Rugby: Rippa of a time

Arrowtown School's rippa rugby team with the All Blacks during the team's captain's run at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin on Friday.

The Arrowtown team will play in Wellington today and tomorrow at the national tournament after winning the Otago finals in July.

The team, with some old and some new players, was runner-up last year at the national tournament and will be hoping for gold this time around.

The 10 representatives in the years 5 and 6 side are Gabe White, Fynn Williams, Levi Collins, Will Booker, Jackson Flight, Alice Robinson, Indigo Zlittle, Nell Watherston, Claudia Watts, McKenzie Galbraith and Jayden Lapsley-Fowle.

Pool play runs today and finals will be held tomorrow.