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| CRL ACADEMY TRI-SERIES The Country rugby league academy Tri-series will be held this Saturday 25th February at the Lank Bain Sporting Complex in Wauchope. North Coast Academy Squad which takes in Both Group 2 and group 3 Rugby League areas has been together since last October which has 40 players in the program. Half of the squad are in there 2nd year of the academy with the U/17 squad in their first year. This Saturday the CRL North Coast Academy squads will take on the Northern Rivers Country Rugby League academies and the 2 squads from the Newcastle Rugby League. Games will kickoff at 1pm with the last game at 6pm at Wauchope. The players that are a part of Country Rugby league North Coast academy squads are:
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2012 SUNSHINE COAST FALCONS CC AND MM U16 - U18 SQUADS NAMED
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| Sunday 19 th Febuary 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MIXED RESULTS FOR JUNIOR SHARKS The Sharks SG Ball team scored a clinical win while the Matthews Cup Sharks went down in a closely fought contest in round two junior rep matches. In games played at St Mary's Stadium against Western Sydney Academy, the Ball Sharks, despite being minus a number of their week one starters due to injury, never gave their opponents a chance in running in seven tries in a 34-0 victory. The Sharks began well with two first half tries to winger FInlay Dibley, who would eventually score three on the night, before taking an 18-0 advantage to the break. The under-18 Sharks came out in the second half with a similar attitude to the first and a four pointer to prop Kurt Dillon, his second try of the evening, converted by fullback Keiron Rollinson, seeing the score blow out to 24-0, effectively putting the result beyond doubt. The win was their second from two starts for the Ball Sharks following on from a scrappy victory against the Central Coast in round one. In the Matthews Cup there was disappointment when the Sharks failed to turn a 6-0 half time lead into a victory in going down by 13-7 to Western Academy. While the Connor Tracey try, scored after some excellent lead up play from hooker Jayden Brailey and fullback Scott Allen, had the Sharks optimistic about a positive outcome, second half penalties and errors invited their opponents back into the match, with their opposition capitalising in running out narrow victors. After suffering a frustrating loss in week one against the Central Coast, the under 16 Sharks will now go back to the drawing board in a bid to get their season on track. The Matthews Sharks have a bye next weekend, while the Ball Sharks travel to Perth to play the WA Reds. MATTHEWS CUP SHARKS 34 Finlay Dibley 3, Kurt Dillon 2, Anthony Moraitis, Sage Wilder tries, Keiron Rollinson 3 goals beat WESTERN ACADEMY 0 |
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| Friday 17 th Febuary 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 THE rugby league hibernation of the summer is almost over for the cubs at the Holy Family Bears club. The new season starts on Sunday, April 22 and will be the Bears' third. Their home ground is Craik Park, Austral. Training is held on Wednesday nights. Bringelly's Anthony Bucca founded the Bears in 2010. There are 72 registered players in teams from under 6s to under 11s. They play in the Parramatta Catholic Convents Association competitions. Bucca has now stepped aside as president and Pat Bugge has taken on that role. Bucca has switched to publicity officer and remains a devoted parent watching three of children play at the club in the red, white and blue colours. Many of the Bears players are students at Holy Spirit Primary School at Carnes Hill. "The school has been very supportive helping our club with players," Bucca said. "We like to promote the fact we are a family club. "Many of the the kids live near the ground at Craik Park, and their families know each other. There are a lot of brothers and sisters playing and many of the parents help out, which is a great thing." Siblings Leah Grech, 11, and Angelo, 8, of Leppington, are playing again this season. This Saturday and Sunday the Bears are holding player registrations at Craik Park, Austral, 10am-1pm. Details: Anthony Bucca, on 0418 972 882. |
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| 2012 NSW UNDER 16S YOUNG ACHIEVERS FRANCE TOUR
The NSWRL Academy will this year be conducting a NSW Under 16s Young Achievers Tour to France. Any player who is in the Under 16 Age Group is eligible for this tour. The tour will be conducted from Friday 21st September to Sunday 7th October. The cost of the tour is $4,400 The NSWRL Academy has been conducting youth development tours for over 10 years now, travelling to all corners of the league-playing world. For this year’s tour players will meet on Friday 21st September 2011 and travel to France for a 17 Day Rugby League Tour. Players will take part in 6 matches on the trip as well as visiting Paris, Barcelona, Toulouse, Carcassone, Andorra and Avignon. Highlights of the tour will include a visit to the Eiffel Tower, Euro Disney and to the Catalans Dragons Super League Club. The tour price is $4400 – which will cover all accommodation, meals, travel, transfers, gear and insurance.
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| Tuesday 14 th Febuary 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Redcliffe Dolphins Rugby League Football Club - Sea change agrees with Mortimer ROBBIE Mortimer has taken a new path in his rugby league career and he's loving it. The Orange CYMS junior joined the Redcliffe Dolphins colts squad in November last year. The youngest son of Canterbury stalwart Peter Mortimer, Robbie had been with the Parramatta SG Ball side in 2011. While Robbie was with the Australian Institute of Sport, he was approached by the Dolphins recruitment manager. "I looked into it and it's a great club and I'm really enjoying it," Robbie said. The 18-year-old will play in the Queensland Cup colts and has a challenging pre-season with the Dolphins. "This [pre-season] is the toughest thing I've ever done," he said. "I've never experienced anything like it. I did the Eels SG Ball [pre-season] last year and I thought that was tough but this was really hard. I'm feeling the most fit and strong I've felt. Hopefully the hard work pays off." Robbie started out at fullback with the Dolphins but has moved back into the halves. He said his time at fullback was valuable. "I had the move to fullback and I think it made me a better half," he said. "I told them I'll play in the forwards if they want me to. I just love playing footy." The Dolphins are the main feeder club to NRL club the Brisbane Broncos. Robbie hopes he might get a chance to eventually play in the Broncos Toyota Cup side. "This is a good opportunity for me," he said. "Hopefully this year or next year I could get a run [in the Broncos Toyota Cup side]. You never really know where you could end up." The pre-season training may have been tough, but there have been other challenges for the young footballer. "It's been a learning experience because it's my first time living away from home. I didn't realise how much mum and dad did for me," he laughed. |
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| Sunday 12 th Febuary 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
THe Bulldogs hosted the Sydney Roosters at the historic Belmore Sports Ground on Sunday with 5 big games to entertain the sold out crowd. The game kicked of with round one of the NSWRL Junior Reps and the defending Harold Matthews Cup Champions again showed they will be a major force again this year with a 50 - 6 thumping of a valient Roosters team. The National u16 Club champions were too strong and too big all over the park for the Roosters running in 10 tries in very hot and trying conditions. But in the SG Ball it was the Roosters who dominated the game and looked to be going home with a comfortable win until the home side stood up and rattled the Roosters and coming within a try of winning the game only to see the Roosters score again to put the game out of the Doggies reach. The comeback began with clever halfback Brendan Cox chip n chase and some good foot wortk by lock Addison Demetriou.v MORE SOON |
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A spirited fightback was not enough to give the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs victory in their SGBall season opener on Back to Belmore day, going down 40 points to 28 to the Sydney Roosters. The Bulldogs led 12-nil early through tries to Brendan Mafi and Addison Demetriou, however the Mark Riddell-coached Roosters kicked into gear to lead 18-12 into half time. The Bulldogs then conceded three straight tries on the resumption to find themselves down by 34 points to 12 with 25 minutes of play remaining. But four pointers to Jaelen Feeney, Costner Lemafa and Demetriou got the Bulldogs right back into the contest at 34-28 seven minutes from fill time. Despite pressing for the leveller it would be the Roosters who’d seal things a minute from time, Codey Kennedy crossing for the winner and a final score of 40 points to 28. SG BALL Bulldogs 28: Addison Demetriou 2, Brendan Mafi, Jaelen Feeney, Costner Lemafa tries; Addison Demetriou 4 goals from 4 attempts; Brendan Cox 0 goals from 1 attempt. Roosters 40: Brendan Elliott 2, Willis Meehan, Misi Vaikeli, Alex Thomas, Jack Johnson, Codey Kennedy tries; Brendan Elliott 6 goals from 7 attempts. At Belmore Sports Ground |
