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Silverdale Rugby’s Women’s 7s teams are having a strong season.
The club was the top performing female club at the North Harbour 7s day last month, winning the U18s division against Glenfield and securing the runners-up spot in the women’s final, narrowly losing to North Shore.
Building on their success, the women’s team went on to a decisive victory in the Glenfield 7s tournament, beating North Shore with an impressive scoreline of 42-5 in the final.
Silverdale then had five players selected to represent the North Harbour Women’s rugby 7s team.
The U18s are training as a unit called The Coast, in preparation for the Global Youth 7s Tournament at Kings College in Auckland from December 15-17. This will bring them face-to-face with top international teams, including Australia and Japan as well as the Black Ferns U18s.
Silverdale director of female rugby, Glen Maguire says 7s is a fast growing part of the women’s programme. He says this form of the game is suited to faster, fitter players and is ideal for those who want to move from the Rippa version of the game to contact rugby.
Currently, across the 7s U18 and women’s teams, Silverdale has more than 30 players, and the club is also introducing an U15 division.
