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New Zealand Rippa Rugby Champions
Te Wharau are the NZ Rippa Rugby Champions for 2017. The team travel to Wellington to represent Poverty Bay/East Coast Rugby Union and play against all the other regional winners. In section play TW beat Waiarapara Bush, Canterbury and Wellington and drew with Auckland to qualify second. The next day the played and beat South Canterbury in the quarter finals and Counties, who won the competition three times in the past, in the semis. They then meet North Harbour in the finals and beat them 25 to 20. What a fantastic achievement by this team. Special thanks are extended to Duanne Hihi who gave up a lot of time to coach this team. |
Rippa Rugby Champions
The Te Wharau Rippa Team are the Poverty Bay/East Coast Rippa Rugby Champions and will be travelling to Wellington to represent our district at the Nation Championship. Congratulations to this team. |
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