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5th July 2021

This week is set to be a huge week for Nelson College Rugby with the 96th Quadrangular Tournament in Christchurch kicking off on Tuesday and Nelson College hosting the U17, U15 & U14 age grade finals. Congratulations to the U17 Kahurangi, U15 Kahurangi, U15 White & U14 Argentina teams who have made their grade finals. This is a great achievement and we wish you all the best this weekend as you play for the title. Please get along to Tahunanui on Saturday to support our teams.

2021 Quadrangular Tournament @ Christs College

The tournament kicks off on Tuesday with our 1st XV playing Whanganui Collegiate at 11.00am. If you would like to watch the games, all games will be live streamed this year on Sideline.Live at a small cost. If you are in Christchurch, please get along and support the team!

Tuesday 6th July

11.00am Nelson College vs. Whanganui Collegiate

1.00pm Christ College vs. Wellington College

Thursday 8th July

11.30am Minor Final @ Christs College

1.00pm Major Final @ Christs College

Shirley Boys' Exchange

What an exchange! This one will be remembered for a long time to come with sun, rain, freezing cold wind and snow all putting the boys to the test. The U14A Rugby team played in freezing conditions kicking off at 10.30am. They played really well in their first game as a team, scoring the first try under the post to Brecon Jelfs-Berry. Gavin Holder converted it to lead 7-0. Shirley Boys struck back with an unconverted try before Seth Munro scored our second try. We went into the break with a 12-5. Turning into the wind, Shirley used the wind well scoring 3 tries to come back and lead 20-12. Our boys held onto the ball in the last few minutes and were rewarded with Seth Munro crashing over for his second try. Final score 20-17 to Shirley. Well done to the team in their first game together. See the photo just below of the U14s warming up with the ominous snow filled clouds in the background!

The 1st XV kicked off at midday in slightly better, but still freezing conditions and soon found themselves down 0-9 with Shirley converting 3 penalties. Jacob Neha-Manihera managed to cross the line for a try just before halftime to close the gap. The second half was all Nelson, with Jacob scoring 2 more tries along with Hunter Leppien & Netani Baleisomosomo getting one each. Reegan Lawton converted to make the final score 29-9 to Nelson. Another good win for the team who now head to Christ College to the 96th Quadrangular Tournament.

2nd XV vs. Kahurangi

The 2nd XV are played the Kahurangi Colts team at Riwaka RFC for the third time. Kahurangi started well but couldn't convert their early chances. The 2nd XV defended well and when an opportunity came, they made it count. In the end they beat Kahurangi 55-5 and took out the 3 game series 3-0. Well done to the team and their coaches Terry Beggs and Grant Billcliff.

Kind Regards

Mark Cochrane

Master in Charge of Rugby

M. 0274 80 3005

E. ce@nelsoncollege.school.nz

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Well done to our teams on Saturday. Some great results with 4 teams winning their semi-finals and competing in the final this coming weekend. It was a fantastic advertisement for Rugby on Saturday with 5 semi finals being played at the one venue. The sun was shining and the fields were excellent at Tahunanui. A huge thank you to Marist RFC & Tracy Marfell for accommodating us! The level of support on the sidelines was great also and really made for a nice day of Rugby. Thank you to Debbie Baxter, our super first aider who covered 6 games on Saturday! A great effort and much appreciated.

Here is Saturday's draw:

FINALS DRAW:

U17 FINAL: NC Kahurangi vs. MBC Blue 1.00pm @ Tahunanui 1

U15 FINAL: NC Kahurangi vs. NC White 1.00pm @ Tahunanui 2

U14 FINAL: NC Argentina vs. Motueka High School 11.30am @ Tahunanui 1

PLAYOFFS

U17: NC Blue vs. NC Quinns Tuesday 3.30pm @ Broads 2 (3rd Place Playoff)

U14: NC Blue vs. Stoke 10.00am @ Broads 2 (7th Place Playoff)

U14: NC Quinns vs. MBC Gold 11.30am @ Broads 2 (3rd Place Playoff)

Armageddon Aim for Fair Play

The U14 Quinns & U17 Quinns are still on top of their respective tables. We have another 5 teams in the top 3 which is excellent. Well done all.

Tasman Mako vs. Cook Islands

If you are in Nelson and want to see some former Nelson College players representing both the Mako & the Cook Islands, head along to Trafalgar Park this Wednesday at 1pm. It is the first chance to see the Mako play this year and former NC student Sam Briggs play for the Cook Islands.

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The Rugby Academy classes have been running well despite the poor weather of late. The Senior boys have recently completed a course on officiating Rugby and have refereed at two Tasman Rugby Union tournaments so far. The most recent was held at Tahunanui and gave our boys the change to referee both Girls Tackle Rugby and competitive Rippa Rugby at the Port Nelson Rippa Festival. The boys did a great job and refereed to a high standard.

Recently, they have started a course on how to coach. This involves learning how to plan a coaching session and how to deliver it. They got their chance to practice on the new Nelson College Turf recently with their peers as their players. They had a lot of fun and learnt plenty. Starting Term 3, they will coach students from the Preparatory School, Hampden Street School and Nelson Intermediate School for 6 weeks leading up to local tackle tournaments.