Try of the year? High school star fends off nine defenders

Otago Boys High First XV star Semisi Taeiloa has scored one of the most sensational tries you'll see all season.

Playing at No 8 for Otago Boys against John McGlashan College on Saturday, Taeiloa picked up the ball from a scrum and incredibly fended off nine defenders on a barnstorming 50 metre run to the line.

Despite one commenter joking that Taeiloa was playing "in the wrong age group", such was the ease at which he palmed off would-be tacklers - this was no mismatch, as the try was a pivotal one in Otago Boys' eventual 29-21 victory.

King's High School leads the Otago Premier Schools competition along with the unbeaten Southland Boys' High School.

This article was first published on nzherald.co.nz and is republished here with permission