Under 16 Tournament

Under 16 Tournament

Under 16 Tournament 150 150 HKRFU

Hurricanes Under 16 Tournament

240 secondary school rugby players are making their way to the Capital for the Hurricanes Under 16 Tournament this week.

The franchise’s nine provincial unions will all be represented in the competition. Hosts Wellington currently hold both the Pool A and Pool B trophies. Competition will be tough, especially as the Hurricanes region selectors for the New Zealand under 17 high performance programme will be in attendance at the tournament.

Day one of the competition kicks off tomorrow with all matches played at Petone Rec this week. The teams will have a tournament dinner on Tuesday night before a rest day on Wednesday. Thursday will be the final day of play with the last round robin for pool A and the play off matches for pool B.

The youngsters will be treated to a visit from Mark Hammett, Motu Matu’u and Brad Shields on Tuesday night at the tournament dinner. It will be a special chance for them to hear how the current Hurricanes made it to the Super Rugby level today.

The pools and draw are as follows:

 POOL A                  POOL B (1)                         POOL B (2)
Hawke’s Bay             Horowhenua-Kapiti             East Coast
Manawatu                 Wanganui                             Poverty Bay
Taranaki                    Wellington Development     Wairarapa-Bush
Wellington

Pool A Draw

Monday

Wellington

v

Taranaki

Petone 1

2.30pm

Hawke’s Bay

Manawatu

Petone 1

1.00pm

Tuesday

Wellington

v

Manawatu

Petone 4

1.00pm

Hawke’s Bay

v

Taranaki

Petone 4

2.30pm

Thursday

Wellington

v

Hawke’s Bay

Petone 1

11.00am

Manawatu

v

Taranaki

Petone 4

10.00am

 Pool B Draw















Pre-tournament games

Wellington Dev 42



v



Horowhenua-Kapiti 14

Poverty Bay 61

v

East Coast 0

Monday

Wellington Dev

v

Wanganui

Petone 4

1.30pm

Wairarapa-Bush

v

Poverty Bay

Petone 4

3.00pm

*Horowhenua-Kapiti



v



East Coast



North Park



2.00pm



Tuesday

Wanganui



v



Horowhenua-Kapiti



Petone 1



12.30pm

Wairarapa- Bush

v

East Coast

Petone 1

2.00pm

*Wellington Dev

v

Poverty Bay

North Park

2.30pm

Thursday

Winner B1

v

Winner B2

Petone 1

9.30am

Second B1

v

Second B2

Petone 4

11.30am

Third B1

v

Third B2

North Park

10.00am