New Zealand name squads for sponsors tournament and Junior tour

New Zealand have announced their squads which will play against New South Wales in the Sponsors tournament on the 13th and 14th of March, and also the junior squad which will go on tour to Australia in April. New Zealand have named three mixed teams who will play each other and New South Wales over the weekend of the tournament.

New Zealand are preparing for the World Cup in 2011 by giving as many players as possible experience at the top level before narrowing it down to the final 8 who will travel to the UK for the World Cup campaign. The three New Zealand teams are as follows:-

In these teams are some of the names from the previous World cup team, namely Shane Hill, Tony Schrafft and Sue Gower.

New Zealand have also named their juniors squad who will tour to Australia in April, they are:-

Laureen Tye (Putaruru-Tirau)
Taylor Te Akau (Tuwharetoa)
Maia Jones (Franklin)
Kiriana Butler (Kakatahi)

Carey-Leigh Cornelius (Kakatahi)
Taumai Marshall-Duff (Tuwharetoa)
Jarrod Richardson (Otorohanga)
Jack Kinder (Te Mata)

New South Wales have also named their squad for the Sponsors tournament. It is:-

Sara Hancock
Samantha Shields
Rebecca Webb (Captain)
Denne Bourke
William Fitzgerald
Pat French
Francis Hallam
Cherylee Sturt

With the Australia National Championship starting a week after the Sponsors tournament, New South Wales are not sending a full strength side. However, given the strength of New South Wales at polocrosse, they will, undoubtedly, still give New Zealand a good contest.

NSW have also named their squads for the National Championships, which are in Ballarat from the 22nd to the 29th of March, and the Barastoc Challenge, which takes place in Warwick, Queensland on the 9th to the 11th of April. To read the New South Wales teams, and all the other teams for the Australian National Championships, click here.