Elliott Grace, 6, of Kaikorai, gets away from Dunedin’s Abraham Thompson, 6.
Taieri’s Tyson Gillan, 6, scores a try despite the efforts of Daequan Clark (left), 6, and Harriet Samson, 6, of Zingari-Richmond.
Sam Everett tows some gear and his daughter Skye Everett, 3. He had plenty of chairs but none for himself.
Wakatipu’s Jackson Kennedy, 13, dives across to score a try in the tackle of Dunedin’s Finn Burrough, 12.
Cooper Wilde, of Green Island, tries to shrug off the defence of Malaki Sefo, of Arrowtown.
PJ Wall, 10, of Pirates, scores as Jack Mckee, 10, of Dunedin, gets there a tad too late.
Enjoying some downtime are Taieri year 6 players (from left): Quest Wyllie-Strachan, Hunter Howley and Tim Lewis, all 10.
It has rolled around again: the festival of rugby sevens at Peter Johnstone Park, with all shapes and sizes of youngsters giving their all.
The Taieri Sevens Tournament was played under pleasant skies in Mosgiel yesterday. The event was first established in 1962 for junior players from Dunedin and further afield.
There were 75 teams, across 17 fields, competing in grades from year 2 to year 8.
Teams from outside Dunedin, such as Wakatipu and Cromwell, made the trip to Mosgiel.
The winners were: year 2 Green Island Black; year 3 Green Island Siberian Bears; year 4 Alhambra-Union; year 5 Cromwell Bulldogs; year 6 Dunedin Goblin Sharks; year 7 Taieri Blue; year 8 Kaikorai Demons.
Photographer Gerard O’Brien captured the action.
