Three Crusaders in New Zealand U20’s squad
Three Rebel Sport Super 14 players have been included in the New Zealand Under 20 side set to compete at the inaugural IRB Junior World Championship, which will take place in Wales in June. Wings Sean Maitland and Kade Poki, plus loose forward Nasi Manu are all current Crusaders players and were also members of the 2007 New Zealand Under 19 team which won the IRB Under 19 World Championship.
The squad departs from Auckland for Wales on Saturday 31 May on a scheduled Air New Zealand flight NZ39.
Full squad with 2 players yet to be named:
New Zealand Under 20 squad: Ben Afeaki (North Harbour), Rodney Ah You (Canterbury), Luke Braid (Bay of Plenty), Ryan Crotty (Canterbury), Ash Dixon (Hawke’s Bay), Michael Harris (North Harbour), Grayson Hart (Auckland), Joe Hill (Wellington), Daniel Kirkpatrick (Wellington), Matthew Luamanu (Wellington), Quentin MacDonald (Tasman), Sean Maitland (Canterbury), Nasi Manu (Canterbury), Kade Poki (Tasman), Hugh Reed (Hawke’s Bay), Trent Renata (Waikato), Peter Saili (Auckland), Aaron Smith (Manawatu), Chris Smith (North Harbour), Toby Smith (Waikato), Andre Taylor (Manawatu), Josh Townsend (Otago), Sam Whitelock (Canterbury), Jackson Willison (Waikato).
Loraine Walsh said,
April 29, 2008 @ 11:42 pm
Could you please tell me which television channel will be screening the NZ matches in this tournament for interested viewers? Is there a schedule already available for this?
Many thanks
Peter said,
April 30, 2008 @ 4:35 pm
Loraine,
We do not know the details yet. But keep your eye on the site we will post details as soon as we know them.