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The Heartland XV rugby team is one of several New Zealand national representative rugby union teams, although it is at a lower level than the All Blacks (the full national side), the second-level Junior All Blacks and the New Zealand Māori (an all-Māori side that frequently plays full international sides from other countries). The side is drawn exclusively from players for provincial unions that compete in the Heartland Championship, a nominally amateur domestic competition below the fully professional Air New Zealand Cup.
The former Divisional XV logo.
Originally known as the Divisional XV, it was designed to expose players from Divisions Two and Three in the Air New Zealand National Provincial Championship (NPC) to rugby at a higher level. Upon the 2006 reorganisation of the NPC into the Air New Zealand Cup and Heartland Championship, the side was revamped into a Heartland-only side and received its current name.
[edit] 2007 Squad
[edit] Forwards
- 1 Mike Thompson (Wanganui)
- 2 Joe Harwood (Wairarapa Bush)
- 3 Colin Hovell (Poverty Bay)
- 4 Taua Tahaafe (North Otago)
- 5 James Cullimore (South Canterbury)
- 6 Aarin Dunster (King Country)
- 7 Peter Rowe (Wanganui)
- 8 Jon Dampney (Mid Canterbury)
- 9 Kilifi Fangupo (North Otago)
- 10 Scott Leighton (Poverty Bay)
- 11 Scott Mayhew (North Otago)
- 12 Steelie Koro (Wanganui)
- 13 Fa'aitu Tuamoheloa (North Otago)
- 14 Brenton Connell (Mid Canterbury)
- 15 Kahu Tamatea (Poverty Bay)
[edit] Reserves
- 16 Tobias Sekona (North Otago)
- 17 Malasia Lokeni (Horowhenua Kapiti)
- 18 Jason Gill (Mid Canterbury)
- 19 Ross Hay (North Otago)
- 20 Hamish McKenzie (Wairarapa Bush)
- 21 Mark Tutton (South Canterbury)
- 22 Jared McClutchie (Poverty Bay)
[edit] External links
Ross Cooper
