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NATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Fantastic Cup: Auckland Girls 39 Matamata College 23,
Avondale Coll 39 New Plymouth Girls 26, Waitaki Girls
24 St Margarets 23, Palmerston North Girls 35 Ashburton
Coll 28, Wellington Girls 32 Verdon Coll 30.

Play-offs: Wairoa Coll 33 St Margarets 26, Avondale 38
Waitaki 26, New Plymouth 30 Bay of Islands Coll 29,
Matamata 32 Ashburton 27, Palmerston North 43 Verdon
35, Wellington 30 Auckland 28.

Final placings: 1 Wellington Girls, 2 Auckland Girls
Grammar, 3 Palmerston North Girls, 4 Verdon Coll, 5
Matamata Coll, 6 Ashburton Coll, 7 New Plymouth Girls,
8 Bay of Islands Coll, 9 Avondale Coll, 10 Waitaki
Girls, 11 Wairoa Coll, 12 St Margarets.