Te Awamutu College head girl Atareipounamu Crown has been selected for the 2021 New Zealand Under-18 Māori Ngā Māreikura Girls team.
The Te Awamutu College 1st XV and Kihikihi rugby club halfback attended the National Under-18 Ngā Māori Māreikura Development Camp in Rotorua during July and obviously impressed.
"This year will hopefully be the first year that the girls get to wear the jersey and play a game, and it would be amazing if I could be a part of it," Crown told the Te Awamutu Courier in July.
"They've never actually had a team for the girls. They've always just had the boys because they've never had anyone to play."
![Atareipounamu Crown (left) and Norman Wise with Chiefs player Pita Gus Sowakula. Photo / Eliza Eldred](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/TDELQJGPA2YA35S3DATBY2NV5U.jpg?auth=a3143fe45ec96655b310f043daff3aab0d3dca2d60e7bc731a91148d6fd78995&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)