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Previous Winners

St Patrick's College, Silverstream

• Champions 2011

• MVP Lui Luamanu

Tu Toa • Champions 2012 • MVP Sione Asi

Tu Toa • Champions 2013 • MVP Patohe Third

St Patrick's College, Silverstream • Champions 2014 • MVP Jack Matheson

St Patrick's College, Silverstream • Champions 2015 • MVP Albert Polu

Westlake Boys High School • Champions 2016 • MVP David Toia

St Patrick's College, Silverstream • Champions 2017 • MVP Peter Lakai

Welcome

On behalf of the Hurricanes Youth Rugby Council welcome to the Hurricanes Under 15 boys tournament for 2018. Organised by College Sport Wellington and St Patrick’s College Silverstream, the Upper Hutt region is delighted to be hosting the eighth annual tournament and looks forward to welcoming team members and their families, friends and supporters from throughout New Zealand.

This handbook contains important information and material pertaining to the Playing Conditions and Regulations of the tournament. It is important that team management are familiar with the Playing Conditions and Regulations.

We hope that your team enjoys and creates some amazing memories from the tournament. If you ever have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Regards

David Fa’atafa Tournament Director

Important Contacts: David Fa’atafa Warrick Bowden Tournament Director Venue Contact College Sport Wellington St Pat’s College, Silverstream 021 448 279 021 247 0440 [email protected] [email protected]

Programme

Wednesday 5th September 10.00am Opening Ceremony / Mihi Whakatau All Teams (Silverstream Hall) 10.40am Captains Photo All Teams Captains 10.50am Managers Meeting All Managers (Cricket Pavilion) 12.30pm onwards Round 1 matches All Teams 4.30pm Laundry due 5.15pm Event Function – Cossie Club Registered teams (Seated by 5.45pm)

Thursday 6th September 10.00am onwards Round 2 matches All Teams 2.00pm Laundry due (morning games) All Teams 2.00pm onwards Round 3 matches All Teams 5.30pm Laundry due (afternoon games) All Teams

Friday 7th September 10.00am onwards Pool Cross Overs All Teams 2.00pm Laundry due

Saturday 8th September 10.00am onwards Finals All Teams 1.00pm Grand Final 2.45pm Closing Ceremony, Presentations & Farewells All Teams (Silverstream Hall)

Tournament Specific Playing Conditions & Regulations

1. Teams will be placed in 4 pools of 4 teams ensuring:  a geographical mix  an ability mix

Tournament organisers reserve the right to make adjustments as required

2. On days 1 and 2, teams will play round robin games within their pool. 3. On days 3 and 4, teams will play pool crossovers on the following format:

Semi Finals – Top 8 1st Pool A v 1st Pool D 1st Pool B v 1st Pool C (Top 4) 2nd Pool A v 2nd Pool D 2nd Pool B v 2nd Pool C (Bottom 4, Ranking)

Plate/Bottom 8 3rd Pool A v 3rd Pool D 3rd Pool B v 3rd Pool C (Plate Top 4) 4th Pool A v 4th Pool D 4th Pool B v 4th Pool C (Bottom 4, Ranking)

Finals Winner v Winners Losers v Losers

4. Team members must be under the age of 15 on the 1st of January 2018. 5. Schools can register up to 26 players in their squad and play a maximum of 22 in any game. 6. Only seven (7) substitutions can be made during a match. There are to be NO rolling subs. 7. Three players must be able to play in the front row as per NZ Rugby Domestic Safety Laws. 8. New Zealand Rugby half game policy stats that for all rugby below First XV, it is compulsory for all players to play a minimum half game. Thus all students on your game day team card must play minimum of half a game. If upon a formal, substantiated protest the offending school risks defaulting the game in question. 9. All games will be played under NZ Rugby Domestic Law Rules. 10. Games will be 30 minute halves, except for Thursday which will be 25 minute halves.

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11. All players must be bona fide students of the school they are representing as per NZ Secondary School Sport Council eligibility criteria. 12. Disciplinary procedures will follow Wellington Secondary Schools Rugby Union protocol. In the event of a judicial hearing needing to occur, two independent coaches/managers will be asked to sit on a panel with the Executive Director of College Sport Wellington as the chairman. 13. Team management are requested to nominate MVP’s from opposition teams on a 3, 2, 1 basis. Collated points will enable each school to be presented with a t-shirt recognising their overall MVP. 14. Individuals will be acknowledged for top try scorer and point’s scorer for the competition, so please record your teams point scorers. 15. In the event of a colour clash it is the responsibility of the away team to wear an alternative colour, the away team is the team identified 2nd on the draw.

