AnnualReport 2013This Report has been prepared by Rugby Southland for the2013 AGM.

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Table of Contents:

Chairman’s Report 3

General Managers Report 5

Our People 8

Representative Teams and Management 10

Honours Board 11

Southland Stags Report 13

Academy Report 15

Community Rugby Managers Report 17

Referee’s Report 19

Rep Team Results 21

Grounds and Facilities 23

Seven’s Rugby 24

Commercial and Sponsorship 25

Club Rugby Development Managers Report 28

Youth Rugby Council 30

Club Rugby Results 31

Accounts Supplementary

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CHAIRMANS REPORT

2013 saw Rugby Southland through what has been three challenging years of re-establishment of the finance of the Union on a sustainable basis.

In 2011 the Board of Rugby Southland was handed a Change of Managers Report which setout the necessary parameters for our Union to attain success in terms of its future as anITM Cup Union.

During the past three years we have transformed the Union into a responsible body, respon-sive to the needs of our rugby community and cognizant of the need to rebuild the Union’sreputation as a credible and responsible participant in the fabric of the Southland community.

As a Board I believe we have achieved all the goals set for us by the Change Manager andmet the expectations of our community and our funders. For that I thank Brian Hopley for hiscalm, measured and competent approach to all the issues we have faced and continue toface. I thank him for his ability to create and maintain trusting relationships with all of ourstakeholders. Thank you Brian.

In addition I thank all of the members of the Board for their diligence, unity and understand-ing.

The understanding of a Board members role ensures we remain a true governance Boardconcerned with the direction of our game in Southland and setting policies regarding fundingand expenditure. Essentially setting the platform for what we would do as a Union and task-ing Brian and his management team with working out how the goals we set as a Board areachieved. This is what governance is about. The Board is not the coach, manager, selector,media consultant or any of those types of things. We set policy and direction and Brian andhis team carry it out.

That is not to say the job is done.

The issue of the sustainability of the Stadium remains unresolved but we are hopeful of amutually beneficial and acceptable solution in the very near future.

In addition the issues of funding remain and will remain for the foreseeable future.

We thank Invercargill Licensing Trust, Community Trust of Southland and South-ern Institute of Technology for their ongoing tremendous support.

We also thank all our other sponsors and particularly our rugby community for their ongoingtireless efforts in ensuring rugby remains the game of choice and the prominent sport inSouthland.Peter Jackson departs the Board at this Annual General Meeting. I thank Peter for his con-tribution over the past three years and in particular for his governance experience and clarityof thought.

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I have greatly enjoyed my three years as Chairman of Rugby Southland despite the chal-lenges. I thank you all for your support and am confident that the foundations for the futureare in place but the challenges will remain.

Paul MenziesChairman

1 - Southland Stags Squad Members working on improvements at Les George during 2013’s Pre Season Campaign.

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GENERAL MANAGERS REPORT

Rugby Southland has continued its focus in 2013 on improving community rugby and provid-ing a meaningful competition at all levels throughout Southland. The union is also responsi-ble for providing a competitive Stags team in the ITM cup.

It is pleasing to note that following a number of difficult years financially, Rugby Southland isable to show a surplus for 2013.

Maintaining our income streams has been a very tough task, as a lot of sponsor/supportershave had to reduce or withdraw their financial support. This can be attributed to the world-wide economic climate. Therefore sponsorship income was down, and the game day reve-nue although an improvement over the 2012 season was significantly down on previousseasons. Despite these factors we have continued to deliver resources to community rugby,and managed our expenditure well to come in at the end of the year with a better financialresult than predicted.

Thank you to everyone for their ongoing commitment, hard work and professionalism withinthe wider Rugby Southland community.

COMMUNITY RUGBY

Community rugby is the heart of Rugby in Southland and we are proud of our achievementsand how we perform comparatively on a national level. In the 2013 benchmarking by NZRUwe increased player numbers over all age groups by 1%. This is a good result following asubstantial increase in 2012.

Southland has once again ranked 1st in NZ for Player as a Percentage of Population, andPlayer Retention across all age groups which is a positive result. Southland also ranks sec-ond in the Players to Coach ratio and have approximately 1 coach to 10 players, which iswell ahead of the NZR desired ratio of 1:15. These results clearly show that the dedicatedvolunteers throughout Southland are continuing to do a fantastic job.

The success of our junior representative teams in 2013 was outstanding, recording the mostsuccessful year since at least 1998.

The results from the South Island Tournaments for 2013 are as follows: Under 18’s (1st), Under 16’s (2nd) Under 65’s (1st) Under 48’s (2nd) S/S Girls (1st) Under 14’s (2nd)

These are fantastic results and show that we have talented players and coaches comingthrough our system, which bodes well for the future. Also you can see the work that our

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Coaching and Development department and the other coaches have put in has certainlypaid dividends.

I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the tireless work undertaken by the manyvolunteers involved in Junior Club Rugby, School Rugby, and Senior Club Rugby that is fun-damental to the delivery of grass roots rugby.

The Council of Rugby Clubs and the Youth Rugby Council continues to successfully overseeand manage Club and Junior Rugby in the province and I would like to thank the dedicatedmembers of these two groups for their efforts and support throughout 2013. The rugby coun-cils were also part of a very comprehensive club rugby review in 2013. The improvement ofclub rugby is a work in progress and we look forward to further improvement to be made incoming years.

Rugby Southland will continue to work closely with community rugby and provide resourcesto ensure club rugby and representative teams are well supported.

We are now well into 2014, and our planning has gone well with a very positive approachbeing taken by the union which should ensure a continued improvement this year. This yearwe will continue our focus to ‘coach the coaches’ as we feel by improving our coachingstandards we will improve our players. The Rugby Southland Community Rugby team willcontinue offering development and support designed to grow the game in Southland.

FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY

Ensuring financial sustainability in these tough economic times is continuing to be difficult, asthe major funders and sponsors also face tough economic times and therefore have to re-duce their funding respectively. Due to these factors our income streams are diminishingsignificantly and are predicted to reduce further over the coming years. Despite this we willcontinue to actively seek sponsorship support and commercial opportunities so that we cancontinue to provide the resources required to provide a meaningful community rugby pro-gram and to support the Stags in the ITM Cup.

Despite our reduced income though prudent management Rugby Southland has recorded asurplus for 2013, and have budgeted a small operating surplus for 2014.

