Rugby youngsters out there, doing it

Familiar shouts of parental encouragement, mixed with cries of jubilation and consolation, echoed around the province’s rugby fields as junior and age grade rugby teams kicked off their seasons at the weekend.

Sixty teams from Marlborough are dotted through the various competitions, ranging from under-6 and under-7 rippa rugby, which was played on Friday evening, to the Tasman-wide U17, U15, U14 and U13 grades, all of which contain two Marlborough-based sides.