Team Match Cards Each coach must complete an official team card with all players INITIAL & SURNAME and hand it to the referee before play starts. It is not acceptable to use players’ nicknames or only christian names on these cards. Cards will be available from Event HQ (cricket pavilion) and event manager.

Match Balls LeslieRugby is the official rugby ball supplier to WRFU and WSSRU. All match balls to be used during the Under 15 Tournament need to be LeslieRugby branded. The tournament organisers and LeslieRugby will be providing two LeslieRugby Match balls to every team. These will be given out at the team managers briefing on Wednesday morning.

Tournament Points 4 points for a win 2 points for a draw 1 point for a loss of 7 points or less 1 point for more 4 or more tries

Artificial Surfaces Games will be played on grass and artificial surfaces. It is important that teams come prepared to play on an artificial surface and understand the special requirements that these hold. Information regarding use of artificial surfaces can be found on the tournament website: http://collegesport.org.nz/rugby/hurricanes-u15-rugby-boys-tournament/

Spectators and Coaches In most cases, fields have been roped off to provide a safe environment for the students and officials. All spectators must remain behind the ropes. All coaches and reserves MUST stand behind the dead ball line during the game. This will be strictly enforced.

Differentiating Tied Teams – Pool Play 1. Where two teams are equal on points, the team that won the round robin match between the two teams will be afforded the higher ranking. If the game was drawn or cancelled, the team with the higher point’s differential shall be afforded the higher ranking. 2. If more than two teams are equal on points, then the team with the higher point’s differential shall be afforded the higher ranking. 3. If in point 2, teams are still tied, then the team having scored the most tries will be afforded the higher ranking. After that it will be a coin toss. 4. Any disputes relative to the application of the above shall be referred to the Tournament Committee for final determination. 5. There shall be no extra time in any match. If in any post pool progression match, the scores are tied at the end of normal time, then the winner shall be determined by the rule below.

Drawn Semi-finals and Finals In all semi-final and final matches, if the scores are tied at the end of normal time, there is no extra time (World Rugby under 19 rule). Accordingly the procedures to determine the winner shall be: i. The team scoring the most tries in the match If still tied ii. The team scoring the first try in the match If still tied iii. The team scoring the first points in the match If still tied iv. If still equal then a coin toss

Distribution of Information

All team managers and coaches will be well informed of progress and developments. This information will also be easily accessible to your own wider school and rugby communities. Please encourage them to access this information so they can share in the success of your team. Information will be accessible from:

 http://collegesport.org.nz/rugby/hurricanes-u15-rugby-boys-tournament/

 www.facebook.com/collegesportwellington

 Photographs from the event will be available on the above Facebook site. These will be taken by photographer Masanori Udagawa from www.photowellington.com

 Text message to all coaches and managers at the end of each day, which will include

o Summary of results o Serious injury report o Any alterations for the following day o Any other additional information

Services

Laundry A free laundry service is available to all participating schools. This will cover a full gear bag laundry service (22x jerseys, socks and shorts) overnight on Wednesday, Thursday (twice), and Friday. Gear bags need to be clearly labelled with school name and ready for collection from Event HQ (cricket pavilion) by the the due time each night, see tournament programme on page for times. Laundry will be ready for collection 8.45am the following day from the Event HQ (cricket pavilion). Any additional items sent to the dry cleaners will be charged back to the College, post event. An administration charge may also be included.

Physiotherapy Inform Physio will be available by appointment only, please call (04) 527 4155.

Medical Centre Silverstream Health Centre Shop 1 Silverstream Village (04) 527 7376

Sports Maidstone Sports 2 Geange Street, Upper Hutt (04) 529 7342

Pool H2O Extreme unfortunately H20 Extreme will be closed for maintenance

Naenae Pool 19/45 Everest Ave, Naenae, Lower Hutt (04) 567 5043 Huia Pool Huia Street, Lower Hutt (04) 570 6655 Stokes Valley Pool Bowsers Street, Stokes Valley (04) 562 9030

Entertainment Strike Entertainment Centre 399 Hutt Road, Lower Hutt (04) 568 3168 Te Papa Tongarewa Cable Street, Wellington (04) 381 7000 Wellington Zoo 200 Daniell Street, Wellington (04) 381 6755

Upper Hutt The many sights and activities within Upper Hutt are easily accessible. Numerous opportunities are free – such as green reserves, walks along the river and family-fun parks. Check out the website: http://visit.upperhuttcity.com/

St Patrick’s College, Silverstream

207 Fergusson Driver, Upper Hutt

Upper Hutt Map with Venues

Trentham Memorial Park

43 Brentwood Street, Upper Hutt

Trentham Memorial Park offers three full size rugby fields five minutes’ drive from St Patrick’s College, Silverstream. Travelling along Fergusson Drive, towards Upper Hutt City, take a left hand turn down Brentwood Street. A large car park and changing facilities are located north of the number 1 field. When on site, Wellington Free Ambulance will be based close to the number 1 ground.

