This week in pass it on.......

Senior Games this week 2

Junior Games this week 3

Game Reviews 4

Leaders Boards 6

Game Development 8

State of Origin 12

WRL Calendar 13

WRL Rep Camp July Holidays 14

Family & Community 15

Culture of Excellence 16

Our Partners 17

NZ Super League deal 18

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Well it sure is winter time in Wellywood as if you didn’t know. Rain all last week restricted fields to just 1 match for those that were open and unfortunately that impacted on all our junior grades and the Women’s. For the senior games that went ahead it certainly made for some interesting matches and would have kept the club laundry per-sonal very busy. The wins by the Vikings, Randwick and Te Aroha have kept the log jam at the top of the premier competition and with the match ups this week we could again see a new leader at the top. The Vikings lead the way in premier reserves still undefeated whilst St George are right inside the top 4 which is great to see. In the Senior First the top 6 have already been decided with 1 round to play and a new draw next week will see them break into Senior 1st and Senior 2nd for the remainder of the year. Good to see 2 new teams in Kapiti and Trentham right up there in the top 6. The pressure will be on all teams to start hitting their straps and finding form as we head toward the business end of the sea-son. Many events being worked on by the staff in the office along with support from our volunteers as we move closer to the finals and the representative season. The Pacific Cup will take a different format this year and the Stephen Kearney Cup will be played all in term 3. We have a number of development camps coming up as well including the WRL holiday camp, the NZRL 16s & 18s camp and the WRL 15s & 17s Hearts Camp. Welcome home to Bernie Wood. Bernie has been in hospital recovering from some major surgery over the last month and it is great to see him back home. He will be writing again for us next week with his “Blast from the Past’ column. Enjoy the footy this weekend and GO THE BLUES!!!!

DINGO

Administration wrl@wrl.org.nz

General Manager

Jason Hemson Jason@wrl.org.nz

Community Development Manager Alex Smits alex@wrl.org.nz

Development Officer

Matt Everitt matt@wrl.org.nz

WRL Photographer Daryl New

Saturday 18th

June

Premiers (all games 2.30pm)

Porirua Vikings v Randwick Kingfishers, Ascot Park; St George Dragons v University Hunters, Cannons Creek Park; Petone Panthers v Te Aroha Eels, McEwan Park; Upper

Hutt Tigers v Wainuiomata Lions, Whakatiki Street.

Reserves (all games 1pm)

Porirua Vikings v Randwick Kingfishers, Ascot Park; St George Dragons v University Hunters, Cannons Creek Park; Petone Panthers v Te Aroha Eels, McEwan Park; Upper Hutt Tigers v

Wainuiomata Lions, Whakatiki Street.

Senior 1st

(all games 1pm unless stated)

Porirua v Trentham, Ascot Park 2; Titahi Bay Marlins v St George, Cannons Creek 2; Kapiti v Harbour City, Mathews Park; Randwick Gold v Te Aroha, Naenae Park; Wainuiomata v Petone,

Wise Park, Titahi Bay Phoenix v Randwick Blue, 2.30pm Cannons Creek Park 2.

Women’s Premiership

Sunday 19th

June

Randwick v Harbour City, 1pm Naenae Park; Petone v Porirua, 2.30pm, Naenae Park; Te Aroha BYE.

Upper Hutt premier side after beating St George at Cannons Creek.

