Friday, March 09, 2007

All Blacks in action...sort of

The Chiefs’ three conditioning All Blacks are included in the Chiefs Wider Training Group team to take on the Blues Wider Training Group team in Auckland next week.

Sitiveni Sivivatu, Byron Kelleher and Mils Muliaina will take part in their first rugby match of the year when they join fellow Chiefs Wider Training Group, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Counties players for the fixture to be held on Tuesday 13 March.

The 80 minute match will kick off at 1.00pm at UNITEC, Carrington Rd in Auckland. The Blues’ conditioning All Blacks will also be playing in this fixture.

The Chiefs Wider Training Group team will be coached by Kevin Putt, with Paul Hodder as team manager.

The Chiefs Wider Training Group squad is:

Forwards: Sekope Kepu (Wider Training Group), Vern Kamo (Wider Training Group), Ted Tauroa (Waikato), Mark Burman (Waikato), Andrew van der Heidjen (Wider Training Group), Warren Smith (Bay of Plenty), James Maher (Counties Manukau), Steven Setephano (Wider Training Group), John Paeranga (Wider Training Group), Matt Wallis (Bay of Plenty), Romana Graham (Waikato), Aaron Rameka (Bay of Plenty), Jono Armstrong (Waikato).

Backs: Byron Kelleher (Chiefs), Sitiveni Sivivatu (Chiefs), Cory Aporo (Wider Training Group), Malu Sa’u (Counties Manukau), Mils Muliaina (Chiefs), David Bason (Wider Training Group), Mike Delaney (Wider Training Group), Roimata Hansell-Pune (Waikato), Jared Payne (Waikato).

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