New Plymouth BHS, Howick College win U15s Sevens

Article below courtesy of www.collegesportmedia.co.nz 

The second U15 Boys and Girls Condor 7s tournament was staged at Kelston Boys’ High School today and new winners were crowned; New Plymouth Boys’ High School in the boys section and Howick College from Auckland in the girls section.

In the girls’ final, Howick College defeated Otahuhu College 19-5.

Otahuhu started strongly when their No. 8 Ataliana Taufa busted a tackle and sprinted 30 metres to find the whitewash. 

Howick exerted defensive pressure on Otahuhu, forcing them into mistakes, and Howick’s Iva Livani - who was the Player of the Tournament – scored two tries and also made a telling tackle in the final. The final try that sealed the win was scored by Teuila Sotutu. 

The two girls semi-finals saw Otahuhu beat Tauranga and Howick pip Southern Cross Campus. 

In the boys’ final, New Plymouth’s superior ability at the breakdown was the reason for their 29-5 win over Wesley College.

Wesley started on attack and probed the line hard. But New Plymouth weathered the storm and came back to score the first try.  From there they ran in four more consecutive tries, including two after a Wesley yellow card just before halftime. 


Jamahl Hapi Orangi scored a hat-trick in the final, while his teammate Zane Firth was the boys' Player of the Tournament.


New Plymouth had come back from 0-12 down to beat Kelston Boys’ High School 24-12 in their semi-final, Firth scoring two tries. Wesley beat King’s College in their semi-final, with Robert Luatua bagging a brace of tries. 


Condor 7s U15 tournament results (Results on https://www.facebook.com/condorsevens ):


U15 FINAL BOYS POOL RESULTS:

Match 42. Otahuhu 5 - 10 Massey
Match 41. Kings 17 - 0 Alfriston
Match 40. Kelston Red 59 - 0 Feilding 
Match 39. Tū Toa Tai Wananga 7 - 19 Taupo Nui-A-Tia
Match 38. Mount Albert 17 - 26 Rotorua
Match 37. Manukura 10 - 17 Wesley
Match 36. Westlake 17 - 31 De La Salle
Match 35. St Peter's 19 - 12 Gisbourne
Match 34. New Plymouth 45 - 7 Rangitoto 
Match 33. Mount Roskill 24 - 12 Howick
Match 32. Whangarei 14 - 5 Franci Douglas
Match 31. Otahuhu 5 - 10 Massey
Match 26. Feilding 14 - 19 Kings
Match 25. Kelston Red 31 - 5 Alfriston
Match 24. De La Salle 24 - Manukura 19
Match 23. Rotorua 19 - 19 Tū Toa Tai Wananga
Match 22. Mount Albert 24 - 0 Taupo Nui-A-Tia
Match 21. Otahuhu 19 - 12 Kelston Blue
Match 20. Westlake 14 - 21 Wesley
Match 19. Rangitoto 7 - 27 St Peter's
Match 18. New Plymouth 14 - 12 Gisbourne
Match 17. Francis Douglas 5 - 22 Mount Roskill
Match 16. Whangarei Boys' 45 - 0 Howick
Match 11. Feilding High 33 - 12 Alfriston College
Match 10. Kelston Boys' Red 14 - 21 Kings College
Match 9. Massey High 22 - 21 Kelston Boys' Blue 
Match 8. Rotorua Boys' 33 - 0 Taupo Nui-A-Tia
Match 7. Mount Albert Grammar 12 - 7 Tū Toa Tai Wananga
Match 6. De La Salle 5 - 7 Wesley College
Match 5. Westlake Boys' 5 - 19 Manukura School
Match 4. Rangitoto 5 - 17 Gisbourne Boys'
Match 3. New Plymouth Boys' 12 - 5 St Peter's 
Match 2. Francis Douglas 10 - 5 Howick 
Match 1. Whangarei Boys' 14 - 19 Mount Roskill Grammar


U15 FINAL GIRLS POOL RESULTS:
Match 45. New Plymouth 0 - 15 Otahuhu
Match 44. Howick 31 - 12 Kaipara
Match 43. Long Bay 7 - 26 Tauranga
Match 30. Otahuhu 43 - 0 Taupo Nui-A-Tia
Match 29. Kaipara 27 - 0 Lytton High
Match 28. Tangaroa 17 - 5 Southern Cross
Match 27. Tauranga 12 - 17 Mount Roskill
Match 15. New Plymouth 29 - 5 Taupo Nui-A-Tia
Match 14. Howick 41 - 0 Lytton High
Match 13. Tangaroa 10 - 19 Southern Cross
Match 12. Long Bay 7 - 34 Mount Albert


BOYS QUARTER FINAL RESULTS:
Wesley College 29 - 10 Whanagarei 
Rotorua 10 - 19 Kelston Red
Kings 38 - 0 Mt Roskill
Massey 22 - 24 New Plymouth


GIRLS QUARTER FINAL RESULTS:
Tangaroa 5 - 10 Tauranga
Otahuhu 10 - 5 Kaipara
Mt Roskill 5 - 29 Southern Cross
Howick 22 - 12 New Plymouth
GIRLS SEMI FINAL RESULTS 
Otahuhu College 12 – Tauranga 7
Howick 19 – Southern Cross 17
 
BOYS SEMI FINAL RESULTS:
Wesley 26 – King’s 5
New Plymouth 24 – Kelston Red 12
 
GIRLS FINAL RESULT:
Howick 19 – Otahuhu  5
 
BOYS FINAL RESULT:
New Plymouth 29 – Wesley 5