Rugby 7s for Year 7s

The Rugby 7s for Year 7s competition was held on Friday, February24, at Brisbane Water Secondary College Woy Woy Campus.

Around 180 13-year-old Central Coast boys from 13 high schools each played at least six games of Rugby 7s in contest of the inaugural Jesse Parahi Cup.

Jesse, an Avoca Beach Junior and former Kincumber High student, is a current member of the Australia 7s squad.

Jesse was present on the day and presented trophies and signed autographs.

"It so good to see so many students playing rugby on the Coast and to think not too long ago that was me," said Jesse.

"Fulfilling my dream of representing my country in rugby will hopefully inspire the next batch of Central Coast rugby players to maybe strive to be future Olympians in our Rugby 7s program," he said.

St Edward's College were the eventual winners of the Cup with the winning try scored in the last seconds of the match against Brisbane Water Umina Campus.

Email, 27 Feb 2012 Michael Magriplis, Australian Rugby Union