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Nelson 24 Waimea Old Boys 21; Marist 40 Stoke 15; Wanderers 28 Kahurangi 22; Renwick 29 Moutere 12; Waitohi 26 East Coast 17.

To successfully host the first ever All Blacks Test in Nelson, and to provide a memorable experience for a crowd of over 21,000 fans, stands totalling an additional 14,000 seats have been ordered from Auckland to arrive in Nelson in May.

The best player in this season’s NPD Tasman Trophy will now pick up the NPD Tasman Trophy Player of the Year Medallion.

Last Saturday's rugby is the best part of my role - the start of the 2018 season for all those players under 18. It was fantastic to move around various grounds and see the incredible work done by club volunteers who ensure that the 6-year-olds in their first year of rugby to the newly caped 1st XV player is enjoying and having fun playing the best game available for all shapes and sizes.

East Coast 37 Renwick 19; Waitohi 35 Central 30; Marist 20 Nelson 17; Stoke 29 Kahurangi 19; Waimea Old Boys 25 Wanderers 8.

Nelson College retain the Moascar Cup with a 37 - 12 win over St Andrew's College; Marlborough Boys College 65 v Mid-Canterbury Combined 28; St Thomas 44 v Waimea Combined 10.

Hawkes Bay HP XV 31 v Tasman HP XV 22 (Tries: Tomas Aoake 2, Anty Burnett, Jack Grooby; Con: Willi Havili)

The best player in this season’s NPD Tasman Trophy will now pick up the NPD Tasman Trophy Player of the Year Medallion.

This Saturday, May 5 is the start of every JAB and Age Grade rugby player’s dream - the 2018 Rugby Season kicks off. Every young girl and boy will go to bed on Friday night wanting it to be the morning. I can remember many years ago going to Kettle Park in Dunedin as an eight year to learn the basic skills of rugby - catch & pass, tackle, serve & step and team work.

Tasman HP XV: 1 Kershawl Sykes-Martin (Nelson), 2 Brendan Asomua-Goodman (Nelson), 3 Blair Prinsep (Stoke), 4 Mike Curry (Moutere), 5 Caleb Havili (Marist), 6 Vernon Fredericks (Moutere), 7 Anty Burnett (Stoke), 8 Isaiah Miller (Nelson); 9 Ben Finau (Moutere), 10 Willy Havili (Nelson), 11 Tomas Aoake (Stoke), 12 Mike Vaeno (Renwick), 13 Nick Foxley (Nelson), 14 Rupena Parkinson (Stoke), 15 Tima Faingaanuku (Nelson). Bench: 16 Sam Moli (Marist), 17 Ryan Coxon (Wanderers), 18 George Tuineau (Waitohi), 19 Te Ahiwaru Cirikidaveta (Stoke), 20 Jacob Norris (Marist), 21 Hugo Nankivell (Stoke), 22 Jack Grooby (Stoke), 23 Tim O’Malley (Waitohi), 24 James Hawkey (Marist), 25 Caleb Coventry (Waimea Old Boys).