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Saturday, November 15, 2008

New Zealand Sevens trial squad named

New Zealand Sevens coach Gordon Tietjens has named the players who will attend a training camp in preparation for the IRB Sevens World Series.

The players will attend the four-day camp in Mt Maunganui, after which a final squad of 12 players will be selected to travel to Dubai and South Africa for the first two tournaments of the series.

New Zealand Sevens trial squad: Kurt Baker (Manawatu), Tomasi Cama (Manawatu), Patrick Flavell (Auckland), DJ Forbes (Counties Manukau), Jason Hona (Bay of Plenty), Solomon King (Bay of Plenty), Zar Lawrence (Bay of Plenty), Tim Mikkelson (Waikato), Lachie Munro (Northland), Ben Nowell (Canterbury), Lote Raikabula (Manawatu), Rene Ranger (Northland), Willie Rickards (Southland), Julian Savea (Wellington), Alex Tulou (Wellington), Nafi Tuitavake (North Harbour).

Two additional players will join the camp on Monday.

Auckland’s Edwin Cocker and Bay of Plenty’s Nigel Hunt were unavailable for the trial camp due to injury.

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