Northern Region Representative Rugby 2025

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Harbour lineups - some NPC experience in the Development lineup.

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Not a lot of sub union rugby happening this season so a new holder of the Peace cup after this game.

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NZ's ugliest trophy? 105 year-old rugby cup on the line in Rotorua

The Peace Cup was inaugurated to mark the end of World War I.

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Waikato are slack as usual with no publication of their U19 squad. The team that played NH on the weekend had a lot of players I am not familiar with, and some players you would have expected to be in the team, missing.

Here are the BOP and Taranaki squads. No Mason Verster in the BOP squad. Injured or moved?

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@Bovidae said in Northern Region Representative Rugby 2025:

No Mason Verster in the BOP squad. Injured or moved?

To answer my own question, google tells me that Verster has moved to Canterbury. So the Crusaders have both 2024 NZ Schools 1st 5s.

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Harbour U85s squad

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Pyrenees Boyle-Tiatia must be injured as he would be in the U19 squad. Butterworth is a tall English lock, and obviously younger than I thought.

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I went to watch the Waikato U19s v BOP U19s. A high scoring game with Waikato winning 66-36. I was surprised that some key players like Fale were subbed so early in the 2nd half.

Also watched the 1st half of the Development game that followed. Chicago Doyle playing fullback for the BOP Dev so has obviously moved from Wellington to BOP.

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NZ Harlequins 2025 U17 Boys Team (Waikato)

Harlo Lawson
Solo Sam
Patrick Keenan
Chris Kahotea
Jackson Hill-Brown
Xavier Shields
William Botherway
Hunter Pocock
Sosaia Kaufononga
Koby Ross
Beau Southcombe
George Benjamin
Cooper Gedye
Thomas Foote
Luca Morrison
Jamie Silich
Jackson Botherway
Luca Millar
Toby Wales
Quintas Daniel
Mana Begbie
Cruz Marra
Carson Hunter
Luke Galloway
Patience Tuapola

These players have been selected as injury cover and will be called up if needed:
Jacob Sheridan
Tevita Halaufau
Jonathan Momo
Jackson Hay
Anson Waru

One boy I know of has moved to St Peters from Pukekohe High and last year was Chiefs Under 16. I played with his dad, he hasn't got his height yet. Another boy I know makes it from Fraser High, in the lowest First XV grade. Still Year 12 so could move. Also a Chiefs U16 player. He wasn't much smaller when playing with my son in Under 14's.

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Under 18s | Counties Manukau RFU

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The strange thing about the Waikato U18 squad named is that it doesn't include any players from St Paul's Collegiate. I've no idea why. There are players from some of the regional schools though.