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10 Tuesday July 3 2018 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi OUTLET SALE LOUNGE SUITES PRICED TO CLEAR!! * OVER 50x SUITES NEED TO GO THIS WEEK! Young Coastal defender makes NZ football squad • By Jacob Page COASTAL SPIRIT defender Sam Richards may be a boy playing men but he is turning heads in the process. The 15-year-old Papanui High student is the youngest player in the Coastal Spirit premier men’s reserves team but is more than holding his own. He has made the wider training squad for the New Zealand under-17 team which will attempt to qualify for the under-17 World Cup in Peru in October. The news came as a shock to the centre back who had been left out of the talent centre camp where players are normally spotted and then picked for New Zealand. “I’d attended a couple (of camps) and then found out I wasn’t named for the previous one so to get the call that I made the squad was a little bit of a surprise.” Sam started playing as a defensive midfielder but moved into the centre back position more than two years ago. After making the step up from 15th grade football to the reserves this season, he said he believed playing men had improved his game. “Initially I was quite YOUTH: Coastal Spirit’s Sam Richards has made the New Zealand under-17 wider training squad. PHOTO: VICKY RICHARDS SPORTS nervous about it, but after my first game that feeling settled down,” he said. The speed is quicker and obviously the games are more physical which took Sam some time to get used to. “Because everyone is stronger than me, it’s really taught me how to protect the ball better and use my body to keep the ball away PEGASUS POST from attackers,” he said. “I pride myself on being calm under pressure and I think that’s a good quality to have in the position that I play.” Sam used to play touch rugby but he gave it away as his commitment to football grew. “I love the game and, for me, I get as much joy out of shutting down an attack or stopping a goal as others do scoring them.” New Zealand under-17 training camps will be held in Auckland throughout the winter. 12 COME CHECK OUT OUR SHOWROOM 99 FERRY RD, CHRISTCHURCH St Asaph St Ferry Rd OUTLET STORE Fitzgerald Ave + MONTHS INTEREST FREE ON ANY PURCHASE OVER $499 # FRIDGE FREEZERS • WASHING MACHINES • DRYERS • COOKING SMALL APPLIANCES • MANCHESTER • LOUNGE SUITES DINING SUITES • BEDROOM SUITES • BEDS & HEAPS MORE! OUTLET STORE Images indicative only. # Credit criteria applies, ask in-store for details. *Outlet Store items are over stocked, end of line, scratch & dent, ex display, ex repair items and more. Maori under-18 call-up for Coulston • By Jacob Page NEW BRIGHTON lock Elijah Coulston has earned his first national representative call-up, making the under-18 Maori squad. The former Shirley Boys’ High first XV player, has made the 40-man squad for a three-day training camp in Rotorua on July 16. “This is my first national selection so it’s a big step up from what I’m used to, but it’s a big honour,” he said. “We had a South Island trial earlier in the season and there were a couple in the North Island so to make the cut is really great.” The squad will prepare for a game against New Zealand Barbarians teams at the end of the season. “It’s a great opportunity to be seen by some top level coaches and learn from them.” The 18-year-old travelled from Oxford to attend SBHS but now lives in New HONOURED: New Brighton colts lock Elijah Coulston has made the New Zealand Maori under-18 rugby squad. Photo: New Brighton Rugby Club. Brighton and is working as an apprentice plumber. Coulston (above) has made North Canterbury and Canterbury age-group teams but believed playing rugby in Christchurch had improved his game. Since joining New Brighton’s premier colts team this season, he has noticed an increase in physicality. “Playing against guys who are 21 and more physically developed has been eyeopening,” he said. “Speed-wise, I think it’s the same as when I was at Shirley but it’s a lot more physical,” he said. Coulston said he was working on adding more bulk to his 185cm frame. He hoped one day he would be able to make it as a professional player, either in New Zealand or overseas. “I think everyone wants to believe they can make it in rugby and that’s certainly a goal of mine.”
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