Saturday 18th June Sixes (all games 9.30am unless stated) Porirua Maroon v Kapiti, Ascot Park, Mini 1; Porirua Gold v St George, Ascot Park,10.20am, Mini 1; Harbour City v Petone, Ascot Park, Mini 2; Wainuiomata v Te Aroha, 10am, Wise Park, Mini 1. Sevens (all games 10am unless stated) Porirua Maroon v Kapiti, 9.30am, Ascot Park, Mini 3; Porirua Gold v St George, 10.20am, Ascot Park, Mini 3; Wainuiomata Black v Te Aroha, Wise Park, Mini 2; Wainuiomata Green v Randwick, Wise Park, Mini 3; Petone BYE. Eights Porirua Maroon v Porirua Green, 9.30am, Ascot Park, Mini 4; Harbour City v Te Aroha, 10.20am, Ascot Park, Mini 4. Nines (all games 9.30am unless stated) Porirua Maroon v Petone, 10.20am, Ascot Park, Field 3a; Porirua Gold v St George, Ascot Park, Field 3a; Wainuiomata Black v Randwick Blue, Wise Park, Field 3a; Wainuiomata Green v Randwick Green, 10.20am, Wise Park, Field 3a. Tens (all games 10.20am unless stated) Porirua v St George, 9.30am, Ascot Park, Field 2; Harbour City v Kapiti, Martin Luckie, Field 2; Wainuiomata v Te Aroha, Wise Park, Field 2. Elevens (all games 9.30am unless stated) Porirua v St George Red, 10.20am, Ascot Park, Field 2; Harbour City v St George White, Martin Luckie, Field 2; Wainuiomata v Randwick, Wise Park, Field 2. Sunday 19th June Twelves Wainuiomata v Kapiti, 11.00am, McEwen Park, Field 1; Petone v St George, 12 pm, McEwen Park, Field 1; Te Aroha v Porirua, 11am, Te Whiti Park, Field1. Thirteens (all games 11am) Harbour City v Porirua, Martin Luckie, Field 1; Wainuiomata v Randwick, 12.20pm, Martin Luckie, Field 1; St George BYE. Fourteens Upper Hutt v Randwick, 1.40pm, Whakatiki Street, Field 2; Wainuiomata v Porirua Green, 12.20pm, Whakatiki Street, Field 2; Porirua Maroon v Kapiti, Whakatiki Street, Field 1. Fifteens TA/Wainuiomata v Randwick, 11am, Te Whiti Park, Field 2; Harbour City v Porirua, 12.20pm, Te Whiti Park, Field 2; St George BYE. Seventeens (all games 12.20pm unless stated) Porirua Green v Wainuiomata, Ascot Park, Field 1; Upper Hutt v Randwick, Whakatiki Street, Field 1; Harbour City v Porirua Maroon, 11am, Martin Luckie, Field 2. Nineteens Harbour City v Porirua, 12.30pm, Martin Luckie, Field 2; Te Aroha v Wainuiomata, 12.20pm, Te Whiti Park, Field 1.

Vikings on top Porirua 22-Wainuiomata 18 A late try catapulted Porirua to the top of the table with a bruising 22-18 win over Wainuiomata at Wise Park on Saturday. Porirua kept their composure late in the game and benefited from Wainuiomata’s ill-discipline which saw them reduced to twelve men for the final ten minutes. Maa Patafilo was the hero for the visitors, sneaking over from dummy half with just minutes remaining. Heavy conditions resulted in a physical forward battle although there were flashes of brilliance, the best being when Porirua fullback Johnny Teleaga burst through the line and chipped ahead for winger Cain Kaleopa to score and setup a grandstand finish. Earlier, Wainuiomata captain Matt Everitt inspired his team, having a hand in all three Wainuiomata tries, scoring two and setting up the other as they led 18-12 going into the final quarter. Daniel Beswick

Randwick 42, Petone 0 A tactic to keep hounding the Petone defence on the left side paid off in big dividends as the Randwick Kingfishers gained one of their biggest wins over the Petone Panthers in recent years at Naenae Park. Randwick’s big forward pack outmuscled the Petone forwards and with better ball control in the trying conditions laid the platform. The first half was in sharp contrast to the second spell as Randwick put on three tries to lead 14-nil at the break, before opening the offence up to maximum effect with some fine play out wide with its wing Ted Sola reaping in two tries. The blue and gold defence was also equally as staunch and never allowed the Panthers to encroach over the line at any stage, even when they threatened to do so a few times early in the second half. As mightily as they tried, it was never going to be an easy game for the Panthers as they went in with four key players out, causing four reserve grade players to step up from the interchange bench and serve as rookies in trying overhead and ground conditions. Carey Clements

