The St Kevin’s College front-rower might pack down at loosehead prop but he can also step up to the plate and bang it off the tee when needed.
He did just that for his team to seal a 44-11 win over Taieri College in Mosgiel on Saturday.
Late in the game, when the Oamaru school’s regular goal-kicker was out sick, and back-up Zeke Goodsir had come off, all eyes turned to the big man.
"He’s done it once for us before," coach Justin Fowler said.
"He’s fairly accurate, bangs it hard, and most of the time it goes over, so that’s always pleasing."
Go over they did, as Growcott converted his side’s final two tries — including his own.
It was a good win and a much-needed one for St Kevin’s to start the second round of division two of the Otago Schools Rugby Championship.
Taieri got on the board through an Isaac Sinclair penalty in the first minute, but St Kevin’s crossed the line first thanks to fullback Mathew Metcalfe.
The home side slotted another penalty to close the gap, but a try to wing Isoa Malo and a Goodsir conversion helped the visitors lead 12-6 at halftime.
Josh Munro scored Taieri’s only try just after the break before St Kevin’s ran in four more tries, Malo picking up a double, to run away with a big win.
Fowler was proud of the fight his forwards put in up front and the cohesion to link up with the backs.
"The boys sort of came together in the second half, which was really pleasing," Fowler said.
"We had some width on our attack game and sort of exposed a few holes out wide — that was good."
In other division two games, Waitaki Boys’ put up a good fight — especially in the second half — in its 24-36 loss to Otago Boys’ 2nds and Dunstan beat Mt Aspiring 51-29.
In division one, Southland Boys’ beat King’s 33-17, Otago Boys’ thumped South Otago 86-13, and John McGlashan won a low-scoring arm wrestle against Wakatipu 10-8.