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| Saturday 11 th Febuary 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
After months of pre season training its's finally on, the footy season officially kicks off today with the NSWRL junior reps round 1. In what promises to be the best season for a while after some much needed changes to the draw, all team will have a shot at making the finals this year. An amazing 1st round we will see how all the training transfers to actual playing conditions. If you remember last years opening rounds, the boyz played in the true heat of a Sydney summer, this years summer has been a rip off and its most likely to be a wet weekend for all teams. The NSWRL media department have written a pretty good story on the opening round, we recommend you have a bit of a read, we would like to add a few comments to their story to round it off a bit more. With the new draw, some of the smaller clubs like the Central Coast Centurions, the Sharks, SWSAS and the Raiders have a much better chance at the final 8 and this that can only be good for junior rugby league. |
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| JUNIOR REPRESENTATIVE PREVIEW ROUND ONE Footy season is back folks! Junior Representative matches kick-off across New South Wales, the ACT, and Western Australia this weekend as teams take to the field in Round One of the SG Ball and Harold Matthews competitions. Round One kicks off when traditional rivals South Sydney and Western Suburbs at Erskineville Oval with Harold Matthews set down for an 11am kick-off with SG Ball to follow at 12.30pm. Both sides are traditionally strong in the Harold Matthews and we expect 2012 to be no different. In SG Ball, a few standout performers from seasons gone by in Tyrone Phillips, Zac Walsh and NSW Under 16 representative Alex Johnston will again line-up for the Bunnies. For Wests, Sol Kamuta looks to be the only returning member of Wests highly successful SG Ball side from last year. Another set of matches which looks interesting is the Penrith V Newcastle clashes at Centrebet Stadium. The Knights were arguably the best performing Club at the junior level last year and the Panthers are always strong in the junior grades. The Panthers will be lead at the SG Ball level by impressive lock Bryce Cartwright and his match up against Newcastle back-rower Jake Lawrence will be a feature of the day. The Knights look to be strong again this year and, the fact NSW Rep player Luke Yates can only force his way onto the bench is a strong indicator to that very point. In Harold Matthews, NSW Indigenous U16 halves Travis Edwards and Tyrone Walsh have been named as the halves pairing for the weekend. After a week in camp on the Gold Coast these two boys will be firing and ready to go for Round One. Sunday will also feature two bumper Junior Rep double headers with the Bulldogs V Sydney Roosters fixtures set to kick-off a SOLD OUT back to Belmore day at the Belmore Sports Ground and will be followed by NYC, VB NSW Cup and NRL trials. We here at the NSWRL (Media Department) pride ourselves on our research. We have looked through the draws and you could argue that the Bulldogs, bar this match, have a very favourable run of games in season 2012. Their SG Ball side is littered with representative talent with names like Addison Demetriou, Brendan Cox and Michael Morgan and their Harold Matthews squad is rumoured to be just as strong. The Roosters, who will be guided by former NRL star Mark Riddell, aren’t to be discounted though as they traditionally recruit well at the SG Ball level and we believe they will be there come finals time once again. The other Sunday fixtures will also give NSW Junior Rep fans their first look at Illawarra’s Euan Aitken when they take on Parramatta. Aitken was picked from the CRL to represent NSW at Under 16 level last year and excelled in the Origin like atmosphere at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane where he was named Man of the Match. Aitken is joined by members of last year’s Grand Final Harold Matthews team in Dee Jay Harris and Josh Vaartjes. In other matches on the weekend St George host Melbourne Storm and South West Sydney Academy at WIN Jubilee Oval while Manly head down Hume Highway to take on Canberra a Seiffert Oval. Central Coast Centurions will look to start their season with a win against Cronulla when they host the Sharks at Woy Woy Oval. North Sydney head across to Nullarbor to play Western Australia in a curtain raiser to the Cowboys V St George Illawarra trail match at nib Stadium. In the final match on Saturday at St Marys League’s Stadium, Western Sydney Academy host Balmain in what both Clubs would be confident of picking up maximum points. (NOTE : Euan Aitken was one of the stars on last years AIS tour) |
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| Friday 10 th Febuary 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FOOTY CHALLENGE HELP SOUGHT Football season is fast approaching and so is Easter. The combination of the two things can mean only one thing and that is the annual Nyngan Easter challenge. This event has been running now for four years and is becoming an important fixture on the football calendar The Nyngan Easter challenge has gained momentum during the past couple of years, last year’s challenge being attended by Phil Gould. This year will see the likes of International Development Officer Tas Baitier and NSW high performance Wayne Portlock. Regular guest referee Sean Hamstead will continue his support, along with a list of other NRL guests soon to be confirmed. An exciting host of new teams will be in attendance this year with sides from South Sydney and the West Tigers showing interest. Development teams from South Australia and PNG will be special guests this year, along with regular attendees Parramatta and the Hunter academy (Newcastle juniors) as well as our own Far West Academy, Western Academy and Group 11. Event organiser Col Wright is, as usual, very excited about the upcoming event. Col and his small band of helpers put an enormous amount of time and energy in each year to ensure everything goes off without a hitch, but they are always looking for more help. If you are interested in helping in whatever small way you can, we ask that you please meet at the RSL on Wednesday February 15 at 7pm. This event is a huge boost for the Nyngan area and for young footballers from across the west. We need to keep the concept alive and that can only happen if we have people willing to help. |
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TAMWORTH HAS HOME POOL ADVANTAGE WHEN Tamworth hosts the State U14 Championships this weekend it will aim for some home town success. That was achieved two years ago when the girls team won the state title and a repeat performance this year would be a huge achievement. “There’s 38 teams, 19 boys and 19 girls,” Tamworth U14 girls coach Gail Salter said. “We were girls state champions in 2009 and the boys finished fourth that year. “That was a particularly good year. “We had a very good team.” This year’s side has been working hard in preparation for the titles. They are up bright and early, rain or shine, to train at the South and West Memorial Pool. “We’ve been training four days a week,” Salter said. “At 6am. “Even when it’s raining, water polo training still goes ahead.” Kate Farquhar will captain the team that includes five 13-year-olds and eight who are even younger. They come up against some strong opposition in their first pool games on Friday at Tamworth City pool. At 7am they face Sydney Uni and then come up against one of the favoured sides, Cronulla Blue A, later in the day. “The favourites will be Cronulla A and Drummoyne A,” Salter said. “Cronulla A is in our pool, but our pool is not too bad. “I think we’ll be very competitive. “We hope we’ll be in the playoffs on Saturday afternoon.” Tamworth also plays pool games on Saturday morning against SNB White B and UNSW Black B. The teams are split into four pools – all girls games are at city pool – and the finals conclude on Sunday. Tamworth’s boys are also in action. They will play two pool games on Friday and two on Saturday with all boys games at Scully pool. Tamworth has become the regular home of the under 14s titles in recent years. “It’s the third year in a row and the fourth year out of the last five,” Salter said. “It’s quite a coup to get it three years in a row.” |
