Fifth time for Rowe

Six Wanganui players have been named in the New Zealand Heartland XV squad for 2015 ahead of a three-match campaign starting in November.

Cole Baldwin, Fraser Hammond, Bryn Hudson, Lindsay Horrocks, Stephen Perofeta and Peter Rowe are all in the 25-man squad.

Wanganui flanker Rowe returns as captain for a fifth time after having been at the helm in 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

The New Zealand Heartland XV squad, which has been selected from the Pink Batts Heartland Championship 2015, sees 10 of the 12 Heartland Provincial Unions represented.

The three matches, to be played at venues in the North Island between November 7-13, will see the team first play New Zealand Marist for the McCrae Cup before going on to face Australian Barbarians on two occasions.

The squad will assemble in Wellington on November 4 ahead of their first match against New Zealand Marist in Masterton on November 7.

The NZ Heartland squad is:

Cole Baldwin (Wanganui)

Jackson Donlan (Mid Canterbury)

Matt Fetu (South Canterbury)

Ralph Darling (North Otago)

Timaru Tafa (South Canterbury)

Kurt Simmonds (Wairarapa Bush)

Adam Ross (Mid Canterbury)

Craig Moore (Buller)

Eric Duff (Mid Canterbury)

Fraser Hammond (Wanganui)

Bryn Hudson (Wanganui)

Peter Rowe (captain) (Wanganui)

James Goodger (Wairarapa Bush)

Hayden Anderson (Thames Valley)

Lindsay Horrocks (Wanganui)

Zayn Tipping (King Country)

Stephen Perofeta (Wanganui)

Tim Priest (Wairarapa Bush)

Moss Doran (Thames Valley)

TK Moeke (East Coast)

Lemi Masoe (North Otago)

Lance Easton (Thames Valley)

Tyrone Keith (Thames Valley)

James Hemara (King Country)

Mike Tambour (Horowhenua-Kapiti)