25th National Deaf Rugby Championships 2018

At Linfield Park, Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand

Results

Southern Zone draw Central Zone 36 - 0 halftime 14 - 0
Southern scores Tries: Phillip King (2), Ashley Bensley (2), Murray Spears Jr, Henry Tangiwai-Scott
Conversions: Herbie Agnew (3)
Central scores Nil.  
Player of the Match Toby Agnew (Southern) and Matt Hollis (Central)
Southern Zone beat Northern Marlins 24 - 12 halftime 10 - 5
Southern scores Tries: Brent Harborne (2), Ashley Bensley, Darren Ropata
Conversion: Herbie Agnew (2)
Northern scores Try: James Copeland, Wiremu Ellis
Conversion: James Copeland
Player of the Match Maara Tuare (Southern) and James Copeland (Northern)
Central Zone beat Northern Marlins 31 - 29 halftime 7 - 19
Central scores Tries: Matt Hollis (2), Darryl Alexander, Theo Waterhouse, Henry Schuster
Conversion: Darryl Alexander (3)
Northern scores Try: Kupa Parker (2), Tama Albert, Tutu Timiiti
Conversion: James Copeland (3)
Penalty goal: James Copeland
Player of the Match Matt Hollis (Central) and Tama Albert (Northern)

Leader Scores

Player Tries Conversions Penalty goals Dropped goal Points
James Copeland (N) 1 4 1 - 20
Ashley Bensley (S) 3 - - - 15
Darryl Alexander (C) 1 3 - - 11
Phillip King (S) 2 - - - 10
Brett Harbourne (S) 2 - - - 10
Matt Hollis (C) 2 - - - 10
Kupa Parker (N) 2 - - - 10
Herbie Agnew (S) - 5 - - 10
Murray Spears Jnr (S) 1 - - - 5
Henry Tangiwai-Scott (S) 1 - - - 5
Darren Ropata (S) 1 - - - 5
Henry Schuster (C) 1 - - - 5
Theo Waterhouse (C) 1 - - - 5
Wiremu Ellis (N) 1 - - - 5
Tama Albert (N) 1 - - - 5
Tutu Timiiti (N) 1 - - - 5

Most Valuable Player of the National Deaf Rugby Inter-Zonal Championship 2018:

Matt Hollis – (Central)

The Best of the Tournament:

Kupa Parker (Northern)

Darryl Alexander (Central)

Maara Tuare (Southern)

Trophy Competition Points:

1. Pre Match

Appearance, Punctuality, Sprigs, Team Sheet, General Behaviour

2. Sportsmanship 

Discipline, Control of Captain, Language, General Attitude Etc, "Sin Bin" Penalise under NZDRU rule.

3. Law Knowledge and Acceptance of Decisions

Central Zone 50 Points 1st Place
Southern Zone 39 Points 2nd Place (1 yellow card)
Northern Marlins 32 Points 3rd Place (1 yellow card)

National Deaf Rugby XV Record by the players

Most points in all matches 169 Darryl Alexander (Northern/Southern/Central) 2001-2003, 2005-2011, 2014-2018
Most tries in all matches 17 Theo Waterhouse (Central) 1999-2010, 2012-2013, 2016. 2018
Most conversions in all matches 38 Darryl Alexander (Northern/Southern/Central) 2001-2003, 2005-2011, 2014-2018

Individual Scoring Players at updated to 2018

  Tries Cons Penalty Dropped Total
Darryl ALEXANDER 12=60 38=76 11=33 - 169
Theo WATERHOUSE 17=85 28=56 9=27 - 168

After the Tournament as updated at 2nd April 2018, Archive NZDRU as copyright.

Deaf Blacks model