Annual Under 15 Boys' Tournament

As part of Winter Tournament Week, the annual Under 15 Tournament comprises sixteen teams from secondary schools (on an invitational basis) who compete in a Cup and Plate section for the Rex Kerr Trophy.

Annual Under 16 Boys' Tournament

Every year in the third term school holidays, the Council holds New Zealand's premier tournament for Under 16 players, comprising teams from all member Provincial Unions, competing in two divisions for the Don Broughton Shield, the Saracens Cup and the Manaaki Tangata Trophy.

Annual Under 18 Boys' Competition

Every year in September, the Council holds a competition for Under 18 teams from member Provincial Unions, competing for the TrustBank Central Secondary Schools Shield first competed for in the 1990's.

Annual Under 19 Tournament

This competition comprises teams from Wellington, Hawkes Bay and Manawatu, and a Hurricanes Heartland Team (comprising players from the Council's member Heartland Provincial Unions), competing for the Central Region Shield on a home and away basis.

Annual Under 20 Heartland Development Series

Comprising teams from the regions Heartland Provincial Unions, the Heartland Development Series is held annually over two weeks, with teams competing for the Hurricanes Under 20 Cup.

Girls' Rugby Development Programmes

Every year, with the support of New Zealand Rugby, the Council provides Development Days, an Under 15 Tournament and an Under 18 Development Camp for young women within the Hurricanes Region.

Annual Hurricanes Sevens Tournament

The best secondary school Sevens players in the region (in Boys and Girls divisions) compete for the Hurricanes Secondary Schools Sevens Cup, hosted by Wairarapa-Bush.

Wash-Out At Feilding High School As Home Side Wins

The 2024 programme for the annual Hurricanes Youth Rugby Council came to a damp end on Saturday at Feilding High School in the Manawatu, as the heavens opened on the teams who participated in the tenth annual Hurricanes Secondary School Sevens Tournament.

Insufficient entries received meant that the Girls Section of the Tournament was not played this year, with the scheduling of the Super 8 Sevens tournament on the same day resulting in the number of boys entries also reducing to five teams.

Given the constant rain, it was decided to reduce the Boys Section to a straight round-robin shoot-out, with defending champions Feilding High School declared the winner having won their four round-robin matches against: Whanganui Collegiate, 34-17; St. Patrick’s College, Siliverstream, 24-7; Lindisfarne College, 17-7; and Rathkeale College, 42-7.

The final placings were: (1) Feilding High School; (2) Whanganui Collegiate; (3=) Lindisfarne College and St. Patrick's College, Siliverstream; (5) Rathkeale College. Game scores are shown below.

Whanganui Collegiate	17	Feilding High School	34
St. Patrick's College, Silverstream	49	Rathkeale College	17
Lindisfarne College	17	Whanganui Collegiate	24
St. Patrick's College, Silverstream	7	Feilding High School	24
Lindisfarne College	39	Rathkeale College	7
Whanganui Collegiate	17	St. Patrick's College, Silverstream	12
Whanganui Collegiate	29	Rathkeale College	7
Lindisfarne College	0	Feilding High School	15
Rathkeale College	5	Feilding High School	39

Past winners of the Tournament are:

Boys Section:

2023 – Feilding High School
2022 – Feilding High School
2020 – Feilding High School
2019 – Palmerston North Boys High School
2018 – St. Patrick’s College, Silverstream
2017 – Hastings Boys High School
2016 – Hastings Boys High School
2015 – Hastings Boys High School
2014 – Scots College

Girls Section:

2023 - St. Mary’s College
2022 - St. Mary’s College
2020 - Manukura
2019 - Manukura
2018 – Nga Wahine Toa
2017 - Manukura
2016 – New Plymouth Girls High School
2015 – Feilding High School
2014 – New Plymouth Girls High School

The Council would like to thank Feilding High School for hosting the Tournament.

(Published: 03/11/24)