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After a huge two days the Canberra Raiders have reached the border city of Albury-Wodonga, following visits to Cootamundra and Junee Schools as part of the 2012 Community Carnival. The Green Machine joined students in Cootamundra and Junee as the bell sounded for the start of school this morning, with eight schools in the two towns getting a visit from the Raiders top squad. One Raider who knew the area well was local Cootamundra product Glen Buttriss, who said it was great to visit a couple of his old schools and give the next generation a chance to meet some NRL players. “I remember when I was a kid the Raiders coming out here to Coota and we were lucky enough to get some signatures and meet guys like Laurie Daley and Kenny Nagas which was awesome back then,” Buttriss said. “Now the kids of Coota can say they’ve had a chance to meet guys like Brett White and Josh Dugan which they can talk about for years to come.” The trip further along to Junee was a jam packed occasion for the Raiders as they visited a further four schools, before getting the chance to get up close and personal with the statue of rugby league commentating legend Ray Warren. The Raiders then travelled south along the Olympic Highway to Albury, where Terry Campese, Bronson Harrison and Blake Ferguson visited Aspect Riverina School, which specialises in teaching students with Autism spectrum disorder. Terry Campese said the school visit to the Aspect Riverina school was a highlight of the day and said the children who were there absolutely loved having the chance to tackle a rugby league player head on. “The kids here are so friendly and we’ve had a lot of fun running around the playground and playing footy with them this afternoon,” Campese said. “It’s a great way to end whats been two huge days of traveling to the regional areas and we will now shift our focus to the first trial against the Storm this weekend.” The Raiders will wrap up their preparations for the trial tomorrow as they get their first look at Lavington Sports Ground, before attending the Men of League dinner in Albury tomorrow night. |
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The entire Jetstar Gold Coast Titans playing squad visited over 2500 kids at 24 schools and 13 Junior Rugby League clubs across the Gold Coast and regional Queensland today as part of Rugby League’s 2012 Community Carnival. The entire Jetstar Titans squad was deployed in different groups to a host of schools across the Gold Coast to deliver important health and literacy messages through programs like Rugby League Reads and “Eat Well, Play Well, Stay Well”. The Jetstar Titans also paid special visits to different locations in regional Queensland, with Jamal Idris and Ben Ridge travelling to the small town of Miles 340km west of Brisbane while Scott Prince, Ryan James and Aidan Sezer travelled to Murgon in the South Burnett region 270km north-west of Brisbane. New recruit Beau Champion, who is playing his first match in Titans colours at Pizzey Park, on Saturday night in a pre-season trial match against the Broncos, and inaugural Titan Luke O’Dwyer travelled to the northern end of the Gold Coast today for visits to Ormeau State School and Lords School in Pimpama. The pair read books to students and helped them sharpen their rugby league skills on the field and Champion said he had been impressed by the Jetstar Titans strong emphasis on community work since joining the club in November last year. “Yeah it’s fantastic, the little kids enjoy it and we all enjoy getting away from training so it is a fantastic initiative and the Gold Coast community always support us so it is good to give something back to them,’’ said Champion. “I was very heavily involved when I was at South Sydney. We had ‘Souths Cares’ down there and we used to be heavily involved in the community and I really missed that side of things when I was in Melbourne, so to get up to the Gold Coast and give back is really rewarding for the players and for the kids and people involved. “I see the importance in it and the Gold Coast are a really community based club and it is something I want to be a part of.” Tweed Heads Seagulls junior O’Dwyer said the Community Carnival was a great concept and joked that his recent experience with reading children’s books to his young son Jax had him fully prepared for today’s group reading session. "It's a great concept the NRL community Carnival so to come out here and give over 2,500 kids some Titans love today, it's good to get out on the Gold Coast and see some schools,’’ said O’Dwyer. “We read a couple of books, the ‘Ugly Bug’ was one of them - not like the old ‘Hungry Caterpillar’ that I use to read a few years ago – and that was a huge hit over there today. "Jax loves his books and we have a few good ones for him at home so it was good to read to the kids. "It's been a big couple of weeks for the Gold Coast with the All Stars and Indigenous game and all the build up to the kick-off for 2012, so it's great to be out amongst the community and they are enjoying it as much as we are." The Jetstar Titans will return to the training paddock tomorrow morning for their final session in preparation for Saturday night’s pre-season trial match against the Broncos at Pizzey Park, Miami. |
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| NOMINATE FOR RHYS WESSER SHIELD Story By : QRL Rocky juniors ROCKHAMPTON will host the inaugural Rhys Wesser “Positive or it’s Pointless” Super 9 Shield over the upcoming Easter weekend. The Rhys Wesser Shield will be held on the second week of the Easter School holidays; however, nominations close on February 29. The carnival is designed for the Under 14 age group, and will be played in a nine-a-side format, with teams of up to 15 players nominated. Wesser, a former Emmaus College and Rockhampton Brothers player, is one of the region’s favourite sons and is delighted to support the event. The former Maroons star retired from the NRL at the end of last season after a career of 218 first grade games for the Penrith Panthers and South Sydney Rabbitohs. The cost of the carnival is $250 per team, which includes a tee shirt for each player, a Stockland gift pack, a burger and drink at the Thursday night function. Each team will also receive an ARL Development Pack. Depending on team nominations, the organisers are looking to hold up to four division finals so the players get to play as many games as possible. For further information, contact Michael Fletcher 0428 113 148 – while nomination forms can be found by visiting the Rockhampton Brothers Junior Rugby League website here: www.rbjrl.leaguenet.com.au Age Group: Under 14 The Carnival is proudly sponsored by Capricorn Enterprises, Stockland Rockhampton, CQ Leagues Club, Webbers Retravision and Sports Scene Super Warehouse Rockhampton. It is also supported by the QRL, ARL Development & the CQ NRL Bid Team. |
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| 2012 EASTER "BLUES" CAMP The NSWRL Academy will be again conducting the annual Easter "Blues" Camp from Tuesday 10th April to Friday 13th April. ALL PLAYERS RECEIVE: · Top class coaching and instruction from NSWRL Development Staff, guest coaches and the opportunity to meet current NRL players (subject to availability). . Dormitory room accommodation with dining, recreation, video, seminar · All meals · 3 nights’ accommodation, Steeden Football, 3 training shirts, 1 pair of shorts, Socks, Cap, Water bottle, Camp Photo and Certificate of Attendance The Camp cost is $415.00. There are no additional costs and the four-day camp provides the players with an invaluable Rugby League experience they will always remember. Throughout the duration of the camp, players will follow a carefully balanced program designed to promote skill development, sportsmanship, fun and enjoyment. All players are fully supervised throughout the duration of the camp by trained NSWRL Staff and Academy of Sport Staff. Four Players from this camp will be selected to be Ball Boys at State of Origin 2 at ANZ Stadium. Each boy will be kitted out in State of Origin uniform and get the best “view in the house” of one of the Games most prestigious events. Discount Rates for Participants: Clubs or Schools with 10 or more participants are $400.00 per player. Click here to find out more about the camp or to download an enrollment form |
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| Thursday 9 th Febuary 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NEW FORMAT FOR ELITE CUPS Queensland’s premier under age competitions – the Mal Meninga and Cyril Connell Cups – are ready to launch next month under an exciting new format. This year will see the competing sides divided into two conferences – a North Western Conference and a South Eastern Conference – each consisting of eight teams. The four most northern teams – Northern Pride, Townsville Stingers, Mackay Cutters and CQ Capras – along with the Sunshine Coast, Central United, Ipswich and Toowoomba Clydesdales – make up the eight teams in the North Western Conference. The remaining eight teams – Gold Coast Green, Wynnum Manly Seagulls, Easts Tigers, Norths Devils, Wests Panthers, Souths Logan Magpies, Gold Coast Gold and Redcliffe Dolphins – will be grouped together in the South Eastern Conference. Other changes this year will see the: • North Western Conference split into two sections. As in previous years, the winner of the Under 16 and Under 18 finals will play the NSW champions. These games will be played at a Queensland venue on May 12. (The Draw is Attached) DRAWS COMING SOON North Western Conference Northern Pride South Eastern Conference Gold Coast GreenWynnum Manly Seagulls Easts Tigers Norths Devils Wests Panthers Souths Logan Magpies Gold Coast Gold Redcliffe Dolphins |
