40th Year Of Under 19 Competition Kicks-Off On Saturday

20-time Central Region Shield champion, Wellington RFU, will kick-off their defence of the Council’s Under 19 competition this coming Saturday in Upper Hutt at the New Zealand Campus of Innovation and Sport (NZCIS), in a first-up match against the 2023 Hurricanes Heartland Under 20 side.

The Hurricanes Heartland team was selected following the recent completion of the 2023 Heartland Development Series in Bulls and in a warm-up game defeated the Whanganui RFU Development team by 21 points to 7 at Cooks Gardens two weeks ago. In a pre-season match last Saturday, the Wellington Under 19 side defeated the Wellington Fijian team.

In the other match of the first round, Manawatu RFU host Hawkes Bay RFU in Palmerston North.

(Published: 22/08/23)