Round 2 Looms Large For Heartland Under 20 Team
The Hurricanes Heartland Under 20 Team travel to Wellington's Westpac Stadium on Friday evening at 5.05pm to take on the Wellington Under 19 Team in their Round 2 fixture of the Central Region Shield.
Following last weekend's wet encounter against Hawkes Bay in Palmerston North, the Heartland side will be looking forward the experience of playing on the Hurricanes Home Ground as the Curtain-Raiser to the Mitre 10 Cup match between Wellington and Canterbury at 7.35pm.
The team has trained for the past two days at the Hurricanes Training Base in Newtown and has been hosted at Wellington's Pipitea Marae, opposite the Stadium. The Council thanks Karaka Cafe for their generous support of both the Heartland and Wellington teams.
The Hurricanes Heartland Team for Friday's match is:
1 WRIGHT Stan (WBRFU)
2 COVENY Kohlt (WRFU)
3 BUSH Lewis (WBRFU)
4 ROKOTAKALA Josefa (WRFU)
5 TAUATUVALU Ofa (PBRFU)
6 WAKEFIELD Zac (WBRFU)
7 MYERS Jason (WRFU)
8 PEREKA Xavier (C) (HKRFU)
9 RAUHIHI Josh (HKRFU)
10 MURPHY Arana (HKRFU)
11 GORDON Joe (WBRFU)
12 PETERSEN Raniera (WBRFU)
13 TOKOTAUA-MUMBY Tiari (WRFU)
14 RAPANA Toroa (HKRFU)
15 O’LEARY Jack (WRFU)
16 BRETT Ethan (PBRFU)
17 WIKI Dallas (HKRFU)
18 ITIELU Pokeka (HKRFU)
19 SHERIDAN Chase (PBRFU)
20 PEARCE Moses (HKRFU)
21 MEUNIER Lamaire (WRFU)
22 MEIHANA Tipene (ECRFU)
23 PAPE Sean (HKRFU)
The match will be broadcast live from Westpac Stadium, Wellington from 5.00pm, on 1161AM, 87.6FM, teupoko.co.nz, iheartradio.com (search “te upoko”) or tunein.com (search “te upoko”).
(Published : 22/08/19)