Rugby Armidale Tour

Rugby Armidale Tour

On the final weekend of the holidays, a group of 38 rugby players represented Pacific at the Armidale Rugby Competition hosted at The Armidale School (TAS). This year we hosted the largest contingent of students who played competitively across all the fixtures throughout the days on Saturday and Sunday. Pacific entered teams in the U12 Boys 15-a-side, U14 Girls 7’s and U16 Girls 7’s. I’d like to acknowledge how well all our players represented the College over the weekend, showing exemplary sportsmanship and behaviour on and off the field.

Our U12 boys faced some tough competition in their division, winning one of their matches and showing strong character in their remaining fixtures. Our U14 girls placed third in their pool, progressing to the Division 3 Grand Final, where they narrowly went down to TAS in the dying seconds of the game in front of a large home crowd.

Our U16 girls showed excellent resilience across the competition, where they continued to play all their games with no reserves, drawing one of their finals and narrowly going down by a single try to Grammar in their other final.

I would like to thank all the parents who strongly supported Pacific students by their commitment to travel to Armidale and their attendance at each game across the 2 day carnival. I would also like to thank the staff for their support and assistance across the competition, Mr Darren Hooper, Ms Leigh Finter, Miss Georgie Snelling and Mr Scott Crompton.

Mr Josh Cummins, Head of House – Wra