Nine under-16 Tauranga water polo players have been selected to represent New Zealand for a test series against Australia.
Both the boys' and girls' test matches will take place in Auckland over three days from July 21-23.
The test series commences at the end of the Pan Pacific Youth Water Polo Festival, where these New Zealand representatives will also be representing Tauranga Water Polo in the under-16 and under-18 competitions.
The Pan Pacifics 2014 under-14 boys' division was won by the Tauranga side, who will be defending their title this year as the Under 16A team.
Joseph Schuler was in that champion team and is keenly anticipating the next two weeks.