Gisborne First XV on the road for Super 8 opener

May 24 2024 Updated May 24, 2024

Ben O’Brien-Leaf

5 min read

Quaydon Chaffey-Kora (with ball) will be starting in the No 10 jersey for Gisborne Boys' High School in what is expected to be a huge test when they face Palmerston North Boys' High in the opening round of the Super 8 secondary schools First XV rugby competition in Palmerston North. Photo / Paul Rickard

Palmerston North’s big forwards in freezing mud at home have always been a hump to get over.

And on Saturday at 12pm, the Gisborne Boys’ High School First XV play PNBHS in their Super 8 opener in conditions likely to test stamina and technique to the limits of human endurance.

The head coaches of both teams - Duane Hihi, in his third year at the helm for GBHS and Dan Turnock, four seasons in...