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| Tuesday 7 th Febuary 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PENRITH halfback Luke Walsh left the Knights in search of regular NRL football, but his younger brother Tyrone Walsh hopes to one day establish himself in the red and blue of his home town. The 15-year-old Western Suburbs junior took a major step in his quest to become a professional footballer on Saturday when he played halfback for the under-16 NSW Koori side against Queensland at Skilled Park in a curtain-raiser to the Indigenous All Stars match. The two states followed last year’s 20-all draw by finishing level at 16-16. Singleton’s Travis Edwards played five-eighth for NSW, scored a try and was named man of the match. Edwards and Walsh will combine for the Knights Harold Matthews side this weekend when they play Penrith in the opening round of the under-16 competition at Centrebet Stadium. Luke Walsh appeared in 13 first-grade games for the Knights in 2007, but was forced to move to the foot of the Blue Mountains in 2009. Since joining the Panthers he has played 63 games and has become renowned for his kicking game. But younger brother Tyrone wants to earn his stripes with the Knights. ‘‘I want to stay at my home team,’’ he said. ‘‘I follow Penrith now, but I still want to play for the Knights as I wouldn’t want to move from Newcastle.’’ His older brother has been a massive influence on his rugby league development. ‘‘He’s helped me out heaps,’’ Tyrone said. ‘‘He taught me how to talk heaps on the field. He couldn’t come and watch as he’s busy training.’’ Maitland Pickers first-grade coach Ron Griffiths mentored the under-16 NSW Koori side and reckons Tyrone’s dreams of playing for the Knights are achievable. ‘‘He’s a player with a lot of potential, who, with the right type of guidance, could play at the highest level,’’ Griffiths said. ‘‘I don’t think he actually realises how much ability he’s got.’’ Griffiths benched Tyrone for 10 minutes in the second half and reintroduced the lively playmaker when the score was 16-4 in favour of Queensland. ‘‘I told him that we’ve got 20 minutes left for him to get us back in the game and over the line. It wasn’t just him, but he played a big part in getting us back to a 16-14 lead,’’ Griffiths said. ‘‘I asked the question and he was able to provide.’’ Queensland were awarded a penalty 40 metres out in the middle of the park on full-time, which was slotted over by David Nogar to draw the match. |
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THE WESTS Greater Northern Academy program is hotting up and not just because the warm weather has returned. Yesterday’s training session at Werris Creek was the last before the GNA teams play their first matches of the summer at Cessnock next weekend. After rain and cooler temperatures made last week’s first training run after the holidays a comfortable one, it was a shock to train in hot conditions at David Taylor Park. “It’s all heating up really,” GNA head coach Peter Stevens said. “The games are what they are looking forward to. “It’s been a bit disjointed because of the weather but we’re pretty happy with the younger squad.” The flooding in the Namoi and Barwon areas kept a few players away but those who were there prepared well for the games next Saturday. The under 17s will play the Balmain Tiger Cubs and the Western Academy U18s while the GNA under 18s face the Hunter Academy and Western. Stevens said the effort at training had been good but expects it will take time to adjust to on-field conditions. “I’m happy at the moment,” he said. “Some of the old habits will probably creep back in. “But by the time we play Western we’re usually pretty good.” GNA faces Western again in three weeks at Mudgee in its last set of games. One of the other players missing from training was Armidale’s Fred Campbell, but he had a good reason to be missing. He played for the NSW Indigenous U16s in one of the curtain- raisers to Saturday night’s All Stars game on the Gold Coast. He and his cousin Jimmy Widders-Leese and Tamworth’s Jarmarley Jerrard helped the NSW side to a 16-all draw with the Queensland Indigenous U16s. Widders-Leese scored a try late in the game to give NSW a 16-14 lead but the Queenslanders booted a penalty goal on fulltime to level it. |
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| NSW and QLD U/16 Indigenous play out a draw... AGAIN In a case of deja vu or just a little bit of history repeating, the NSW & QLD Indigenous U/16 sides played out an enthralling draw, just as they did one year ago. The opening stanza of the match provided neither side with any real scoring opportunities as a combination of some stinging defence and poor ball handling kept the match deadlocked for the first 15 minutes. But finally it was NSW who struck first after Kaji Buchanan did remarkably well to offload near the line, and he found a wide open Jake Ennis who scored in the corner to make it 4-0. Unfortunately though these were to be NSW only points of the half as QLD replied with two tries of their own, one in the 22nd minute and another from a scrum which was allowed to be fed despite the half time siren sounding long beforehand. And so it was QLD leading 10-4 at the main break as both sides headed to the sheds for a well deserved break. Early points would have been what NSW were chasing in the second half but that wasn’t going to be the case. In the 35th minute Kieran Kennedy went close for NSW but was ruled to have lost control as he attempted to ground the ball, and as luck would have it, from the resulting set of six, QLD went the length of the field to extend their lead to ten. Chances were few and far between for the boys in blue for the next ten minutes or so as they spent most of their time resolutely defending their own line. And despite not scoring themselves, NSW had managed to repel QLD time after time and in doing so they gave themselves a chance of victory. And the comeback was on in earnest when in the 50th minute Travis Edwards put in a daring chip and chase from ten metres out and won the race for the ball thus reducing the deficit to just four points. The resulting restart was put out on the full by QLD and you sensed that NSW now, and perhaps for the first time in the match, had all the momentum. And with around five minutes left on the clock a QLD error 20 metres out from their own line was swooped on by James Widders-Leece who shrugged off some would-be tacklers to score, and when Edwards calmly converted, NSW lead for the first time in over half an hour. With time winding down, QLD were throwing everything at NSW and on the last play of the match an inside ball from QLD was knocked to the ground and fallen on by a NSW player, but unfortunately for NSW the referee deemed that the NSW player who fell on the ball had been offside and awarded QLD a penalty 40 metres out, right in front as the full time siren sounded out around Skilled Park. The penalty kick was successful by the barest of margins and for the second year running, these two sides would have to settle for a draw. NSW once again retain the shield as they won it back in 2010 and have now remained unbeaten at Skilled Park for the three years the fixture has been played there. Coach Ronald Griffith understandably had mixed feelings with the outcome but overall he felt the result was a fair one. “We certainly didn’t complete a lot of sets but we hung tough and I was proud of the way the boys fought back,“ Griffith said. “Obviously we would have loved to have won but in the end the score was probably a fair indication of the match. “It has been a wonderful week and all of these boys have carried themselves well and represented their state and people with pride.” Ethan Roberts from the South Grafton Rebels won the NSW Man of the Match award. NSW 16 (J Ennis, T Edwards, J Widders-Leece tries; T Edwards 2 goals) drew with QLD 16 Click here to see a gallery from Skilled Park The NSW Indigenous U/16's and their support staff would like to thank the following sponsors for their wonderful support. Without it, these types of events would not be possible. Kari Aboriginal ResourcesSydney Markets Message Stick Coles Supermarkets Carbine Club |
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| CHANGE OF VENUE - SHARKS VS WESTS TRIAL Due to the wet weather there has been a venue change to our Junior Reps Trial tomorrow. All 3 games will now be played at Milton Park, Railway Parade, Ingleburn (Brooks Rd turn off M5). Times all remain the same at 4pm, 5:30, 7pm |
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At just 19-years-of-age, Chad Redman finds himself training full-time with the Hunter Ports Newcastle Knights first grade squad and can’t believe his luck in getting the chance to train alongside his childhood hero Danny Buderus. An Australian Schoolboy, big things are expected of this young hooker who enters his third year of the Toyota Cup competition, after joining the team in 2009 while still eligible for the SG Ball competition. Ben Rogers caught up with Redman during pre-season training click here to watch. |
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| JUNIOR GAMES CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER The Knights Chargers Youth squad and Hunter Academy U17's games scheduled for this weekend at Lyall Peacock Field, Toronto have been cancelled due to the weather. |
