NZ Schools Squad Named

Players from 25 secondary schools have been selected for a three-day development camp at AUT Millennium in Auckland on 24 September. 
Following this camp selectors will name the 2016 New Zealand Schools and New Zealand Schools Barbarians sides to play Australia and Fiji Schools next month.
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The players attending the development camp are:


PROP
Sam Matenga
Gisborne Boys High School

Kianu Kereru-Symes
Hastings Boys High School

Robb Cobb
Mt Albert Grammar School

Michael Palmer
Mt Albert Grammar School

Tim Farrell
Napier Boys High School

Damon Abraham
Sacred Heart College

Tevita Mafileo
St Kentigern College

Xavier Numia
St Patrick's College Wellington

Suetena Asomua
Wesley College

Hooker
Perry Karati
Burnside High School

Bradley Slater
New Plymouth Boys High School

Ricky Jackson
Otago Boys High School

Flynn Thomas
Southland Boys High School

Lock
Liam Bauckman
Hastings Boys High School

Waimana Reidlinger-Kapa
Mt Albert Grammar School

Cameron Suafoa
St Peter's College

Laghlan McWhannell
St Peter's School

Naitoa Ah Kuoi
Wellington College

Tupou Vaai
Wesley College

Joshua Hill
South Otago High School

Loose Forward
Sione Havili
Auckland Grammar School

Naera Tipoki
Gisborne Boys High School

Joe Johnston
King's College

Will Tremain
Napier Boys High School

Sam Dickson
Otago Boys High School

Matene Ruawai
Palmerston North Boys High School

Hoskins Sotutu
Sacred Heart College

No.8
Ajay Mua
King's College

Kaylum Boshier
New Plymouth Boys High School

Brayden Iose
Palmerston North Boys High School

Halfback
Folou Fakatava
Hastings Boys High School

Tim   Hogan
Otago Boys High School

Te Ra Whata
Rotorua Boys High School

Carlos Price
St Kentigern College

First Five
Lincoln McClutchie
Hastings Boys High School

Ciarahn Matoe
King's College

Kaleb Trask
Rotorua Boys High School

Harry Plummer
St Peter's College

Second Five
Quinn Tupaea
Hamilton Boys High School


Paul Roache
Mt Albert Grammar School

Tanielu Bakulich-Tele'a
St Kentigern College

Scott Gregory
Whangarei Boys High School

Centre
Hayze Perham
Rotorua Boys High School

Billy Proctor
St Patrick's College Wellington

Wing
Mosese Dawai
Fielding High School


Vilimoni Koroi
Fielding High School

Caleb Clarke
Mt Albert Grammar School

Leicester  Faingaanuku
Nelson College

Connor Garden-Bachop
Scots College

Ngane Punivai
Christ’s College

Fullback
DannyToala
Hastings Boys High School


Niven Longopoa
Mt Albert Grammar School

Reece Plumtree
Wellington College

New Zealand Rugby’s High Performance Talent Identification Manager Matt Sexton congratulated all those selected.

“We’re really pleased with the calibre of talent to choose from this year which provided us with some tough choices. This is exactly what you want when selecting a squad," he said.

“We’ve got a really well balanced squad with good depth across all positions so we’re confident we’ll be able to field two very competitive teams at the end of the upcoming camp. 
“It’s great to see a core group of players from last year returning to the squad - Tim Hogan, Caleb Clarke, Xavier Numia and Flynn Thomas, along with returning 2015 New Zealand Barbarians Schools players in Ajay Mua, Ciarahn Matoe, Tim Farrell and Brayden Iose. Their experience will certainly be of huge value.
“It’s also really pleasing to see so many schools represented which underlines how healthy the secondary school game is in this country. This bodes well for the future of the game here,” Sexton said.
Unavailable due to injury; Otago Boys’ High School prop Sione Asi (knee) and King’s College midfielder, Bailyn Sullivan (knee).

2016 New Zealand Schools schedule
3 October    
New Zealand Barbarians Schools v Australia Schools
NZ Schools v Fiji Schools
Mt Albert Grammar, Auckland

8 October    
New Zealand Barbarians Schools v Fiji Schools
New Zealand Schools v Australia Schools
Auckland Grammar, Auckland

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