The Southland Rugby Community is aware that none of this would be possible without thecontinued support of our major Community Funders, the Invercargill Licensing Trust, theCommunity Trust of Southland, the Invercargill Licensing Trust Foundation and the NewZealand Rugby (NZR). NZR is a strong supporter of Rugby Southland providing both finan-cial and resource support. We also would like to acknowledge our commercial partners whoplay a vital role in Rugby Southland’s continued success.

SERVING RUGBY IN SOUTHLAND

Thank you to our Board, Council of Rugby Clubs, Youth Rugby Council, Disciplinary andAppeals Committees, Supporters Club, Referees, Coaches, Local Councils, our suppliers,

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and everyone else who contribute to the game in Southland – your expertise, dedication,drive and support is invaluable.

Finally to the Staff of Rugby Southland thank you for your enthusiasm, loyalty, hard work andcommitment to the game of rugby, your support through a 2013 was very much appreciated.

Brian Hopley

General Manager

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OUR PEOPLE

President

Donald Hay

Board of Directors 2013

Messers Paul Menzies (Chairman), Murray Acker, Alex Derbie, Wayne McEwan, PeterJackson, Alan Dennis (Invercargill Licensing Trust Delegate), Mike Piper (New ZealandRugby Union Delegate), Grant Dermody

Life Members

Messers Bill Anderson, Ray Harper, Kevin Laidlaw, Leicester Rutledge, Tom Shirley, AckSoper and Alistair Tait.

CORC (Council of Rugby Clubs)

Barney Blakely, Rex Carter, Deon Hourston, Shane Harvey, Charlie Hay, John and RayleenHogg, Willie Lawton, Donald Hay, Barry Simmonds, Don McFarlane, Steve Geary, DarylJohnston, Mike Mannix, Kirk Rae, Nanette Innes

YRC (Youth Rugby Council)

Frazer Allan, Peter Henderson, Irene Te Koeti, Simon Hopcroft, Brooke Grimwood, KevinHolland, Rex Carter, Glenn Taylor, Nannette Innes, Keith Dyer, Jason Smith, Kirk Rae, Mi-chael Smaill

Staff

General Manager – Brian Hopley

Director of Rugby – Craig Morton

Commercial and Marketing Manager – Mark Wilson

Personal Assistant/Finance Assistant – Andrea Irvine

Stags Head Coach – David Henderson

Stags Assistant Coach – Mark Ozich

Stags Assistant Coach – Hoani Macdonald

Stags Scrum Coach – Clarke Dermody

Stags Manager – Glenn Morrison

Stags Assistant Manager - Leicester Rutledge

Strength and Conditioning Coach – Mark Beer

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Stags Physio – Karl McDonald

Stags Doctor – Peter Finlayson

Academy Manager – Peter Skelt

Club Liaison Officer – Mike Mannix

Referee Education Officer – Kirk Rae

Club Rugby Administrator/Community Rugby Manager – Don McFarlane

Academy Assistant/Coach Development Manager – Matt Saunders

Player Development Manager – Jason McKenzie

Nutritionist – Aimee Burns

Marketing/Rugby Development – Hoani Macdonald

Marketing and Events – Jodie Chilton

Registration Administration Manager (Volunteer) – Bill Anderson

Grounds Manager – Russell Thomas

Grounds Assistant – Vincent Conaghan

Receptionist – Karen Heads

Accountants – Crowe Horwath

Bankers – Bank of New Zealand

Solicitors – Cruickshank Pryde

Auditors – BDO Spicers

Insurers – Rothbury Insurance

Travel Agents – Laker House of Travel

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STAGS AND REPRESENTATIVE COACHES

StagsDavid Henderson, Karl McDonald, Jason McKenzie, Glenn Morrison, Mark Beer, LeicesterRutledge, Mark Ozich, Dr Peter Finlayson, Clarke Dermody, Hoani MacDonaldMen’s 7’sElgan O’Donnell and Grant Dermody - Coaches, Brad Downey - Manager, Clarke Dermody -Assistant ManagerWomen’s 7’sMel Dermody and Andrew Rolland - Coaches, Rayleen Hogg – Manager, Jared Cappie -TrainerMetropolitanDamian Pine – Head CoachCraig Pullar – AssistantJason Rutledge - AssistantCountryJeff Clearwater – Head CoachDaryl Thompson - CoachU18'sRodger Dawson - Head CoachJason Bishop – AssistantKarl Shaw - AssistantU16'sHead Coach - Tom WallisAssistant - Scott MeredithAssistant - Jeff MansonU14'sDave Innes, Richard Innes, Leigh Murray, Kurt Paterson – CoachesU14's DevelopmentOz HarveyU13’sJason Te Huai and Kelvin O’Connell - CoachesU65kgPhil Gilligan, Craig Escott - CoachesU48kgPete Henderson and Dave Elder – Coaches, Murray Gilchrist - ManagerSecondary Schools GirlsMal Dermody, Jamie Mckenzie - CoachesMaoriJason Te Huia and Jason Harrison – Coaches

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HONOURS BOARD

INTERNATIONALFijiNemia KenataleTalemaitoga Tuapati

NZ MAORINicholas BarrettElliot DixonRobert Robinson

SUPER RUGBY

HighlandersJosh Bekhuis, Elliot Dixon, John Hardie, Jamie Mackintosh, Jason Rutledge, Tim Boys

ChiefsRobert Robinson

BluesMartin McKenzie

SOUTH ISLAND MAORIMensSonny Rangitoheriri

WomensWillow Rowland

AGE GROUP REPRESENTIVESNew Zealand Under 20’sTaylor Adams

South Island Secondary Schools Girls Tournament TeamLaura Molloy, Molly Tomlins, Kate Smith, Laura Buckingham, Georgia Mason, PatriciaHopcroft, Susana Sotutu, Courtney O’Callaghan, Jacqui Chamberlain, Alena Saili

Tournament Teams, South Island Under 65kg Tournament TeamKalani Elder, Jesse Hawkens, Hamilton Wepa Huora, Ezekiel Maheno

South Island Under 45kg Tournament TeamCorbin Strong, Sean Withy, Tazman O’Connell, Luke Gilchrist, Fabian Russell, NicholasMelvin, Elliot Warrendee, Thomas McKenzie

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HIGHLANDERS AGE GROUPMatt Brame, Greg Dyer, Jordan Stewart, Dominique Holland-Collins, Michael Molloy, JarvisWallace, Jason Bishop, Shaun Stodard, Jack Capil, Josh Mackie, Liam Howley, Jono Hayes,Cameron Finnie, Ashley Craig

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STAGS REPORT

2013 started off with the best intentions. Areas of concern had been found from the previousyear’s review and adjustments had been made to rectify those concerns. But at the end ofthe day, it was a season that didn’t quite live up to expectations. A serious lack of depth invital positions made the team rely on players playing out of position and in most caseswanting in regards to the skills required in those areas. Outside backs, tight-head prop andthe 9/10 combinations were problem areas for the team. Funding is an issue of course, butin regards to some areas, experience or lack thereof was more the case. Retention ofplayers was better than what it had been in past years so there were not too many issuesthere. At seasons end, coaching, management and players were disappointed and leftruing what could have been.

