Kaikorai Valley College halfback Jason Fitiao sends out a
bullet pass in the interschool match against St Albans
(England) at Montecillo yesterday. St Albans won 46-5.
Photo by Peter McIntosh.
The touring St Albans English schoolboy rugby squad
played sparkling rugby to score two big wins over Dunedin-based
schools at Montecillo yesterday.
The St Albans B side scored eight tries to beat Kaikorai
Valley College 46-5 and then its first team made no race of
it against Taieri College, winning 78-0.
St Albans scored four tries to lead 24-0 at the break against
Kaikorai Valley College, and added four more tries in the
second spell.
But Kaikorai Valley College, wearing its new jersey designed
by former first XV member Dave Burke, came back strongly at
the end, when midfield back Tyron Pelasio scored in the
corner.
Players to impress for Kaikorai Valley College were Pelasio,
prop Mike Bennett, halfback Jaron Fitiao and fullback Alex
Bunyon.
St Albans school, from just north of London, was unbeaten
when it last toured New Zealand four years ago, and has yet
to lose a game on this tour.
The squad of 44 boys, divided into two teams, had a 22-3 win
and a 10-all draw in the Cook Islands, a 24-5 win against St
Bedes and 23-0 win against the Hornby Rugby Club in
Christchurch.
The three week tour ends with games against Nelson College
and Tawa College, in Wellington, and games in Fiji.
The St Albans A side scored 12 tries to beat Taieri College
78-0, with Victor Stairmand scoring 28 points.
The scorers were: St Albans B 46 (Ben Carey, Ben Wilkin, Ross
Lessons, Harry Avent, Ange Williams, Oliver Leigh, Lorenzo
Brusini, Andrew Harris tries; Bradley Hudson 3 conversions),
Kaikorai Valley College 5 (Tyron Pelasio try). Half-time: St
Albans 24-0. Referee: Geoff Simons.
• St Albans A 78 (George Irwin, George Kelly 2,
Charlie Reed 3, James Land, Jay Johnson-Crooks, Feilding
Colfer, Victor Stairmand 2, Ben Wilkin tries; Stairmand 9
conversions), Taieri College 0. Half-time: St Albans
50-0.
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