Holidays In The Sun

Zephyr Rovers will be without a "galaxy of stars" for their match against Mercer this Thursday at the Shed of Dreams. "Remarkably we have three players out of the country, either swanning around Europe or putting their feet up on the Sunshine Coast" said Rovers Manager Steve Hall "so we've not only had to draft George (pictured) back in but we'll have two players making their debut for Rovers including my son who is on his school holidays". Hall said it was difficult to plan holidays in a league that never had an off-season. "I can understand people wanting to get away from Wellington at this time of the year as the weather is less than optimal" said Hall "but just because it has been raining for three weeks doesn't mean they all had to go at the same time". Mercer and Rovers are currently two of the four teams that are first equal in the league. "They got thrashed a few weeks ago fielding an understrength team so I'm sure there best line up will be out there" said Hall "but we'll give them a game and you never know we might steal the points if we're lucky".