Bulls stars shine at BBNZ U20 Nationals

A huge congrats to all of the Bulls players and Bulls academy players who competed at the U20 BBNZ Nationals over Kings birthday weekend.

Squad Members: (In order from left to right) Zeek Otunuku, Tama Schaumkel, Harry Kelso, Hunter Te Ratana, Noah Williams and Jaxyn Bell

Academy Members:  (In order from left to right) Riley Fern, Kacius Tupaea, Hozay Tito-Haitana, Valentino Swainson, Isaiah Dunn and Cody Sheppard.

The Franklin Basketball U20s made history finishing 4th in the tournament. The highest finish of any Franklin Basketball team at a Nationals event, narrowly going down to Waitakere West in the Semi Final.

A special congrats to Hunter Te Ratana and Valentino Swainson for finishing second with Waikatere West Auckland. Just coming up short in the Grand Final vs Canterbury.

Also congrats to Hozay Tito-Haitana and Coach John Auld from Waikato Country for making the preliminary final, only to lose by 1 point to get knocked out of top 8 by Taranaki.

Finally to Harry Kelso and Hunter Te Ratana for their special awards.

Defensive Player of the Tournament - Hunter TeRatana

All Star 5 - Tournament team - Harry Kelso

We are proud of all our boys who competed this weekend! Congrats on a successful tournament.