Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments
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We are very pleased to announce the tournament teams selected from the incredible players in the 2022 Condor 7s Championship.
Congratulations to all selected in the tournament teams, and thanks again to all participating teams and players over the weekend!
Female Tournament Team
Pounamu Wharehinga - Manukura
Arlia MacCarthy - MAGS
Kaane Maiava - MAGS
Maia Davis - Manukura
Zahnia Papali’i - MAGS
Justine McGregor - St Marys Wellington
Le’Oxeayn Maiu’u - MAGS
Taufa Bason - FAHS Feilding High School
Arene Landon-Lane - St Marys Wellington
Ane Tavita-Fesolai - MAGS
Nia Sutherland - Manukura
Aaliyah Konui - Hamilton Girls
Leiana Marshall-Barton - Manukura
Holly Williams - WestlakeMale Tournament Team
Tali Ioasa - Hastings Boys
Micah Fale - St Johns Hamilton
King Maxwell - Gisborne Boys
Xavi Taele - St Kentigerns College
Liam Anderson - Hamilton Boys
Ollie Mathis - Hamilton Boys
Nathan Salmon - Whangarei Boys
Fletcher Carpenter - Palmerston North Boys
Luca Fuller - King's College
Ratu Naborisi - Kelston Boys
Maloni Kunawave - Rotorua Boys
Xavier Tito-Harris - Kelston Boys
Star Sami - Kelston Boys
Waisake Salabiau - Rotorua Boys -
So I am still guessing that the NZ Schools teams listed as entries in the WS7s are these teams. Mind you these 'tournament teams' are usually a best of announcement rather than a selection for another team.
It has all been a bit confusing as some players and coaches have been told that NZ Schools are not the Condors tournament teams and to hold off finalising squads until NZSS are selected. That's why there will be a lot of last minute shuffling of players through NZSS/ NZ Cavaliers/ NZ Barbarians etc etc. Many players have options being held open for them.
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Teams have been named. It's interesting they are also selecting players who have left school. It is different to the Condor Tournament team.
New Zealand Under 18 Boys Sevens Team
Andrew Smith (Hautapu Sports Club)
Cody Vai (St Peter's School Cambridge)
Fletcher Carpenter (Palmerston North Boys' High School)
Grady Forbes (Tauranga Sports Rugby Club)
Isaac Hutchinson (Marist Albion)
King Maxwell (Gisborne Boys' High School)
Malachi Wrampling-Alec (Te Awamutu Rugby Sports & Rec Club)
Maloni Kunawave (Rotorua Boys' High School)
Micah Fale (St John's College, Hamilton)
Riley Williams (Waitemata Rugby Football Club)
Star Sami (Kelston Boys’ High School)
Tali Ioasa (Hastings Boys' High School)
Waisake Salabiau (Rotorua Boys' High School)
Xavier Tito-Harris (Kelston Boys' High School)Note: No players from Hamilton Boys’ Tour were considered for selection
New Zealand Under 18 Sevens teams named for World School Sevens
New Zealand Rugby announced today the selection of the New Zealand Under 18 Boys and Girls Sevens teams alongside the New Zealand Māori Under 18 Ngā Whatukura (Boys) and Ngā Māreikura (Girls) teams competing at the 2022 World School Sevens in Auckland from 17 to 18 December.
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New Zealand Under 18 Girls Sevens Team
Abby Lockhart (Auckland Marist Rugby Football Club)
Arene Landon-Lane (St Mary's College)
Arlia MacCarthy (Mount Albert Grammar School)
Justine McGregor (St Mary's College)
Kaane Maiava (Mount Albert Grammar School)
Le'Oxeayn Maiu'u (Mount Albert Grammar School)
Maia Davis (MANUKURA)
Manea Waaka (Marian College)
Nia Sutherland (MANUKURA)
Pounamu Wharehinga (MANUKURA)
Shyrah Tuliau-Tua'a (Sacred Heart College, Hamilton)
Logo-I-Pulotu Lemapu Atai'i (Sylvia) Brunt (Ponsonby Rugby Football Club)
Taufa Bason (Fielding High School)
Zahnia Papali'i (Mount Albert Grammar School)New Zealand Māori Under 18 Ngā Whatukura (Boys) Sevens
Bryson Crawford-Pakoti (Hastings Boys’ High School, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga)
Dallas Rata-Makene (Hamilton Boys’ High School, Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Raukawa)
Jai Tamati (Rotorua Boys’ High School, Ngāti Maniapoto)
Josh Brunger (Whanganui Collegiate School, Ngāti Apa)
Kees Van der Heyden (Rotorua Boys’ High School, Ngāti Maniapoto)
Kyan Rangitutia (St Johns College, Hamilton, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngā Puhi)
Luca Fuller (Kings College, Auckland, Ngā Rauru)
Piripi Tapsell (Tauranga Boys’ College, Ngāti Porou)
Stanley Solomon (Wellington College, Ngāi Tahu)
Tadgh O’Connor (Palmerston North Boys’ High School, Ngāti Hauiti)
Tayne Harvey (Palmerston North Boys’ High School, Ngāti Raukawa)
Te Hamana Te Aute (Rotorua Boys’ High School, Te Arawa)
Toby Bell (Kerikeri High School, Ngā Puhi)
Xavi Taele (St Kentigern College, Ngāi Tahu)New Zealand Under 18 Māori Ngā Māreikura (Girls) Sevens
Lucy Mahuika (Nayland College, Ngāi Tahu)
Penelope Taulafo (St Andrews College , Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi, Ngati Hāuiti)
