It has been a busy year for the WHS 1st XV as well as teams in the lower grades. They had two extra Under-14 grade teams and started the season with two U19 grades, along with the 1st XV playing in Manawatu.
Earlier in the year there was a WHS girls sevens team while the boys won the Wanganui Schools Sevens WHS entered a sevens squad in three competitions coming third in the Hawkes Bay U23, and winning both the Wanganui Senior B and the Manawatu Secondary Schools Invitational. The latter earned them a trip to Taranaki in November to try to qualify for the Condor Sevens in Auckland.
The 1st XV also had their second pre-season trip to Christchurch to play Christchurch Boys' High, losing by two points.
"The Premier 1 competition began with a round-the-table talk with heads of the Manawatu Union informing us three teams Tu Toa Academy, Palmerston North Boys High Reserves and WHS were too strong for that competition and suggested these teams move up into the Colts under-21 grade and come together as semifinalists with the top Premier 1 qualifying team," said coach Darryl Malcolm. "[We] agreed and doing so, met Tu Toa Academy in the semifinal [winning] 24-18 after coming off the Wednesday memorable game WHS beating Collegiate 15-7 for the first time in 15 years."
WHS came from 18 points down to draw 25-25 with PNBHS in the Premier 1 final, winning the championship on a countback of four tries to three.