Rugby
It was the clash of the titans when Rams and Gladstone under-11s met in a highly anticipated Wairarapa-Bush JAB rugby fixture last weekend and it was Rams who prevailed 15-7.
Both sides were unbeaten going into this match and the game was a cliffhanger, illustrated by a scoreless first half with neither team able to gain superiority.
The second spell started well for Rams and they raced out to a 10-0 lead through tries to Alesana Malatai and Lathan Aull. Anybody who thought Gladstone were done with, however, were sadly mistaken as they lifted their performance, dominating territory and possession and finally being rewarded with a converted try to busy No8 Jack Ryan.
The last 10 minutes saw both teams spurred on by their vocal supporters and it was Rams who had the final say, Cody McGlashan touching down for an opportunist try right on fulltime. Player of the match for Rams was their speedy winger, Quin Riddell, who used his pace to telling effect.
The next clash between these two sides is already being eagerly awaited.
The most improved team for the Rams this season are their under-10s, who came up with another excellent effort to beat Marist Green in a high-scoring fixture, 50-25. Player of the day was halfback Tyreece Daniell who was everywhere, while Tua Toilolo also shone, scoring three tries.
The Rams Black under-9s bounced back to winning form with a 40-15 victory over Marist and Joshua Brown, who scored his first try of the season, was their player of the day.
Rams White under-9s put up a gallant display against unbeaten Martinborough before losing 50-30 and Lochie Daniel was player of the day for them.
The Rams under-8 teams had a mixed bag of results with the Grey team notching a win, the Black team a loss and the White team a draw and a loss.
The under-6 grade saw the Black and the White teams both having a win and a loss and one of their number, Malakai, being named player of the week.
Greytown and Featherston under-9s drew an enthusiastic group of supporters to their clash at Featherston last weekend and they produced an excellent match with Greytown coming out the victors. Greytown under-13s took on their Gladstone counterparts and won 41-8. Chris Hemi scored four tries for Greytown with others going to Sam Smith (2) and Rocco Berry.
There was a whale of a game between Greytown-Featherston and Carterton-Tuhirangi in the under-10 grade with many spectacular tries being scored in a match won by Greytown-Featherston 45-35.
Luke Rodger starred for Carterton-Tuhirangi with two fine tries.
The Gladstone and Carterton under-9s also had a thriller of a match with Carterton winning 35-30 thanks to a try scored in the last minute of play.