The Magazine of St Aloysius' College ⢠'Men for Others' ⢠Issue XLVII ...
The Magazine of St Aloysius' College ⢠'Men for Others' ⢠Issue XLVII ...
The Magazine of St Aloysius' College ⢠'Men for Others' ⢠Issue XLVII ...
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Rongotai First XV haka.<br />
Opens after Rongotai Game.<br />
to learn a great deal in an intense two days. <strong>The</strong>re was<br />
little rest <strong>for</strong> the squad with games against the strong <strong>St</strong><br />
Patrick’s <strong>College</strong> Silverstream on the Thursday. On this<br />
day the weather turned wet and miserable, more like the<br />
New Zealand we expected to see. In the wet conditions<br />
the Aloysian sides fought very hard but proved no match<br />
<strong>for</strong> their much bigger Kiwi opponents. <strong>The</strong> Development<br />
Squad faced the Silverstream Second XV and went down<br />
5 - 24. <strong>The</strong> First XV game was a tremendous challenge<br />
with Silverstream fielding an enormous side and winning<br />
0 - 41.<br />
After six straight days <strong>of</strong> rugby, a rest day was much<br />
needed and on the Friday the boys visited the New<br />
Zealand National Museum, Te Papa, and spent the rest<br />
<strong>of</strong> the day exploring Wellington city. <strong>The</strong> rest was needed<br />
ahead <strong>of</strong> the game against Rongotai <strong>College</strong>, another very<br />
strong Wellington school, with predominantly Maori and<br />
Pacific Islander students. <strong>The</strong> games were hard against<br />
much bigger opponents, but the Aloysians played extremely<br />
tough rugby, implementing the many new skills gained on<br />
tour. <strong>The</strong> Development Squad recorded their second victory<br />
<strong>of</strong> the tour with a 31 - 0 win over the Rongotai Under 15s<br />
squad. <strong>The</strong> First XV were in their game until the very end<br />
when Rongotai scored a late try to seal the match 7 - 19.<br />
Rongotai Under 15 haka.<br />
<strong>The</strong> tour dinner that Saturday night was a wonderful<br />
event with prizes awarded to the best players on tour. For<br />
the Development Squad, prizes were awarded to Joseph<br />
Riordan (Year 10) <strong>for</strong> Most Improved Player, Thomas<br />
Hundleby (Year 10) <strong>for</strong> Best Forward, Matthew White (Year<br />
10) <strong>for</strong> Best Back and the Best and Fairest player in the<br />
Development Squad was awarded to William Thompson<br />
(Year 10). <strong>The</strong> Opens Squad prizes were awarded to Harry<br />
Hampton (Year 12) <strong>for</strong> Most Improved, Jeremy Gooden<br />
(Year 12) as Best Back, Oscar Doughty (Year 12) as Best<br />
Forward and the Best and Fairest player in the Opens<br />
Squad went to Thomas Priddis (Year 11).<br />
A special toast was given to every boy who had played<br />
in the front row on tour. <strong>The</strong>se players had displayed great<br />
courage and strength against much larger opposition and<br />
never shirked their task. <strong>The</strong>y rightly received the admiration<br />
<strong>of</strong> all the Tour Squad <strong>for</strong> their ef<strong>for</strong>ts.<br />
All members <strong>of</strong> the Tour Squad had a tremendous time<br />
and we are greatly indebted to the tireless work <strong>of</strong> Mr<br />
Michael Turton who expertly organised the tour. All aspects<br />
<strong>of</strong> the tour worked like clockwork and his ef<strong>for</strong>ts are greatly<br />
appreciated.<br />
Mr Paul Harkin<br />
First XV Coach<br />
2007 European Football Tour<br />
On December 3, thirty Aloysians departed Sydney<br />
<strong>for</strong> the football tour <strong>of</strong> a lifetime. Ahead lay fixtures<br />
against Jesuit schools in England, Scotland and Italy,<br />
as well as training sessions at some <strong>of</strong> Europe’s elite football<br />
academies - Chelsea, Liverpool and AC Milan. Held every<br />
three years, boys from Years 9, 10 and 11 were selected<br />
to <strong>for</strong>m two teams – the first comprising solely <strong>of</strong> Year 9s,<br />
the second a combination <strong>of</strong> Years 10 and 11.<br />
Our arrival in London in the early hours <strong>of</strong> the morning<br />
allowed us ample time to take in the sights. Buckingham<br />
Palace, Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus and the London<br />
Eye were all points <strong>of</strong> interest. After a good nights sleep at<br />
<strong>St</strong> Aloysius’ <strong>College</strong><br />
A Jesuit School <strong>for</strong> Boys _ Founded 1879 aloysiad / page 29