MAGS Rugby players help NZSS teams win Trans-Tasman Series

By March 11, 2017Sports News
MAGS Captain Waimana Riedlinger-Kapa took the field for NZSS against Fiji, along with Rob Cobb and Caleb Clarke.

 

Read the Stuff.co.nz story on Niven Longopoa and the MAGS players here

Both NZSS Rugby teams won all their games against Australia and Fiji in the last week of the holidays, helped by five members from Mount Albert Grammar.

MAGS Captain Waimana Riedlinger-Kapa, Caleb Clarke, Robert Cobb and Paul Roache were selected for the NZSS team, while Niven Longopoa played for the Barbarians.

In the first games on Monday, 3 October, hosted by MAGS, the Barbarians beat Australia 28-17, followed by an NZSS victory over a feisty Fiji side 45-19, including a try by Caleb Clarke.

On Saturday, 8 October, the two sides swapped opponents at Auckland Grammar School. NZSS beat Australia 32-22 and the Barbarians defeated Fiji 46-20.