEWS

25th May 2021

It was a fantastic autumn day on Saturday and made for great conditions to play Rugby. Nelson College had 7 teams playing with 5 games at home. Thank you to everyone who turned out to support the teams, with a large number coming to watch the 1st XV play St Bede's College. It was great also to meet a number of Old Boys' who attended a function in the Staff room after the game. Nelson College is very fortunate to have such passionate Old Boys' who give so much back to the school to support us. on that note, there is a Old Boys Function in Christchurch this Saturday after the 1st XV play CBHS. Click here for more details.

The 1st XV played St Bede's College in perfect autumn conditions and started strong, taking a 14-0 lead. But St Bede's came back strong dominating possession and territory in the second half and scored two tries, the second try right on full time in the corner. Thankfully for us their kicker was not successful and the team won 14-12 to retain the Trust Bank Cup for a third week. Check out the full match report on the Nelson App. The team travels to Christchurch on Friday to play against Christchurch Boys' High School this Saturday 11.00am at CBHS No.1.

I'd also like thank those parents who attended the Nelson College Rugby Way presentation last Tuesday. It is great to be able to meet you all and be able to present our vision for Rugby at the College to see us into the future. The vision to be a leader in our community and to provide the best Rugby education in New Zealand cannot be done without you support. We really encourage everyone to get in behind us and help drive the key messages of the Nelson College Rugby Way which are sportsmanship, respect, integrity, responsibility and teamwork. Thank you.

Kind Regards

Mark Cochrane

Master in Charge of Rugby

M. 0274 80 3005

E. ce@nelsoncollege.school.nz

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Nelson College Rugby had 9 teams playing on both Thursday & Saturday this week. The first game was at Broads on Thursday after school with our U17 Kahurangi team proving too dominant beating our U17 Blue team 38-7. The game was played in good spirits and Blue is determined to play better next time they meet.

On Saturday, our U17 Quinn’s team travelled to Motueka and came away with a 50-22 win over Motueka High School. After trailing 15-12 at one point, the team took control of the match running in 8 tries. Joseph Domoni had a standout performance at centre scoring 3 tries and converting one. Reynders De Bruyn crossed twice, with James Coles, Dillon Geddes, Jeremy Naka & Manaia Roberts scoring the rest. Dillon also converted 4 tries to have a personal tally of 13 points.

Check out the full results and photos from some of the games below.

U17 Kahurangi beat U17 Blue 38 – 7

U17 Quinns beat Motueka High School 48 – 22

U15 White beat Motueka High School 43 – 7

U15 Kahurangi beat Wanderers 32 – 19

U14 Argentina beat MBC Gold 19 – 0

U14 Blue lost to MBC Blue 31 – 35

U14 Quinns lost to Motueka High School 17 – 29

Aim for Fair Play 2021

The Armageddon Aim for Fair Play Initiative started in 2017 and encourages good behavior from players, coaches, parents and spectators with an aim of encouraging teams to play in the “spirit of the game”. Since it's introduction the number of yellow cards issued by referees for foul play has dropped by 62.5%. This initiative is completed through a weekly points system. The 2 teams with the highest average scores (in each grade) upon conclusion of the age-grade season will win the Armageddon paintball reward. See the week 3 table below!