The 2nd XV played their first grading game against Hamilton Boys’ High School on Saturday.
In the first half, our mobile forward back and structured back play proved too much for HBHS and we held a 17-7 lead playing into the wind - courteously of tries to winger Michael Walker, prop Angus Kelly and strong-running fullback Aidan O'Connor. With a huge playing squad, we changed seven of the forward pack at half time and HBHS came back strongly, scoring two tries. The eventual 20-19 winning score-line did not do justice to the dominance St Paul’s exerted on attack and reflected more our occasional weaknesses on defence. Player of the Day was inspirational No. 8 and Captain, David O’Rourke.
