Girls Sevens wing it to New Caledonia

PRIDE OF THE BAY: The players and coaches are (back row from left to right) Trish Hina (coach), Te Uarangi Olsen-Baker, Georgia Teneti, Manaia Hutana, Jody Walters, Amoe Tarsau (coach). Third row: Kaipo Olsen-Baker, Temaiora Olsen-Baker, Maia Rickard, Kalani Pakaru, Ana Pole, Tatiyana Collier, Maddi Reid, Shantay Marsh-Smiler, Lucy Coulston. Second row: Daysha Williams, Anatea Taituha, Lauryn Matenga, Honey Mokomoko, Azalleyah Maaka, Renee Holmes, Pauline Samuel. Front row: Becky Taylor, Mihi Tipoki, Sulieti Halafihi. Picture supplied

THE Poverty Bay under-18 girls sevens teams left for New Caledonia this morning.

The Red and White teams, coached by Trish Hina and Amoe Tarsau, will compete in the New Caledonia sevens tournament, featuring teams from Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia and Tahiti.

Trish and Amoe said the tournament was a step on the road to “bringing the girls to the notice of national age-group selectors, with the ultimate goal of having someone from here represent New Zealand at sevens or 15s”.