{"id":3423,"date":"2017-10-25T19:20:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T06:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bullerrugby.co.nz\/wp2\/?p=3423"},"modified":"2017-10-25T21:38:56","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T08:38:56","slug":"new-zealand-heartland-xv-named-for-2017-one-off-fixture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bullerrugby.co.nz\/wp4\/new-zealand-heartland-xv-named-for-2017-one-off-fixture\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Heartland XV named for 2017 one-off fixture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Zealand Heartland XV named for 2017 one-off fixture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New Zealand Heartland XV Coach Barry Matthews has named the squad for their 2017 fixture against New Zealand Marist, on Saturday 4 November.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Anthony Ellis and Andrew Stephens on their selection to the NZ Heartland XV.<\/p>\n<p>It features just seven players returning from the 2016 campaign, with a raft of new talent recognised for a strong Heartland Championship season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The New Zealand Heartland XV squad is:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6638\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/nzheartlandx.jpg?resize=176%2C173\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"173\" \/>Scott Cameron (Horowhenua Kapiti)<br \/>\nCraig Clare (Wanganui)<br \/>\nKieran Coll (South Canterbury)<br \/>\nRalph Darling (North Otago)<br \/>\nEric Duff (Mid Canterbury)<br \/>\n<strong>Anthony Ellis (Buller)<\/strong><br \/>\nMatt Fetu (South Canterbury)<br \/>\nBryn Hudson (Wanganui)<br \/>\nNathan Kendrick (Horowhenua Kapiti)<br \/>\nMelikisua Kolinisau (North Otago)<br \/>\nSeta Koroitamana (Mid Canterbury)<br \/>\nSam Maddams (Wanganui)<br \/>\nLemi Masoe (North Otago)<br \/>\nSiosiua Moala (Poverty Bay)<br \/>\nWillie Paia&#8217;aua (Horowhenua Kapiti)<br \/>\nJarred Percival (Mid Canterbury)<br \/>\nEthan Pollock (Horowhenua Kapiti)<br \/>\nTom Reekie (West Coast)<br \/>\nEthine Reeves (Poverty Bay)<br \/>\nMaleli Sau (Mid Canterbury)<br \/>\n<strong>Andrew Stephens (Buller)<\/strong><br \/>\nNick Strachan (South Canterbury)<br \/>\nWillie Wright (South Canterbury)<\/p>\n<p>Barry Matthews said players were picked on form.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you are coming together for one match, it\u2019s important to pick guys in form, and these are the players who have impressed this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a good culture last season so we will look to build on that, do some one-on-one coaching and make sure it\u2019s an enjoyable week; it is a thrill for these guys to represent their provinces in this team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The New Zealand Heartland XV play New Zealand Marist in Timaru at Apline Energy Stadium next Saturday. The Heartland XV will be looking to defend the McRae Cup a prize the teams play for on an annual basis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Zealand Marist bring some very good players together and the matches are always very evenly contested so we know we\u2019re in for a big match,\u201d Matthews said<\/p>\n<p>A total 12 players in the squad will take part in this weekend\u2019s Meads and Lochore Cup Finals before the team assembles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Zealand Heartland XV 2017 fixture:<\/strong><br \/>\nDate: Saturday 4th November<br \/>\nWho: New Zealand Heartland XV v New Zealand Marist<br \/>\nVenue: Alpine Energy Stadium, Timaru<br \/>\nTime: 2.30pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand Heartland XV named for 2017 one-off fixture New Zealand Heartland XV Coach Barry Matthews has named the squad for their 2017 fixture against New Zealand Marist, on Saturday&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bullerrugby.co.nz\/wp4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bullerrugby.co.nz\/wp4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bullerrugby.co.nz\/wp4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bullerrugby.co.nz\/wp4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bullerrugby.co.nz\/wp4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bullerrugby.co.nz\/wp4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3425,"href":"https:\/\/bullerrugby.co.nz\/wp4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3423\/revisions\/3425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bullerrugby.co.nz\/wp4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bullerrugby.co.nz\/wp4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bullerrugby.co.nz\/wp4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bullerrugby.co.nz\/wp4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}