Doug LaingMultimedia Journalist·The Country·19 Jul, 2026 09:17 PM3 mins to read‌Teams after the shearing test match on Saturday at Epynt, Mid Wales. (From left), New Zealand shearers Hemi Braddick and Jack Fagan, manager Digger Balme, and the Welsh team of manager Rhys Jones and shearers Gwion Lloyd Evans and Gethin Lewis. Photo / Shearing Sports New ZealandThe Wools of New Zealand Shearing team has faced the odds in being beaten in the first match of a four-test series in Wales.

Shearing 20 Welsh speckled sheep each on Saturday at the new test-match event, the Epynt Shears in upland Mid Wales, New Zealand Shears Open champion Jack