NZSS Touch Tournament; December 2025

In December we went to our 16^th national tournament with high hopes of doing well. Pool play went well (despite the scorching heat) with us winning all four of our five games to place 2nd in our pool and reach the top 16 group phase. In this, we won one of our three games, just missing out on the cup quarter-finals after a narrow loss to Thames High School 4-6. From that point we were playing to finish as high as possible in the play-off games that remained. We lost our quarter final in a drop-off 6-7 to Taieri College, bounced back with a win against Morrinsville College and then played Mt. Maunganui High School for 13^th/14^th place. This game was officially recorded as a draw after some off field controversary.

To finish 13^th in New Zealand out of 43 schools was still a fantastic result and inspiration for 2026.

NZSS 2025 Recap 

Pool Play 

vs Coromandel Area School WON 8-4 

vs James Cook High School WON 5-2  

vs Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Huiarau DREW due to weather abandoning match 

vs Whakatane High School WON 12-2

vs Rolleston College LOST 8-9 

Top 16 Group Phase

vs Manukura LOST 4-9  

vs Morrinsville College WON 5-3

vs Thames High School LOST 4-6

Placing Finals  

vs Taieri College LOST 6-7 (drop-off) Quarter-final 

vs Morrinsville College WON 7-5 Semi-final 

vs Mt Maunganui College DREW 4-4 13^th/14^th placing

Final Placing: 13th in NZ 

Article added: Monday 02 February 2026