Maidstone Artificial Turf

20 Park Street, Maidstone, Upper Hutt

Directions – From St Patrick’s Silverstream, return to the motorway south of the college. Turn right onto the motor way heading North (this will enable you to by-pass Upper Hutt city centre). At the 3rd set of lights turn right onto Fergusson Drive, then left onto Park Street. Maidstone Artificial will be located on the left a couple of hundred meters down the road.

Fraser Park Artificial Turf

28 Percy Cameron Street, Avalon, Lower Hutt

Just a ten minute drive south of Silverstream, Fraser Park Artificial is the home of the Avalon Rugby Club. The carpark is found on the corner of Percy Cameron Street and Taita Drive. The changing rooms are located under the grandstand.

This area is currently a building site, as work continues on Fraser Park Sportsville. Aiming to be finished in December, this facility will be the new home for a number of clubs and associations.

Tournament Draw

2017 Tournament Stats

Final Standings Team MVPs 1 Silverstream Botany Downs Sione Fifita 2 St Peter’s (Auckland) Feilding High Ngapuke Patea 3 Feilding High Francis Douglas Denzell Sofeni 4 Gisborne Boys' 5 Westlake Boys’ Gisborne BHS Kade Walters 6 Rongotai College Mana College Jayden Smith 7 Bontany Downs Manukura Sheldon Tairea 8 Scots College Rongotai College John Samuelu 9 St Bernard's College Scots College Sione Haliloli 10 Tawa College Silverstream Peter Lakai 11 Francis Douglas St Bernard's College Liam Aitken 12 Manukura St Peter's College Dhynzel Pritchard 13 Taita College Taita College Jovie Andrews 14 Whanganui City 15 Whanganui High Tawa College Xavier Sheerin 16 Mana College Westlake BHS Chace Harris Whanganui City College Dareus Hina-Pauro Whanganui High School Anthony Sellers

Top Point Scorers Top Try Scorers Ajay Faleafaga (St Peter's) 63 Peter Lakai (Silverstream) 7 Riley Higgins (Silverstream) 47 Ajay Faleafaga (St Peter's) 5 Terrence Graham (Feilding ) 40 Riley Higgins (Silverstream) 5 Peter Lakai (Silverstream) 35 Ilai Tuia (St Bernard's) 5 Jono Little (St Bernard's) 33 Dhynzel Pritchard (St Peter's) 5 Ariki Hohepa (Taita) 29 Terrence Graham (Feilding ) 4 Ilai Tuia (St Bernard's) 25 Dylan Boyce (Feilding) 4

Dhynzel Pritchard (St Peter's) 25 Clayton Kotze (Westlake) 25

2016 Tournament Stats

Final Standings Team MVPs 1 Westlake Aotea College Robati So'oalo 2 Silverstream Bishop Viard Josh Mooare-Tangi 3 Gisborne Boys' Francis Douglas Jacob Ratamaitavuki-Kneepkens 4 Scots College 5 Francis Douglas Feidling High Coby Osborne 6 Manukura Gisborne BHS Dylan Hall & Iziah Noanoa 7 St Bernard's Mana College Saimoni Rasau 8 Aotea College Manukura Brooklyn Herewini 9 Tawa Rongotai College Davis Eni 10 Feilding High Scots College Te Ahuru Wilton 11 Bishop Viard St Bernard's Ethan Levien 12 Mana College Silverstream Rocco Berry 13 Rongotai Tawa College Bayley Findlay 14 Wainuiomata 15 Tu Toa Tu Toa Te Rangi Williams 16 Whanganui High Wainuiomata HS Leon MccLoud-Venu Westlake BHS David Toia Whanganui High David Perofeta

Top Point Scorers Top Try Scorers Cassius Misa (Silverstream) 121 Rocco Berry (Silverstream) 11 Rocco Berry (Silverstream) 61 Scott Svenson (Silverstream) 10 Jono Little (St Bernard's) 52 Nathan Stirling (St Bernard's) 9 Scott Svenson (Silverstream) 50 Cassius Misa (Silverstream) 8 Brooklyn Herewini (Manukura) 45 Iziah Noanoa (Gisborne Boys) 8 Nathan Stirling (St Bernard's) 45 Sivarn Owens-Agnew (Silverstream) 8 Matthew Proffit (Gisborne Boys) 42 Jono Little (St Bernard's) 6