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The Bulldogs affiliated SWSAS Harold Matthews (u16) squad will play the Cronulla Sharks in their final trial match at Toyota Stadium on Saturday 4th February with kick off at 4.00pm. The Bulldogs have entered into a partnership with the South West Sydney Academy of Sport (SWSAS) that will allow an additional 13 players from within the Canterbury-Bankstown Junior League the opportunity to play Junior Representative Rugby League whilst remaining a part of the Bulldogs system. The Bulldogs announced their 13 SWSAS representatives on Saturday 14th January 2012 and they resumed training as one SWSAS group on Monday 16th February 2012. The SWSAS squad have had encouraging results in their opening two trials. Saturday's trial will be the final match for SWSAS before their Round 1 clash against St George at WIN Jubilee Oval in Kogarah on Saturday 11th February 2012 with kick off at 12.00pm. JUNIOR REP TRIAL |
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Dreams became a reality today when the NSW Indigenous U/16 squad took to the field with the Indigenous All Stars as both teams continued their preparations for this weekends NRL All Stars fixture. After having had lunch with the guys yesterday, today was an opportunity to actually pull the boots on and get out on the park with the likes of fellow New South Welshman in Jamal Idris, Greg Bird and Nathan Merritt, just to name a few. And despite some early nerves the boys took to the experience like ducks to water as they cheekily attempted to dummy and step some of our games greatest superstars in what was a hot and testing session. The NSW Indigenous teams Coach, Ronald Griffith was proud of the way the boys carried themselves both today and since they have come into camp. "The boys have come together pretty well," Griffith said. "We have been a little unfortunate with the weather in regards to getting on the grounds for training but they have adapted and done everything that we have asked of them. "Today was massive, you could just see the smiles on their faces and although I hope a lot of these kids go on to have NRL careers, at the very least they will always have today to share with their family, friends and kids." The team rounded out the day with a visit to 'Wet and Wild' which is sure to be a welcomed distraction from what has been a rigorous few days of training since their arrival here on the Gold Coast. Tomorrow will see the boys training once again followed by a special dinner which will include their jersey presentations. Click here to see a photo gallery from today's session against the Indigenous All Stars And don't forget to check www.nswrl.com.au daily for more updates from inside camp but for more immediate updates be sure to follow us on Twitter @NSWRL as we will tweet updates, pics and vids throughout the week as well as LIVE scores from the match on Saturday. The NSW Indigenous U/16's and their support staff would like to thank the following sponsors for their wonderful support. Without it, these types of events would not be possible. Kari Aboriginal ResourcesSydney Markets Message Stick Coles Supermarkets Carbine Club |
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 CENTURIONS V WSAS TRIAL The penultimate trial matches are being played this week and this weekend in the lead up to this years NSWRL Junior Rep season which kicks off on the 18 th of Febuary. Tonite at St. Marys Stadium the Central Coast Centurions smacked the WSAS in the Matthew Cup to the tune of 34 - 6. In the u18 SG Ball trial, the WSAS were in front 28 - 6 with 10 to go. FINAL SCORE 40 - 4 In todays other trial game, the WA Reds had a skinny victory of the Melbourne Storm winning 18 - 20 in Melbourne |
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| STORM SG BALL TRIAL V WA REDS This Wednesday 1st February at 11.30am the Melbourne Storm U18's (SG Ball Competition) will play a trial match against the WA Reds. The Melbourne boys will be looking at producing a strong performance in tomorrow's match as this will be their final trial before the season commences on February 11. The match will be played at Cross Keys Reserve in Essendon (corner of Pascoe Vale Rd and Woodland St) So check out the Storm U18 boys in action tomorrow The Current squad list is as follows: Hayden Butler (Waverley Panthers)Jackson Brenchley (Waverly Panthers) Brandon Manase (Waverley Panthers) Josh Kanongata’a (Altona Roosters) Tremaine Jensen (Waverley Panthers) Nicholas Lafaele (South-East Titans) George Edwards (Auckland) Jonah Lolesio (Altona Roosters) Aaron Presnell (Altona Roosters) Romia Matangaro (Waverley Panthers) Aaron Teroi (Northern Thunder) Jeremiah Leasi (Northern Thunder) Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad (Altona Roosters) Mitchell Vincent (Christchurch) Francis Tualua (Brisbane) Phil Salue (South-East Titans) Billy Walters (Brisbane) Joseph Watene-Lavina (Casey Chiefs) Henry Sang-Yum (Altona Roosters) Jarred Hargreaves-Mataese (AltonaRoosters) Jose Makai (Northern Thunder) John Filipo (Northern Thunder) Xavia Siola’a (Altona Roosters) Poai Togia (Auckland) Naseri Seve (Northern Thunder) Dillan Brittain (Waverley Panthers) Note: There are also 5-6 players from the Storm’s NYC squad who will join this group for the trial matches and the beginning of the SG Ball season.  CHECK OUT THE STORM SG BALL LOCKER ROOM |
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| KNIGHTS GIVE LITTLE KNIGHTS A RUN The Knights Chargers Youth squad and Hunter Academy U17's will play this weekend at Lyall Peacock Field, Toronto. Saturday 4th February 2012 Lyall Peacock Field, Toronto map 2.30pm: Knights Chargers Youth Squad v CRL Western Academy 2 x 30 mins3.40pm: Hunter Academy U/17s v CRL Western Academy 2 x 35 mins KNIGHTS JUNIOR REP LOCKER ROOM |
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The NSWCCC have looked to defend their ASSRL Champion status by selecting new coaching staff for the 2012 schoolboys footy seaon Congratulations to the following teachers who have been appointed as officials to NSWCCC teams: Under 15'sCoach: Brian Battesse (St John's Woodlawn) Assistant Coach: TBA Manager: Michael Whitton (Clare Catholic College Hassal Grove) Tranier: Michael Fisher (St Mary's cathedral College Sydney) Under 18's Coach: Tim White (Holy Cross College Ryde) Assistant Coach: Dane McKay (St Paul's College Manly) Manager: Chris Bettiol (Loyola College Mount Druitt) Trainer: Peter Burke (La Salle Catholic College Bankstown) The following teachers have received the NSWCCC nomination for ASSRL selectors. Their nominations will be forwarded to ASSRL. 15's ASSRL Selector: John McKnoght (McCarthy Catholic College Emu Plains) 18's ASSRL Selector: James Clancy (La Salle Catholic College Bankstown) |
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| Saturday 28 th h January 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SCHOLARSHIP PLAYERS GET TASTE OF WESTS TIGERS Twenty-five talented young rugby league players enjoyed a taste of life as a Wests Tigers player at Concord Oval this week. Under the guidance of Wests Tigers Elite Junior Player and Coaching Manager Grant Jones, the players were addressed by Wests Tigers NRL and Australian Test Coach Tim Sheens as part of the Club's annual Scholarship Camp. Aged 15-17, the contracted Wests Tigers players came from across the country and New Zealand to participate in the intensive three day camp. Each player received Wests Tigers training gear and Blades football boots. Wests Tigers NRL Assistant Coach Steve Georgallis and Skills Coach Steve James put the players through intensive coaching and skills session. Wests Tigers NYC Strength and Conditioning Coach Balin Cupples made a presentation on strength work and the importance of nutrition. “From last year’s camp, 7 of the players will play for Wests Tigers U20s team this season,’’ Jones said. “Judging by what we saw this week, I say we will be looking at 4-5 players for next year’s U20s side. “We will also be inviting the top 6 players from this week’s camp to join a selected group of players from the Western Suburbs Magpies and Balmain Tigers SG Ball and Harold Matthews teams to play in a development trial against NSW Combined Catholic Colleges in May. “Centre Rory Humphreys, full-back Jamian Iroa, and half-back Jyden Murray got the awards at the camp this week for exceptional performances.” Wests Tigers Scholarship Camp contracted players Nathan Biessel (lock, Logan Brothers, Qld), Michael Cochrane (half, Wests Panthers, Qld), Richard Ene (prop, Keebra Park High), Jacob Junior Felise (prop, Keebra), Francis Fifita (back-row, Keebra), Daley Forese (five-eighth, Keebra), Ryan Gardner (centre/wing, Noosa Pirates, Qld), Watson Heleta (centre, Keebra), Kain Humphreys (back row, Northern Suburbs Qld), Rory Humphreys (centre, Northern Suburbs, Qld), Jamian Iroa (full-back, Keebra), Rima Kamoe (lock, Keebra), Romey Lavea (prop, Keebra), Jyedn Murray (half, Cowra, NSW), John Ogden (centre, Keebra), Jayk Sinclair (five-eighth, St Georges Basin, NSW), Billy Sing (lock, Dubbo, NSW), Marshall Sing (five-eighth, Dubbo, NSW), Huietau Vili Tuli (prop/back row, Keebra). Triallists: Jayden Summers (hooker, Noosa Pirates, Qld), Curtly Scott (half, Wauchope, NSW), Santino Battagliolo (back-row/centre, South Coast), Jake Keighran (prop, South Coast), Matt Hemstead (centre, Charleville, Qld). |
