Daniel Smith: Reserve hooker whose main strength is his throwing in. Has a good future once the other skills of a hooker are developed to their potential. Did well in making the North Island Sixteen side. Kaine Babington: Has the build and skills to be a good player. However through injury and at times attitude he didn't see what he could do. Reuben Thorne: Started the season at blindside flank and moved to lock for all college games. Equally at home in both positions. A tireless worker who has the great skill of being able to read the game. Lee Jones: Really came into his own this year. Was a tower of strength in the middle of the lineout and excelled at kickoffs. Will develop into a very good lock. All the best for your trip to Wales. Scott Granville: Improved with every game, very fit and a tireless worker in the loose. Ability at lineout time was a valuable asset. David Sutcliffe: Although size is against him David made up for it with his pace to the ball. Duncan Robertson: Did not get many games but certainly improved with each one. A very fast and committed flanker. Played very well in Fiji. David Sleep: A skilful first five eight who showed quick hands. Probably didn't show the authority in decision making needed at first five eight. Denis Mohi: A gifted player- very strong runner with great passing skills. However did not fulfil his potential this year. Dean Magon: A strong running centre who could kick goals from anywhere inside the opposition half. Brooke Wolfe: A winger with a lot of pace who once skills in other areas are mastered will be a very good winger. Mathew Gibbs: A hard running winger with the ability to score tries. Steven McCallum: The youngest member of the side who in the games he played showed he was a strong running winger with the ability to stay on his feet , in John Kirwan fashion . Needs to work on his pace off the mark. Paul Vyver: A fullback whose greatest strength is his timing when entering the backline. Played some of his best rugby in Fiji. Jason Harris: A gutsy player who ran hard and tackled well. A great team man. INDIVIDUAL HONOURS Northern Region Secondary Schools: Craig Taylor (A). Anthony Ruakere (B) , Lee Jones (B). Dean Magon (B) . Taranaki Under Sixteen: Daniel Smith , Reuben Thorne (Captain). Steven McCallum. Taranaki Secondary Schools: Dean Magon, Dennis Mohi , Craig Taylor (Captain). Anthony Ruakere , Scott Granville, Lee Jones , Jason Norden, Mark Muir, Michael Collins . Tournament Team: Craig Taylor, Lee Jones, Anthony Ruakere. North Island Under Sixteen: Daniel Smith . New Zealand Secondary Schools: Craig Taylor. TEAM AWARDS Watts Cup: Most improved player: Scott Granville. Leuthart Cup: Contributed most to First Fifteen rugby: Craig Taylor.
NPBHS SECOND FIFTEEN RUGBY Back Row, left to right: Greg Feek, Chris Plowright, Brad Kisby,
Nick Thorpe, Grant Aitken. Middle Row: R. Wild, Paul Nielsen, Philip Mitchell, Tony Earl,
Steven Barkley, Kylie Le Bas. Front Row: Fraser Bint, Nathan Brown, Andrew Young, Mark Urwin, Cameron Twigley, David Sampson, Grant Rawlinson. Absent: Bradley Cribb, Karl Ericson, Gary Mil/yn, Sean Jones.
SECOND FIFTEEN REPORT The Second Fifteen for 1991 was a new side with only three players returning from last year. The team lacked spirit and enhtusiasm at the start of the season and unfortunately it showed with us only winning two out of the six games in the first round. The Pity of it was that we were only losing by six or seven points each time except for a heavy loss to Hawera at the start of the year. In the second round our goal was to win all the game we had previously lost by only small margins. Unfortunately this aim was not fulfilled. We did however come close to beating the competition leaders. Opunake, the fina1 score being 12-16. The main problem with the Second Fifteen was that we were unable to finish off moves after spending long periods on attack. The highlight of our season were the three college matches we played against Pio Pio College , Hamilton Boys High School Second Fifteen and Kanto High from Japan . The scores in these games were respectively: 18-10, 18-3 and 116-0 . Points for the season amounted to 224 for and 156 against. Players who performed consistently well were Stephen Barkley in the forwards and Nick Thorpe in the backs. Top point scorers were Andrew Young with eleven tries and Mark Urwin, who by the end of the season managed one hundred points . The team performed well over most of the season although some areas were disappointing . As captain I would like to thank Mr Wild for coaching the side and Mr Giddy for assisting at times. I would also like to thank parents and friends who supported us when the going got tough (remember Opunake at Opunake). Finally I would like to thank the catering committee for fulfilling the needs of the 'inner rugby player' and supporter. MARK URWIN , Captain .
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