Top trio: On attack for Central (in dark colours) under-16 are front (from left) Alex Wright, Cruise Kingi and Tom Dougherty, who were the three try-scorers for the side.
Aiming high: Central under-16 player Finlay Meldrum (right) scoops the ball away from Southern captain Dylan Ritchie.
Stop right there: Southern’s Sam Mosley is about to kick the ball, with Central’s Hamish McMillan attempting to charge down the kick, during the under-14 match.
Great line-up: Central under-14 player Mitchell Sinclair makes a dash for the line, with plenty of back-up from his team-mates.
On his way: Making some ground in the under-16 match is Southern player Quinten Gare with Central’s Sam Cant close behind.
It was almost a clean sweep to Central Otago in the series of representative rugby matches played at Alexandra on Monday.
The highlight of the day was the annual Topp Cup match between Central and Southern, with Central the victor for the second successive year.
Matches between the two districts' under-14, under-16, under-18 and development XV squads led up to the premier game.
The results were:
Central under-14 lost to Southern 30-10; Central under-16 beat Southern 19-0; Central under-18 beat Southern 14-11; Central development XV beat Southern 22-19; Central premiers beat Southern 9-6.
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