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.

Feilding High Advance To Top 4, While Wellington Win 2 From 2

In another eventful weekend of Hurricanes Youth Rugby Council rugby played throughout the region, top billing in terms of results goes to Feilding High School who defeated defending Hurricanes Boys Champions, Palmerston North Boys’ High School to advance to the National Top Four Secondary School Finals next week. After trailing PNBHS by 11 points at half-time following two converted tries in the first half to the defending champions, Feilding scored two tries of their own to snatch victory by a single point.

(Photo courtesy of Steven White, www.clubrugby.nz)

Meanwhile, in the Central Region Shield, defending champions Wellington secured their second win of the 2024 competition, defeating Hawkes Bay by 22 points to 10, after trailing by 7 points to 5 at half-time.

In the other competition fixture, originally scheduled to be played in Palmerston North but transferred to Pahiatua, Manawatu kept the Hurricanes Heartland Under 20 team scoreless, taking a 19 points to nil half-time lead then racing away to a full-time score of 31 points to nil. Manawatu will need to defeat Hawkes Bay next weekend to have any chance of winning the Shield, also relying on the Hurricanes Heartland side to beat Wellington.

(Published: 31/08/24)