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Meanwhile:
Powerful under 20 squad named for Oceania Cup
Campbell Burnes, NZH: 5 April 2016
New Zealand Rugby have named a powerful-looking Under 20 squad to defend their Oceania Cup on the Gold Coast next month.
The main feature of the 31-man group, with one to be added later this month, is the inclusion of five players from Super Rugby rosters - hooker Leni Apisai, and first five TJ Va'a, both at the Hurricanes, midfielder/wing Sio Tomkinson from the Highlanders, fullback/wing/ accurate goalkicker Jordan Trainor from the Blues, and Sam Nock, who seems to be pegged as the Blues No 3 No 9, but who has more talent than either Bryn Hall or Billy Guyton.
A trio who appeared for the New Zealand Under 20 in 2015 are back, including Apisai, who joins third year Waikato flanker Mitch Jacobson and Canterbury lock Hamish Dalzell. Waikato halfback Harrison Levien is injured.
... six from the 2015 NZ Schools included, including the brilliant utility back and captain Peter Umaga-Jensen, nephew of Tana Umaga. Last year's Bronze Boot winner, burly prop Alex Fidow, also fresh out of Scots College, has made the cut.
The talented first five Stephen Perofeta, now at Taranaki, but in his first year out of Wanganui Collegiate, from where he played for Wanganui and the national Heartland XV, wins promotion after being in the 2015 NZ Barbarians Schools.
... The squad assembles in Auckland on April 24 and will play a match against the Blues Development XV on April 28, before travelling to the Gold Coast for matches against Australia on May 3 and 7.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11617099
Meanwhile:
Powerful under 20 squad named for Oceania Cup
Campbell Burnes, NZH: 5 April 2016
New Zealand Rugby have named a powerful-looking Under 20 squad to defend their Oceania Cup on the Gold Coast next month.
The main feature of the 31-man group, with one to be added later this month, is the inclusion of five players from Super Rugby rosters - hooker Leni Apisai, and first five TJ Va'a, both at the Hurricanes, midfielder/wing Sio Tomkinson from the Highlanders, fullback/wing/ accurate goalkicker Jordan Trainor from the Blues, and Sam Nock, who seems to be pegged as the Blues No 3 No 9, but who has more talent than either Bryn Hall or Billy Guyton.
A trio who appeared for the New Zealand Under 20 in 2015 are back, including Apisai, who joins third year Waikato flanker Mitch Jacobson and Canterbury lock Hamish Dalzell. Waikato halfback Harrison Levien is injured.
... six from the 2015 NZ Schools included, including the brilliant utility back and captain Peter Umaga-Jensen, nephew of Tana Umaga. Last year's Bronze Boot winner, burly prop Alex Fidow, also fresh out of Scots College, has made the cut.
The talented first five Stephen Perofeta, now at Taranaki, but in his first year out of Wanganui Collegiate, from where he played for Wanganui and the national Heartland XV, wins promotion after being in the 2015 NZ Barbarians Schools.
... The squad assembles in Auckland on April 24 and will play a match against the Blues Development XV on April 28, before travelling to the Gold Coast for matches against Australia on May 3 and 7.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11617099
