HOCKEY - Seven Northlanders in national women's trials

Seven Northland players have been selected to take part in next week's New Zealand women's hockey trials in Auckland.
Ella Gunson, Charlotte Harrison, Jasmine McQuinn, Carli Michelsen, Stacey Michelsen, Alana Millington and Anna Thorpe will bid for a place in the Black Sticks at the trials on May 25-29, before team selectors Mark Hager, Chris Leslie and former international skipper Tina Bell-Kake.
Five leading players - Emily Naylor, Kayla Sharland, Krystal Forgesson, Beth Jurgeleit and Kate Mahon - will miss the trials because of club commitments in Europe.
The trialists are: Stacey Brannigan, Rhianna Buchanan, Stacey Carr, Sophie Devine, Honor Dillon, Clarissa Eshuis, Cathryn Finlayson, Natasha Fitzsimons, Gemma Flynn, Katie Glynn, Amanda Green, Kimberley Green, Ella Gunson, Piki Hamahona, Sam Harrison, Charlotte Harrison, Nicola Howes, Bridget Kight, Jasmine McQuinn, Carli Michelsen, Stacey Michelsen, Alana Millington, Liz Perry, Anita Punt, Bianca Russell, Sally Rutherford, Kate Saunders, Kate Savory, Lucy Talbot, Anna Thorpe and Petrea Webster.