Promising club players selected in the NZ Māori U20s

The NZ Māori U20 Rugby Team is playing Fiji U20 as the curtain raiser to the Māori All Blacks and Fiji test match on Saturday 20th July 5.30pm at Rotorua Stadium.

The team is:

Kershawl Sykes-Martin 
Nelson Rugby Club
Ngāti Porou

Te Ariki Te Puni 
University RFC Auckland
Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Porou, Rangitāne o Manawatu
Ngāi Te Rangi

Jonas Pomare
Mt Maunganui Sports Club
Ngāpuhi

**Poukohe Sorensen** 
Te Puna RFC
Te Arawa, Ngāti Porou

Tyrone Thompson 
Marist St Pats
Ngai Tā Manuhiri, Ngāti Rangiwewehi

Tanara Haenga 
Wainuiomata RFC
Ngāti Porou

Josh Hill 
University of Otago RFC
Ngāi Tahu

Leo Ngatai-Tafau 
Ardmore Marist RFC
Ngāti Porou, Tainui

Keelan Whitman 
Marist St Pats
Ngāti Rangiwewehi

**Cortez-Lee Ratima**
Otorohonga RFC
Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tama

Leo Thompson 
Marist St Pats
Ngai Tā Manuhiri, Ngāti Rangiwewehi

Shamus Hurley-Langton 
College Old Boys Wellington
Te Āti Awa, Taranaki

Samuel Smith
Wainuiomata RFC
Ngāti Raukawa, Ngati Kahungunu

Coel Kerr 
Lincoln University RFC
Ngāti Ranginui

John Croft Cooper
Ponsonby District RFC
Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngā Puhi, Tūwharetoa

Kaipo Brown 
Tauranga Rugby Sports & Recreation Club
Te Aupōuri, Te Arawa, Tainui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Te Āti Awa

Dennon Robinson-Bartlett 
Whakarewarewa Community Sports Club
Ngāti Kahungunu

Tamarau McGahan 
Marist North Harbour
Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Raukawa

Tobias Wickham-Manuel
Kia Toa RFC
Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tūwharetoa

Tahu Kaa
Lincoln University RFC
Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tahu

Zarn Sullivan 
College Rifles RFC
Ngāti Kahungunu

Isaac Bracewell 
Wellington Football Club
Ngāti Maniapoto

Callum Bean
Grammar Tec Auckland
Ngai Tahu, Ngā Puhi

** Availability subject to Club Commitments

Ngā Kaiako/Kaiwhakahaere

Head Coach
Rua Wanoa
Ngāti Porou

Forwards Coach
Anthony Rehutai
Ngāti Porou

Forwards Assistant
Tracey Davis
Ngāti Whātua

Backs Coach
Stacey Grant
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa

Backs Assistant
Joseph Wineera
Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Koata, Ngāi Tahu

Cultural Advisor
Mihaere Emery
Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Ngāti Raukawa

Mark Seymour
Manager
Ngāti Hikairo

Kieran Te Whare
Trainer
Ngati Tūwharetoa

Tioke Pryor
Physio
Ngāi Tuhoe. Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Te Rangi

Tiki Edwards
Campaign Manager
Whakatōhea, Ngāti Raukawa