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| Saturday 28 th January 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Wednesday 11 th January 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Raiders fans, meet the youngest member of the fulltime first grade training squad for 2012: Jack Wighton. At just 18 years of age, Wighton, on the back of a marvellous 2011 season in the Toyota Cup, was invited to train with the top squad and has shown great maturity and physical prowess in his efforts so far in pre-season training. Blessed with a plethora of natural attacking ability and a sublime athletic frame, Wighton impressed many astute judges in the Toyota Cup this year. Plying his trade at either five-eighth or centre, the Orange CYMS product went on to register 15 tries, 11 try assists, 13 line breaks as well as averaging 4 tackle breaks per game. Not one to shirk the hard work in defence either, Wighton also averaged 18 tackles per game. In what is sure to be a scary thought for opposition teams in 2012, the former Australian Schoolboy representative believes his game has improved immensely under the expert tutelage of the Raiders NRL players and Coach David Furner. “Pre season’s been tough. It’s been a good experience though getting to train with all the older boys in first grade and learning from them.” “Crokes [Jarrod Croker], Campo [Terry Campese] and Joely T [Joel Thompson] have all been awesome in helping me out. At first I was a bit shy when I started but those guys really helped me out and got me talking to make me feel more comfortable and less shy. It’s been really good.” After captaining the NSW under 18s side in the curtain raiser to Game Two in the State of Origin series this year, Wighton revealed that he plans to take on more of a leadership role next year in the Toyota Cup. “I’m going to try and take on more of a leadership role next year in the 20s. I’m only as young as them myself but I’ll try and help them out as best I can from what I’ve learnt training with the first graders.” Wighton has also added some bulk to his growing body over the pre-season, which will make him even more of a nightmare to opposition centres when combined with his dangerous footwork, strong fend and electric speed. “I’ve worked hard in the gym and I’ve put on a little bit more weight. I’ve increased my fitness too which has been good.” “I’ve been working more in the centres in first grade and learning more about the little things like talking more, shape in attack and positioning. "Centre’s probably my preferred position at the moment because it’s where I’ve been training mainly but I quite like playing five-eighth too." “I don’t really mind where they play me in the trials I just want to have a consistently good year." |
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| GLADMAN SCORES A TRIAL WITH RABBITOHS Story By : BEN HIGGINS 
BROTHERS young gun Luke Gladman is the latest rugby league prodigy to earn a trial with an NRL club. The 16-year-old was in Sydney yesterday for a practice match that could net him a full-time contract with the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Gladman starred in Brothers' Sullivan Cup team last season, smashing a club record for most tries and most points in one match. The fullback/centre scored nine tries and racked up a massive 52 points in a game against Tumbarumba. His 244 points led the team to third last season and a preliminary final, where Gladman kicked one conversion in the loss to Young. Speaking from Sydney, Gladman said it was a huge opportunity. "It's something I've wanted my whole life," he said. "Being at training has been exciting and my mum and dad are very proud and all my mates were pretty happy when they heard." If his trial is successful Gladman may have to switch allegiances as he grew up a Canterbury Bulldogs supporter. Mother Kay and father Jason are in Sydney with their son and said he was driven to achieve. "Luke's grandfather Neville Gladman passed away a short time ago and that has been a huge motivation for him," Jason Gladman said. "His pop was always with him and I know Luke wants to achieve his goals to honour his memory." Brothers coach Steven O'Neill said Gladman had huge potential and was a good kid. "He's a likeable, down-to-earth young man," he said. "Luke's got all the skills, the size and the mentality to do very well if given the opportunity ... I know everyone is hoping for the best." Gladman joins a long list of Riverina stars who have been hand picked by NRL clubs ahead of season 2012. Brothers teammates Brody Rigg and Harry Stewart have been selected by St George-Illawarra. Southci ty pair Tim Hurst (Wests Tigers) and Jordan Shephard (Melbourne), as well as Gundagai's James Luff (Wests Tigers), are also chasing their NRL dreams. |
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When most people at the Raiders think of Shannon Boyd one word resonates profoundly: BIG. What is even more impressive though is that this 193cm and 123kg powerhouse is just 19 years old and already in the first grade training squad. He is the second youngest squad member behind Jack Wighton. After an extremely impressive season last year in the Toyota Cup, in which the Cowra Magpies product averaged 104 metres and 16 tackles per game, Boyd has been elevated to the top squad despite having a year left in the under 20s competition. The Raiders coaching staff believe that having Boyd training with seasoned front row campaigners such as Brett White, David Shillington and Dane Tisle will enhance Boyd’s development considerably. “It’s been pretty full on but it’s been good and I’ve learned a lot of stuff which should help me out this year,” said the NSW Under 18s representative. “It’s a lot different to training with the 20s. It’s definitely more serious and more full on than the Under 20s but that’s what I need to develop my game.” “I think I’ve handled it pretty well. I struggled the first few weeks but my fitness improved with each session which made the transition easier.” The proof is in the pudding – or lack thereof – for Boyd as he aims to play more minutes in 2012. “I lost about 5kgs in skin folds of fat and then regained the 5kgs in muscle so I’ve stayed about the same weight but I’m a lot more fit.” “With all the aerobic testing we do out on the field, I’ve gone up in every category so I’m happy with myself and just want to keep on improving.” Boyd also has a greater understanding of the importance of on-field communication since training with the NRL players. “Talk’s a big thing out on the field. Without that you struggle, so I’ve got to improve in that area. It helps with knowing where you have to be all the time and that there’s always a job for you to do out on the field be it positioning yourself for the next hit up or running a decoy for another player.” Whilst it has a been a steep learning curve for the young tyro, there is no better place to learn the art of front row play than at the Raiders. Boyd has soaked in all the tutelage provided to him by the experienced stars at his disposal such as Brett White, Tom Learoyd-Lahrs, Dane Tisle and David Shillington. “It’s unreal being able to train with those sorts of players. They teach you a lot of stuff and are always helping you out. It’s definitely going to help my game out so I’m blessed to be able to listen and learn from them.” “Whitey’s been really good and showed me a few things along with Tommy (Learoyd-Lahrs) and Tilse. Now that Shillo’s come back from injury he’s also been a big help.” “My goal this year is to hopefully debut in first grade so we’ll see how I go. All I can control is how I play so if I’m playing at my best hopefully I’ll be pushing for a spot. It’ll be such a proud moment for me running onto Canberra Stadium in first grade.” Boyd’s efforts in preseason haven’t gone unnoticed by the established first grade stars at the Raiders either, as Josh McCrone explains. “I think everyone’s been pretty impressive in pre season but if I had to nominate someone I’d say big Boydy [Shannon Boyd] has really impressed me even though it’s the first time he’s trained with the first grade squad. I remember the when I first trained with the top squad and it’s a tough gig but he’s killed it and keeps getting better with every session. The opposed sessions aren’t good when he’s running straight at me so I’ll be looking forward to him running off my shoulder,” said McCrone. Another goal for this exciting young prospect is to notch a try after registering zero last year, although he was fortunate enough to avoid the dreaded nudie run. “I didn’t get a try at all last year butI wasn’t able to go to presentation night because I had an operation booked in then so I missed out on the nudie run though luckily.” “Hopefully I get one this year so I can avoid it two years in a row although my skin folds are down so at least I’ll be looking trim,” laughed Boyd. |
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Dragons take on Illawarra in the SG Ball trial this coming Saturday 14th January 2012 at 10.15pm. Game was to be played at WIN 2 but has been moved to Robert Zeims Park, Corrimal at the same time. Come along to see some of the Junior St George Illawarra Rep players in their preperation for this season SG Ball Competition. Chere will be some classy players on display |
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| JANUARY LEVEL 1 REFEREES COURSE
