2013 Canterbury Rugby wider training group announced

Jun 4 • General News, National, New Zealand • 2976 Views • Comments Off on 2013 Canterbury Rugby wider training group announced

The Canterbury Rugby Football Union has announced its wider training group for the 2013 ITM Cup season. Thirty players from clubs around Canterbury have been selected in the group.

Canterbury is chasing its sixth successive title this season under the new stewardship of head coach Scott Robertson and assistant coach Jason Holland.

The wider training group provides an opportunity for club players to participate in a pre-season programme to promote themselves for potential selection for the ITM Cup campaign.

Canterbury Rugby’s head coach Scott Robertson is excited about the talent within the group.”The wider training group that we have announced are a great group of guys and there is some real talent within the team. These are players with real promise and have a great future in rugby ahead of them.”

The full ITM Cup squad will be announced on 4^th August and Canterbury will play their first ITM Cup game on Friday 16 August against Taranaki at AMI Stadium.

Canterbury Rugby wider training group includes:

Player	Club
Mitchell Alcock	New Brighton
Shayne Anderson	Marist Albion
Scott Barrett	Lincoln University
Jed Brown	Burnside
Hamish Catherwood	University
Mitch Drummond	HSOB
Lyndon Dunshea	University
Tyrone Elkington	Sydenham
Steve Gee	HSOB
Mitch Graham	University
Kolio Hifo	Belfast
Alex Hodgeman	Linwood
Luke Katene	Sumner
Milford Keresoma	Sumner
Jonno Kitto	Linwood
James Lentjes	University
Daniel Lienert-Brown	HSOB
Taniela Manu	Sydenham
Richie Mo’unga	Linwood
James Schrader	Lincoln University
Seb Siataga	HSOB
Fletcher Smith	HSOB
Michael Stewart	Marist Albion
Marty Swart	Sumner
Matt Symons	HSOB
Rob Thompson	HSOB
Belgium Tuatagaloa	Sydenham
Jamie Verran	University
Ellery Wilson	HSOB
Nick Werahiko	Lincoln University