
Following the weekends Club Rugby 7s competition, Waikato has named their two trainings squads for the upcoming Northern Region 7s competition. Making its much anticipated return following a small hiatus due to Covid, our provincial 7s campaigns are back underway and competition starts this weekend in Whangamata, before the Northern Region show piece takes place in Whangarei on Saturday 25th November.
Both our Men's & Women's sides have named strong squads with Bunnings NPC players Cody Nordstrom, Tana Tuhakaraina & Xavier Saifoloi backing up following strong NPC seasons. A mixture of youth and experience makes up the remainder of the squad with the likes of Luke Masirewa, Leigh Bristowe, Newton Tudreu & Cody Rogers providing some quality sevens experience to our side.
Waikato Men's will be coached by former Waikato Seven's player Steve Ketu Waikato and will travel to Whangamata this coming weekend to see where they are at before the trip north with the hopes of bringing home some silverware to round out 2023 when they travel to Whangarei in a fortnights time.
Our Waikato Women's squad will be coached by the experienced Carla & Chyna Hohepa. Naming a good mixture of young talent coming through our system with the experienced needed to go deep into these tournaments.
A strong representation from our Waitomo Group: Waikato FPC side is prominent when you look at this sevens squad with the likes of Kaea Nepia, Kiriana Nolan, Aaliyah Konui, Lela Ieremia, Mia Anderson, Roelien du Plessis & Vici-Rose Green leading the side following their strong Farah Palmer Cup campaign with the New Zealand Representative experience of Reese Anderson fresh off her NZ 7s campaign will give the side a big boost on the field.
This seasons Women's Premiership top points scorer Aaliyah Konui will be one to keep an eye on out wide, her pace and skill set is sure to keep opposition guessing and will really trouble teams defensively.
For full squad naming's click here.
Article added: Monday 06 November 2023
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