On Wednesday 25th January 2012 the NSWRL will be conducting a Level 1 Referees Course. The course will be held at Sports House, Homebush. Participants after completing the course will then be eligible to go and join their local Referees Association. The course will run from 9:00am to 4:00pm and will cost $25. For more information contact Doug Keen - dkeen @ nswrl.com.au or 0409 031 711 |
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DYLAN Cartwright is a young man who has a bright future in the game of rugby league. The 18-year-old last week returned home to Darwin after representing the Australian Institute of Sport on a month-long tour of the United Kingdom and France. A product of the Palmerston Raiders and NTIS scholarship holder, Cartwright received the Col Matthews Medal for his efforts on a tour featuring four wins from five matches. "It was a great honour, winning (the Matthews medal) was pretty much the same feeling as winning a game for the green and gold," Cartwright said. "Going on the tour was a once in a lifetime opportunity, I was stoked to go and I just put my head down and gave it everything." That approach certainly worked for Cartwright, who was one of four Territory rugby league products who were on tour. Chris Smith, Ado Waianga and Tom McLennan also featured in conditions that Cartwright admitted were far different to what they were used to at home. "It was the coldest weather I've ever played in," Cartwright said. "We had a few games in minus temperatures, we didn't play in snow, but we saw some over there." Adding weight to Cartwright's appearance on the tour is the fact he was a late starter to the game of rugby league, having first played the sport about three years ago. "I started martial arts when I was five and did it for 10 years with the NT Tang Soo Karate Academy," Cartwright said. "That got my strength and mindset for what (sport) I wanted to do and Mark Nolan first got me into rugby league when I was playing school sports for fun. "I'm glad I went from martial arts to rugby league. "I was lucky to be picked for the NT side after a year with the Raiders. "From there I got into the NTIS program and went on from there." A Brisbane Broncos fan who lists Sam Thaiday as undoubtedly his favourite player, Cartwright will head to the Sunshine State early in the New Year to try out with the Queensland Cup powerhouse Redcliffe. |
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 Dubbo College Senior Campus student Alex Bonham was among three rugby league players from the region to participate in a country-to-city camp in Sydney last weekend. A talented hooker, Bonham - along with Forbes’ David Cowhan and Zac Noble of Cowra - learned from the best in the business after being identified by ARL staff at a Western Rams Academy training camp help at Lake Burrendong recently. Among the selection panel was Dubbo’s Andrew Ryan, who is now an NRL player welfare and education officer, and ARL development officer from Bathurst, Wade Judd. Bonham, who was a member of the Macquarie Raiders under-18s side which lost this season’s Group 11 grand final, has recently linked with Cronulla and admitted he is looking forward to seeing how things work when young players arrive at NRL clubs. “It will be good to see what programs they put the players through because I think they will all be different,” Bonham said. “I’ve been training with Rod Fardell every Monday and Wednesday and he works me hard but it’s good to stay fit because we might do a bit of training at the camp as well.” Also a member of an extended training squad at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and a NSW Country representative, Bonham has the lure of a possible trip to France next year to work for. “I go to the AIS in January and spend eight days training there and at some stage after that camp they will pick a squad to go to France for a month,” he said. “I’m still at school and have a year to go with that before I hopefully go down to Cronulla so I’d like to get the grand final win with Macquarie that we missed out on this year as well.” The selection of Bonham, Cowhan and Noble was based on their attitude and commitment shown to all parts of the program, according to Ryan. “The young players got to mix with current and former NRL players such as David Peachey, Alan Tongue and John Wilson, and listen to talks from specialist strength and conditioning staff and sports therapists,” Ryan said. “The camp is designed to give the country players an experience of professional rugby league and a feel for city life as well as tours of the Sydney Roosters and Sydney Football Stadium facilities.” The country representatives also attended the Toyota Rookie Camp and joined with the NSW Origin “Emerging Blues” camp at Narrabeen where they listened to an address by NSW Origin coach Ricky Stuart. |
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Story & Photo By Nth Sydney BEARS See a gallery of photos of the visit in the Galleries Section. Most of them are still at school, certainly none are on a fulltime NRL players contract (As yet), but 20 players from the North Sydney Bears under 18s SG Ball side, took time away from their busy training schedule to make a social visit to the childrens’ ward of Nepean Hospital. Head Trainer Ben Jack was the organizer. “We usually do training sessions out at Wanda Beach and we did one at Cronulla last year. This year we thought we’d do a community based training session and we came here to visit the kids in the childrens’ ward.” “I think the kids loved it! You could see it in the faces when they saw a football and the presents that they got and especially the boys. When I saw some of the babies, they are quite surprised and I think they enjoyed it as well. “Definitely worth doing again. I’ve just had heaps of good reviews from the boys. Even for a future SG Ball team and maybe again later in the year if we could fit it in, it will be fantastic. Gill Astbury Acting Nurse Unit Manager Childrens’ Ward.. “Great day was had by all the children and staff when u'18s Sydney Bears “The kids thoroughly enjoyed their presents and interacting with the Matt Langfield - Lock Forward for the North Sydney Bears “I found it a lot easier to what I expected, to talk to all the little kids and make conversation with them and their parents. I thought it was going to be a lot harder than what it was.” “It was really an enlightening experience to go down there and sit with the kids. I enjoyed it a lot. I want to go again!” “I think on a day like Christmas, going down there would be amazing. Just see how the kids smile, like they were so excited today. If you get down there on a day like Christmas they’d just be over the moon, it would be amazing!” Frank Reaiche – Forward for the North Sydney Bears “You know, it was very good to see all the kids and to think how lucky we are to have what we’ve got and to give something back to the kids.” “Yeah, it was good, it really opened my eyes, just to see what it’s like for other people.” Should we do more things like this? “Oh, yeah. Of course, its great just to help the kids and help other people that are less fortunate.” The S G Ball is a NSW based under 18s Rugby League competition that is regarded as one of the toughest junior sporting competitions in the world. The season is due to begin in mid February 2012. |
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| MACKAY STATE HIGH SCHOOL RUGBY LEAGUE ACADEMY 2011 WRAP 2011 has been very busy year for the Rugby League Academy. Our teams have competed with distinction both at home and around the state. Once again we have collected a number of trophies for our year 8, Under 15 and Open teams including The Mick Shew Shield (Mr Ottaway’s Year 8’s) and the Booka Primrose Shield (Mr Billing’s U/15’s) both with victories over Mercy College. Mr Doyle’s open team also secured the Col Grosskreutz Shield with victory over St Pat’s in the Division 2 final at the junior league grounds. St Pats deserved their win with a good performance in a keenly contested final. If we want to win the trophy back we have a lot of work to do between now and next season. In June a group of year 11 and 12 students with Mr Ottaway, Mr Dell and Mr Billings travelled to the Gold Coast for the Brisbane Bronco’s Country Carnival, eventually suffering a narrow defeat in the final. Our team was joined by four exchange students from Castleford Academy in England who were linking with us for eight weeks to sample our way of life and work with our school coaches. Eight other exchange students from Wakefield’s Outwood Grange Academy and from Hull’s Archbishop Sentamu Academy also attended our school for an extended period to taste the experience of our Rugby League Academy program. The players from Outwood Grange Academy Wakefield were Thomas Consterdine (Shawcross Sharks), Brandon Conway (Shawcross Sharks), Chad Moss (Methley Warriors), and Josh Kittrick (Methley Warriors). 