30 of the Bay of Plenty's finest young talent have been selected for the Toa squad for 2022.  

The Toa offers representative opportunities to our best U19 and 20s talent as they participate in a Chiefs quadrangular tournament before an exhibition match vs a Blues region team.  

"Most of the squad came through our club system while training with the Toa wider training squad over the winter," says Head of Player Development James Porter.  

"As we've finished our club season, the squad has been cut down to 30 players."  

Players will get to put their hand up for Chiefs 20s and NZ 20s representative opportunities off the back of their Toa campaign and potential positions in the Bay of Plenty Rugby Athlete Development Programme.  

The ADP is the Bay of Plenty's high-performance programme. With nine players already rostered from the current Toa squad, Porter says they hope to develop more ADP calibre players through Toa.  

"The great thing about the Toa campaign is that it may unearth talent we weren't aware of. We could see a few community-based boys enter the ADP and the end of the season, which is exciting for Bay rugby."  

"This team is our first chance to see talent that's headed to the provincial level. It's a really important team for recruitment and retention."  

Bay of Plenty Toa head coach John Haynes-Dodd says he is looking forward to participating in the campaign.  

"I am looking forward to being a part of a rep program that gives these boys the chance to play a higher level of footy, wear the Bay colours and try to impress and push their case for higher honours."  

"Pretty much all of the group is homegrown Bay talent, so it will be great to see how we stack up with the rest of the Chiefs region. For the players that stand out, there are possibilities to go into NZ 20s Chiefs 20s, as well as the Steamers."  

A playing 23 will be named each week for the Bay of Plenty Toa, with their first game scheduled next Saturday August 13th, vs Counties Manukau Under 19s/20s. 

2022 Bay of Plenty Toa Squad 

Forwards: 
Anaru Mulipola (Judea) 
Aoturoa Seeling (Judea) 
Curtis Palmer (Tauranga Sports) 
Filipe Vakasiuola (Tauranga Sports) 
Grady Forbes (Te Puke Sports) - Co-Captain 
Jayreeve Mose (Tauranga Sports) 
Jesse Rawiri (Judea) 
Josiah Lewis (Greerton Marist) 
Kasey Anderson (Judea) 
Lesen Huiarangi (Te Puna) 
Mitch Wragg (Tauranga Sports) 
Quinton Landman (Te Puna) 
Rimoni Apo (Ngongotaha) 
Taine Kolose (Rangiuru) 
Tamati Broughton (Rangiuru) 
Toby Taylor (Tauranga Sports) 
Tomasi Vakasiuola (Tauranga Sports) 

Backs: 
Brayden Dew (Te Puna) 
Caleb Davis (Te Puna) 
Finley Davenport (Mount Maunganui) 
Flynn Henderson (Greerton Marist) 
Jericho Yorke (Rangiuru) 
Marley Murphy (Tauranga Sports) 
Ngakohu Walker (Ngongotaha) - Co-Captain 
Ngawaka Ririnui (Judea) 
Ollie Curtis (Mount Maunganui) 
Rihari Jobe (Rangataua) 
Tamiro Armstrong (Tauranga Sports) 
Te Ao Billing (Rangataua) 
Xavier Mitchell-Windsor (Whakarewarewa) 

Wider Training Group: 
Ben Mead (Tauranga Sports) 
Legacy Wallace-Latoa (Kahukura) 
Logo Falanai (Ngongotaha) 
Renata McGruer (Judea) 
Rickie Harte (Te Puke Sports) 

Coaching Staff 
Head Coach: John Haynes-Dodd   
Forwards & Defence Coach: Pingi Tala’apitaga   
Skills Coach: James Porter   
Strength & Conditioning Trainer: Te Manawa Ngawhika   
Manager: Matt Symons   
Physio: Jodi Spurgeon 
Video Analyst: Luke Elliffe   
Video Analyst: Lee Watkins   

Bay of Plenty Toa 2022 Draw 
vs Counties Manukau, Saturday 13th August, 12.30pm, Blake Park, Mount Maunganui 
vs Taranaki, Saturday 20th August, time TBC, Te Kuiti 
vs Waikato, Saturday 27th August, 2.30pm, FMG Stadium, Hamilton 
vs Blues Crossover, Saturday 3rd September, time TBC, Counties Manukau 

Article added: Thursday 04 August 2022