HBHS 47 St Pats Silverstream 17
Hurricanes Final
The Hastings Boys High School 1st XV rugby team has secured a berth in the national top four competition for a second consecutive year by retaining their Hurricanes title with a 47-17 victory against St Pats Silverstream of Wellington in Palmerston North today.
As the score suggests if was another convincing display from the Kianu Kereru-Symes-captained HBHS team which led 33-12 at halftime. However Kereru-Symes knows there is still work to be done before returning to Palmerston North for the start of the national tournament on Friday.
"We made a great start but could not keep it up for 70 minutes. We've got to work on that for the top four," Kereru-Symes said.
While outstanding No 8 Devan Flanders was judged the player-of-the-match the award could easily have gone to powerful prop Josiah Metcalfe-Tavita, who scored two tries and was busy in the tight, or second five-eighth Danny Toala who shone with his carries, accurate defensive reads and options on attack and six successes from eight attempts at goal in a tricky wind.
Flanders agreed his side got complacent in patches and allowed the Wellingtonians to score off their errors.