Te Aroha 18-University 10 Te Aroha fullback Jarrod Wilson had an outstanding game in the arm wrestle at Whakatiki St. The Eels led 12-10 at halftime and were the only scorers of the second half with a late converted try to wrap up the game. The University side were right in the match all the way with debutant back rower Chris Evans the standout player topping the tackle count and making powerful runs in the sticky mud. Peter Gubb was another of the Hunters top performers. The young Te Aroha side enjoyed the experience of player/coach Denzil Hokianga as he guided the team and kept their composure in trying conditions. Upper Hutt 26, St George 20 A converted try to the big Upper Hutt prop Ben Manu three minutes from fulltime finally allowed the Tigers to celebrate something in their 50th jubilee year with a pulsating win over the Dragons at the Cannons Creek ground. In very muddy conditions that was always going to serve as a leveller between the two sides, the clash as expected between the bottom two sides was close throughout, with St George having slightly the upper hand at halftime with a close 14-10 lead. The margin could and should have got bigger for the Dragons as Upper Hutt were down two players at the same time at one stage in the second half for players not using their arms in the tackle. However as much as St George tried to capitalise, Upper Hutt stood firm by conceding just one try during this period. One of those players sin binned was Manu, so in a way it was appropriate that he was able to redeem himself by scoring the match winning try when the scores were locked up at 20-all. Upper Hutt was well served in this game through some fine positional play by fullback Ben Henderson along with hard graft by standoff Conrad Simon and prop Costa Paea, while second-row James Foua starred for the Dragons with some fine committed offensive and defensive play. Carey Clements

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1 PORIRUA VIKINGS 9 7 2 0 0 0 362 178 184 14

2 WAINUIOMATA LIONS 9 6 2 1 0 0 224 168 56 13

3 RANDWICK KINGFISHERS 9 6 3 0 0 0 352 148 204 12

4 PETONE PANTHERS 9 6 3 0 0 0 250 192 58 12

5 TE AROHA EELS 9 6 3 0 0 0 212 198 14 12

6 UPPER HUTT TIGERS 9 2 7 0 0 0 138 438 -300 4

7 UNIVERSITY HUNTERS 9 1 7 1 0 0 206 280 -74 3

8 ST GEORGE DRAGONS 9 1 8 0 0 0 208 350 -142 2

POS TEAM P W L D B FF For Ag GD Pts

1 PORIRUA VIKINGS 9 9 0 0 0 0 524 130 394 18

2 RANDWICK KINGFISHERS 9 7 2 0 0 0 476 164 312 14

3 ST GEORGE DRAGONS 9 5 3 1 0 0 276 232 44 11

4 WAINUIOMATA LIONS 9 5 4 0 0 0 260 264 -4 10

5 TE AROHA EELS 9 4 3 2 0 0 242 260 -18 10

6 UNIVERSITY HUNTERS 9 3 5 1 0 0 208 268 -60 7

7 PETONE PANTHERS 9 1 8 0 0 0 154 374 -220 2

8 UPPER HUTT TIGERS 9 0 9 0 0 1 70 518 -448 0

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1 RANDWICK GOLD SNR 1ST 2011 10 10 0 0 0 0 602 130 472 20

