douglas allen is happy to announce his first squad for the kiwis.
(please note: this is for the international friendlies not the tri nations)
it is a twenty six man squad on the three week tour of hopefully the uk (not confirmed)
fullbacks
*henry paul (waikato)
wingers
* matt utai (central coast)
* joe rokocoko (wellington)
centres
* nigel vagana (central coast)
* vinnie anderson (gold coast)
five eights
* daniel carter (port moresby)
half backs
* stacey jones (wollongong)
* carlos spencer (coffs harbour)
props
* nathan cayless (parramatta) (vice captain)
* jerry seuseu (wellington)
* iafeta paleaasina (darwin)
hookers
* justin marshall (central coast)
second rowers
* sonny bill williams (sydney)
* ruben wiki (port moresby) (captain)
* joe gaulavo (central)
locks
* evarn tuimavave (penrith)
Utilities
* monty betham (surfers)
Doug, realism aside, it's perhaps best if you limit your squad size to seventeen and just call up extras if you need them. Since it's excluded from the ASRL proper, you won't be picking up injuries. If you want to trial multiple people, you can simply modify your team each week.
You'll only need a full squad of 20-25 for the World Cup.
