Steamships Rugby Sevens Celebrates More than 25 Years of Rugby

12 August 2019

The Steamships Rugby Sevens ended with a high note despite wet conditions on Saturday at Bava Park.
Players and fans withstood the rain to cheer on their favourite teams go head to head at the finals.
The dual men and women’s competition saw the first games kick off at 8:30am.
The finals saw Swire Taikoo dominate the field in the first half of the game against East West Truckies to take out the Managing Director’s Cup.
In the women’s side it was an exceptional win for STC Corporate coming out the reigning champions for the Managing Director’s Cup against East West Truckies.
Chief Operating Officer Rupert Bray was on hand refereeing a couple of games as well as the finals. Rupert is no stranger to rugby Sevens.  Having played throughout school, university and the Royal Marines, Rupert became a World Rugby certified referee in Singapore and has refereed 15s and 7s matches all over Asia. Rupert is also a qualified touch rugby referee and coached both contact and touch in Singapore.
Aidan Toua who plays for the Japanese team Honda Heat presented the awards including a signed Australian Rugby Sevens jersey to the Player of the Tournament for both the Men and women’s category. Aidan previously played Super Rugby for the Queensland Reds and ACT Brumbies. His usual position is fullback. Aidan presented
The Steamships Rugby Sevens is experiencing an exponential experience with increasing teams each year for the men’s and women’s team.
New comers to the competition include Pacific Towing and Colgate.
The organising committee would like to thank everyone that assisted on the day including former Pukpuk and Tournament Director Paul Joseph and his technical team, Stephen Dawainincura from The Right Connection, Dr Kapua and his team and Hesi Andrews from Bava Park