Page 17 - Grassroots Edition 8 - September - 2015

GRAND FINALS DAY #1

The first junior finals of 2015 were held on August Full results
15 at Mount Smart Stadium #2, with 10 hours of U/13 Open Plate
back-to-back rugby league action played out. Mangere East Rumblehawks 20 Otara Patriots 16.

The day got off to thrilling start with the U/13 Open U/12-13 Restricted
Plate final requiring extra time. After scores were Hibiscus Coast Gold 16 Te Atatu Red 10
locked at 16-all the Mangere East Rumblehawks
rallied to score in extra time, winning 20-16 over the U/14-15 Restricted
Otara Patriots. Manurewa 20 Bay Roskill 10

The U12-13 Restricted minor premiers Hibiscus U/16-17 Restricted
Coast Gold made no mistake in the final, edging out Mt Albert 28 Ellerslie 6
Te Atatu Red 16-10, while in the U/14-15 Restricted
Manurewa beat Bay Roskill 20-10. U/15 Open Pennant
Otahuhu 34 Ellerslie 10
While scores were tied at 6-all going into the sheds,
Mt Albert proved too good for Ellerslie in the second
half of the U/16-17 Restricted final, running out 28-6
winners.

Both Otahuhu and Manurewa were convincing
winners, taking out the U/15 Open Pennant and U/14
Open Pennant respectively.

In the U/13 Pennant the Marist Saints produced the
comeback of the day, trailing Pt Chevalier 18-0 at the

U/14 Open Pennant

Manurewa Rewalize 32 Mangere East Brother
Hawks 10

U/14 Championship
Ellerslie 22 Te Atatu 18

break in their game only to storm home and win U/13 Pennant
22-18. Marist 22 Pt Chevalier 18
The day's final game saw a Manurewa v Manurewa
clash in the U/13 Championship, with the club's U/13 Championship
'Chiefs' team proving too strong and winning 22-0. Manurewa Chiefs 22 Manurewa Marlins 0

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