Loosie Liam Udy-Johns grabbed a hattrick as the Hastings Boys High School 1st XV maintained their unbeaten run in the Super 8 rugby competition today.
His team beat New Plymouth Boys' High School 32-0 in New Plymouth after leading 17-0 at halftime. Udy-Johns has stints at No 8 and blindside flanker and was a workaholic in both roles.
Hastings again produced a display which belied the atrocious weather conditions the match was played in.
"It was like the boys were playing in a river. There was so much water coming down off the top of the hill into the gully here where the field is," Hastings manager and former Magpies halfback Jason Bird said shortly after the final whistle.
Halfback Folau Fakatava again impressed with his defensive workrate for Hastings and his first five-eighth Lincoln McClutchie controlled play well.