Last September we published a story on your Hamilton Boys High School 1st XV team winning the National 1st XV title in Palmerston North.
What ongoing success has the HBHS team had since we caught up last time?
In December Hamilton Boys High were invited to the inaugural World Schools Festival in Thailand. Eight schools from around the world competed for the title of World Champions 1st XV. The final was against Grey College Bloemfontein S.A, HBHS won 22-10.
What is happening this season?
On the 23rd of April HBHS is travelling to Japan and will compete in a Japanese competition called Sanix World Rugby Youth InvitationalTtournament. There are eight Japanese teams and eight teams from around the world competing for this title.
What an honour for HBHS. What are you looking forward to about this experience?
The food and the different cultures. Also I will be looking forward to playing rugby in a different country against different rugby teams.
What training and preparation is required?
Over summer we had to do our own training. Once school started we were doing morning training, which included a whole lot of running. At week six of school term the Japan team was named and now our normal training schedule is: 2x’s Monday training, 2x’s Tuesday training, 1x Wednesday training and 2x’s Thursday training.
Who is helping support you?
Christie Carpentry is my major sponsor and everyone who kindly donated to the fire wood raffle.
