Rugby: Rotorua's Isaac Te Aute signs with BOP Rugby

Isaac Te Aute in action during this year's National Secondary Schools 1st XV final. Photo/File

Rotorua sensation Isaac Te Aute's year keeps getting better.

Te Aute and Joe Webber have signed with the Bay of Plenty Rugby Union for 2016 and 2017.

Te Aute, 19, stamped his mark on the national scene this year captaining the Rotorua Boys' High School 1st XV to the national secondary schools title. He has since become a contracted player in the All Black Sevens squad.

Meanwhile, Webber has had an outstanding representative rugby career thus far, including selection in the New Zealand Schools, New Zealand U20s, Maori All Blacks and All Black Sevens. Webber was selected last week in the All Blacks Sevens squad for the first two tournaments of the HBSC World Series in Dubai and Cape Town.

Webber, 22, has represented Waikato in the ITM Cup since 2012.

Bay of Plenty Rugby Union chief executive Mike Rogers said: "It is great to be able to secure our local talent to represent the Bay. Both Isaac and Joe are fantastic talents and they will bring plenty of excitement that I am sure our fans will enjoy watching.

"It would be a treat next year to see them represent us and the country at the Olympics and then return to represent the Bay where our community can watch them in person."