JUNIOR WASPS coach Richard Tardy has named a squad of 26 players to start early preparations ahead the 2015 CAN U17 Niger qualifiers, which start in June this year.The team started training at Ferwafa turf this week. The draw for the qualifiers is scheduled for January 26. The African championships will also double as qualifiers for the 2015 World Youth Championships that will be staged in Chile.Tardy, who is also Rwanda football technical director, made history when he led the country’s U-17 team to the final of the African Youth Championships in Kigali in 2011, and subsequently to the U-17 Fifa World Cup finals in Mexico the same year.Last year, Rwanda was eliminated from the youth championships on the continent in the qualifying stage after being beaten by Botswana on penalty shootout 7-6 but Tardy is keen to build stronger sides for both categories going forward.Full squadRoger Ineza (Nyanza), Kevin Kagiraneza (Esperance), Djihad Nzeyurwanda (Volcano), Isiaka Habineza (Volcano), Rodriguez Rushema (Musanze), Ibrahim Iradukunda (Musanze), Eric Zigiranyirazo (Abeilles), J Louis Siborurema (Gakenke), Mohamed Nshimiyimana (Volcano), Jacques Ntwali (Volcano), Eric Rukundo (Gihisi).Aimé Ntirushwa (Meilleurs Amis), Yves Tuyishime (Gihisi), Ismael Ishimwe (Nyanza), J Marc Nsabimana (Gikondo), Eric Mbonigena (Muhanga), J Bosco Kayitaba (Ruhango), Hakimu Badirico (Volcano), Kwitonda Ally (Rwamagana), Celestin Shyaka (Musanze).Others are; Hamimu Ndikumana (Mugandamure), Eric Iracyadukunda (Play for Hope), Eric Mukiza (Play for Hope), Delphin Muhire (Play for Hope), Obedi Iyamuremye (Play for Hope) and Nizeyimana Emmanuel (Play for Hope).
