Te Waipounamu Tournament

26 Feb 2010

Canterbury Maori It is a significant year for New Zealand Maori Rugby, as we celebrate 100 years since the first New Zealand Maori rugby team was selected in 1910.

To kick-off the season, the Waitaha (Canterbury Maori) Men’s, Women’s and Colts sides travel to Timaru this weekend for the Te Waipounamu Tournament at Alpine Energy Stadium. The Men’s team play two games, against Otago, and either Aoraki or Tasman, and the Women’s and Colts teams will compete against Otago, Southland, Tasman and Aoraki.

From the tournament, a South Island (Te Waipounamu) Maori team will be selected. The side will play two fixtures – The first against Te Tini a Maui (Central Maori) on the 6^th March in Palmerston North, and the second in Christchurch against Te Hiku O Te Ika (Northern Maori), on the 20^th March at Burnside Park.

The Te Waipounamu tournament is held at this time of the year so all Maori players not in a Super 14 Squad are available to play.

Canterbury Maori (Waitaha) Men’s Squad

Willy Anglem	New Brighton
Mike Bendall	Lincoln
Robbie Flynn	Shirley
Casey Fransen	Linwood
Lance Gahan	University
Wiremu Gray	New Brighton
Hamish Kilpatrick	Lincoln University
James Kora	University
James Lobb	Shirley
Kevin Marriner	Linwood
Aaron McCoy (Captain)	New Brighton
Nick McMullan	New Brighton
Joe Moody	Lincoln
James Pitama	University
Chris Poff	Burnside
Jamie Rangihuna	New Brighton
Evan Seymour	New Brighton
Pete Stanley	Burnside
Rueben Te Amo	Belfast
Hakarangi Tichbourne	Burnham
Willy Todd	University
Aaron Williams	Lincoln University
Dayne Wipou	New Brighton

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