Big steps were made to remedy a team culture that had been lost in previous seasons withthe changing demographic of the team. When we looked at our squad we could see that theidentity of the team had changed from previous years. There were more young north islandplayers and more Polynesian players than what were present in previous seasons. So adecision was made to create a new culture and identity. A camp took place in pre-seasonbut looking back a longer camp would have suited more as we had to rush through theprocess.

A big focus had been put on fitness in the pre-season as we found in 2012 we were leftwanting near the end of the game. Right through club rugby the fitness aspect was pushed,but in doing so skill drills were performed but not to the same high level as it was thoughtthat the players would be drilled at club training. In hindsight, the players were probablypushed too hard and the skill level fell as they were not getting this at the club trainings.

The squad had lost some experienced players from the previous year in Jimmy Cowan,Kade Poki moving overseas, Jason Rutledge (injured) and Brayden Mitchell going toWaikato. Also Hoani MacDonald, Matt Saunders, Mark Wells and Dion Bates retiring meantdespite still having a core of experience there was a big hollowing out in some areas.Coming to the province were Hale T-Pole, David Hall (back from Northland) and WillisHalaholo. Hale was a great influence and mentor for the younger Polynesian boys and Willishad a good start to ITM rugby.

2014 saw several new coaching staff involved with the Stags. David Henderson as headcoach, was supported by assistants Hoani MacDonald and Mark Ozich with Clarke Dermodyproviding some technical input around the scrum. There were issues with Mark holding twojobs and it was felt that he needed to be full-time.

The season got off to a rocky start with 3 first up losses. The game against Tasman wasplayed without two of our more experienced players, (Tim Boys, Robbie Robinson) whichdidn’t help the situation but against Northland and Taranaki, experience and basic skill levelfailed us. The combination rejigging of the back-line due to lack of form and experiencedsaw players out of position. A good win against Waikato was marred by a poor performanceagainst Manawatu the following week. Again, attitude and young players moving away fromgame plan cost us. The tour to Bay of Plenty brought the team together and a solidperformance was put on the field.

Following that was a gutsy effort against North Harbour and a great win in Dunedin. Lack ofexperience/depth would be felt in the disappointing losses to Hawkes Bay and Counties-Manukau for the Ranfurly shield. But the team had made the Cup Semi-final and travelled toBlenheim to face Tasman. A game in which the team felt was well within their grasp. Itwasn’t to be but there were some positives to be taken out of certain areas in particular the

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set pieces that would suggest that the talent is there but consistency of performance waswanting.

In review of the season it was felt that recruitment of outside backs was paramount. Westruggled in that department on both attack and defence in 2013 with experienced playersperforming below their own high standards at times. Development in the tight-head positionis also on the going to be key. The half-back area is well catered for and both Tayler Adamsand Scott Eade have gained much needed experience from the season but more direction isneeded from whoever wears the number 10 Jersey in terms of leading the team confidentlyaround the paddock.

All in all it was a disappointing season for the province, as the 4 wins would suggest. Butthere was movement forward in the culture department which cannot be understated. Theteam was very fit but the skill level had been compromised from lack of practice in that area.With the young squad, it was felt that mental toughness is an issue that needs to beaddressed, however in saying that, valuable experience was gained by those young players,which should translate into being more comfortable in the coming season.

Key Points for 2014

Recruitment/development of outside backs and tight-head prop Culture development continued More work with Jason McKenzie around mental toughness of the group A skill based emphasis in pre-season and through-out club rugby An emphasis on nutrition and team building exercises

2 - Stags Centurion David Hall Celebrates with Stags fans after beating Otago in Dunedin

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ACADEMY REPORT

Southland Rugby’s High Performance Groups are based at our home at Rugby Park. We inthe High Performance team are charged with identifying, nurturing and developing our youngtalent both in Rugby and in Life.

The programme is split into four groups.

1. High Potential 1. Selected from the Southland Representative Under 16 team in theprevious year.

2. High Potential 2. Players that have progressed from HP 1 and other players identified.

3. Academy.

4. Girls

The High Potential Groups 1 and 2 are all boys who are at school. The focus is onintroducing players to a structured training environment, developing a knowledge of thefundamentals of training and beginning to develop an understanding of what it will take to bea successful athlete. We are mindful of the commitment these players have to theirrespective schools re academia sport, and cultural activities.

The Academy programme focuses on preparing players for the Stags ITM Cup team.

The Academy delivers education around the NZRU 6 pillar development model. Technical,Tactical, Physical, Mental Skills, Nutrition and Personal Leadership.

There is a very strong holistic approach which recognises the importance and need to growplayers for life after rugby.

All Academy players must be working or studying.

Girls

The Girl’s programme continues to grow. 2013 saw four girls in the programme. This was inthe form of technical/skill sessions.

We have an excellent relationship with the Academy Southland Talent Xcceleratorprogramme run by Jason McKenzie. Our girls attend seminars which cover off a variety oftopics. This is an exciting addition to the programme.

NZ Under 20 Selection

2013 saw Taylor Adams selected for the National Under 20’s side. Taylor attended the WorldCup in France. He must be congratulated for his hard work and dedication to hisdevelopment.

Players

HP 1 Jack Capil, Liam Howley, Josh Mackie, Shaun Stodard, Pedro Bezanilla Corte, JahvisWallace, Jim Bulitaru, Jono Hayes, Ashley Craig.

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HP 2 Dominique Collins, Anton Huisman, Michael Molloy, Sam Stewart, Jordan Stewart,Jaye Temumu Thompson.

Academy Wade McRae, Curtis Tarrant, Billy Soper, Sven Penwarden, Taylor Adams*, ScottEade*, Michael Fatialofa*, Keanu Kahukura*, Junior Ngaluafe*, Tuki Raimona*, CampbellSmith*, Aston Talia, Cardiff Vaenga*

*Denotes Southland Stag 2013.

Girls Courtney O’Callaghan, Susana Sotutu, Jacqui Chamberlain, Georgia Mason.

Management

High Performance/ Academy Manager. Peter Skelt

Skill Development Matt Saunders

Strength/Conditioning Mark Beer. Ryan Duffy (Internship from Otago University Jan/Feb),Nardine Oakes.

