Kevin Schuler - captain of the NZ Development team
Coached by Lane Penn and Mark Shaw the Development side was a strong one. Captain Kevin “Herb” Schuler, wing Jasin Goldsmith and prop Olo Brown were already All Blacks with Shane Howarth, Jason Hewett, Jon Preston, Richard Turner, Mark Carter, Robin Brooke, Chris Tregaskis, Mark “Bull” Allen and Norm Hewitt winning selection in later seasons.
How beneficial the tour was for the Development team or for their opponents is hard to say. Only the last two matches, in Vancouver, were at all close and even then the results were clear cut. Like all tours though it may have clarified the potential of some Development players. And it probably demonstrated that playing standards in New Zealand and Canada were too far apart for such tours, enjoyable though it would have been, to be of much value
NEW ZEALAND DEVELOPMENT TEAM IN CANADA, 1990 Played 5 Won 5 Points for 242 Points Against 16
Oct. 20 v Eastern Canada in St Johns. Won 61 – 3.
Oct. 24 v Ontario in Toronto. Won 63 – 3.
Oct. 27 v Prairie XV in Winnipeg. Won 65 – 0.
Oct. 30 v Brit. Columbia Pres. XV in Vancouver. Won 25 – 3.
Nov. 2 v Brit. Columbia in Vancouver. Won 28 – 7.