2011 was an England Tour year and for the third time we followed in the footsteps of our 2007 and 2009 rugby league tours. Traveling together were 21 students, Kyle Krisanski – Kennedy, Blake Atherton (Mirani SHS), Tyler Heading, Ryan Sainsbury, Nathan Benson, Zach Schill, Ben Ivey, Baeden Flynn, Kyle O’Brien, Damon Stokes, Jacob Pinyon, Corey Neilson, Lane Grayson, Cody Simpson (Calen SC), Brad Simpson (Calen CS), Adam Lucas, Andrew Warren, Mark Jorgenson, Jackson McCormack, Cody Cocup, and Damon Mooney. Also traveling with the group were teachers My Billings, Mr Dell, Mr Doyle and Mr Esau, who makes the tour for the third time. Two parents also helped on the trip, Mr Krisanski and Mr Flynn. The team played games in Wakefield, Castleford, Hull, Rochdale and London. No other school rugby league program in Australia offers a tour of this quality, a once in a lifetime opportunity for any young player to travel and play in the UK. While there we visited Super league games, museums, theme parks, historic castles, schools and many other tourist attractions like the London Eye and The Tower of London. The 2013 tour will be available to any current Year 8 and 9 students who confirm their intention to continue their rugby league course through their senior years (11 and 12) at our school. One of our students and our head coach deserve special mention this year. Regan Grieve was selected in the Under 15 Capricornia representative team which went on to win the state titles with our own Mr Nathan Doyle as coach. This is a major achievement for Mr Doyle in what is arguably the most keenly contested of all Queensland School sports. Also in 2011 Mr Doyle was invited to coach the North Queensland Marlins for the first time, an achievement that reflects huge credit on his ability putting him up there with the very best of coaches currently working in Queensland schools. Well done Mr Doyle! From the Queensland Championships Regan was selected in the Queensland team to contest the Australian titles in Perth. Although his Queensland team were narrowly defeated in the final, Regan’s performances at the carnival earned him a spot in the Australian ‘merit’ team named at the closing ceremony. Even though Regan has decided to move on from our school, and we wish him well at his new school, we are proud to know that he will not be able to achieve any higher honours in the schoolboy game than he has with the support of our friendly staff and students here at Mackay High. Another of our students to reach high representative honours this year was Kellen Jenner who made Mr Doyle’s U/15 Capricornia team as a 14 year old. A great year for this exciting talent was capped with his selection in the under14 Queensland team. Well done Kellen. Other notable representative honours in 2011 have come to:
This is also an opportunity to recognise the enormous contribution of two of our Academy staff who are moving on in 2012. Mr Glenn Ottaway will be taking over the Chief Executive role at the Mackay Cutters and Mr Andrew Dell is taking some time out to enjoy some travel in Europe. This is a very exciting opportunity for Mr Ottaway whose undoubted organisational and personable coaching skills have been a real benefit for the Academy over his time here. We are all looking forward to maintaining close contact with him in his new role and invite Mr Dell to come home to MSHS when the money runs out. Both these popular and talented teachers will be missed as we move into 2012 but we are sure that some equally keen and capable teachers will move in to take up the challenge. The Academy coaches would like to acknowledge these students who have worked hard in the program since they arrived in Year eight five years ago. Evert Taylor Hanson, Brydon Sutton, Aaron Ward, Josh Wallace, Matt Turton, Eden ‘Cletus’ Duffy and Hamish Walding, we thank them for their loyalty and commitment and wish them all the best in the future and hope they remember with pride the MILTON call and the camaraderie and good times we enjoyed together. We know the students in the Academy program appreciate and acknowledge the hard work that the Academy staff and their helpers have completed on their behalf, and, most importantly, have considered the sacrifices that their parents, carers and loved ones have made to make this wonderful opportunity available to them.GO MILTON!!! |
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The mighty Lane Cove Rugby League Club is set to grace the fields of the north shore once again, and will be fielding teams to take part in the local North Sydney District Rugby League 2012 competition. North Sydney Junior League administrator Kevin Nicholls said, “It is wonderful to see the resurgence of this distinguished club. To witness kids running around in the famous black and gold of the Lane Cove Tigers will be very special, and will give local players an opportunity to take part in Rugby League. I’m hopeful we will see the Tigers grow again into the force that they once were.” The Lane Cove club will hold an information evening, as well as a free come and try session for 5-12 year old boys and girls on Thursday 8th December, at Lane Cove public school at 7pm. All those interested in being part of the club are more than welcome to attend. For inquiries call Kevin Nicholls on 0412 405 881. |
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| 2012 ENGLAND ACADEMY AND YOUTH SQUADS NAMED 2012 England Academy and Youth squads named England Academy and England Youth coach Dave Elliott has named his respective 39- and 42-strong squads for the 2012 season. England Academy and England Youth coach Dave Elliott has named his respective 39- and 42-strong squads for the 2012 season. The England Academy squad includes the 21 players currently preparing for Sunday’s match against the Australian Institute of Sport at Leigh Sports Village (3.00pm) and Elliott is hoping that fixture will provide the squad with further momentum to take into 2012. Elliott guided both sides to victories over their French counterparts earlier this year and with the Youth team set to continue their traditional Easter rivalry against France and the Academy to embark upon a tour of Australia, 2012 promises to be a big year for English Rugby League. “The Academy selection for Sunday reflects what will come in 2012,” said Elliott. “But I could easily have picked 59 players for next year’s squad. “There are also a lot of players on a watch list who aren’t in the initial squad, but that doesn’t mean that anyone not included will be out of contention and it doesn’t guarantee anyone in the squad a place on the tour. “There are a lot of players who have played well in the academy competition this season and we now want to see how they cope in the England environment, but it’s not a closed shop. “Last year seven of the 17 players who took on the Australian Schoolboys weren’t in the original squad at the start of the year, but they earned their place on the back of their performances during the season, so no one can rest on their laurels.” 2011 Engage Super League Grand Finalists St Helens and Leeds Rhinos are represented with the largest contingent in the England Academy squad, providing 15 players combined while Carnegie Challenge Cup winners Wigan Warriors have five players included. Warrington Wolves and Bradford Bulls both have four players selected with Castleford Tigers represented by a trio of young prospects. Super League newcomers Widnes Vikings are joined by Huddersfield Giants with two representatives each while Hull FC, Salford City Reds, London Broncos and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats all have one player each included in the 39 strong squad. In the England Youth squad, Wigan provide the bulk of the 42, with nine young Warriors called involved. Leeds have six players included and Warrington have four young stars named in the squad while Huddersfield, St Helens, Bradford, Hull FC and London Broncos all have two players each. There are also 13 players included in the squad who have been identified through regional development centres. “The Youth side includes a lot of newcomers to the international environment and that helps keep us on our toes as staff because we have to make it fresh and interesting for the lads every time we come together,” said Elliott. “It’s a real honour for me to work with all these young professionals and it makes me very proud to see how they progress and develop. There were 10 players from the 2012 Academy test group who have gone on to first team Super League level this season and that’s the sort of success we all want to see. “It’s great to be able to work with these players and they are all very keen to push themselves with an eye on Steve McNamara’s ETS squads so it keeps me working hard to try and give these players the tools to try and better themselves.” The 2012 squads in full:
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The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Harold Matthews and SG Ball squads will play their first trial in preparation for the 2012 season on Friday 2nd December 2011 against the South Sydney Rabbitohs at Erskineville Oval. The Harold Matthews trial with kick-off at 5.00pm with the SG Ball trial to follow at 6.30pm. The match will be played at Erskineville Oval. The venue is located on Fox Ave, Ashmore St, Copeland St and Mitchell Rd in Erskineville. JUNIOR REPS TRIAL |
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| 2012 HAROLD MATTHEWS & SG BALL SUMMER SQUADS The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are pleased to announce their Harold Matthews Cup & SG Ball Cup Summer Train on Squads for 2012. The squads will further be reduced after the pre Christmas trials against South Sydney (December 2nd, 2011) and the Sydney Roosters (December 14th, 2011). The final squad of 25 players will be selected after the trial against Penrith (January 21st , 2012).
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