Sixty-four players have been named for the 2007 Hansells' Wairarapa-Bush Heartland rugby team trial match to be held next Sunday.
As expected the chief contributors to the two trial sides, labelled teams X and Y, are Gladstone, Eketahuna and Carterton with a combined 35 players in the mix.
While the two sides
predominantly feature the usual suspects, there are also a few newbies in the mix including East Coast halfback Zeb Aporo and Gladstone winger Baden Stevenson.
The trial match should see everyone given a run to push their claims for a representative jersey.
Both sides have their first and only training this Sunday at 11am, with Team X hitting the Marist club grounds and Team Y the Masterton Red Star turf.
The trial game is to be played at Memorial Park on Sunday May 13 at 1pm.
Team X: 29
Evan Small (Puketoi), Robert O'Neale, Sully Alsop (Eketahuna), Blair Gardner, Corey Reid, Daryl Pollock (Marist), Nathan Rolls, Tommy Harmon (Pioneer), Chris Senior, Lima Lauvi (Masterton Red Star), Zeb Aporo, Saan Aporo (East Coast), Kurt Simmonds, John Stevenson, Andrew McLean, Mike Spence, Matt Easton, Mike Shaw, Patrick Andrew, Baden Stevenson, George Williams (Gladstone), Joe Harwood, Reuben Daysh, Jason Scott, Patrick Cassidy (Carterton), Brett Rudman, Nigel Phillips, Tevita Isaac (Greytown/Tuhirangi), Adam Marshall (Martinborough).
Coach: Steve Thompson
Manager: Brian Abbott
Team Y: 35
Jared Bambry, Jason Liverton (Puketoi), Phil Griffin, Dan Griffin, Brendan Walker, Steve Olds, Josh MacKey, Joni Gillard, Simanu Simanu, Joji Tamani, Dan White, Hamish MacKenzie (Eketahuna), Victor Thompson, Mikey Harmon, Isaac Rolls (Pioneer), Rhys Severn, Ben Couch (Marist), Kayne Nooroa, Nick Olson (East Coast), Marcus Totman, William Clinton-Baker, Richard Puddy, James Bruce (Gladstone), Tomasi Kedrabuka, Lance Stevenson, Mike Wakefield, Justin Lett, Nathan Sanson, Sela Mosese (Carterton), Isaac Tapunga, Ryan Hardman, Bruce McKenzie (Greytown/Tuhirangi), Jared Hawkins, Eliah Telford, Scott Madden (Martinborough).
Coaches: Neil Foote and Dion van Deventer
Manager: John Gavin