Nutrition Aimee Burns.

Mental Skills / Professional Development Jason McKenzie.

Physiotherapist Karl McDonald.

Rugby Southlands High Performance team works hard to ensure the qualities and valuesthat we believe are important are the qualities and values that our players on the wholeexhibit.

That is. “That Life Is Not Always About Me.”

Peter SkeltAcademy Manager

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COMMUNITY RUGBY MANAGERS REPORT

2013 saw the departure of one of the most knowledgeable and entertaining characters Rug-by Southland has had the good fortune to employ. Craig Ronald Morton or simply Mort tothose who knew him and worked with him, continues to be available to pass on the wealth ofinformation he has, despite his move to Dunedin and then to Wellington as Cricket WorldCup Match Manager. His guidance and balanced approach has been invaluable, to manystaff members as they have come to grips with new positions, none more so than myself.

The year was dominated by the ongoing competition review and the attempts to strengthenthe Premier competition. Never before has so much consultation taken place throughout therugby community and while the results may still not be satisfactory in everyone’s eyes, theprocess has been consultative and considered allowing a forum for all parties concerns andideas. Tom Conroy led the initial discussions surrounding the competition review and provid-ed a forum for open discussion and ideas. Consultation and dialogue will continue through-out 2014 in an effort to find the best solution for Southland Rugby.

Rugby Southland continues to lead the country in player participation per head of populationand also player retention and whilst we think we have problems with player numbers downhere, these are not unique to Southland and as the figures we are still punching well aboveour weight nationally. Age grade competitions continue to be strong with the main bugbearbeing the tight competition time frame caused by the four term year and statutory holidays.Two teams from Wakatipu joined our age grade competitions this year along with three Sec-ondary School Girls teams from outside the province.

2013 saw the introduction of Online player registration on a trial basis with all the secondaryschools and a number of clubs taking part. The trial proved very successful and will be fullyimplemented in 2014.

Senior competitions were extremely competitive with a number of teams in contention onlytwo weeks out from quarter and semifinals. Albion Excelsior went undefeated until the finalwhen they were rolled by Ohai Nightcaps in the Division Two competition and Te Anau re-covered from a first round loss to Bluff to go undefeated for the remainder of the seasonbeating Bluff in the final. Star held the narrowest of leads over Woodlands at the halfwaymark of the Premier competition and five of the seven teams were always in touch, Wood-lands prevailed in a close final over Star.

Sub Union Rugby was again contested over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend and whileteams struggled to pull numbers together, those that took part considered the games wellworthwhile and a number put their hands up for further honors.

Metro and Country competed in the South Island invitational competition with a number ofclose results. Country’s nail biting win over Metro helped them qualify for the final but unfor-tunately the late September Final to be played in Christchurch meant they were unable tofield a team.

The Council of Rugby Clubs and Youth Rugby Council continue to administer Club Rugbyand have been well lead by Willie Lawton, Rex Carter and a very dedicated and committed

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group of rugby people. These bodies along with the Country Rugby committee are the path-way for communication and ideas around club and sub union rugby and the delegates onthese committees should be the first point of contact for any issues. Nanette Innes acts assecretary for both the Youth Rugby Council and CORCs along with making a significant con-tribution to the draws and to age group rugby. She is no doubt one of our most highly valuedvolunteers.

To all those that have assisted over the last year with community rugby and the transitionthat has taken place with Mort leaving I offer my sincere thanks and look forward to the chal-lenges of 2014.

Don McFarlaneCommunity Rugby Manager

3 - Te Anau celebrate after winning PGG Wrightson Division 1

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REFEREE EDUCATION OFFICER REPORT

Sponsors :Rugby Southland Referees inc. would like to thank our major sponsors in 2013.

SBS Bank – Major sponsor SBS Bank and Rugby Southland Referees completedour 9th year of association in 2013.

Cruickshank Pryde – Our secondary sponsor Cruickshank Pryde have been with usfor over 25 years.

The support of our sponsors has been crucial to the growth and development of our associa-tion, and we look forward to working with them into the future.

Recruitment and Retention: Referee numbers within the 22-34 year age bracket and senior panel are now at critical

levels. “You Make the Call” secondary student course held in April gained 3 new active refer-

ees. 6 new ‘adult’ referees. Total membership at end of 2013 = 105. Target membership for 2014 = 112. Key recruits needed in 22-34 year age bracket with

potential to referee at senior level within 1-2 years. Referee Coach numbers of major concern. Referees visited Collegiate and Waikiwi Rugby Clubs during season on a Saturday night.

Referee Coaches: Referee Coach/Referee groups revised given current resources (Head Coach allocated

to each group with assistants working under head coach direction). 12 registered Referee Coaches of which a total of 126 written Coaching Reports online

in 2013. (Increase of 38 on previous year). Referee Coaches also provide verbal reports and practical coaching advice on a regular

basis. 12 Coaching (Referee Development Unit) meetings were held during the season, how-

ever attendance at meetings did not meet expectation.

Referee Training and Development: Weekly training and development meetings were held at the SBS Bank Referees Lounge

during the 2013 season – on a Thursday night. Weekly meetings were also held in Gore for referees living in the Eastern region - on a

Tuesday evening. Academy Program continued for High Performance referee development. 5 Referees

were selected into this group. Development Squad program lacked focus, however a few sessions were held through-

out the year. 10 Referees were selected into this group. Associate Referee Course held in April for Club Referees and Club AR’s

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‘You Make the Call’ introduction to refereeing course for secondary school students heldin April

Weekly fitness training sessions held every Tuesday night March-August 21 Referees passed level 1 law exam (80% or better), of which 10 passed with honours

(90% or better) 14 referees sat the NZRU Level 2 Law Exam.

Higher Honours: Keith Brown retired from International and national rugby. Keith continued to referee lo-

cally in Southland, mainly in Senior Division 2 and was well received at all venues. Michael Lash was selected into the National Referee Development Group. Michael made

his ITM Cup debut, refereeing 3 x ITM Cup games and Heartland Rugby. Other ap-poitnments for Michael included Refereeing at the National 7s and the World 1st XVChampionships in Japan.

Aaron Watt Refereed at the South Island Under 18 Tournament. Cassie Watt Refereed at the South Island Under 16 Tournament.

