Wairarapa-Bush took the spoils against a gallant West Coast outfit in round four of the Bunnings Heartland Rugby Championship on Saturday.

In a tight match-up between the two teams, West Coast had a slender 14-12 lead at half-time, but a fired-up Wairarapa Bush came out a different team in the second half and kept Coast scoreless for the next 40 minutes while they ran in two second-half tries to win a classic game by 24-14.

The West Coast Combined High School U15 rugby team has returned home from the Rural Livestock South Island Secondary Schools Tournament in Oamaru (Aug 25–27) with the Division 2 title after an outstanding three days of rugby.
Made up of players from John Paul II High School, Greymouth High School, Westland High School, and South Westland Area School, the team faced strong opposition from across the South Island in a 22-team competition.

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has today opened applications to the Legacy Fund, designed to support projects which will have an intergenerational impact on the game.

The Legacy Fund will distribute the annual earnings on a $60m perpetual fund held by New Zealand Rugby.

West Coast took on the defending Lochore Cup champions King Country on Greymouth on Saturday for a win in the season opener of the Bunnings Warehouse Heartland Rugby Championship.

In a repeat of last year's final, the Coast hosts had a slim 12-11 half-time lead and by the end of the game had won by an impressive 38-18, after a second half blitz of fantastic running rugby.