All go for Piri Weepu Invitational 7s this Saturday

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UPDATE Friday afternoon: Please see below for the updated Pools and Draw from that previously released.

They’re coming from far and wide for the last day of rugby of the year in Wellington on Saturday, the third annual Piri Weepu Invitational 7s tournament.

The one-day tournament is being held in Wainuiomata, across two venues, William Jones and Mary Crowther Parks.

The action kicks off at 9.00 am, with the women’s final scheduled to take place at 4.00 pm and the men’s final at 5.40 pm.

Twenty teams have entered, up from 14 last year, headlined by the Wellington representative men’s and women’s teams as they prepare for the following weekend’s central region National Sevens Qualifying tournament in Palmerston North.

There are four men’s pools (16 teams) and one women’s pool (four). The men’s pools feature 10 club teams, made up of nine local clubs plus the visiting Hastings Rugby and Sports Club. The other six teams are the Wellington men’s representative team, the WRFU Academy side, the Horowhenua Kapiti representative side, Wellington Tonga, the Pacific Warriors and the Ulalei 7s squad.

Ulalei Wellington is the organisation formed by four of Waiuiomata’s famous rugby families in 1990 - the Weepu, Laban, Va’a and Umaga families. Piri Weepu and Ken Laban are the coaches of the Ulalei side.

As well as the hopeful appearance of Piri Weepu on the playing field as well on the clipboard, several other prominent current and ex players and rugby identities are expected to take part on and off the field.

The women’s pool features the Wellington women’s team and Wainuiomata, Avalon and Norths club selections.

Pools:

Pool A: WRFU Men, Ulalei 7s, Johnsonville, Upper Hutt

Pool B: Horowhenua-Kapiti Men, Hutt Old Boys Marist, Pacific Warriors, Marist St. Pat’s

Pool C:Wellington Tonga, Hastings Rugby and Sports, Western Suburbs, Northern United

Pool D: Wainuiomata, WRFU Academy, Avalon, Old Boys University

Pool E (Women’s): WRFU Women, Wainuiomata, Avalon, Northern United

Draw:

Pool Play Field One (William Jones Park)
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9.00??? A1 V A4??? WRFU Men v Upper Hutt??? Men’s??? ??
9.20??? A2 v A3??? Ulalei v Johnsonville??? Men’s??? ??
9.40??? D1 v D4??? Wainui v OBU??? Men’s??? ??
10.00??? D2 v D3??? WRFU A v Avalon??? Men’s??? ??
10.20??? E1 v E3??? WRFU v Avalon??? Women’s??? ??
10.40??? A1 v A3??? WRFU Men v J'Ville??? Men’s??? ??
11.00??? A2 v A4??? Ulalei v Upper Hutt??? Men’s??? ??
11.20??? D1 v D3??? Wainui v Avalon??? Men’s??? ??
11.40??? D2 v D4??? WRFU A v OBU??? Men’s??? ??
12.00??? E1 v E4??? WRFU v Norths??? Women’s??? ??
12.20??? A1 v A2??? WRFU Men v Ulalei??? Men’s??? ??
12.40??? A3 v A4??? Johnsonville vUpper Hutt??? Men’s??? ??
1.00??? D1 v D2??? Wainui v WRFU A??? Men’s??? ??
1.20??? D3 v D4??? Avalon v OBU??? Men’s??? ??
1.40??? E1 v E2 ??? WRFU v Wainui ??? Women’s??? ??
2.00??? BREAK??? BREAK??? ??? ??
2.20??? BREAK??? BREAK??? ??? ?


Pool Play Field Two (Mary Crowther Park)
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9.00??? B1 v B4??? Horowhenua v MSP??? MEN'S??? ??
9.20??? B2 v B3??? HOBM v Pacific Warriors??? MEN'S??? ??
9.40??? C1 v C4??? Wgtn Tonga v Norths??? MEN'S??? ??
10.00??? C2 v C3??? Hastings v Wests??? MEN'S??? ??
10.20??? E2 v E4??? Wainui v Norths??? WOMEN'S??? ??
10.40??? B1 v B3??? Horowhenua vPacifc Warriors??? MEN'S??? ??
11.00??? B2 v B4??? HOBM v MSP??? MEN'S??? ??
11.20??? C1 v C3??? Wgtn Tonga v Wests??? MEN'S??? ??
11.40??? C2 v C4??? Hastings v Norths??? MEN'S??? ??
12.00??? E2 v E3??? Wainui v Avalon??? WOMEN'S??? ??
12.20??? B1 v B2??? Horowhenua v HOBM??? MEN'S??? ??
12.40??? B3 v B4??? Pacific Warriors v MSP??? MEN'S??? ??
1.00??? C1 v C2??? Wgtn Tonga v Hastings??? MEN'S??? ??
1.20??? C3 v C4??? Wests v Norths??? MEN'S??? ??
1.40??? E3 v E4??? Avalon v Norths??? WOMEN'S??? ??
2.00??? BREAK??? BREAK??? BREAK??? ??
2.20??? BREAK??? BREAK??? BREAK??? ?


Knockout Rounds (William Jones Park):
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2.40??? 3rd A v 3rd B??? #31??? MEN'S BOWL SEMI??? ??
3.00??? 3rd C v 3rd D??? #32??? MEN'S BOWL SEMI??? ??
3.20??? 2nd A v 2nd B??? #33??? MEN'S PLATE SEMI??? ??
3.40??? 2nd C v 2nd C??? #34??? MEN'S PLATE SEMI??? ??
4.00??? 1st E v 2nd E??? ???? WOMEN'S FINAL??? ??
4:30??? 1st A v 1st B??? #36??? MEN'S CUP SEMI??? ??
4:50??? 1st C v 1st D??? #37??? MEN'S CUP SEMI??? ??
5:10??? W#31 v W#32??? #38??? MEN'S BOWL FINAL??? ??
5:30??? W#33 v W#34??? #39??? MEN'S PLATE FINAL??? ??
5:50??? W#36 v W#37??? #40??? MEN'S CUP FINAL??? ?