From the 10th to the 14th of September two of our students attended the NZ Barbarians Area School Rugby Camp at the International Rugby Academy of New Zealand (IRANZ) in Palmerston North. Luke Stern and Jacob Patron were selected to be part of the squad after their performance at the National Area Schools Sports Tournament in Rotorua during the July school holidays. The boys spent the week living and breathing rugby, with two to three coaching and training sessions a day, support by specialist resource coaches and the NZ Barbarians Area School coaching team. This included mental skills, position-specific and team structure coaching and training. The team played two games, a warm-up on Wednesday night against Whanganui and the main fixture on the Saturday morning against Manawatu. The team trained and performed exceptionally well during the week and game away with two wins. It was a great week and we trust that the boys will have got a lot out of the experience. Congratulations to both Luke and Jacob for being selected in the team and for their performance during the two games.
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