Storm team named to face Canterbury


The Auckland Storm travel to Christchurch tomorrow to face Canterbury in the fifth round of the Farah Palmer Cup.

The Storm currently sit top of the table on equal points with Canterbury and come into the match with a week’s rest after having a bye last weekend.

Seven superstar Tyla Nathan-Wong is set to make her Storm debut off the bench while Black Fern Aleisha Nelson returns from injury to bolster the propping stocks.

The match kicks off at 12pm at Rugby Park.

The Auckland team is
1.    Karina Stowers (Marist)
2.    Fiao’o Fa’amausili (Marist)
3.    Doris Taufateau (College Rifles)
4.    Eloise Blackwell (Ponsonby)
5.    Charlene Gubb (College Rifles)
6.    Charmaine McMenamin (Ponsonby)
7.    Lydia Crossman (College Rifles)
8.    Linda Itunu (Ponsonby)
9.    Emma Jensen (College Rifles)
10.    Malia Tova (Marist)
11.    Lose Mafi (Marist)
12.    Onjeurlina Leiataua (Marist)
13.    Naite Faitala-Mariner (College Rifles)
14.    Teuila Fotu-Moala (Ponsonby)
15.    Kiritapu Demant (College Rifles)

16.    Cynthia Apineru (College Rifles)
17.    Aleisha Nelson (Ponsonby)
18.    Shannon Willoughby (College Rifles)
19.    Charlotte Scanlan (Ponsonby)
20.    Tyla Nathan-Wong (Marist)
21.    Aeron Warbrooke (Ponsonby)
22.    Hasting Leiataua (Marist)

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