Mako team announced
Crowd favourite Timoci Tavatavanawai will start for Tasman in midfield tomorrow. Photo Shuttersport.
The team has been named for tomorrow’s Tasman Mako v Canterbury pre-season NPC clash at Lansdowne Park.
Tasman have named four former All Blacks in their starting XV, plus a string of players with recent Super Rugby experience, for their only home build-up game, taking on the defending champs.
The match begins at 1pm. Entry is $10 for adults, kids get in free.
Tasman Mako team v Canterbury: 1 Kershawl Sykes-Martin, 2 Eli Oudenryn, 3 Vea Taumoefolau, 4 Lopeti Faifua, 5 Antonio Shalfoon, 6 Johnny Lee, 7 Ethan Blackadder, 8 Shannon Frizell, 9 Noah Hotham, 10 Taine Robinson, 11 Kyren Taumoefolau, 12 Timoci Tavatavanawai, 13 Cooper Roberts, 14 Jack Gray, 15 Maloni Kunawave.
Bench: Tom Heywood, Dylan Irvine, Sione Mafi, Hunter Leppein, Tayne Hemopo, Rory Scott, Mason Lund, Cooper Grant, Nic Sauira, Matthew Lowe, Leo Marfell, Izzy Kamana.