Invitational, provincial, local & school sevens tournaments

[Bovidae]

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

https://www.allblacks.com/news/new-zealand-under-18-sevens-teams-named-for-world-school-sevens/

[Bovidae]

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)

[Stargazer]

@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.

[Bovidae]

@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.

[Crucial]

@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.
I think they decided to make it U18 and attended school during the year.

[Crucial]

The surprise girls team of last tournament (Central Storm), who beat Condors in the first round and made the final in their first year, has lost two players to NZSS. The coaches daughter has made the NZ Māori team as well.

[Steven Harris]

@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]

@Bovidae King Maxwell has been likened to Rico Gear , has been signed by the Auckland academy

[Bovidae]

@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 Canterbury

What position? He wasn't in the Māori U18 XVs squad.

[Stargazer]

@Bovidae He's a midfielder who played for the Northland Vikings U18 team and was named in the Blues U18 Development squad.

[taniwharugby]

@Stargazer more a 10/12 I think.

[Crucial]

@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 Canterbury

Good academies are the biggest attraction and put you in constant contact with decision makers. They are the curse of the smaller unions though.

[Crucial]

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.

[Crucial]

[Bovidae]

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.

[Crucial]

@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

https://www.steelers.co.nz/community-rugby/latest/news/local-players-to-feature-at-world-schools-sevens.html

"David Kama and Joey Taumateine of Wesley College will be playing for the NZ Cavaliers."

[Stargazer]

HOW GOOD IS THIS LINE UP? :star-struck:

Legends of the game will be going head to head in a game of touch - you don't want to miss this one!

Make sure you get your tickets to the World Schools Sevens, presented by G.J. Gardner Homes NZ. Game starts at 2pm.

[Stargazer]

Warriors' Girls team

https://www.warriors.kiwi/news/2022/11/25/girls-squad-for-world-school-sevens/

[Bovidae]

It's interesting to see who is involved in the coaching staff of each team. There are some big names there. For example, Waisake Sotutu is the coach of the NZ Fijian Girls team, and Mark Nawaqanitawase is one of his assistant coaches. DJ Forbes is the NZ Fijian Boys coach.

Carlos Spencer is part of the Cavaliers coaching group.

[Crucial]

@Bovidae quite a few coaches use this as a showcase for themselves as well. Mainly those at School coaching levels or those that will freelance.