College Sport Media: St Paul’s College student Christian Tuipulotu has been named the 2017 SAS College Rugby League Player of the Year at the Auckland Rugby League awards breakfast this morning. The 16-year-old year 12 student has played a starring role for the school this year, advancing through to the premier championship grand final to be played at Mt Smart Stadium #2 this Wednesday August 16 (7.00pm kick-off). Tuipulotu was also awarded second rower of the year in the SAS College Rugby League 1st XIII Team of the Year. “I’m…
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College Sport Auckland Photos of the Week
We’ve put together some great photos of our schools competing in various College Sport Auckland competitions over the last week. If you have any recent photos you’d like to share, please send them to school.sport@collegesport.co.nz or tag us on Facebook.
Read MoreSouthern Cross eye showdown with St Paul’s
Stuff: Southern Cross Campus face St Paul’s College for a place in College Rugby League’s premiership grand final on Wednesday. The match will be played at the home of the defending premiers in Grey Lynn with the winner going on to face Kelston Boys’ High School in the grand final next week. Southern Cross, the national premiers, cruised into the semi final with a five-tries-to-two, 28-10 win over Mt Albert Grammar School in a show down between the third and fourth seeds in Mangere last Wednesday. Kelston beat defending champions St Paul’s 10-4 in the major semi final. Coach…
Read MoreNew Location for the Halberg Junior Disability Games
Registrations open for the national sports event for Physically Disabled Young Kiwis For the first time the Halberg Junior Disability Games, a national three day sports competition for physically disabled young Kiwis, will take place in Auckland at King’s College this October. The event is hosted by the Halberg Disability Sport Foundation, a charity set up by Olympic running champion Sir Murray Halberg, and is open to physically disabled and visually impaired eight to 21 year olds. Nine regional teams will converge on Auckland to compete in over 17 sports including football,…
Read MoreRoad to the College Sport Auckland Rugby League Finals
Southern Cross Campus have been given an extra life and a chance to advance to the College Sport Auckland Rugby League grand final in two weeks, after taking down fourth-placed Mt Albert 28-10 in their semi-final (Game B) yesterday afternoon. Wet conditions left both sides struggling with ball control, but it didn’t take long for the home side to gain momentum and make their way down field. Southern Cross standoff Eric Poiri Wichman kicked high to the right with centre Paea Fotu receiving the ball to put first points on…
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We’ve put together some great photos of teams competing in various College Sport Auckland competitions over the last week. If you have any recent photos you’d like to share, please send them to school.sport@collegesport.co.nz or tag us on Facebook.
Read MoreYoung Kiwi pair win world Feva title despite painful injury
Yachting New Zealand: Eli Liefting (Selwyn College) and Rose Dickson (King’s College) won the RS Feva world championships in the Netherlands, despite the fact Dickson sailed the final two days with fractured fingers. The pair started the final day one point behind the British combination of Henry and Rupert Jameson but took pole position when they won the first race of the day. It meant they simply needed to finish ahead of their nearest rivals in the last race of the championships to claim the title. Liefting and Dickson, who is the daughter…
Read MoreNZSS Netball Team Named
The depth in talent in secondary school ranks continues to impress new coach Mary-Jane Araroa who has confirmed her New Zealand Secondary School team to travel to Australia. Twelve players and three reserves have been named in the national team in what Araroa said proved a tough selection process. The team will assemble in Auckland on September 25 and travel across the Tasman to attend the Netball Australia 17-and-under training camp. The NZSS team will take part in round-robin match play against three 17-and-under teams – competing against the best…
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