Rotorua Daily Post
  • Rotorua Daily Post home
  • Latest news
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Sport
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
    • All Lifestyle
    • Residential property listings
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
  • Rural
  • Sport

Locations

  • Tauranga
  • Te Puke
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua
  • Tokoroa
  • Taupō & Tūrangi

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales

Weather

  • Rotorua
  • Tauranga
  • Whakatāne
  • Tokoroa
  • Taupō

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Rotorua Daily Post

Rugby: Rotorua Boys look Bay's best

Rotorua Daily Post
4 Jun, 2015 05:51 PM3 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Rotorua Boys' High School defeated rivals Tauranga Boys' College yesterday. Pictured is Rotorua player Viliame Tosi. Photo / Ben Fraser
Rotorua Boys' High School defeated rivals Tauranga Boys' College yesterday. Pictured is Rotorua player Viliame Tosi. Photo / Ben Fraser

Rotorua Boys' High School defeated rivals Tauranga Boys' College yesterday. Pictured is Rotorua player Viliame Tosi. Photo / Ben Fraser

Rotorua Boys' High School have flexed their muscles as the top rugby school in the Bay of Plenty - defeating rivals Tauranga Boys' College 43-5.

The Rotorua Boys' High School 1st XV team are undefeated this year and have a promising season ahead.

They bet the Tauranga Boys' College 1st XV team yesterday afternoon in wet conditions during the opening round of the Super 8 competition in Rotorua.

The victory follows another big result two weeks ago when Rotorua Boys' convincingly won the Chiefs Cup final against Wesley College.

Most spectators watching from the sidelines yesterday would have noticed Rotorua's slight size advantage over their opponents.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

The home side had the three biggest players on the paddock with forwards Viliami Tosi, Ratu Uluiviti and Lacey Betham causing all kinds of problems for the visitors.

Despite the size difference, Tauranga Boys' College were the first team to score yesterday.

Tauranga had all the possession in the first few minutes and turned it into points when Brad Armstrong made a great run through the Rotorua defence. Prop Afa Papali'i scored a few plays later when he picked the ball up from the back of the ruck and charged over the try line.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

However, the rest of the match would be all Rotorua.

The home side's first try came when, after peppering the Tauranga try line, halfback Te Ra Whata snuck through to score under the posts.

Flanker Jade Honeycombe - who had a brilliant game - charged over for his team's next try.

Hayze Perham scored Rotorua's third and final try of the half after nice link-up play with captain Issac Te Aute.

Discover more

Rugby: Chiefs laud fans for 13,500 attendance

25 May 08:42 PM

Rugby: Retallick aims to get better

27 May 08:50 PM

Rugby: Te Puke get own back on Whaka

31 May 08:50 PM

Rugby: Schoolboy recruit stars for club

02 Jun 08:34 PM

The captain would show his class on a couple of occasions during the second half as his team ran in another four tries through Perham, Whata, Ngarohi McGarvey-Black and substitute Matangireia Yates-Francis.

The Super 8 competition will run until early August and features the best all-boy rugby schools from the central North Island.

Te Aute said Rotorua's goal was to take out the Super 8 title this year. He said they had a good squad and were working very hard.

"There is a lot of excitment [about this season] but it all comes down to our boys, we are all putting in the hard work," he said.

"Across the board it is a pretty talented side, forwards and backs, we have got the lot pretty much."

He said to beat Tauranga was always special.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

"It's always nice to get one over Tauranga. We're battling it off for the best in the Bay, I guess, and it's pretty good to get on top of them."

Rotorua Boys' High School travel away to play Gisborne Boys' High School next weekend during the second round of the Super 8 competition.

The Rotorua Boys' 2nd XV team also triumphed over the Tauranga Boys' 2nd XV team 38-18 yesterday, with both schools playing each other across a range of sports.

•Rotorua Boys' High School 1st XV 43 (Te Ra Whata 2, Hayze Perham 2, Jade Honeycombe, Ngarohi McGarvey-Black, Matangireia Yates-Francis tries; Kaleb Trask 4 con) Tauranga Boys' College 1st XV 5 (Afa Papali'i try)

Save

    Share this article

Latest from Sport

Rotorua Daily Post

'Good movers': Former Silver Fern driven to cut injury risks as ACC claims rise

24 May 06:00 PM
Sport

Carter, Ratima score hat-tricks in Chiefs' 78-point win

24 May 08:50 AM
Rotorua Daily Post

Supercars locked in at Taupō, set for South Island debut

22 May 07:18 PM

Gold demand soars amid global turmoil

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Recommended for you
Break Up With Breakouts: How To Get Rid Of Acne For Good, According To An Expert
Sponsored Stories

Break Up With Breakouts: How To Get Rid Of Acne For Good, According To An Expert

28 May 10:59 PM
'Look up': Public urged to report missing monarch clusters in Hawke's Bay
Hawkes Bay Today

'Look up': Public urged to report missing monarch clusters in Hawke's Bay

28 May 10:58 PM
Primary sector unimpressed by Govt's horticulture reforms
The Country

Primary sector unimpressed by Govt's horticulture reforms

28 May 10:54 PM
'Pushing them hard': Media Minister on TVNZ's financials ...  and RNZ's falling radio ratings
Media Insider

'Pushing them hard': Media Minister on TVNZ's financials ... and RNZ's falling radio ratings

28 May 10:41 PM
'Heartbreaking': Labour slams National over housing policy
Rotorua Daily Post

'Heartbreaking': Labour slams National over housing policy

28 May 10:03 PM

Latest from Sport

'Good movers': Former Silver Fern driven to cut injury risks as ACC claims rise

'Good movers': Former Silver Fern driven to cut injury risks as ACC claims rise

24 May 06:00 PM

Winter sports-related injury claims have consistently gone up over the past five years.

Carter, Ratima score hat-tricks in Chiefs' 78-point win

Carter, Ratima score hat-tricks in Chiefs' 78-point win

24 May 08:50 AM
Supercars locked in at Taupō, set for South Island debut

Supercars locked in at Taupō, set for South Island debut

22 May 07:18 PM
How a Rotorua gym is gearing up for the world jiu-jitsu championships

How a Rotorua gym is gearing up for the world jiu-jitsu championships

19 May 10:03 PM
Explore the hidden gems of NSW
sponsored

Explore the hidden gems of NSW

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Rotorua Daily Post e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Rotorua Daily Post
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • What the Actual
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven CarGuide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP
search by queryly Advanced Search