2 KAPITI COAST BEARS SNR 1st 2011 9 8 1 1 0 0 390 154 236 17

3 PORIRUA VIKINGS SNR 1ST 2011 9 7 2 1 0 0 372 194 178 15

4 TRENTHAM TITANS SNR 1st 2011 10 7 3 0 0 0 338 234 104 14

5 TITAHI BAY Phoenix SNR 1st 2011 10 6 4 0 0 0 344 266 78 12

6 TITAHI BAY MARLINS SNR 1ST 2011 10 6 4 0 0 0 242 286 -44 12

7 PETONE PANTHERS SNR 1st 2011 10 4 5 1 0 0 230 396 -166 9

8 TE AROHA EELS SNR 1st 2011 10 4 6 0 0 0 300 339 -39 8

9 WAINUIOMATA LIONS SNR 1st 2011 10 3 7 0 0 1 239 312 -73 6

10 RANDWICK BLUE SNR 1ST 2011 10 1 7 2 0 0 216 375 -159 4

11 HARBOUR CITY EAGLES SNR 1st 2011 10 1 9 0 0 0 170 467 -297 2

12 ST GEORGE DRAGONS SNR 1st 2011 10 0 9 1 0 0 214 504 -290 1

POS TEAM P W L D B FF For Ag GD Pts

1 RANDWICK KINGFISHERS Women

2011 4 4 0 0 2 0 322 0 322 8

2 PETONE PANTHERS Women 2011 6 4 2 0 0 0 150 140 10 8

3 TE AROHA EELS Women 2011 5 2 3 0 1 0 166 148 18 4

4 PORIRUA VIKINGS Women 2011 5 2 3 0 1 0 88 264 -176 4

5 HARBOUR CITY EAGLES Women 2011

4 0 4 0 2 1 14 188 -174 0

Upper Hutt Leadership Through League Festival

13CSL – Leadership through

League Programme

During the month of May, our Year 13 Community Sports and Leadership class took part in a programme organised by Wellington Rugby League. The programme ran for 5 weeks and required us to coach 6 different primary schools around Upper Hutt. For three weeks we travelled to Primary schools and coached up to 100 students at a time the basic skills of Flag League. At the end of the coaching programme we organised and ran a tournament for 12 teams. The tournament went very well and our whole class really enjoyed the experience. I personally enjoyed the League course and learnt a lot from it, including how to be an Event Manager. On behalf of my class, I would like to thank Wellington Rugby League for making it all possible. Holly Rausch

Last week saw the end of the Leadership

Through League Program out at Upper Hutt

College, the program came to a close with the

students hosting a 3 and half hour tournament

which was won by St. Joseph’s school in extra

time over Oxford Crescent School. Over the

entire program the Upper Hutt College

students held high standards of coaching &

professionalism that did them, and their school

proud. They ran the festival very well, which

seemed to be enjoyed by all who attended and

participated. The Primary schools that took part

in the program were; St Joseph’s, Oxford

Crescent, Upper Hutt, Trentham, Birchville and

Totara Park.

Matt Everitt

Orcas 18’s/20’s seeking a Head Coach and Manager

The Orcas 18’s have games scheduled against Penrith and Canberra in the October school holidays. The 20’s will play against the Warriors Toyota Cup team in Wellington 2012. Applications will be considered either for the 18’s or 20’s or as a package. Please send your application to Jason Hemson – General Manager, Wellington Rugby League. Email: jason@wrl.org.nz or fax 04 5600 400 or Post: Wellington Rugby League ,PO Box 38285 Wellington Applications should include a covering letter and a coaching CV

Applications close on the 31st of June

Stephen Kearney Cup Selection seeking a Head Coach and Manager

The Stephen Kearney Cup is a highlight in the Wellington Rugby League calendar. With 17 Secondary School playing there is a huge talent pool to select from. Earlier this year a Stephen Kearney Cup selection played against the Warriors Development Squad as a curtain raiser for the Warriors preseason match in Rotorua. We are currently working through the planning for 2011’s fixtures which will include a match against the Warriors Development and possibly matches against Secondary School Selections from other districts. Please send your application to Jason Hemson – General Manager Wellington Rugby League. Email: jason@wrl.org.nz or fax 04 5600 400 or Post: Wellington Rugby League ,PO Box 38285 Wellington Applications should include a covering letter and a coaching CV Applications close on the 31st of June

Hearts Camp 24th

of July

In partnership with the NZRL the 15’s and 17’s will have a trial at the Hearts Camp. The purpose of the Hearts Camp is for NZRL to

brief the players on what is required to play at the national level. Players will go through physical testing, attend workshops on drugs

and alcohol as well a workshop presented by Kiwis Legend and Warriors Recruitment Manager, Dean Bell on what it takes to be a

professional player in the NRL.

WRL Holiday Programs July School Holidays

WRL Development Officer Matt Everitt is busy planning a schedule for the July School Holidays. The plan is to host one in Porirua during week one of the holidays and one in the Hutt Valley during week two. The camps are designed for aspiring league players will be run over a week for 5 hours per day. Sessions will include, physical, tactical, goal setting, nutritional and lifestyle workshops. As the camps lead up to the hearts camp they will provide the ideal platform for players preparing for the rep trials.

