Halfback Tom Dougherty was the hero for Dunstan High School when he kicked three second half penalty goals to give his team an upset 9-8 win over Otago Boys' at Alexandra today.
It was Dunstan's first ever win over Otago Boy's and was the boil over of the Highlanders First XV rugby competition. The winning goal came just two minutes from the end.
The heroes for Dunstan were the hard tackling midfield combination of Sean Conner and Sam Cant who kept knocking over the Otago Boys attackers and forced them into errors.
It was the rock like defence of the Dunstan team that won the game and forced the fleet-footed Otago Boys backline to lose its composure.
Kings beat Verdon College 26-3 at Invercargill with No 8 Junior Faavae breaking the advantage line at will and dominating the game.
Kings leads the competition in its own right with 27 points and is followed by Southland Boys 26, Otago Boys 23 and Gore 20.
Southland Boys won the other game played yesterday when they scored nine tries to down Kavanagh College 55-0 at Invercargill.
The games scheduled to be played on coastal Otago were postponed because of the atrocious conditions and will be played at another time.
The Dunedin teams travelling to Invercargill and Alexandra had to take detours because of the floods.
The scores were: Kings 26, Verdon College 3; Southland Boys 55, Kavanagh College 0, Dunstan 9, Otago Boys 8.
The points table after six games is: Kings 27, Southland Boy's 26, Otago Boy's 23, Gore 20, Waitaki Boy's 14, John McGlashan 13, Dunstan 11, Verdon 10, St Kevin's 4, Kavanagh College 9, St Kevin's 4, South Otago 3, Central Southland College 0.
