the boys’ tackling and chasing. Oliver Blackburn and Armando O’Shannessey exemplified College’s tenacity by continuing to make great spot tackles right on the defensive line in the final minutes. The other two matches in the top four were against the two St Bede’s College teams. In both, College allowed St Bede’s College to gain a lead that the team closed off in the second half, but not enough to take the win. The semi-final against CBHS was played in torrential rain and, at half-time, the scores were close. However, the key moments were two intercept tries to Boys’ High from its goal line. This changed the match from a close tussle to being a large points spread and College could not recover. Overall, it was an excellent
result to secure the top-four position in a highly competitive grade. Prize winners Captain Award – Hamish Grigg Most Improved Back – Ed Cochran Most Improved Forward – Oliver Blackburn Most Valuable Player – Alex MacDonald Bristed Award – Corbin Jones Craig Aitken Coach U55KG RUGBY Manager: Scott Franklin Coach: George Anderson, Bailey Libeau, Massey Williams Team: Jack Hastie (captain), Sam
Belcher, TJ Cathro, Morgan Clancy, Ali Coles, Logan Connolly, Spencer Cull, Hayden Douglass, Harry Flatman, Callum Fox, Seb Hailey, Louis Hastie, Angus Haugh, Ollie- Cooper King, Blake Lewis, Fergus McCone, Tai Mckenzie, Max McNulty, Rupeni Qoroya, George Scott, Darce Terpstra, Angus Wallis The season began with the usual selection process, working with the Years 9–10 boys to identify those who would be best suited to an U55kg team. College generated a team of 22 boys and while Covid-19 continued to loom in the back of our minds, with no cases in Christchurch the team managed to hit the ground running and on schedule. Work began in early May with a grading match against CFC U14
RUGBY 1ST XV 2021 Runner-up in the Miles Toyota Championship Winner of the EJ Aims Memorial Cup, Jock Hobbs Memorial Trophy, Albert Anderson Robbie Deans Shield
Back Row: JA Thomas, ET Jones, S Whitaker, OZ Shore, AT Cassidy, TL Thyne, FCD Topham Third Row: Mr NM Porter (Manager), JA Smith, CJ Summerfield, L Bethell, AW Orr, BS Ward, ST Idiens, Mr BM Ardagh (Physio) Second Row: Mr RA Kennedy (Coach), Mr KR Miller (Trainer), MX Hamilton, JTIL Sa, LM Jack, GDJ Goodman, JP Belcher, Mr SR Broomhall (Coach), Mr SG Chamberlain (Coach) Front Row: HHP Taylor, JM Jones, A Marshall, JD Lee (Captain), NR McKenzie, NJ Shearer, AJC Hammett, SR Rutherford-Bradford
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