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Schoolgirl for top camp

By Ben Guild
Hamilton News·
20 Nov, 2014 07:47 PM2 mins to read

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Sean Horan has plucked a 16 year old prospect from Hamilton Girls' High School for his NZ Women's Sevens squad.

Sean Horan has plucked a 16 year old prospect from Hamilton Girls' High School for his NZ Women's Sevens squad.

Hamilton Girls' High School sensation Tenika Willison has received a huge boost to end the school year.

The 16-year-old has been included in the 16-player squad to assemble at Mount Maunganui on Sunday ahead of the naming of the team to travel to the opening tournament of the IRB Women's Sevens World Series in Dubai next month.

She was selected on the back of a strong performance in the final week of the new Women's Sevens Series competition held in Taupo alongside fellow first-timers Morgan Morrow of the Bay of Plenty and Kiwi Fern Charlotte Scanlan.

Being called into the national fold at 16-years-old is almost unheard of, but the reports on Willison are glowing.

"Tenika is a dynamite talent, and at 16 she's still too young to play for us, but we definitely see her as good enough to start introducing her to our high performance environment," New Zealand Women's Sevens coach Sean Horan said.

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"Next week will be important preparation time for Dubai - it's the first time this particular group has been together so it's important we get everyone on the same page quickly.

"This new Women's Sevens Series has been an excellent opportunity to look at a lot of players in a compacted tournament environment, and many of the girls took their opportunity to really press for a place at this camp.

"Charlotte and Morgan are both experienced players in league and touch respectively. Both players were on our long list of identified talent, but they played so well during this series, they forced us to take a closer look at them, which is why we're taking them into camp next week."

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