Wellington Centurions teams both in action tomorrow

Above: The Wellington and Waikato U85kg teams play for the Gallon Cup in Taupo tomorrow

Both Centurions Rugby Football Club representative teams are in action tomorrow, in Wellington and in Taupo.

The Centurions Development side plays its third match of four in the RDO Cup series and the U85kg representative side travels lakeside to meet the Waikato U85kg side in its first match of a four-game campaign.

The U85kg team takes on Waikato for the Gallon Cup trophy at Owen Delany Park, kick-off 2pm.
 
These two sides played at the same venue last year With Wellington winning 27-10,after leading 27-7 at halftime, so Waikato will be fired up to reverse that result this time around.
 
The Centurions team have been training hard up at Boyd Wilson field for the last three weeks with ex-Hurricanes and Cardiff Blues fitness trainer Paul Downes doing some outstanding work with the players.The attitude of the players has been really good (with nine players returning from the Waikato game last year) and a good comradery is building within the squad. Captain Cam Prestige will lead a talented side and the guys are looking forward to their first game before playing North Harbour and Auckland later in the month.

The Centurions Development team has already played two matches in the RDO Cup series, also involving Wellington Maori Development, Horowhenua-Kapiti B, Wairarapa-Bush B and Wanganui B.

So far they have beaten the Maori team 24-5 and the Horowhenua-Kapiti team 19-5.
Next week they play their fourth match against Wanganui B

The Centurions Development side is (subject to change):
1 Adam Stewart (Wellington)
2 Stu Simonsen (Old Boys University, captain)
3. Devon Healy-McDonald (Upper Hutt Rams)
4. Aiden Woodward (Upper Hutt Rams)
5.  Agustin Escalona (Old Boys University)
6. Corey Burgess (Old Boys University)
7 Robbie Wright (Old Boys University)
8 Saki Vaioleti (Petone)
9 Fergus Grenfell (Marist St Pat’s)
10. Dale Sabbagh (Wellington)
11 Eremia Tapsell (Wellington)
12.  Mitchell Purvis (Petone)
13 Lawrence Lotovale (Marist St Pat’s)
14. Matt TeTerte (Paremata-Plimmerton)
15. Henry Hocking (Wellington)
RESERVES
16. Daniel Cotton (Petone)
17. Logan Gibbons (Petone)
18. James Corcaran (Paremata-Plimmerton)
19.  Micah Barber (Petone)
20. Luke Nixon (Petone)
21.  Hayden Stuthridge (Upper Hutt Rams)
22.  Josh Styche (Petone)

The Centurions U85kg side is:
1. Jake Galuva’a (Avalon)
2. Bernard Dodds (Tawa)
3. Gareth Stokes (Avalon)
4. Gano Perez (Avalon)
5. Yianni Hilder (Johnsonville)
6. Cam Prestidge (Captain, Tawa)
7. Michael Findlay (MSP)
8. Sam Tuala (Tawa)
9. Matt Fowler (OBU)
10. Jamie Hargreaves (Wellington)
11. Aki Tuangalu (Norths)
12. LA Moemai (HOBM)
13. Shane Mathie (Johnsonville)
14. Tui Vatuloko (Tawa)
15. Matt Jackett (Avalon)
RESERVES
16. Jordan Wilson (MSP)
17. Bevan Wood (HOBM)
18. Jack Coles (Eastbourne)
19. Richard Tume (Tawa)
20. Artie Flux (Avalon)
21. Jordan Walsh (MSP)
22. Phillip Leaupepe (MSP)
23. Tane Heremia (Tawa)
24. Keegan Lane (Wellington)
Unavailable:
Jared Martinovich (OBU), Bill Drummond (Eastbourne)
Injured: Daniel Burgess (Wellington)