Rugby 7's for Year 7's - The Jesse Parahi Cup

Media are invited to attend and cover the new Rugby 7s for Year 7s competition on the Central Coast tomorrow Friday 24 February at Brisbane Water Secondary College, Woy Woy.

Approximately 200 students will participate in modified games of Rugby Sevens as 16 teams from 13 schools across the area compete in the newly formed competition.

Teams will be playing for the Jesse Parahi Cup, named after local Kincumber High School graduate and current Qantas Men’s Sevens player Jesse Parahi who will be in attendance for the final hour of the competition to present the winners with the Jesse Parahi Cup.

Jesse played junior Rugby for Avoca Beach Rugby Union Football Club and represented CHS, NSW and Australian Schoolboys in Rugby.

Rugby 7s for Year 7s - The Jesse Parahi Cup is supported by the NSW Department of Education & Training, Central Coast Junior Rugby Union, Central Coast Rugby Union Referees Association and the local junior Rugby Clubs on the Coast.

MEDIA INFORMATION

What: Rugby 7s for Year 7s – Jesse Parahi Cup
Where: Brisbane Water Secondary College, Woy Woy Campus
When: 9:00am – 2:30pm, Friday 24th February 2012
Who: Qantas Men’s Sevens player, Jesse Parahi, 1:30pm-2:30pm
Contact: Michael Magriplis (ARU Development Manager & Programs – Central Coast) 0407 438 246.

For more information on the Qantas Men’s Sevens team and Rugby Sevens visit www.rugby.com.au/sevens