New Zealand Marist Club and Secondary School Sevens tournaments this weekend

The fifth leg of the IRB World Sevens series hits Westpac Stadium tomorrow and Saturday. Meanwhile, across town at St Pat's College and at the Marist St Pat's club training field, the New Zealand Marist Club Sevens and the inaugural New Zealand Marist Secondary School Sevens tournaments are being played.

A combined 34 teams from all around New Zealand and one from China are playing in these tournaments, which are being held are separately from Friday to Sunday. There are 114 games being played.

The 18th annual New Zealand Marist Club tournament is being played on Friday and Saturday mornings. Play runs from 8.00am to 1.00 pm, so players and spectators can support the Westpac Stadium event on the two afternoons and evenings.

A New Zealand Marist Sevens team will be selected from the Tournament and will travel to Samoa for the Marist Sevens Tournament.

The Club tournament is split into three sections, the New Zealand Marist Club section, comprising four pools of three teams, the New Zealand Marist International Sevens, including two pools of three teams and featuring the visiting China Barbarians side, and the Women's section, which is one pool of four teams.

In the two Men's divisions Saturday is round-robin and quarter-final play and Sunday is semi-finals and finals day. Cup, Plate and Bowl trophies are all up for grabs. The Women's competition is on Saturday.

Pool play and quarterfinals in the Secondary School Marist tournament will take place on Saturday afternoon, with semi-finals and finals for the Bowl, Plate and Cup on Sunday morning.

Sir Gordon Tietjens will present the trophies at the conclusion of the Tournament on Sunday afternoon, when the Tournament Team will be named. One player from the Tournament will be selected to join the New Zealand Marist Sevens Team, which will compete in the 26th Marist Samoa International Sevens in Apia, in late February.

The pools and teams for the Club tournament are:

New Zealand Marist Club Sevens
Pool A: North Harbour Marist, Invercargill Marist, Nelson Marist,
Pool B: Hamilton Marist, Marist St Pat's (Wellington), Greymouth Marist
Pool C: Hastings Rugby and Sports, Palmerston North Old Boys Marist, Marist St Michael's (Rotorua)
Pool D: Hutt Old Boys Marist, Napier Old Boys Marist, Gisborne Old Boys Marist

New Zealand Marist International Sevens
Pool E: China Barbarians, Hastings Rugby and Sports Academy, Wellington Development team
Pool F: Fiji Barbarians, North Island Marist, Fiji Flyers

New Zealand Marist Women's Sevens
Pool W: Hastings Rugby and Sports, Marist St. Pat's (Wellington), Wellington Women, Oriental-Rongotai (Wellington)

The Day One (Friday) club tournament draw is*:
9.00: North Harbour v Nelson (field one) and Hamilston v Greymouth (field two)
9.15 Hastings v Marist St Michael's (field one) and HOBM v Gisborne Marist (field two)
9.30 China Barbarians v Wellington Development (field one) and Fiji Barbarians v Fiji Flyers (field two)
9.45 Invercargill v Nelson (field one) and MSP v Greymouth (field two)
10.00 Palmerston North v Marist St Michael's (field one) and Napier v Gisborne (field two)
10.15 Wellington Development v Hastings Academy (field one) and Fiji Marist v NI Marist (field two)
10.30 North Harbour v Invercargill (field one) and Hamilton v MSP (field two)
10.45 Hastings v Palmerston North (field one) and HOBM v Napier (field two)
11.00 Hastings Academy v China Barbarians (field one) and Fiji Barbarians v NI Marist (field two)
11.15 Cup Quarterfinals (both fields)
11.30 Cup Quarterfinals (both fields)

The Day Two (Saturday) club tournament draw is*:
8.00 MSP Women v Ories Women (field one) and Hastings Women v Wellington Women (field two)
8.15 Club Bowl semi-finals (both fields)
8.30 Club Plate semi-finals (both fields)
8.45 Hastings Women v MSP Women (field one) and Wellington Women v Ories Women (field two)
9.00 International semi-finals (both fields)
9.15 Club Cup semi-finals (both fields)
9.30 Hastings Women v Ories Women (field one) and MSP women v Wellington Women (field two)
9.45 International Bowl final (field one)
10.00 Club Bowl final (field one)
10.15 Women's Cup semi-finals (both fields)
10.30 Club Plate final (field one) and International Plate final (field two)
10.45 Women's Plate final (field one)
11.15 Club Cup final (field one) and International Cup final (field two)
11.45 Women's Cup final (field one)
12.30 Pacific Rim Trophy match - winner Club Cup v Winner International Cup (field one)

*Draws subject to change

The 12 teams competing in the New Zealand Marist Secondary School tournament are:

St Pat's College, Wellington
St Pat's College College, Silverstream,
St. Thomas of Canterbury College (Christchurch)
St Bernard's College (Lower Hutt)
St John's College (Hamilton)
St Kevin's College (Oamaru)
Bishop Viard College (Porirua)
Cullinane College (Wanganui)
Horowhenua Kapiti Colleges (Paraparamu to Levin)
Roncalli College (Timaru)
Sancta Maria College (Auckland)
SPC Old Boys Association Barbarians (representing St Pat's Town and St Pat's Silverstream colleges)

The schedule for the secondary school tournament is (all matches on the St Pat's College Artificial):

Saturday:
12.30 - 4.30 pm* Pool Play

4.30 - 6.30 pm Quarterfinals

* The Pool draw (three pools of four teams each) for the inaugural tournament will be made by the St Pat's Wellington College Rector at 11.00 am on Saturday.

Sunday:
9.00 - 11.00 am Bowl, Plate and Cup semi-finals
11.00 am - 12.30 pm Bowl, Plate and Cup finals
1.00 pm - 2.00 pm Presentations (St Pat's College hall)