Six more players, including three hookers Sam Siaosi and Tua Levi from Marist, and Greytown’s Riley Walton-Sexton, were named to train with the squad.Ĭarterton’s Terongo Tekii, Ben Collins from Martinborough, and East Coast’s George Parke are the three rakes named in the main squad for what Robinson believes is an even more vital role with the lack of tall locks in the union. “We had a list of 58 names which we had to trim down to 39, but the message I’ve given to all those other players, too, is this squad is not set in stone, and players will come and go for a number of reasons so it’s really important that the players who missed out just to keep playing well and we’ll probably bring you into the group,” Robinson said. The 22 forwards and 17 backs have stood out for Robinson through the four rounds of the North-South series for the Lane Penn Trophy, which he said made trimming the squad down a tricky task. The former Maori All Black has selected a squad of 39, including some outstanding young talent and two players from senior reserve club Masterton Red Star, to prepare for their first assignment, a clash with Central Hawke’s Bay in Waipukurau on King’s Birthday Monday. New Copthorne Wairarapa-Bush coach Reece Robinson has spread his net far and wide to pick his initial training squad.
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