Jayden is a Year 8 student at Havelock North Intermediate and Angus a Year 7 student at Heretaunga Intermediate. They are both products of Waimarama School and will both be playing at their first Ross Shield tournament.
The pair, who know each other's style of play inside out, are adamant they will be fierce rivals during Friday's "Battle of Hastings" which will see East attempt to retain the Bill Mathewson Memorial Trophy.
"Jayden is the stepper and he knows I will be running straight ... at him," Angus said.
East have won all their warm-up games and Jayden said the team won't be short of motivational ammunition during the Rugby Park-hosted tournament which starts on Tuesday and ends on Saturday.
"It's the last tournament for our coaches Andrew [Hui] and Ford [Panirau] who are stepping down after completing a circuit of the five host venues. We want to give them a winning finale and we are also playing for one of our flankers [Angus Martin] who had to pull out with a leg injury," Jayden said.
West recorded one loss in their four warm-up games but Angus was confident about his team's chances of victory. So much so he entered into a bet with Jayden which will see the losing brother complete 40 press-ups shortly after the final whistle.
Angus had to drop 6kg to meet the 56kg weight limit for the tournament.
"I'm prepared to do it again next year if I have to because I want to play two of these tournaments," Angus said.
The quest had to be put to their father, a former Tamatea club player. Which team will he support when the brothers clash?
"I will be standing near the halfway line and will stay neutral. I just hope one of the Hastings teams wins the tournament after Napier won last year."
Should Jayden's team lift the Ross Shield next Saturday it will be a case of third time lucky for Hui and Panirau who coached the winning teams in 2014 and 2012.
Defending champions Napier have four players back from last year's winning team, captain and No 8 Kinghouse Tupuola, vice-captain and halfback Bradley Campbell, flanker John Teddy and prop Cameron Dawson. Assistant coach Paul Teddy, who was also involved last year, was confident about the team's chances of going back-to-back.
"We're peaking at the right time."
Draw:
Tuesday: 1pm Hastings East v Wairoa; 2pm Napier v Central; 3pm Dannevirke v Hastings West.
Wednesday: 1pm Wairoa v Dannevirke; 2pm Napier v Hastings West; 3pm Central v Hastings East.
Thursday: 1pm Central v Hastings West; 2pm Hastings East v Dannevirke; 3pm Napier v Wairoa.
Friday: 1pm Napier v Dannevirke; 2pm Wairoa v Central; 3pm Hastings East v Hastings West.
Saturday: 11am Hastings West v Wairoa; 12noon Central v Dannevirke; 1pm Hastings East v Napier.
2pm Closing Ceremony.
Teams:
Dannevirke: Jarrod Conway, Hayden Bell, Corban Greatbatch, Zane Madden, Angus Kjestrup (Vice Captain), Charlie Dillon, Cody Borlase, Tawera Rautahi (Captain), Alec Baker, Michael Buick, Shea Hewitt, Orin Baker, Campbell Carrington-Morse, Jet Jeffery, Jocab Lucas, Max Te Huki, Graiden Hauiti, Angus Prouting, Leighton Edwards, Aaron Davis, Caleb McCutcheon, Jacob Teller.
Central: Jack Irvine, Ben Waugh, William Rickey, Josh Cudby, Aidan Flack, Michael Large, Jock Kilmister (Captain), Guy von Dadelszen, Maika Graham, Fergus Lourie, Piper Taylor, Douglas Kerr (Vice Captain), Bradley Roys-Smith, Oliver Wichman, Taylor Topp, Briedon Lammas, Dylan Wind, Plum King, Josh Leach, Rylee Ward, Jake Evans, James Kennedy.
Hastings East: Aone Lolofie (Co-captain), Ryan Dorward, Ethan Miller, Jacob Smith, Tom Druzianic, Tamaiwhitia Hokianga, Dallas Hemi-Mason, Jayden Gillies, Bryn Thompson, Cooper Flanders (Co-captain), Nav Te Riini, Rawiri Teneti, Troydyn Bird, Ryan Ashman, Phelix Bargh, Tom McFetridge, Tyrone Chrystal, Tommie Smith, Rico Harris, Karlin Painter-Dudley, Koby Deacon, Tom Goodison.
Hastings West: Papaofo Setu, Vikta Tevita, Bonham Edwards, Ibanez Ahomiro, Lanson Randell, Macabe King (Captain), TJ Vekene, Xavier Clarke-Lloyd, Kahlia Awa, Amiri Downs-Williams, Brayden Munro, James Craig, Rupert Linnell, Corban Watson, Bryson Ioane, Ezekiel Awa, Angus Gillies, Jack Ralph, Alex Dickey, Izaiah Tuliau, Zedekiah Awa, Charlie Roil.
Napier: Cameron Dawson, Billy Dagg, Telea Faumui, Seth Peakman, Mathew Vaimoli, John Teddy, Joshua Quinn, Kingshouse Tupuola (Captain), Bradley Campbell (Vice Captain), Afa Moleli, Joshua Adegoke, Jovian Cleal, Xanda Scott-Semenoff, Mark Vaimoli, Te Tangata Edwards, Teina Maxwell, Jecht McNeish, Jacob Robinson, Luke Chamberlain, Jehmial Ross, Junior Telea, Lachlan McCarthy.
Wairoa: George Cox, Legacy Brown, Pitiera Keefe-Taeoalii, Kalaney Ruwhiu, Te Kauhu Barber, Louis Raroa, Materoa Edwards, Stanley Baty, Xavier McCafferty, Tungane Kaimoana, Arana Keefe-Waiwai, Moana Ropitini, Aprilia Huata, Lorenze Te Paora, Barnaby Couper-Harper, William Taylor, Kaleb Maxwell, Patrick Fishwick, Anthony Wilson, Fagan Hook-Robertson.
