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Another sporting success to celebrate for Sotutu family

Another sporting success to celebrate for Sotutu family

By Semi Turaga
21/09/2020
Hoskins Sotutu is playing for Auckland until the All Blacks squad assembles for the two Bledisloe Cup matches. - [Photo: JOE ALLISON/GETTY IMAGES]

Sporting success and the Sotutu family seem to go hand in hand.

Teuila Sotutu has been named in the New Zealand under-21 squad ahead of next year’s Netball World Youth Cup.

That announcement came just 10 days after her brother Hoskins Sotutu was named as an All Black for the first time.

They are children former Blues star and Flying Fijian Waisake Sotutu.

1600637344391[Former Blues star Waisake Sotutu has had a proud 10 days thanks to the sporting success of his children. - Photo: Getty Image]

Stuff.co.nz reports giving Teuila Sotutu added motivation to make the final squad for next year's tournament will be the fact it will be contested in Fiji.

Hoskins Sotutu is playing for Auckland until the All Blacks squad assembles for the two Bledisloe Cup matches.

New Zealand is aiming to win a third straight Netball World Youth Cup title after claiming the crown in Botswana in 2017 and Scotland in 2013.

[Source: Stuff.co]

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