MAC Mag 06

Under 15 Rugby Team
Back: Mark Tucker, Guy Wilson, Sebastian Scott, Thomas Cray, Nic Haldezos, Mickey Rawlings.
Middle: Marcus Bate (coach), Cole McKenzie, Andrew Hamilton, Nick Jolly, Kadin Ahipene-
Donaldson, George Beattie, Hugo Topping.
Front: Sam Brooker, Ryan Gwilliam, Reece Walker, Richard McLeod, Paul Hodgson, Rhys
Cunningham, Sam Saunders.
This year we had a good turnout and all the boys were enthusiastic from the word go, even
though we had a rough start and lost our first 2 games. We won half our games and feel that
we had a good season.
Our best games were a great home win against McGlashan and a massive 45-3 win over Dunstan
who had beaten us earlier in the season. We gave Otago Boys’ a good run as well pushing them
till the final whistle and narrowly losing by 3 points. In our last game of the season, we battered
Cromwell 51-25 and Paul Hodgson scored 5 tries. Paul was the overall top try and points scorer for
the season, which isn’t a bad start for a pommie soccer player.
After a lot of trial games and journeys to Dunedin, Nic Halzedos and Cole McKenzie were selected
to represent Otago U14’s and went through their rep. season unbeaten.
At Prizegiving, we all looked great in our shirts and ties.
• Cole ‘turbo’ McKenzie won ‘Clubman of the Year’ for developing team spirit, getting ties for
everyone and having a positive attitude all season.
• Nic ‘smash em’ Haldezos won ‘Player of the Year’ for training and playing with high levels of skill
and effort, and for those ‘big hits’.
• Guy ‘the gorilla’ Wilson won ‘Most Improved Player’. He got fitter and tougher and learned
some tricks of the front row union.
Thanks to Marcus Bate and Lyndon McKenzie - we couldn’t have done it without you.
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