Rugby: Wakely Shield goes West for sixth time

WINNERS: Napier West celebrate success. PHOTO/Warren Buckland

Napier West regained bragging rights over the Wakely Shield primary schools rugby tournament yesterday as they won the trophy for the sixth time in 12 years.

The trophy was secured with a four-tries-to-one 24-8 win over Napier East in the tournament deciding match, at Taradale Reserve in Napier.

The under-55kg competition win completed a primary schools double for Napier after the Bay city's under-55kg side won the Ross Shield tournament in Hastings last week, but left Napier East still without a grasp of the silverware in the 12 years since the tournament was first held in 2004.

The two Napier sides had gone into the fifth and final day on 19 points each, having each during the week put paid to the hopes of Hastings East, the founding-year winners who had been out to complete a hat-trick and also claim the trophy for a sixth time.

Williams' Harvey Valuers Saracens 26 (B Waugh x 2, L McCarthy x 2 tries; J Peninsula x 3 cons) The Wairoa Star Wairoa 12 (C Clare, M Simpson tries; K Gray con).

POD: 1pt M Pearce (S), 2pts F Hook-Robertson (W), 3pts B Waugh (S).

Chess: Stanley Baty (W) won by default.

Engineering Solutions Napier West 24 (L Maxwell, J Quinn, J Lawson, J Christian-Goss tries; J Ross x2 cons) Tims Construction Napier East 8 (Mark Vaimoli try, A Moleli pen).

POD: 1pt B Maunder (NE), 2pts C Milne (NW), 3pts L Maxwell (NW).

Chess: Andrew Oliver (NE) bt Cody Milne (NW).

Waterforce Hastings East 62 (B McDonald x 3, R O'Rourke x 2, H Hutchison x 2, R Walton-Sexton, J Kainga-Scott, R Harris tries; F Gallagher x 3, T Goodisson x 3 cons) Freimann Farms Hastings West 0.

POD: 1pt C Cargill (HE), 2pts F Gallagher (HE), 3pts B McDonald (HE).

Chess: Jacob Morris (HW) bt Tom Druzianic (HE).

Top kicker: Jehmial Ross (NW).

Top management kicker: Hape Gill (HW).

Top sprinter: Josh Adegoke (S).

Chess champ: Jacob Morris (HW).

Player of the tournament Josh Kronfeld Medal: Afa Moleli (NE).

Wakely Shield winners: Engineering Solutions Napier West.