Refer to the poster on page 15 for details

Aotea College Year 12’s – Leadership through League Review Last week saw the conclusion of Aotea College’s Year 12 Leadership through League (LTL)program. LTL is a flexible program and can be delivered in various formats. The difference with this program was that instead of coaching Primary School students the college students coached students from Year 9 from their own college. With only 3 years difference in ages this proved a completely different dynamic. The College coaches had to be on the ball from right from the beginning otherwise they could lose the respect of the year 9 students. As it turned out it wasn’t a problem with the Aotea College students showing maturity beyond their years and delivered some well received coaching sessions. Celia Fleck Head of PE at Aotea College and teacher of the Year 12 group was particularly impressed by the program, “The program gave the Year 9 students an opportunity to see what they could be involved in for Senior PE, it provided an opportunity to see positive role modeling from senior students and form positive relationships with the younger students while the students gained new knowledge and the skills of Flag League,” Celia said. She went on to say that the experience was valuable for her senior students to give them an idea of future career options as some of the students spoke afterwards about the idea of potentially becoming teachers or looking for a career in sport development. To conclude the program the students managed a interclass tournament over two lessons. The competition was fierce (especially for the Teachers on the sideline!!) Richard Anderton’s class 9La eventually came out on top as winners in golden point extra time!! Alex Smits

NEWSFLASH

12’s Coach required for Futures Tournament in October

Please send applications to Jason Hemson, General Manager,

Wellington Rugby League. Email-jaosn@wrl.org.nz or ax 04 5600400

Post-PO Box 38285 Wellington Applications should include a covering

letter & coaching CV

Supplied by Dan Floyd NZRL

LEADERSHIP through LEAGUE

Stokes Valley/ Taita Primary SchoolRugby League Competition A great to start to the Stokes Valley/ Taita Primary School Rugby League Competition.

The games were awesome and played in great spirits, both on and off the field.

RESULTS : DRAW ROUND 4:

Field Team Field Team

1 St. Michaels- 36 V Taita Central- 12 1 Pomare V St. Michaels

2 Pomare- 30 V Koraunui- 12 2 Koraunui V Taita Central

ALL GAMES KICK OFF AT 3.30pm @ Pomare Primary School

THANKS: A big thanks to Chris and Pomare School staff for hosting the competition, and for their time ensuring our pitches where

set up and marked. Also a big thank you to those who are coaching teams and helping them get to Pomare to play the great game of

Rugby League.

The wet sodden ground didn’t dampen anyones enthusiasm with some great League played at the Kura. Rangikura and St Pius had a great match that ended in a 20 all draw – a great result for Rangikura. Tairangi bounced back from last week’s defeat to beat Corinna who had a massive game the week before. Just to show that winning isn’t everything. The result of the round went to Cannons Creek. Even though they lost to a very good Holy Family team the improvement that they have demonstrated has been immense and their team work and spirit was outstanding. Their coach Duncan Murray was incredibly proud of their efforts and so he should be!!

RESULTS : ROUND 3: Thursday 9th July DRAW ROUND 4: Thursday 16th July Field Team Field Team Referee

1 Holy Family 20 v Cannons Creek 8 1 Rangikura v Cannons Creek Charles

2 Rangikura 20 v St Pius 20 2 Holy Family v Tairangia Antz

3 Tairangi 38 v Corinna 12 3 St Pius v Corinna Jason

ALL GAMES KICK OFF AT 3.45pm at Te Kura Maori

DRIVE SAFE – PLAY SAFE

PORIRUA PRIMARY SCHOOLS

LEAGUE COMPETITION

Registrations Open for National

Secondary Schools Tournament

The National Secondary Schools Rugby League Tournament will be held at Bruce Pulman Park in Papakura in 2011. The tournament is a New Zealand Rugby League event sanctioned by the New Zealand Secondary School Sports Council, and is governed by the International Rules and Regulations. This is a fantastic opportunity for schools to take part in a National competition. This tournament is to be televised through a highlights package to be featured on

Sky TV.

