Annual Greytown Sevens on Saturday

Above: Action from last year’s Greytown Sevens tournament, between host club Greytown and tournament winners Havelock North. Photo courtesy of www.facebook.com/greytownrugbyclub

Twelve teams representing eight clubs are contesting this Saturday's?annual Freshchoice Greytown Sevens tournament.

Teams from Wairarapa-Bush, Wellington, Hawke’s Bay, Manawatu and Horowhenua-Kapiti are taking part, split up into Men’s, Women’s and Colts pools.

The first game is at 9:20 am, a Women’s Pool match between the host club Greytown and Wellington contenders Avalon, leading up to the Colts, Women’s and Men’s finals scheduled for 2:40 pm, 3:00 pm and 3:30 pm respectively.

The tournament, played at Greytown’s East Street grounds, has been going for over 40 years and was traditionally a pre-season hit-out for the Wairarapa-Bush clubs. This year’s entries include defending Colts champions Havelock North, last week’s Shannon Sevens Men’s winners and host club Greytown, recent Hawke’s Bay Sevens Women’s winners Avalon and Women’s rugby powerhouse Feilding.

Last year, Havelock North won both the Men’s and Colts divisions, beating Wellington’s Wests Roosters 33-12 in the Men’s final and fellow Wairarapa-Bush club Martinborough 36-17 in the Colts final. The Wests Roosters and Martinborough are both returning this year to contest both these grades, as is?Havelock North in the Colts division.?The tournament features a women’s Pool for the first time this year.

The Pools are Draw is:

Men’s Pool: Greytown, Avalon, Wests Roosters, Rahui

Women’s Pool: Greytown, Avalon, Feilding, Havelock North

Colts: Greytown, Martinborough, Upper Hutt, Havelock North

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