Referees Award Winners 2013: Ivan Paul Cup Katie Haldane

(Most Promising First Year Referee) Gordon Ferguson Memorial Trophy Josh Hamill

(Most Improved Year 2-4 Referee) Most Promising School Aged Referee Taylor Swan Pat Quirke Trophy Mike Saunders

(For Referee Coaching Excellence) Referees Life Members Cup Colin Quay

(For outstanding service) Tony Kelly Trophy Kirk Rae

(Highest Mark in Level II Law Exam) Bruce Smith Memorial Trophy MichaelHunter/Cassie Watt

(Most improved Year 5 + Referee) SBS Bank Paddy O’Brien Cup Kirk Rae

(Referee of the Year)

Rugby Smart Courses:

This course is compulsory for all referees at the beginning of each rugby season. ACC/NZRU Rugby Smart Safety Courses held during March and April – joint sessions

for Referees and Coaches. REO presented segments on the tackle area, scrum and concussion advice.

Kirk RaeReferee Education Officer

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REPRESENTATIVE RUGBY RESULTS

Southland Under 48

Dunedin Tournament

Southland 8 Canterbury Metro 15Southland 23 Otago 7Southland 28 Canterbury Country 15

Southland Under 65 KG

Dunedin Tournament

Southland 41 Canterbury Metro 26Southland 15 Otago 17Southland 47 Canterbury Country 15

Southland Under 14

Round 1 vs Otago Country. Result 10 - 23 loss.Round 2 vs Southland Development. Result 38 – 0 win.Round 3 vs South Canterbury. Result 48 – 5 win.Final vs Otago Country. Result 5 - 28 loss.

Southland Under 16 – South Island Tournament

Southland vs Nelson Bays. Result 23 – 0 win.Southland vs Canterbury Country. Result 23 – 20 win.

FinalSouthland vs Canterbury Metro. Result 3 – 54 loss.

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Southland Under 18 – South Island Tournament

Southland vs Marlborough. Result 27 – 11 win.Southland vs Canterbury Metro. Result 20 – 19 win.

FinalSouthland vs Otago. Result 22 – 12 win.

Southland Country

Southland vs Canterbury Country. Result – LossSouthland vs Southland Metro. Result – WinSouthland vs Otago B. Result – LossSouthland vs Otago Country. Result - Win

Southland Metro Seniors

Southland vs Southland Country. Result - LossSouthland vs Otago Country. Result - WinSouthland vs Otago Development. Result - Loss

Southland Secondary School Girls

Southland – 57 v Hannan Seilds District - 7Southland – 5 v Canturbury - 5Southland – 31 v Otago – 15

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GROUNDS AND FACILITIES

Rugby Park

Rugby Park was in great condition for any event that is was used for this past year. Theryegrass along with a good sound sand base has the field responding well to any harshtreatment. The Stags had a number of training sessions on Rugby Park with my approvaland I was delighted with how well it stood up to repetitive drills. The situation with grass grubappears to have disappeared and long may it continue. With the 2014 season just gettingunder way the field is quite lush with a great grass coverage and ready for another full onseason with the combination of Rugby & possibly League this year.

Oreti Park

This year seen the opposite in weather conditions with rain being pretty much the normal ifnot daily at least every 2nd day. This was very much as challenging as it is having droughtas your enemy. The fields were quite wet over the winter, spring and most of the summerwith heat as the great ingredients for growth. Unfortunately this year seen the breakdown ofthe mower and getting the fields mowed as regular was a challenge (by loaning equipmentand by hire) cutting the grass but now we have replaced with a tractor fitted with a veryreliable Rotor Cut Mower for a better finish as well as less dead grass sitting on top. You willnotice some small changes at Oreti Park with some tree trimming completed.Long time assistant groundsman Vinny Conaghan retired at Christmas and is planning ontraveling quite a lot over the next few years. On behalf of Rugby Southland I would like tothank Vinny for his fantastic work for Rugby and wish him well on touring New Zealand andthe World.

Russell ThomasGround Manager

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SEVENS

Rugby Sevens increased its profile within Southland Rugby circles during 2013.Highlights of the year included Southland Senior Men’s and Women’s teams qualifying forthe Nationals at Rotorua (first time for the Women), Marist winning the senior Club Sevensand Southland Girls High School attending the National Condor Sevens finals.Limited funding and a lack of competitive game time prior to tournaments has been identifiedby our representative sides as an area of concern.

A number of local tournaments were held during 2013 including:• Southland Senior Mens round robin – Gore, Invercargill, Tokanui• Southland Secondary Schools Girls tournament – Gore• Condor Sevens, Boys and Girls U18 – Centrepoint Park• Under 15 Boys (2 day round robintournament) – Centrepoint Park• Secondary Girls (Skills and games) – Centrepoint Park

Mens Sevens :• Qualified 2nd at South Island Tournament• Identified promising young talent including Greg Dyer, Michael Molloy, Liam Howley

and Jared Deal• Working with Southland ITM Cup Coaches to identify talent• Finished 3rd in pool at nationals (Eventual finalists Auckland and Wellington qualified

ahead)• Building national coaching relationships

Womens Sevens:• Qualified for National 7s (3rd at South Island Tournament)• No wins at Nationals, however great experience gained• Raised profile of Sevens in Southland for women• 9 players returned from 2012 squad• 13 new players in 2013 (5 made National Tournament squad)• Game experience built through preparation tournaments involving Invitational Mens

team, SGHS and Blues Women, plus Otago Women

Secondary Schools:• Girls Tournament held at Gore in March – 6 teams, winner SGHS• BNZ Condor Sevens qualifiers won by SBHS and SGHS• SGHS went to Nationals and finished in top 8• U15 Boys 2-day tournaments held in March and October

Senior Men Club Sevens:• 6 teams entered• Marist won the final on Rugby Park (ITM Cup curtain raiser)• 3 round robin events at Tokanui, Gore and Rugby Park

Pioneer Club Sevens held in February – 16 team invitational tournament

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COMMERCIAL AND SPONSORSHIP

2013 saw further significant challenges for Rugby Southland commercially. Despite a re-covery of sorts within the economy nationally and strong growth in rural sectors the localeconomy outside of some agricultural sectors remained weak and there was a level of un-certainty generated around Tiwai.

It has been widely publicized that ITM Cup unions have been struggling to generate revenueand Rugby Southland is no exception. As a result careful cost control and cautious budget-ing over past 3 seasons has been vital. This has been achieved with a good level of suc-cess.

Unfortunately 2013 saw a further erosion of the Unions commercial base in some areas con-tinuing a trend consistent across many other ITM Cup unions. The Union has however re-mained viable due to above mentioned operational savings and prudent budgeting.

A decrease in sponsorship revenue was observed across all areas aside from grass rootsrugby. This was despite the investment of increased staffing resources into this area.

