 The Crusaders region Junior Knights Development Camp will run in Christchurch over the next four days, giving the top young players in the region the chance to train with high performance coaches, players and staff from the BNZ Crusaders, Canterbury and Tasman rugby unions.
Over 60 under-18s will be involved in the Development Camp, which will be based at St Andrew’s College from Sunday to Wednesday. They will take part in both on and off-field training across key development areas of physical development, nutrition, mental skills, technical skills, tactical knowledge and personal development. Players will put their learning into practice through some game-based scenarios on Tuesday night, and each player will also create an Individual Performance Plan to help set their focus over the next 12 months. At the conclusion of the camp, a squad of 25 players will be named to face the Hurricanes Under 18 side in a curtain raiser to the BNZ Crusaders vs Hurricanes match at AMI Stadium on Saturday 16 July (curtain-raiser kick off will be 2:30pm). There is also the opportunity for players to earn promotion to national honours, with New Zealand Schools selectors attending the camp with a view to selecting players for the NZ Schools and NZ Schools Barbarians teams who will play the Australian Schoolboys and Fijian Under 18 teams later in the year. 2016 Crusaders Junior Knights Development Camp Squad Eden Beech – Motueka High School Jacob Pepper-Edwards – Rangiora High School Kyle Te Tai – Nelson College Taine Hintz – Christ’s College Perry Karati – Burnside High School Sam Moli – Marlborough Boys’ College Adam Reid – Christchurch Boys’ High School Josh Archer – Shirley Boys’ High School Shilo Klein – St Andrew’s College Ewan Milnes – Christchurch Boys’ High School Quinn Harrison-Jones – Marlborough Boys’ College Tommy Allen – Murchison Area School Thomas Edwards – Timaru Boys’ High School Cullen Grace – Timaru Boys’ High School Boris Van Bruchem – Shirley Boys’ High School Zach Wilson – Christchurch Boys’ High School Jackson Murray – Christchurch Boys’ High School Jason Embling – Burnside High School Kale Thatcher – Christ’s College Sosefo Vaka – Nelson College Cam Porter – Burnside High School Harry Hall – Christchurch Boys’ High School Devon Davis – Nelson College Cam Russell – Burnside High School Taine Cragg-Love – Marlborough Boys’ College Ben Donkers – Christchurch Boys’ High School Kaveni Balenacagi – Christ’s College Brad Pool – Nelson College Cruz Topai-Aveai – Shirley Boys’ High School Jeremy Lordan – Waimea College Louie Chapman – Christchurch Boys’ High School Jack Grooby – Nelson College Jack Shadbolt – Marlborough Boys’ College James Coull – Christ’s College Will Havili – Nelson College Sam Gilbert – St Andrew’s College Alex Harford – Christchurch Boys’ High School Angus Gray – Christ’s College Logan Bell – Shirley Boys’ High School Dallas McLeod – Christ’s College Isalei Pouvalu – St Andrew’s College Nigel Satherley – Marlborough Boys’ College Michael Stringer – Waimea College Jakob Dabinett – Nelson College Samson Seinafo – Shirley Boys’ High School Reuben Cotter – St Bede’s College Isaiah Punivai – Christ’s College Leicester Faingaanuku – Nelson College Mikaele Ravalawa – Burnside High School Latham Kelly-Foleni – Christchurch Boys’ High School Judah Gawith – High School Old Boys Atu Manu – Christchurch Boys’ High School Ngane Punivai – Christ’s College Luke Glen – St Bede’s College Rupena Parkinson – St Kentigern College (Tasman RU) Wider Training Group Patrick Thacker – Christ’s College Caleb Allison – St Bede’s College Sam Darry – Christ’s College Matt McKellar – Christ’s College Glen Beardsley – Shirley Boys’ High School Sione Afemui – St Thomas of Canterbury College Nethaniel Bolton – Shirley Boys’ High School Ben Chippendale – Christchurch Boys’ High School Simon Aiono – St Bede’s College Unavailable due to injury: Brad Wang – Christchurch Boys’ High School Zach McKay – St Bede’s College Llew Johnson – St Andrew’s College Jaydn Holdaway – Marlborough Boys’ College Unavailable for selection: Maara Ave – Marlborough Boys College (representative cricket commitments) Check out the Hurricanes U18 Squad here Check out the Blues U18 Squad here |
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