Seven Marist St Pats players have been named in the Wellington Under 19 Training Squad, the most of any club in Wellington.
Andre Hart, Kyle Devine, Keelan Whitman, Leo Thompson, Liam McAree, Tasipale Valavala and Tyrone Thompson are our players involved.
The wider training squad will now start preparations for the first of their qualifying matches. Looking to repeat their performance last year winning the Hurricanes Region U19 Trophy. The top two qualifiers go through to enter the Graham Mourie Cup, the top division at the Jock Hobbs Memorial Tournament.
With preseason fixtures against Tasman and the Wellington Centurions the group are expecting to be well prepared ahead of their qualifying matches. First up Manawatu in Palmerston North, Hurricanes Heartland U20 on the stadium as curtain raiser to the Lions vs Canterbury and the final qualifying round against Hawkes Bay.
Most of the Marist St Pats players come from our Colts team who are continuing their outstanding season with a record of eight wins and one loss.