By TBHS | Posted: Wednesday December 7, 2016
After qualifying in 2nd place in the Canterbury Championships, Timaru Boys’ High School accepted the invitation to attend the 30th Condor 7s Tournament.
This is a prestigious gathering of all the top New Zealand Secondary School Rugby talent from across the country in eight pools off four teams.
Both days were 30°C and high humidity but the boys fronted every game and gave their all and even appeared on Sky TV three times in their five games.The positive publicity this gained for the school was very pleasing and the feedback gained from home was how the boys were a credit to their school, family and themselves.
Best players over the weekend were the Captain Cullen Grace, ably supported by many others such as Sireli Kawa, Finlay Joyce and Hamish Dunbar, however all the boys gave their best and never backed down.
This team were a pleasure to travel with and are keen to participate again next year. Only one player from this team leaves TBHS this year. This sets us up very well if we want to attend the event again.
We would like to thank all the parents, sponsors and the TBHS Rugby Club who helped fund this tournament. It was not a cheap exercise and without you all, we could not have gone to Auckland.
We also finished as the second best South Island school at the event, only behind Christchurch Boys’. We take this opportunity to thank Will Joines, Graham Bolton, Vicki Robinson and Mr Patterson for their work before and during the competition both in coaching and managing the boys.
The full squad was Cullen Grace (Captain), Finlay Joyce, Shane Fikken, Brad Cvitanich, Lelly Kawa, Hamish Dunbar, Hayden McNulty, Sione Lolohea, George Brown, Harry Bampton, Jack Mullany and Ryan Greenslade.
In the Canterbury Tournament, Ratu Nausu and Jarod Carey were also part of the squad but neither was available for the Condor Tournament and they were replaced with Jack Mullany and Ryan Greenslade.
