Kiwis in Ponga talks

QUEENSLAND Origin sensation Kalyn Ponga rejected a secret approach from the New Zealand Rugby League to pledge his future to the Maroons and Australia.

Ponga was offered the chance to represent New Zealand, the country of his father Andre’s birth, in last year’s Anzac Test with a view to taking on Australia at the 2017

World Cup.

Ponga had just celebrated his 19th birthday and was so undecided about his representative future he declined an opportunity to play for the Queensland under-20s.

He only found clarity five months ago when chosen for the Emerging Maroons camp.