Posted By Staff Reporter
ALL potential Kumul players in the sights of the high performance training programme must continue to maintain their form with just over a month before final the selection trial.
Team Kumul general manager Matthew Natusch yesterday said all Digicel Cup players must continue to maintain a high level of fitness even if their franchises are not in the top five after the last round of matches this weekend. This will mean those players on the watch-list and on the outer in the play-offs still have a fighting chance to catch the eye of national selectors. “Team Kumul will not announce names of players targeted for the trial match as yet as anything can happen over the next few weeks of the Digicel Cup playoffs. “We can’t have finality at this stage, as we want to give every one a fair go for selection,” Natusch said. “No one at this stage is confirmed, as everybody will be given a chance to prove themselves in the trial match.” He said the World Cup (Oct 26-Nov 30) was only two months away and, “All players currently targeted for World Cup selection are being monitored weekly and after the last round of matches, those that are not in the play offs have their programmes to follow,” he said. He further confirmed that they are monitoring international players in the National Rugby League (Australia) and the Super League (England) as well. “Some are nearing the playoffs and others may be available sooner than later,” he added. Natusch said the trial match slated for Sept 22 in Port Moresby will have all international and local players mixed together to form to two teams for a match to select a team to play in the Prime Minister’s XIII math on Sept 29 in Kokopo. “I can further say that even then players that are targeted for the tour may not even play in the PM’s XIII match with the Australians.” “So the door is not closed for those that still have hope of making an impression,” Natusch said. Comments are closed.
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