Won 43-18 away at Straven Road

The 1st XV played Christchurch Boys’ High School at Straven Road on Saturday. This was a Cap game for Jamayne Feast, Christian Ioane, Riley Lucas and Tanner Stowers-Smith. Tanner’s Cap was presented to him by his brother, Old Boy and 1st XV stalwart, Kynan Stowers-Smith. As always, our team was expecting a torrid affair and they were not surprised with the closeness of the contest. The half time score was 17 -11 in our favour. With less than 10 minutes to go, our lead had narrowed to 22-18. The class of our team then came to the surface with 3 converted tries, which blew the final score out to 43-18 in our favour. This win means the team earns the REDDER Cup which is awarded to any team that beats St Andrew’s, Christ’s College and Boys’ High in a season. This was last done by the 1st XV in 2013 and has only been achieved 15 times by our top team. The man-of-the-match was centre Shadroch Sevele for his incisive runs and strong defence.

Tries: Tanner-Stowers-Smith 2, Liam Potts, Shadroch Sevele, Isaac Hutchinson and William Sparrow. Conversions: Isaac Hutchinson 5. Penalties: Isaac Hutchinson 1.