The NZ Māori U20 Rugby Team to play Fiji U20 as the curtain-raiser to the second Māori All Blacks match against Fiji has been named.
With the Māori All Blacks due to fly out to play the Flying Fijians in Suva tomorrow, the next generation of Māori players are set to lock horns with their Fijian counterparts next weekend.
The team will assemble in Rotorua on Sunday, and train throughout the week. They will have an opposed training session with the Māori All Blacks during the week and will be joined by later in the week by the New Zealand Māori U18 training camp, featuring both boys and girls rugby players from up and down the country.
The New Zealand Māori U20 team to play Fiji next week at Rotorua is:
Kershawl Sykes-Martin
Nelson Rugby Club
Ngāti Porou
Te Ariki Te Puni
University RFC Auckland
Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Porou, Rangitāne o Manawatu
Ngāi Te Rangi
Jonas Pomare
Mt Maunganui Sports Club
Ngāpuhi
**Poukohe Sorensen**
Te Puna RFC
Te Arawa, Ngāti Porou
Tyrone Thompson
Marist St Pats
Ngai Tā Manuhiri, Ngāti Rangiwewehi
Tanara Haenga
Wainuiomata RFC
Ngāti Porou
Josh Hill
University of Otago RFC
Ngāi Tahu
Leo Ngatai-Tafau
Ardmore Marist RFC
Ngāti Porou, Tainui
Keelan Whitman
Marist St Pats
Ngāti Rangiwewehi
**Cortez-Lee Ratima**
Otorohonga RFC
Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tama
Leo Thompson
Marist St Pats
Ngai Tā Manuhiri, Ngāti Rangiwewehi
Shamus Hurley-Langton
College Old Boys Wellington
Te Āti Awa, Taranaki
Samuel Smith
Wainuiomata RFC
Ngāti Raukawa, Ngati Kahungunu
Coel Kerr
Lincoln University RFC
Ngāti Ranginui
John Croft Cooper
Ponsonby District RFC
Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngā Puhi, Tūwharetoa
Kaipo Brown
Tauranga Rugby Sports & Recreation Club
Te Aupōuri, Te Arawa, Tainui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Te Āti Awa
Dennon Robinson-Bartlett
Whakarewarewa Community Sports Club
Ngāti Kahungunu
Tamarau McGahan
Marist North Harbour
Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Raukawa
Tobias Wickham-Manuel
Kia Toa RFC
Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Tahu Kaa
Lincoln University RFC
Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tahu
Zarn Sullivan
College Rifles RFC
Ngāti Kahungunu
Isaac Bracewell
Wellington Football Club
Ngāti Maniapoto
Callum Bean
Grammar Tec Auckland
Ngai Tahu, Ngā Puhi
** Availability subject to Club Commitments
Ngā Kaiako/Kaiwhakahaere:
Head Coach: Rua Wanoa
Ngāti Porou
Forwards Coach: Anthony Rehutai
Ngāti Porou
Forwards Assistant: Tracey Davis
Ngāti Whātua
Backs Coach: Stacey Grant
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa
Backs Assistant: Joseph Wineera
Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Koata, Ngāi Tahu
Cultural Advisor: Mihaere Emery
Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Ngāti Raukawa
Manager: Mark Seymour:
Ngāti Hikairo
Trainer: Kieran Te Whare
Ngati Tūwharetoa
Physio: Tioke Pryor
Ngāi Tuhoe. Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Te Rangi
Campaign Manager: Tiki Edwards
Whakatōhea, Ngāti Raukawa