An abundance of talented young rugby players have been selected from across Chiefs Country to attend the annual University of Waikato Chiefs Region Under-18 Development Camp from October 11 to 14 at St Paul's Collegiate School in Hamilton.
The camp is renowned for being a key event in the pathway for local players to make the step into professional rugby in the future. There will be a large focus on skill development and Chiefs culture, before playing two matches against the Hurricanes U18 in Turangi on Friday October 15.
The camp has a proud history of featuring well-known Gallagher Chiefs and All Blacks. Many current Gallagher Chiefs players, particularly current All Blacks have attended the camp including Sam Cane, Luke Jacobson, Tupou Vaa'i, Quinn Tupaea and Samisoni Taukei'aho.
Chiefs Rugby Club player ID and talent development manager Kent Currie is excited to have a plethora of young talent attending this year's camp.
"We are excited by the group of players that we have selected – including the standby players. We have a number of First XV teams performing very well on the national stage at present, which is a credit to the quality coaching and preparation throughout our region," Currie said.