Of specific and on-going concern is that Rugby Southland continues to consistently attract alower values for most sponsorship properties than other ITM Cup unions despite a relativelyhigh brand awareness, history of good crowds, higher than average TV ratings coupled withNew Zealand’s highest participation per capita figures. The statistics reinforce Southland’sstanding as a passionate Rugby loving Province with a highly engaged fan base and excel-lent levels of grass roots participation. This should indicate good value for sponsors andcommercial partners and the lack of flow through into revenue generation is a sense of frus-tration for myself and the commercial and marketing team.

2013 match day revenue was slightly up on 2012 but well down on historic levels experi-enced in the past. The small rebound was due to an extra focus on corporate hospitality andincreased sales in this area.

The highly successful era of 2005-2010 raised the expectations of the Province in terms ofwhat to expect results wise from the Stags, this along with significant negative PR generatedby the Unions financial difficulties in 2010/11 is taking time to dissipate and continues tohave a lingering effect on Rugby Southland’s revenue generation capability.

Challenges

1) Many of Southland’s major companies are export driven and see very little tangible returnto their bottom lines by investing their marketing dollar in gaining exposure locally. In sayingthis we get great support from some export based companies such as Blue River Dairy, BlueSky Meats and South Port who as good citizens of the South stand by local sporting causesand for this we are thankful.

2) Due to our size and comparatively small population Southland is characterized by smallbusinesses which have understandably limited budgets in terms of marketing/sponsorship

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these businesses also tend to be quite conservative in their marketing activity sticking to tra-ditional media. Where sponsorship is an option some businesses lack the resources and ex-pertise to take full advantage of its benefits which this puts pressure on Rugby Southland’slimited commercial and marketing man power meaning final results are sometimes muted forboth parties.

3) Southland has a propensity to over achieve in the sporting world at both professional andamateur levels. This has implications for sponsorship and funding demands as the scarceprivate sector dollar is stretched in many different directions and if not for the generous sup-port of the provinces community funders many sporting organizations would struggle to op-erate as they do today. Economically Southlands ability to support 3 professional sportingcodes long term is marginal at best hence all codes will periodically if not constantly be un-der considerable financial pressure.

Moving forward revenue generation continues to be one of the primary risks to our organisa-tion and despite the continually improving economic climate Nationally there are still plentyof hard yards ahead for Rugby Southland on this front.

Opportunities

I would like to think opportunities exist in regards to the Stags brand being used to promoteSouthland as a place to live, do business and as a tourist destination. The Stags are the re-gion’s most well-known brand, their colour our provincial colour the S on their chests some-thing we find synonymous with Southland and their media exposure significant. The cheap-est way for any Southland brand to gain significant national level brand exposure short of asuccessful publicity stunt is to partner with Rugby Southland and piggy back off low cost na-tional TV exposure. Local tourism bodies and councils do not work closely enough to withthe Union to take advantage of the relatively cheap national level exposure available for theprovince via the Stags brand and nationally this is an anomaly with many other regions part-nering with sporting teams and venues for destinational marketing.

Thank You

Rugby Southland would like to thank those people and businesses in the South andthroughout New Zealand who supported us in 2013. It was a challenging year and your sup-port along with significant input and support from Southlands community funders the Inver-cargill Licensing Trust, ILT Foundation, The Trusts Community Foundation and CommunityTrust of Southland helped us to deliver Rugby in a meaningful context to the people ofSouthland.

Mark Wilson

Commercial and Marketing Manager.

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OUR SPONSORS/PARTNERS

Community Funders:Invercargill Licensing TrustCommunity Trust of SouthlandILT FoundationTrusts Community Foundation

Major SponsorsSouthern Institute of TechnologySpeight’sCanterbury of New ZealandRothbury InsuranceREGENGJ Gardner HomesInvercargill Licensing Trust

Premier SponsorsThe Southland TimesBlue Sky MeatsThe Radio NetworkQuantum PrintRegent Cars

Official Charity’sCancer SocietyPresbyterian Support

Stags and Rugby SouthlandGatoradeR80 RugbyInvercargill Workingmen’s ClubPlaceMakersPGG WrightsonCreation SignsMcNeil DrillingSpeight’s Ale HouseSouthland Real EstateTicket DirectSubway InvercargillAWS LegalEwan Allan HondaSplash PalaceAmcal Waikiwi PharmacyQuins Gore PharmacyUSL SportMcDermott CoachlinesCrowe HorwathMcKnight and BrownBlue River DairyDeer ImprovementBlacks FastenersRicoh SouthHYNDS

Southern Steel WindowsSeales WinslowPowerNetBlue River DairySouth PortCruickshank PrydeSouthern Sports PodiatryFowler HomesThe LabBody ArmourCUE TV

Merchandise PartnersH&J SmithsSeriously Good Chocolate CoCatlins Soap Company

Event PartnersSono SoundRutledge PlumbingElmwood CateringAllied Security

Other SupportersGreen Acres Golf ClubShaun YeoSweet Brucie

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CLUB DEVELOPMENT MANAGERS REPORT

In 2013 Rugby Southland introduced into its structure the Club Development Managers role(CDM).

The purpose of the role is to strengthen club/school (community rugby) capability with afocus on delivering support through coaching and education also providing advice, guidance,planning and process support.

A Support Plan Agreement between Rugby Southland and Sport Southland wasimplemented with the purpose of meeting the following objectives:

Develop a strategy that meets Southland’s Community Rugby needs Collect all necessary baseline data Determine each clubs needs and develop a Club Support Plan Determine regional needs and incorporate into the Ruby Clubs Support Plan

A list of questions were answered by 12 clubs (a mix of rural and town clubs - Div 1, 2 andPremier) through one on one meetings with each club president covering areas of capabilitywhich included:

Planning for Success Volunteers Club Growth Developing Coaches and Officials The Game Facilities Well-being of Members

Discussions generated (from the questions/answers) provided a general picture of wheresome clubs are placed in terms of planning, systems, process, growth, support and bestpractice.

Although clubs are getting by and are surviving with the experience of some members it wasvery evident the majority had no strategic planning and did rely heavily on the experiencedfew.

Feedback received through these discussions was that most clubs were struggling andwithout asking, do require some level of support with the above seven capability points.

To assist with club capability a strategy was formulated in two parts

Part one; The Club Warrant of Fitness (WOF) Tool was introduced to identify ‘ClubCapability’. Club WOF is designed to benchmark clubs against ‘best practice; and is a self-assessment online tool that requires both honesty from the organization and anunderstanding of the questions.

