SINGLE LANE: The Metro Colts seasonal debut match against Old Boys Marist in Marton on Saturday was one way traffic with the Wanganui lads winning 72-12.
St Johns Whanganui Metro showcased its talents on two fronts in Marton on Saturday with a 72-12 whipping of Palmerston North's Old Boys Marist.
The match signalled the beginning of the Manawatu McDonald's Colts division season, a competition that Metro finished third in on debut last year behind perennial winners
Massey White and runners-up Whanganui High School.
The competition has lost four teams from last year and gained one with the arrival of Kia Toa leaving just eight teams to battle for this season's title.
WHS is not fielding a team after 13 players left school, while the Manawatu Marist club and Massey University have dropped a side each from last season. Linton is also no olnger competing.
Metro's first priority on Saturday was to obviously make a winning start to the season, but secondly to show Rangatikei why they had been formed in the first place.
The side was originally set up as a bridge to transition school leavers through to senior club rugby level and beyond. It was hoped that it would keep those same school leavers in the game, rather than lose them to the many other distractions life offers.