Iziah Noanoa (Gisborne Boys) 40 Sivarn Owens-Agnew (Silverstream) 40 Tyrese Ratahi (Manukura) 38

2015 Tournament Stats

Final Standings Team MVPs 1 Silverstream Bishop Viard Zekiel Ioane IOANE 2 Manukura Feidling High Drew Wild HURLEY-LANGTON 3 Gisborne Boys' Francis Douglas Shamus Hurley-Langton KI-NIUA 4 Rongotai Gisborne Boys Sione Ki-Niua MAKIRI

5 Westlake Inglewood Jhai Makiri 6 Tu Toa Kapiti College Vaughan McCardle MCCARDLE 7 Feilding High Manukura Wipere Takitimu TAKITIMU 8 Kapiti Naenae College Tyrell Packer PACKER 9 St Bernard's Rongotai College Reon Paul PAUL 10 Wanganui High St Bernard's Alex Tupu TUPU 11 FDMC Silverstream Albert Polu POLU 12 Naenae Tawa College Afa Afa AFA 13 Wairarapa Tu Toa Shae Gray GRAY

14 Bishop Viard Wairarapa College Chris Hemi HEMI 15 Tawa Wanganui High School Tom Healy HEALY 16 Inglewood Westlake Luke Walker WALKER

Top Point Scorers Top Try Scorers

Silverstream - Kienan Higgins (67) Wairarapa - Chris Hemi (9)

Wairarapa - Chris Hemi (45) Silverstream - Albert Polu (9) Silverstream - Albert Polu (45) Francis Douglas - Shamus Hurley-Langton (8) Francis Douglas - Jensen Taumoepeau (42) Silverstream - Kienan Higgins (7) Francis Douglas - Shamus Hurley-Langton (40) Wairarapa - Sam Morison (6) Westlake - Tiennan Costley (39) Kapiti - Vaughan Mccardle (6) Manukura - Brooklyn Herewini (38) Westlake - Jarrod Ferguson (34) Wairarapa - Sam Morison (33) Gisborne Boys - Moses Christie (30) Kapiti College - Vaughan Mccardle (30) Gisborne Boys - Paris Gooding (30)

2014 Tournament Stats

Final Standings Team MVPs

1 St Patrick’s, Silverstream Aotea - Tai Neli 2 Westlake Boy’s Bishop Viard - Darius Patau 3 Rongotai Feilding - Josiah Maraku 4 Gisborne Boys’ FDMC - Polaiu’amea Kirifi

5 Aotea Freyberg - Rawiri Bidois 6 Francis Douglas Gisborne - Jason Kemp 7 Bishop Viard Kapiti - Vaughan McCardle 8 Kapiti College Newlands - Taha Corkran 9 Tu Toa Rongotai - Rueban Va’a

10 Feilding High Silverstream - Jack Matheson 11 Wainuiomata Tu Toa - Shae Gray 12 Wanganui High Wainuiomata - Tanara Haenga 13 Wanganui City Wanganui City - Corey-Lee Robertson

13 Wanganui Collegiate Collegiate - Daniel Davy 15 Freyberg Wanganui High - Griffin Culver 16 Newlands Westlake - Lotu Inisi

Top Point Scorers Top Try Scorers

Aotea College - Tai Neli (106) Aotea - Tai Neli (14) Westlake Boys - Jack Heighton (50) Collegiate - Daniel Davy (10)

Silverstream - Lucas Dutton (37) Silverstream - Lucas Dutton (7) Collegiate - Daniel Davy (50) Bishop Viard - Tisilei Finau (7) Bishop Viard - Tisileli Finau (35) Aotea - Daniel Mihaere (6) Kapiti - Haki Mather (34) Westlake - Jack Fuller (6) Gisborne - Maioha Totoro (34) Aotea - De Zam Berkland (6) Wainuiomata - Joshua Onekawa (31) Freyberg - Quentin Cunningham (6) Aotea - Daniel Mihaere (30) Westlake - Ariki Hood-Kaitapu (5) Freyberg - Quentin Cunningham (30) Bishop Viard - Darius Patau (5) Westlake - Jack Fuller (30) Aotea - De Zam Berkland (30)