A report is generated on completion of the Club WOF questionnaire providing a snapshot ofwhere the club is placed against ‘best practice’ standards.

Bench marking is great in principle; however, in reality ‘best practice’ is a long way off for themajority of Southland clubs – these finding are based on discussions with the 12 clubs.

Part two; The Rugby Southland ‘Developing Club’ Tool was developed to support outcomesfrom the Club WOF and is designed to build capability and sustainability; to identify areas of

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potential growth and recognize ‘best practice’ with the purpose to strengthen and support allaspects of the Clubs organization linking directly to the seven ‘areas of capability’(highlighted above).

The ‘Developing Club’ programme enables Rugby Southland to recognize those that achievestandards – the programme is visual and evidenced based.

Several clubs completed the ‘Club WOF’ exercise in 2013 with one club (Mataura) invited totake part in the ‘Developing Club’ programme with great success and positive outcomes.

The Mataura Club identified (early in the 2013 season) their ability to continue as a club wasat risk and closure was a high possibility.

Ensuring Mataura’s longevity, the Club engaged with Rugby Southland to develop a planand pathway on how the Club could achieve a positive outcome and what key factors wouldcontribute to the success of the Club to lift its profile, deliver on community objectives andrealise full potential.

The ‘Developing Club’ programme was modified and improved to deliver what was importantand what would add value to a Southland rural club and community.

Mataura Rugby Club has provided an invaluable insight to success, strengthening the cluband growing the link between them, local schools, the community and Rugby Southland –which could be usefully applied to support the future of other clubs in Southland.

Rugby Southland endeavors to have all Southland Rugby Clubs engage in the ‘Club WOF’assessment and with the assistance of Rugby Southland implement a plan through the‘Developing Club’ programme.

One main concern with little progress made was communication links between Clubs andclub members.

The 2013 season offered various event opportunities for clubs and club members to attendincluding courses, promotions, seminars, workshops and sponsor initiatives.

These events were promoted by Rugby Southland and other outside agencies e.g. SportSouthland – SIT etc.

Rugby Southland communicated and forwarded all relevant information advising all clubs ofthese upcoming events and promotions with very little and at times no response. Feedbackreceived from club members indicated that the information did not filter down from clubcommittee level.

The challenge for us all is to ensure information is communicated and channeled through tothe right people providing opportunity to those who wish to attend and develop.

The strength of community rugby lies with the volunteers and I would like to thank allvolunteers involved with community rugby for their great work, dedication and commitmentthrough the 2013 season and look forward to working with you again in 2014.

Mike Mannix

Club Rugby Development Manager

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YRC REPORT

Age group rugby in Southland is very healthy at the moment and this is reflected in a verysuccessful year that saw our U65kg and U18’s win their respective competitions. You onlyhave to go out to the SBHS grounds at Sandy Point on a Saturday to see the numbersplaying at primary level. It is the YRC directive to make sure ah all these numbers ofchildren stay playing rugby across all grades. We have had an issue with year 7 & 8 rugby –while it is a mixed grade in the country, some town coaches are adamant that they musthave separate U12 & U13 teams. The YRC has recommended that they combine theseteams and maybe get a Southland wide competition going. At school most sport is playedcombining these age groups and Country rep sides are proof that doing this strengthensrugby at this level. Hopefully common sense will prevail.

There are a few new faces on our council and huge thank you goes out to all those parents,coaches and council members for all the effort they put in over the last season. It has alsobeen a pleasure to see so many committed young referees coming through the system.Thank you Kirk and your team.

Rex Carter

Chairman YRC

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CUE TV SOUTHLAND WIDE CLUB RUGBY RESULTS

Played Wins Losses Draws BP Points

Placemakers Premier Galbraith ShieldRoad Safety Southland Woodlands 12 8 3 1 11 45Lone Star Star 12 8 4 0 8 40

Carlsberg Eastern Northern Barbarians 12 8 3 1 5 39Forde Auto Services Pirates Old Boys 12 8 4 0 5 37Kelvin Hotel Marist 12 7 5 0 7 35Winton's Middle Pub Midlands 12 1 10 1 2 8Road Safety Southland Blues 12 0 11 1 3 5

Semi Finals: Star defeated the Eastern Northern 25 - 15Woodlands defeated Pirates Old Boys 14 - 9

Final: Woodlands defeated Star 22 - 16

PGG Wrightson Speights Southland Wide Division 1 Round 1The Ranch Cafe Bar & Grill Te Anau 10 9 1 0 6 42Wilson Shearing-Braven Ultra Scan Wyndham 10 8 2 0 9 41Scully's Transport DLS 10 6 3 1 7 33Southport Bluff 10 6 3 1 5 31Andrews Transport Riversdale 10 6 4 0 6 30Herberts Transport Edendale 10 4 4 2 9 29Mossburn Stags 10 5 5 0 7 27Waikaka Transport/Royal Hotel Waikaka 10 4 6 0 6 22AJ Auto Electrical-Foveaux Communications Wai-kiwi 10 4 6 0 4 20Waiau Hotel Waiau Star 10 1 9 0 2 6Hokonui Rural Transport Pioneer 10 0 10 0 2 2

Competition Split into top 6 & bottom 5

PGG Wrightson Speights Division 1 ChampionshipThe Ranch Cafe Bar & Grill Te Anau 5 5 0 0 2 22Southport Bluff 5 3 2 0 3 15Andrews Transport Riversdale 5 2 3 0 4 12Scully's Transport DLS 5 2 3 0 3 11Wilson Shearing-Braven Ultra Scan Wyndham 5 1 3 1 2 8Herberts Transport Edendale 5 1 3 1 1 7

Semi Finals: Te Anau defeated DLS 54 - 5 and Bluff defeated Riversdale 22 - 12Final: Te Anau defeated Bluff 21 - 10

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PGG Wrightson Speights Division 1 PlateWaikaka Transport/Royal Hotel Waikaka 4 4 0 0 4 20AJ Auto Electrical-Foveaux Communications Wai-kiwi 4 3 1 0 2 14Mossburn Stags 4 2 2 0 1 9Hokonui Rural Transport Pioneer 4 1 3 0 2 6Waiau Hotel Waiau Star 4 0 4 0 2 2

