Not a bad effort from the South Otago High School First XV centre.
In fact, his 307 points is believed to be a record for a player in the Highlanders First XV competition.
But it is not a record in his family. Not this year anyway.
The younger Whaanga, Josh, has trumped bigger brother.
Playing for the Clutha under-11 side, Josh (10) scored 397 points, made up of 45 tries and 86 conversions.
The Rosebank Primary School year 6 pupil was part of an unbeaten Clutha side which swept all before it in the South West Otago competition, as Josh played at first five-eighth directing operations, and slotting the goals.
Josh said he did not give his bigger brother too much of a hard time about outscoring him and he just loved the game.
Not surprisingly, both boys want to go on to be All Blacks.
Matt (17), a year 12 pupil, had a top season, and it started well.
In a warm-up game before the season started, he scored 60 points, made up of 10 tries and five conversions against James Hargest College at Balclutha.
That set the tone for an impressive season for Matt, as the South Otago side lost just two games.
Unfortunately due to a quirk of the pool system in the Highlanders First XV competition, South Otago did not qualify for the top eight.
It won the bottom six last Saturday but only just. Whaanga scored the last of his 307 points to convert a try under the posts which drew the match against Dunstan High School on the last play of the game.
South Otago was awarded the top six as it was seeded higher.
Matt has been training with the Otago academy in Dunedin and, naturally, has had enticements coming from Dunedin schools.
But Whaanga will be back with South Otago next year in his last year at school. It is hard to leave when your dad, Adam, is coach.
