An outstanding number of Westlake Girls High School students have been selected for New Zealand’s Tag Teams this year to compete in the 5th ITF (International Tag Football) World Cup in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales from 15-18 October 2026. Eighteen Westlake Girls students will represent the country in the New Zealand Under 16, Under 18 or Under 21 Mixed Teams in Australia. The event is expected to feature 30 nations, more than 250 teams, and approximately 6000 players and team management, making it the largest gathering in international tag history.
The non-tackling tag game keeps the space, ball skills and teamwork of rugby league but removes the heavy contact and breakdown contests and replaces it with ‘tags’ and has become extremely popular in New Zealand over the past decade especially with the growth among school aged students.
Congratulations to the following Westlake Girls students.
| NZ U16 Girls
Alice Whyte Juliette Ivey Sadie Bishop
Lauren Williams Maia Isgrove Neeva Harvey |
NZ U18 Girls
Hadley Deed Atlanta Hetariki Michelle Catterall Freya Beaumont Madison Tauelima Shyloh Udomsak
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NZ U21 Mixed
Charli Latoa Georgia Hikuroa Serini Petelo Nataliah Uesi-Scully Kaia Jamieson Jaime Darvill
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