Quadrangular Tournament News Today

Team manager Peter Grigg said he was hugely proud of the character the team had shown to get back in the match. Grigg said while they felt confident after winning the past two tournaments, they knew Christ’s College would be a hard team to beat – especially at home. “It’s quite an intimidating arena there, in the first half the pressure had probably been a bit much. “We knew they had it in them to win ... at half-time [coach Jono Phillips] just really told the boys to get back to ...

A Shirley Boys High School alumni, Grigg came to teach at Nelson College in 1996. Taking over as coach of the 1st XV in 2000, the team achieved a Quadrangular Tournament win the following year under captain and future Mako centurion Robbie Malneek. In the 20 years Grigg has been involved as coach or manager of the 1st XV, Nelson College has enjoyed a number of successes on the field – winning the Moascar Cup, Crusader secondary schools titles and making the Top 4 national 1st XV finals –...