Rippa Rugby Champion of Champions Tournament

Last Friday we took our year 5/6 rippa rugby team to Yarrows Stadium for the Champion of Champions tournament.  There were ten of the best Y5/6 rippa rugby teams in the province and we were playing off for a chance to represent Taranaki in the national tournament in Wellington.

We started the day by going into overtime against St Josephs Stratford after the score was 4-4 in regulation time.  After a couple of sets, we managed to score the winning try.  This set the tone for what was going to be a nervous day for the spectators!

Results:
Win 5 - 4 vs St Joesephs Stratford
Win 6 - 3 vs Egmont Village
Loss 5 - 7 vs West End Primary
Loss 4 - 6 vs Waitara East
Loss 8 - 10 vs Normanby

Despite losing the last few games our team was in the hunt throughout every game, with only one or two drop balls or a runaway try being the difference in most of the games.  Despite only having a couple of subs for the day our students were still running up and down the pitch with great enthusiasm!  Our game against Waitara East, who were the eventual winners, could have gone either way with a runaway try near the end of the game by Waitara being the difference between the two teams.

Great effort everyone and a big thanks to the supporters who travelled with the team.