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Posted August 22, 2023 17:03 · last edited August 22, 2023 21:40

YoungHeartHM
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Squad named for a warm up tournament in Japan in the lead up to the World Cup.
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Leuluai and Watson return. A player called Noah DuPont from West Brom also called up, I haven’t heard of him before.

My guess is that we'll be seeing a lot more of this type of pick up going forward, especially coming out of the UK where there are already 60,000-70,000 Kiwi expats. 

I know nothing about the kid, but if he's at a Championship level academy and already involved in their U18 Premier League set up then he's receiving a very solid football education from the get go. 

Should have also picked up that he'd started following the NZ U17 hudl page about a week ago too...

Excellent to see Marley & Watson involved too for what should be a real test of the squad ahead of the World Cup in November.

Shout out to Nathan Walker too, no mean feat that. 👏
Someone can probably correct me on this too, but his selection today makes him the 1st Fencibles player to be selected to a New Zealand squad of any kind?
Matt Palmer and Sione Fa'apoi would have him beat for the U17s. Fencibles also had a mean women's program for a while and had a fair few senior Football Ferns iirc (including Abby Erceg, Anna Green, Vic Esson)

Also, Victor Barbosa looks a great player. Spent some time with Cruzeiro last year

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YoungHeartHM
Friar Tuck
Squad named for a warm up tournament in Japan in the lead up to the World Cup.
IMG_5448.jpeg 437.62 KB
Leuluai and Watson return. A player called Noah DuPont from West Brom also called up, I haven’t heard of him before.

My guess is that we'll be seeing a lot more of this type of pick up going forward, especially coming out of the UK where there are already 60,000-70,000 Kiwi expats. 

I know nothing about the kid, but if he's at a Championship level academy and already involved in their U18 Premier League set up then he's receiving a very solid football education from the get go. 

Should have also picked up that he'd started following the NZ U17 hudl page about a week ago too...

Excellent to see Marley & Watson involved too for what should be a real test of the squad ahead of the World Cup in November.

Shout out to Nathan Walker too, no mean feat that. 👏
Someone can probably correct me on this too, but his selection today makes him the 1st Fencibles player to be selected to a New Zealand squad of any kind?
Matt Palmer and Sione Fa'apoi would have him beat for the U17s. Fencibles also had a mean women's program for a while and had a fair few senior Football Ferns iirc (including Abby Erceg)

Also, Victor Barbosa looks a great player. Spent some time with Cruzeiro last year
Unknown editor edited August 22, 2023 21:01
YoungHeartHM
Friar Tuck
Squad named for a warm up tournament in Japan in the lead up to the World Cup.
IMG_5448.jpeg 437.62 KB
Leuluai and Watson return. A player called Noah DuPont from West Brom also called up, I haven’t heard of him before.

My guess is that we'll be seeing a lot more of this type of pick up going forward, especially coming out of the UK where there are already 60,000-70,000 Kiwi expats. 

I know nothing about the kid, but if he's at a Championship level academy and already involved in their U18 Premier League set up then he's receiving a very solid football education from the get go. 

Should have also picked up that he'd started following the NZ U17 hudl page about a week ago too...

Excellent to see Marley & Watson involved too for what should be a real test of the squad ahead of the World Cup in November.

Shout out to Nathan Walker too, no mean feat that. 👏
Someone can probably correct me on this too, but his selection today makes him the 1st Fencibles player to be selected to a New Zealand squad of any kind?
Matt Palmer and Sione Fa'apoi would have him beat for the U17s. Fencibles also had a mean women's program for a while and had a fair few senior Football Ferns iirc (including Abby Erceg)