2013 Tournament Stats

Final Standings Team MVPs st 1 Tu Toa Bishop Viard - Paulo Lokeni 2nd Gisborne Boys’ FDMC - Joel Chard 3rd Westlake Boys’ Feilding - Jack Kinder

th 4 Rongotai Gisborne - Yvarne Carroll 5th St Patrick’s, Silverstream Inglewood - Troy Fowell 6th Wanganui High Kuranui - Brock Loader

th 7 Feilding Newlands - Corey Lea’upepe 8th Wairarapa Rongotai - Karl Brownlie 9th Francis Douglas St Bernards - Talosaga Tanu

th 10 Bishop Viard Silverstream - Frank Tavai 11th Tawa Tawa - Ezra Dunlop 12th St Bernards Tu Toa - Patohe Third

th 13 Newlands Wairarapa - Brad Griffith 13th Wanganui City Wanganui City - Kalani-Ray Matthews 15th Inglewood Wanganui High - Villimoni Koroi

th 16 Kuranui Westlake - Lotu Inisi

Top Point Scorers Top Try Scorers

Tu Toa - Ciarahn Matoe (112) Tu Toa - Patohe Third (12)

FDMC - Shaun Philliips (85) Tu Toa - Josiah Nolan (9) Rongotai - Isalei Pouvalu (71) Tu Toa - Bailey Taylor (8) Silverstream - Frank Tavai (69) Wanganui High- Villimoni Koroi (8) Feilding - Josiah Maraaku (62) Tu Toa - Ciarahn Matoe (6) Tu Toa - Patohe Third (60) Gisborne - Jason Kemp (6) Gisborne - Yvarne Carroll (49) St Bernards - Talosaga Tanu (6) Westlake - Liam Brown (47) Silverstream - Christian Afoa (6) Wanganui High- Villimoni Koroi (42) Tu Toa - Josiah Nolan (40)

2012 Tournament Stats

Final Standings Team MVPs 1st Tu Toa FDMC - Du’Plessis Kirifi nd Feilding - Connor Duff 2 Gisborne Boys’ rd 3 St Patrick’s, Silverstream Gisborne - Angus McDonald 4th Francis Douglas HVHS - Ephraim Tali th Inglewood - Jake Jarman 5 Rongotai th 6 Westlake Boys’ Kuranui - Kahurangi Hunt 7th Wainuiomata Naenae - Ezekiel Sei’a th Newlands - Donny Farrer 8 St Bernards th 9 Feilding Pakuranga - Paula Maama 10th Hutt Valley High Rongotai - Denny To’o th Scots - Tane Lanbie-Harrison 11 Inglewood th 12 Naenae St Bernards - Keegan Levien 13th Newlands Silverstream - Losi Filipo th Tu Toa - Sione Asi 14 Scots th 15 Pakuranga Wainuiomata - Thomas Umaga-Jensen 16th Kuranui Westlake - Zae Wallace

Top Point Scorers Top Try Scorers

St Patrick’s - Losi Filipo (54) St Patrick’s - Losi Filipo (10) Gisborne Boys - Drew Martin (50) Gisborne Boys - Drew Martin (10) FDMC - Du’Plessis Kirifi (48) FDMC - Du’Plessis Kirifi (7) Westlake - Amon Moller (48) Westlake - Nick Wilson (7) Feilding - Thomas Stewart (45) Westlake - Amon Moller (6) Tu Toa - Ciarahn Matoe (45) FDMC - Steven Snoxell (6) Westlake - Nick Wilson (35) Rongotai - Denny To’o (6) FDMC - Jordie Barrett (31) Tu Toa - Lachlan Blackstock-Hiri (6) FDMC - Steven Snoxell (30) Rongotai - Denny To’o (30) Tu Toa - Lachlin Blackstock-Hiri (30) Inglewood - Codie Chilcott (29)

2011 Tournament Stats

Final Standings Team MVPs st 1 St Patrick’s College Silverstream FDMC - E Kneepkins 2nd Gisborne Boys’ High School Gisborne - J Leaf 3rd Francis Douglas Memorial College Naenae - E Taviet

th 4 Tu Toa Porirua - W Sagaga 5th Naenae College Silverstream - L Luamanu 6th Wanganui High School Tu Toa - T Nikora-Davis

th 7 Porirua College Wainuiomata - P Tunupopo 8th Wainuiomata High School Wanganui - T Albert

Schools Top Point Scorers Top Try Scorers

FDMC - E Kneepkins (37) Gisborne - T Fairlie (7) Gisborne - T Fairlie (35) Silverstream - D Crighton (6) Naenae - J Roach (21) Gisborne - J Leaf (6) Porirua - L Cummings (24) Silverstream - L Maulol (4) Silverstream - N Mannix (43) Silverstream - J Adams (4) Tu Toa - T Nikora-Davis (35) Gisborne - L Makowharemahihi-kingi (4) Wainuiomata - A Tolo (15) Wanganui - T Albert, I Osborne & I Patea (10)

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