AshHutt Girls 1st XV Rugby 2020. Photo suppled.A strong section of the AshHutt 1st XV girls have been rewarded with representative selection.

A total of 11 players from the combined Ashburton College and Mount Hutt College team have been selected for the Secondary School Girls Country squad named earlier this week.

The group of 26 is also made up of players from the Waitaki Girls’/St Kevin’s and Geraldine teams who play in the secondary school under-18 competition.

The Country team is set to face a Secondary Schools’ Town selection in Timaru on September 13.

The Town squad is made up of players from Timaru Girls’ High School, Craighead and Roncalli teams.

The AshHutt 1st XV were scheduled to play the 3rd and 4th place playoff of the Aoraki competition on Wednesday, however the game was scrapped.

The final between Craighead and Timaru Girls’ High School was given the go ahead.

The following AshHutt players were selected for the Country Squad:

Forwards:

Grace Bleach

Steph Geeson

Megan Hurley

Emma Rollinson

Gemma Taylor

Madison Trusler-Clark

Backs:

Lani Brightwell

Roi Makutu

Lauren Taylor

Naumai Terekia

Neesha Thompson

By Adam Burns © The Ashburton Guardian - 27 August 2020