Final: Waikaka defeated Waikiwi 49 - 29

Southland Wide Division 1 Presidents GradeSBS Bank Mataura 14 13 1 0 12 64Switzers Valley Transport Waikaia 15 13 2 0 8 60Fisher Aluminium Waikiwi 14 11 3 0 10 54The Ranch Cafe Bar & Grill Te Anau 15 8 6 1 8 42South Scan/Eastern Concrete Waikaka 15 7 8 0 8 36Silage-Balage Wyndham 14 6 8 0 9 33Mossburn Pirates Senior C 13 6 4 1 5 31Bluff 14 6 6 0 5 29Hokonui Kitchen & Joinery Pioneer 15 3 11 0 4 16Edendale 12 1 6 0 0 4A Muir Shearing Pukerau 9 0 7 0 1 1

Semi Finals: Mataura defeated Te Anau by default and Waikaia defeated Waikiwi 33 - 14Final: Mataura defeated Waikaia 46 - 13

PGG Wrightson Southland Wide Division 2Albion Excelsior 13 13 0 0 12 64Transport Services Ltd Ohai-Nightcaps 13 11 2 0 11 55Titiroa Transport Ltd Tokanui 13 11 2 0 10 54Riverton Real Estate Riverton 13 10 3 0 7 47Preston Russell Law Blues 13 9 3 0 5 41AGWELD Engineering Collegiate 13 6 7 0 11 35Sinclair Transport Top Pub Midlands 13 7 6 0 5 33Heenans Transport Woodlands 13 5 7 1 6 28Andrews Transport Balfour/Lumsden 13 5 8 0 5 25Ryal Bush Transport Central Pirates 13 4 9 0 5 21McNaughton's Transport Wrights Bush 13 4 9 0 5 21Forklifts NZ Pirates Old Boys 13 3 10 0 2 14John Mulholland Builders Ltd Marist 13 1 10 1 7 13Cleanways Star 13 1 11 0 0 4

Quarter Finals: Excelsior defaeated Woodlands 38 - 15, Ohai-Nightcaps defeated Midlands 16 - 10,Tokanui defeated Collegiate 27 - 23, and Riverton defeated Blues by default.

Semi Finals: Excelsior defeated Riverton 21 - 7 and Ohai-Nightcaps defeated Tokanui 27 - 12Final: Ohai-Nightcaps defeated Excelsior 23 -19

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Presidents Senior CForklifts NZ Pirates Old Boys 7 6 1 0 4 28Grow Bulk Excelsior 7 5 2 0 8 28Otautau Hotel Western Combined 6 4 1 0 5 21Marshall Industries Central Pirates 7 3 3 0 5 17Waxy O'Shea's Irish Pub Bluff 7 3 3 0 4 16HOAMZ Collegiate 7 3 4 0 3 15Newfield Tavern Blues All Stars 6 2 4 0 2 10Craftys Marist Hawaian Delights 7 1 6 0 1 5

Competition split top 4 and bottom 4 with Pukerau added to bottom 4 to make a bottom 5

Presidents Senior C ChampionshipGrow Bulk Excelsior 3 3 0 0 3 15Forklifts NZ Pirates Old Boys 3 2 1 0 1 9Otautau Hotel Western Combined 3 1 1 0 1 5Marshall Industries Central Pirates 3 0 3 0 1 1

Excelsior won the final pool game 28 - 18 Both teams had previously agreed that asthey were the top qualifiers the result of this game would stand as the Final.

Presidents Senior C PlateHOAMZ Collegiate 4 3 1 0 3 15Waxy O'Shea's Irish Pub Bluff 4 3 1 0 2 14Craftys Marist Hawaian Delights 4 2 2 0 4 12Newfield Tavern Blues All Stars 4 2 2 0 1 9A Muir Shearing Pukerau 4 0 4 0 0 0

Bluff defeated Collegiate 26 - 19 in the final

Southernwide Under 18 GradeFuji Xerox SBHS Blue 13 12 1 0 10 58McStay Contracting Woodlands 13 8 4 1 6 40CSC 13 7 5 1 5 35Quins Pharmacy St Peters 1st XV 7 7 0 0 6 34Leigh Murray Motor Company Pirates Old Boys 12 6 6 0 8 32Fuji Xerox SBHS Red 13 4 7 2 7 27Wakatipu 12 1 11 0 2 6SVC Gore High 2nd XV 13 1 11 0 2 6

St Peters withdrew after the 1st round and joined the Highlanders 1st XV competition.Final: SBHS Blue defeated Woodlands 21 - 13

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Southlandwide Under 16 GradeFuji Xerox SBHS Gold 12 10 2 0 12 52Brendan Shearing Contracting DLS Midlands 12 9 3 0 9 45James Hargest 12 8 4 0 9 41Fuji Xerox SBHS Blue 11 7 4 0 8 36Titiroa Transport Menzies 12 5 7 0 6 26Elders Wool St Peters 12 2 10 0 1 9Gore High 11 0 11 0 5 5

Final: SBHS Gold defeated DLS 19 - 3

Southlandwide Under 15 GradeFuji Xerox SBHS Red 8 7 1 0 8 36Fuji Xerox SBHS Blue 8 6 1 1 6 32Verdon Aurora 8 6 2 0 5 29Te Anau 8 4 3 0 8 24Lennon Contracting Ltd Gore High 8 4 3 1 5 23Fuji Xerox SBHS White 8 3 5 0 5 17James Hargest 8 3 5 0 4 16Wakatipu 8 1 6 0 5 9Heliops DLS/Midlands 8 1 7 0 4 8

Semi Finals: SBHS Red defeated Gore HS 62 - 12 and SBHS Blue defeated Verdon-Aurora 29 - 19Final: SBHS Red defeated SBHS Blue 27 - 17

Southernwide Under 14 GradeTru Test Gore High 9 9 0 0 9 45DLS Midlands 9 8 1 0 9 41Fuji Xerox SBHS Blue 9 7 2 0 8 36Fuji Xerox SBHS White 9 6 3 0 9 33Fuji Xerox SBHS Red 9 5 4 0 6 26Verdon Aurora 9 4 5 0 6 22Vet South St Peters 9 2 7 0 4 12James Hargest 9 2 7 0 2 10Tisbury Wools Menzies 9 1 8 0 3 7Riverton 9 1 8 0 1 5

Semi Finals: Gore HS defeated SBHS White 24 - 17 and DLS defeated SBHS Blue 27 - 12Final: DLS defeated Gore HS 41 - 7

Southernwide Secondary Schoolgirls GradeAMI SGHS Blue 8 8 0 0 8 40South Otago Blue 8 7 1 0 7 35Ray White Gore, Gore High 9 4 5 0 4 20Central Southland Girls 7 3 4 0 3 15AMI SGHS Red 8 1 6 0 1 5Blue Mountain Girls 6 0 6 0 0 0

Final: Southland Girls Blue defeated South Otago 36 - 7