New Zealand Maori Squad Named
Posted by Hamish McBrearty on May 17th, 2007
The New Zealand Maori team for the 2007 Churchill Cup in England was announced yesterday.
The team is:
Callum Bruce - Otago
Keith Cameron - Otago
Aled de Malmanche - Waikato
Tamati Ellison - Wellington
Hosea Gear - Wellington
Brendan Haami - Taranaki
Glen Horton - Otago
Jason Kawau - Southland
Tanerau Latimer - Bay of Plenty
Angus Macdonald - Auckland
Luke Mahoney - Wellington
Ben May - Tasman
Liam Messam - Waikato
Kristian Ormsby - Counties Manukau
Shannon Paku - Wellington
Isaac Ross - Canterbury
Chris Smylie - Otago
Warren Smith - Bay of Plenty
Dwayne Sweeney - Waikato
Anthony Tahana - Bay of Plenty
Pehi Te Whare - Southland
Hayden Triggs - Manawatu
Rua Tipoki (captain) - Canterbury
Hoani Tui - Wellington
Scott Waldrom - Taranaki
Craig West - Waikato
There are a total of 10 new caps in the team. Some new players have come into the team on the back of strong Super 14 seasons, while others, such as Tasman’s Ben May, came to the attention of coaches Donny Stevenson and Shane Howarth during the Air New Zealand Cup last year.
The Churchill Cup was traditionally played between Canada, USA and England B as well as one invited team per year. In 2006 the number of invited teams has been increased to three and the six teams play in two pools of three before playing off in cup, bowl and plate finals.
This year’s Churchill Cup will be contested between Canada, USA, England Saxons (England A), New Zealand Maori, Scotland A and Ireland A. The tournament will run from 18 May - 2 June.
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