Massive congratulations to Spartans Senior A player Manaia-Ariki Wharepapa who has been selected to the Junior Tall Blacks (U17 NZ team). A huge and well deserved achievement. We are all proud of you Manaia. Ngā mihi Manaia!

Manaia-Ariki will travel to Papua New Guinea to attend the FIBA U17’s Men’s Oceania Championship in October this year.