St. Patrick’s College, Silverstream have become the first school to win the Johnny Lomax/Stephen Kearney Cup double as Wellington Under-15 and senior rugby league champions.
Today at Rugby Leauge Park, the Silverstream Under-15’s thrashed St. Pat’s Town 68-10 in the Jonny Lomax Cup final and the senior team beat Bishop Viard College 30-20 in the Stephen Kearney Cup decider.
Early on the Stephen Kearney Cup final seemed like it would be a one-sided affair. Silverstream scored three unconverted tries to skip ahead 12-0.
Centre and man of the match Sione Uvea was in imperious form scoring two tries. His second effort saw him fend off multiple defenders in a devastating 30-meter burst.
Gradually Bishop Viard worked themselves into the game on the back of a few penalties and scored their first try to make it 12-4.
New Zealand Schools rugby hooker Asafo Aumua ran 55-meters off the back off a scrum to made it 18-4, before Bishop Viard freighted the defending champions.
The Porirua based school scored two converted tries to make it 18-16.
Losi Filipo (always threatening with ball in hand), barged over to extend Silverstream’s lead before Aumua settled the result when he burst 65-meters to score. Aumua scored three tries in Wednesday’s semi-final.
Tai Manava, Austin Nansen, Raeden Mikara and Daniel Foaese-Fluety scored Bishop Viard’s tries.
In the Under-15 game Silverstream scored more than a point a minute as they blitzed a much smaller Town.
Silverstream raced out to a 28-0 lead, before Town rallied and scored two tries. The second-half was completely one-sided.
Silverstream scored 11 tries eight of which were converted by Cassius Misa.
Second-rower Luke Mannix was named man of the match. He scored two tries and impressed with his agressive hit-ups and strong tackling.
Centre Maika Fifita was full of running and scored three tries, two over the course of 50-metrers.
The Under-15 side was coached by South Sydney bound Tarquinn Alatipi who also played in the senior final.