Hawke's Bays players more wanted

Air New Zealand NPC Division Two runners up Hawke's Bays have had nine players selected for the upcoming New Zealand Divisional XV trials. Ironically the team that beat them in final, Nelson Bays only have seven.

New Zealand Divisional XV coach Glenn Moore has named a trial squad of 46 players ahead of next month's three-match tour of Fiji.

Six players from North Otago, who made the semi-finals in Division Two this year, have been included.

Counties Manukau, who lost to Hawke's Bay in the semi-finals this year, and Marlborough have four players each.

Poverty Bay, who won the NPC Division Three title have three representatives while the team they beat in the Final last week, Wairarapa-Bush, have two players.

The trial squad will assemble in Wellington from October 28 to 30 for two trial matches. A touring squad of 24 will be named on Saturday 30 October.

New Zealand Divisional XV trial-lists: Niva Ta'auso, Troy Nathan, Mark Price and Ted Carew (Counties Manukau), Derek Leefe (East Coast), Davis Norman, Jacob Kennedy, Eddie Hekenui, Mutu Ngarimu, Michael Johnson, Nui Bartlett, Rob Evans, Tom Symes and Clint Newlands (Hawke's Bay), Craig Tansley (Horowhenua-Kapiti), Tim Manawatu (King Country), Craig Clare, Charlie Beetham and Hayden Triggs (Manawatu), Marty Campbell, Sam Howe, Aaron Bancroft and Mark Stewart (Marlborough), Clark McLeod and Daniel Dwyer (Mid Canterbury), Lucky Mulipola, Iliesa Durrant, Aaron Kimura, Karl Leary, Mark Bright, Shane Parata and Gavin Briggs (Nelson Bays), Scott Mayhew, Ryan McCarthy, Ross Hay, Cam McKenzie, Noa Soqeta and Atalea Katoa (North Otago), Wade Owen, Toka Liku and Josh

Meanwhile, the coach of the Black Ferns, New Zealand's Women's team, Jed Rowlands has named a squad of 42 for a development camp in Palmerston North this weekend.

"This camp is the start of our build-up to the Rugby World Cup in 2006," said Rowlands.

"We know who our top group of players are and this group of 42 players have shown in this year's Lion Foundation Cup that they have the potential to become Black Ferns by the time the World Cup comes around."

The squad includes five players from this year's Black Ferns Test squad - Auckland's Lavea sisters, Vaniya and Justine, their provincial team-mates Mel Ngatai and Aroha Moore and Waikato's Lauren Engebretsen.

The camp will take place at the Institute of Rugby from October 23 to 25.

Black Ferns Development camp squad: Ese Sao-Taliu, Victoria Blackledge, Angela McGregor, Huriana Manuel, Vaniya Lavea, Nicole Borthwick, Aroha Moore, Jone Sione, Justine Lavea, Lena Beattie, Mel Ngatai and Karina Peretito (Auckland), Tere King, Lauralee Hilman, Raylene Kirk and Anahera Whata (Bay of Plenty), Maryanne Prescott, Tara Horsnell and Hannah Babe (Canterbury), Amy Williams, Marina Canterbury and Chanel Huddleston (Hawke's Bay), Silica Winiata (Manawatu), Kylie Shortland (Northland), Louise Hayward (North Harbour), Ruth Rapira, Katy De Jong, Shannon Willoughby, Anna Heckler, Vita Robinson, Kamilla Wihongi, Kathleen Wilton and Erin Moar (Otago), Helen Gynn (Southland), Lauren Engebretsen, Rebecca Chitty and Nicole Petero (Waikato), Bayly Rapira, Tui Cope, Trish Hena, Tatiana Tafatu and Serena Curtis (Wellington)