Bay of Plenty Steamers will play Hawke's Bay in this weekend's ITM Cup championship semi-final in Napier Photo/File
Bay of Plenty Steamers will play Hawke's Bay in this weekend's ITM Cup championship semi-final in Napier Photo/File
The Bay of Plenty Steamers have announced their team to face Hawke's Bay in tomorrow's ITM Cup Championship semi-final at McLean Park in Napier.
Head Coach Clayton McMillan said the team was hugely excited by the opportunity to play in a semi-final.
"We go into the game as massive underdogsagainst a quality Hawke's Bay team and are happy to embrace that tag," he said.
"We are in the race and don't care what the form book, statistics or experts tell us. The only points that matter this weekend are the ones on the scoreboard and I know the lads will give everything they have to get a win for our supporters and stakeholders."
Culum Retallick will captain the Steamers team.
The team is as follows:
Steamers Team:
1. Solomona Sakalia 2. Nathan Harris 3. Siegfried Fisi'ihoi 4. Keepa Mewett 5. Culum Retallick (c) 6. Johan Bardoul 7. Zak Hohneck 8. Joe Tupe 9. Te Aihe Toma 10. Nick Evemy 11. Whaimotu Craft-Chemis 12. Craig Clare 13. Tino Nemani 14. Elijah Nicholas 15. Te Rangi Fraser
