The College was lucky to be invited to this competition, which takes in 16 schools from the Newcastle, Hunter and Country regions of NSW. The competition is broken into two tiers, with each tier consisting of eight teams, Tier 1 being the schools with regular rugby players and Tier 2 are those schools with a developing rugby program.

Last Wednesday, the boys played two games against Tier 1 schools, being Hunter Valley Grammar School and Hunter Sports High. Both games were very physical, played at high speed, and demonstrated sportsmanship of the highest level. While the boys were competitive in both games, they were unfortunate to go down in both matches, 22-0 to Hunter Valley Grammar and 12-7 against Hunter Sports High.

After the matches, the boys voted on players’ player, with Toa Paea and Luka Coghlan-Berg being named by their peers as being outstanding in both matches and setting a positive tone.

Congratulations to all players on the sportsmanship shown, the camaraderie and the continued development as a team.