Where: Papakura, Auckland When: 22nd - 25th August, 2011 What: 2011 National Secondary Schools Rugby League Tournament For more information & a registration form visit www.nzrl.co.nz

6th July Intermediate Challenge Cup

24th July Hearts Camp

30th July Semi Finals commence

13th August Senior Grand Final Day

14th August Junior Grand Final Day

27th August NPP commences

22nd September Stephen Kearney Cup commences

24th September Lightning League –Wellington Secondary Schools

Girls Tournament

Sat 15th & Sun 16th Oct Futures Tournament (DATE CHANGE)

12th November Stephen Kearney Cup Grand Final

18th November WRL Awards Dinner

9th December WRL Golf Classic

10th & 11th December Storm Camp

Peter Jackson auditions for the role of Gimli

the dwarf for the Hobbit. We believe our very

own Roger Burt was the first applicant.

14-17 years 10am-3pm

Our Randwick juniors (ages 13-17) have been part of a programme called HEHA Early Morning Sacrifice training, this is held every Tuesday morning at 6am, this runs for 10 weeks and we are now halfway through the training programme. After every training

session, we provide the kids with a healthy breakfast and lunch for them to take to school. This programme is not only teaching the kids to be disciplined in training and what it would be like to be a professional sportsperson (ie. trainings), but also emphasising the importance of eating healthy meals to give them energy during the day. HEHA (Healthy Eating - Healthy Action) has generously sponsored the food portion of the programme which has helped us a lot, but we would like to raise funds to reward the kids for their dedication to the programme. We are running two lotto bonus fundraisers to help with this: $20.00 a ticket and 40 numbers - the first draw will be on 18/06/11 the 2nd on 02/07/11. Prizes are $100 for the bonus number, $50 for the number either side of the bonus and $50.00 for the first four numbers drawn. Please email Tarsh on this address if you are interested in purchasing a number (or two) for either draws, or text/call on 0274260990. Thank you for your support

The Wainuiomata Rugby League club would like to

acknowledge the Gas Hub, New World Wainuiomata,

Dawn Bake Bakery and the Cameron Harrison butchery deli for their product and sponsorship support for the club during the

NZ Women’s Nationals tournament on 4th & 5th June.

And also a heads up, the Wainuiomata Lions for their last 3 premier home games (which start on

25 June) will have some of its mini's and mod's on the entry gates with buckets collecting a gold coin donation that will go towards Wainuiomata Junior

rugby league. The junior committee has asked that the club support this fundraising

initiative and we do.

If you have any questions regarding any of the above please call Simon on 4962160 to

discuss.

NEW ZEALAND RUGBY LEAGUE

SMOKEFREE PHILOSOPHY

New Zealand Rugby League is committed to removing smoking from our sport by establishing a

Smokefree policy for people to respect and enjoy.

We are Smokefree because:

in the game of Rugby League and being

Smokefree is a positive health choice for each of us to make. • It helps us feel good socially, emotionally and physically, especially during a game of Rugby League. • It supports our team-mates and friends who want to give up smoking. • It supports our friends who don’t smoke in the club and on the sideline as it provides healthy

environments for all to enjoy.

Having role models (players, coaches and

administrators) who are Smokefree encourages

our tamariki (children) to choose not to smoke. • It protects our tamariki from the harmful effects of people smoking around them at the game and especially in the clubrooms.

Rugby League is all about good health and active lifestyles

and smoking has no part to play. Please respect our Smokefree Philosophy.

If you choose to smoke, please do so outside our Smokefree areas.

Remind smokers not to light up in our Smokefree areas . . . be supportive – tobacco addiction is a powerful thing.

Kia Tu Tangata, Kia Auahi Kore

Wellington Rugby League would like to thank the following organisations

for their continued support. The funding and contributions they provide are

vital to the on going growth and development of our game at all levels.

We encourage all our supporters to support our sponsors when ever

possible. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of Wellington Rugby

League please contact jason@wrl.org.nz in the first instance.

New website for

NZ Masters

www.mastersofrugbyleague.co.nz