Keighley Simpson (Sacred Heart Girls' College New Plymouth, Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Maru)
Holly Williams (Westlake Girls High School, Ngāti Maru (Hauraki), Ngāti Paoa)
Alizay Grant (MANUKURA, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki)
Leiana Marshall-Barton (MANUKURA, Tainui)
Mia Maraku (MANUKURA, Ngāti Tūwharetoa (ki Taupō))
Amelia Pasikala (Hastings Rugby & Sports Club, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa)
Aaliyah Konui (Hamilton Girls High School, Tainui/Ngāpuhi/Tūwharetoa)
Anyis Drossaerts-Lake (MANUKURA, Ngā Puhi,Ngāti Hine,Ngāti Maniapoto)
Ashlee Forsyth (Buller High School, Tūhoe, Whakatōhea)
Hinemaringi Scott (University of Waikato RFC, Tūhoe, Te Ātiawa)
Sienna Stowers-Smith (St Andrew’s College, Ngāti Tama)
Bailey Nightingale (St Mary’s College, Wellington, Tainui, Ngāpuhi) -
@Bovidae said in Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments:
Teams have been named. It's interesting they are also selecting players who have left school. It is different to the Condor Tournament team.
It follows the example of the NZ Barbarians Schools team in XVs. The past few squads also had club players who had already left school.
I guess they are now more age grade (U18) teams than a schools' teams, despite the name of the tournament.
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@Stargazer said in Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments:
@Bovidae said in Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments:
Teams have been named. It's interesting they are also selecting players who have left school. It is different to the Condor Tournament team.
It follows the example of the NZ Barbarians Schools team in XVs. The past few squads also had club players who had already left school.
I guess they are now more age grade (U18) teams than a schools' teams, despite the name of the tournament.
Yeah, and you forget how young some of these players still are. Smith, Hutchinson and Williams were all in the NZ U19s. Both Smith and Wrampling-Alec were in the Chiefs U20s this year and could be for another 1-2 years.
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@Bovidae said in Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments:
Teams have been named. It's interesting they are also selecting players who have left school. It is different to the Condor Tournament team.
Same as last year then.
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@Bovidae Toby Bell (Kerikeri High School, Ngā Puhi) was offered a full Northland NPC contract for 2023 but opted to go with the Canterbury and Crusaders academy..
Very special player ..bloody Canterbury -
@Steven-Harris said in Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments:
@Bovidae Toby Bell (Kerikeri High School, Ngā Puhi) was offered a full Northland NPC contract for 2023 but opted to go with the Canterbury and Crusaders academy..
Very special player ..bloody CanterburyWhat position? He wasn't in the Māori U18 XVs squad.
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@Stargazer more a 10/12 I think.
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@Steven-Harris said in Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments:
@Bovidae Toby Bell (Kerikeri High School, Ngā Puhi) was offered a full Northland NPC contract for 2023 but opted to go with the Canterbury and Crusaders academy..
Very special player ..bloody CanterburyGood academies are the biggest attraction and put you in constant contact with decision makers. They are the curse of the smaller unions though.
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Team namings for the World Schools are coming thick and fast now the NZ sides have done their cherry picking.
Have to applaud the organisers as this is one hell of a lineup of teams from around the world.
Not just Oz and the pacific but Scotland, Wales, SA, Japan.....will make things really interesting.
I won't re-post everything here but the World Schools Socials are the place to go to see squads at the moment. -
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@Bovidae said in Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments:
Still waiting to see the NZ Barbarians, Cavaliers, Asian Barbarians and Warriors teams. I'm curious to see if some current 1st XV players are in the latter.
Their socials can be a bit haphazard. You get nothing followed by a slam. I guess it is a one person job and they have other duties. The website hasn't really been updated in ages.
I thought I had seen something about the Warriors team on another feed and going by this the selections are done for a few other teams that haven't been published as well.
Two names from CM in the NZ Cavs
"David Kama and Joey Taumateine of Wesley College will be playing for the NZ Cavaliers."
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