Club 7’s Success

The Southern 7-aside team won the first tournament in the Dunedin club rugby 7-aside competition last Saturday.

All of Dunedin’s premier clubs entered a team which was played at Kettle Park . Southern were in a pool with Zingari and University and won both games comfortably. They then played 2017 champs Alhambra-Union in the semi-final and Taieri in the final.

The Southern team was a mix of Premier players with support from up and coming Colts players and also two Senior team players. Southern had the edge over most other teams with more players capable of breaking the line and enough pace to take their opportunities. They were led by the electric Mackenzie Haugh, with great support from Riku Kitahara, and Jono Hayes. The team defended well across the park.

The second (and final) round takes place at  Green Island’s Miller Park on Saturday 6th Oct.

OTAGO MENS CLUB SEVENS – Saturday 6th October
Time	Home		v		Away Team	Venue		Referees
11.00am	Green Island		v		Southern	Miller Park 1		T Grant
11.20am	University		v		Taieri	Miller Park 1		C O’Brien
11.40am	Dunedin		v		Kaikorai	Miller Park 1		L Whitty
12.00pm	Harbour		v		Green Island	Miller Park 1		J Chalmers
12.20pm	Alhambra-Union		v		University	Miller Park 1		T Grant
12.40pm	Zingari-Richmond		v		Dunedin	Miller Park 1		C O’Brien
1.00pm	Southern		v		Harbour	Miller Park 1		L Whitty
1.20pm	Taieri		v		Alhambra-Union	Miller Park 1		J Chalmers
1.40pm	Kaikorai		v		Zingari-Richmond	Miller Park 1		T Grant
2.20pm	2nd Ranked #3		v		3rd Ranked #3	Miller Park 2		C O’Brien
	5th & 6th Playoff
2.20pm	2nd Ranked #2		v		3rd Ranked #2	Miller Park 1
2.40pm	Winner Pool A		v		Winner Pool B	Miller Park 1
2.40pm	Winner Pool C		v		Highest Ranked #2	Miller Park 2
	7th & 8th Playoff
3.00pm	Winner Game 10		v		1st Ranked #3	Miller Park 1
	3rd & 4th Playoff
3.20pm	Loser Game 11		v		Loser Game 12	Miller Park 1
	1st & 2nd Playoff
3.40pm	Winner Game 11		v		Winner Game 11	Miller Park 1