New Zealand Heartland XV squad
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Nigel Walsh named 2021 New Zealand Heartland XV Head Coach
Following a year hiatus due to COVID-19, New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has today confirmed the New Zealand Heartland XV will be back in 2021, with South Canterbury’s Nigel Walsh named as Head Coach.
Joining Walsh at the helm as Assistant Coach is Steelform Whanganui Assistant Coach, Jason Hamlin, who is the second Whanganui coach to be involved with the team since its establishment in 1988.
NZR also confirmed the appointment of Mid Canterbury’s Tony Harrison as Team Manager. Harrison is no stranger to the New Zealand Heartland XV, having previously managed the team in 2016 and 2017.The 2021 New Zealand Heartland team will be named next month, following round eight of the Bunnings Heartland Championship. Pending COVID-19 Alert Levels, the 2021 side will assemble in Taupo on 2 December, where they’ll take part in a five-day camp, culminating in a fixture against New Zealand Barbarians on Sunday 5 December.
I'm keen to find out what kind of players will be selected for that Barbarians side. Also Heartland players? -
*Denotes non-travelling reserve playerFORWARDS
Callum Burrell* - Mid Canterbury
Stefan Destounis - Poverty Bay
Tokomaata Fakatava - South Canterbury
Hone Haerewa - Ngāti Porou East Coast
Campbell Hart - Whanganui
Hadlee Hay-Horton - Whanganui
Seta Koroitamana - Mid Canterbury
Te Huia Kutia* - Thames Valley
Josh Lane* - Whanganui
Connor McVerry - Thames Valley
Manasa Bari Samo - Mid Canterbury
Nick Strachan - South Canterbury
Sam Sturgess - North Otago
Vaka Taelega - South Canterbury
Loni Toumohuni* - South Canterbury
Sam Van Der Valk - Thames Valley
Adam Williamson - Mid CanterburyBACKS
Sireli Buliruarua - South Canterbury
Craig Clare - Whanganui
Paula Fifita - South Canterbury
Te Rangi Fraser - Ngāti Porou East Coast
Lindsay Horrocks - Whanganui
Sam Parkes* - Ngāti Porou East Coast
Zac Saunders* - South Canterbury
Timoci Seruwalu - Whanganui
Lennix Tovo - Horowhenua Kapiti
Hayden Todd - North Otago
Raitube Vasurakuta - Mid Canterbury
William Wright - South Canterbury
Dane Whale* - WhanganuiNew Zealand Heartland XV match schedule
Sunday 5 December, 2pm - Owen Delany Park, Taupō
Heartland XV v New Zealand Barbarians -
@cgrant I haven't been able to find eligibility rules for this team, but I think players who have played for national representative teams at higher levels (ABs, MABs(?), ABs 7s) are not allowed to play for this team. Ngarohi McGarvey-Black, who also plays for East Coast, hasn't been selected either., nor has Faifili Levave. In previous years, they also didn't select Corey Flynn (West Coast), Pire Weepu & Zac Guildford (Wairarapa Bush), Regan King (Mid-Canterbury) or Alby Mathewson (King Country), to name a few.
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@bovidae said in New Zealand Heartland XV squad:
@stargazer So a combination of young U20 players, non-SR players, and Bent.
Hopefully the game will be televised.
Sunday, 5 December 2021 from 2.00pm on Sky Sport 1!
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NZ Barbarians 2021 Assistans Coach Jarrad Hoeata (30/11/21)
MORNINGS WITH IAN SMITH
Former All Blacks Forward & Taranaki & NZ Barbarians 2021 Assistant Coach Jarrad Hoeata joins the show to preview the NZ Barbarians vs the Heartland 15 match in Taupo on Friday
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The New Zealand Heartland XV team is:
1 Vaka Taelega (South Canterbury)
2 Sam Van der Valk (Thames Valley)
3 Tokomaata Fakatava (South Canterbury)
4 Campbell Hart (Vice Captain) (Whanganui)
5 Connor McVerry (Thames Valley)
6 Hone Haerewa (Ngāti Porou East Coast)
7 Nick Strachan (Captain) (South Canterbury)
8 Seta Koroitamana (Mid Canterbury)
9 Willie Wright (South Canterbury)
10 Craig Clare (Vice Captain) (Whanganui)
11 Hayden Todd (North Otago)
12 Paula Fifita (South Canterbury)
13 Nick Foxley (Mid Canterbury)
14 Raitube Vasurakuta (Mid Canterbury)
15 Zac Saunders (South Canterbury)16 Callum Burrell (Mid Canterbury)
17 James Higgins (Poverty Bay)
18 Te Huia Kutia (Thames Valley)
19 Manasa Samo Bari (Mid Canterbury)
20 Stefan Destounis (Poverty Bay)
21 Lindsay Horrocks (Whanganui)
22 Dane Whale (Whanganui)
23 Tevita Halafihi (Thames Valley) -
NZ Barbarians team for tomorrow's game:
1 Michael Bent (Taranaki)
2 Mills Sanerivi (Taranaki)
3 Solomone Tuku’afu (Waikato)
4 James Thompson (Waikato)
5 Semisi Paea (Bay of Plenty)
6 Veveni Lasaqa (Bay of Plenty)
7 Sam Smith (Wellington)
8 Keelan Whitman (Wellington)
9 Connor Collins (Wellington - Captain)
10 D’Angelo Leuila (Waikato)
11 Te Paea Cook-Savage (Waikato)
12 Louis Rogers (Waikato)
13 Taniela Filimone (Manawatū)
14 Vereniki Tikoisolomone (Taranaki)
15 Drew Wild (Manawatū)16 Bryn Gordon (Manawatū)
17 Joseph Gavigan (Manawatū)
18 Flynn Yates (Manawatū)
19 Cruise Dunster (King Country)
20 Frank Lochore (Shield Snorters)
21 Leroy Carter (Bay of Plenty)
22 Josh Jacomb (Taranaki)
23 Quinnlan Tupou (Waikato) -
Tuku’afu was one of the mystery players seen on the sidelines in the later Waikato NPC games. He used to be a hooker and played in the same Hamilton BHS front row as Ayden Johnstone. Both made the NZS team that year. I don't remember him being part of Waikato squads previously, but maybe he's been a regular club player.