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• By Andrew King<br />
FIVE PROMISING rugby<br />
league players have been<br />
given a shot at making the<br />
New Zealand 18s side to take<br />
on Australia’s best.<br />
Jordan Riki (Hornby<br />
Panthers), Seth Tauamiti<br />
(Papanui Tigers), and Daniel<br />
Sakisi (Celebration Lions)<br />
have been named in the New<br />
Zealand Residents 18s wider<br />
training squad to meet an<br />
Australian-based selection<br />
of young New Zealanders<br />
playing for NRL clubs.<br />
The Australian-based<br />
squad includes former<br />
Celebration Lions Cruz<br />
Topai-Aveai and former<br />
Halswell Hornets scrum-half<br />
Joseph Taipari. Topai-Aveai<br />
(now with the Cronulla<br />
Sharks) and Taipari<br />
(Parramatta Eels) play in the<br />
Holden Cup.<br />
The New Zealand<br />
Residents 18s will be whittled<br />
down to an 18-man squad<br />
on September 12 to take on<br />
the Australian-based team,<br />
known as Taurahere, on<br />
September 23 in Auckland.<br />
A New Zealand 18s team<br />
will then be selected from the<br />
match to play the Australian<br />
Schoolboys on September 30<br />
at Trust Stadium, Waitakere.<br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
GREAT TALENT: Cruz Topai-Aveai (left) and Joseph Taipari have been selected in the<br />
Taurahere wider training squad to play on September 23.<br />
Riki, Tauamiti, Sakisi,<br />
Topai-Aveai and Taipari<br />
are also playing or have<br />
played rugby union for<br />
Christchurch schools.<br />
PHOTO: KAREN CASEY<br />
Riki and Tauamiti turn<br />
out for St Thomas, and Sakisi<br />
plays for Shirley Boys’ High<br />
in the UC Championship.<br />
Topai-Aveai played No 8<br />
NOR’WEST NEWS<br />
SPORTS<br />
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Taipari had a handful of<br />
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