SG Ball Rd4 v Parramatta Eels

[Perth Red]

Round 4 Team List

The WA Reds side to play the Parramatta Eels has been announced with Aarona Nicholls and Bunbury local Shane Attard gaining selection in the side for the first time.

Aarona and Shane are have been apart of the Reds squad since September last year, both have come along way since then with their dedication and commitment being rewarded this week.
1. Sundip Lal
2. Shane Attard
3. Ned Stephenson
4. Brenton Cowen
5. Jared Young
6. Adam Quinlan
7. Pat Murphy
8. Justin Lemalu
9. Tom Lidden
10. Josh Pedersen
11. Curtis Rona
12. Joseph Napoletano (c)
13. Greg Ranga

14. Aarona Nicholls
15. Charlie Abel
16. Hemi Kani
17. Eddie Proudler
18. Jesse Prasad

 

[Perth Red]

Good luck lads.

 

[footy watch]

to perth red,joondalup giant and others who thought the peth sg ball would be a success,well the proofs in the pudding.What a waste of time and money..should have stayed in the bundy cup and had better development programs for the seniors.. Another stuff up from senior management

 

[Bluebag]

Disagree, it has already been a success and offers juniors a pathway to develop and helps promote the game to attract more juniors, it will take time.
They already have a victory and have scored more points than several clubs and have a few good prospects as well. The pudding is not yet baked so you are a bit early to judge.

 

[Perth Red]

to perth red,joondalup giant and others who thought the peth sg ball would be a success,well the proofs in the pudding.What a waste of time and money..should have stayed in the bundy cup and had better development programs for the seniors.. Another stuff up from senior management

rubbish! This is their first ever experience playing at this level and so far they have won one, been competitive in one and got well beaten in one. If they were losing 80-0 every game you would have a point.

Personally I hope we can find the money one day to be running both as they are both essential to pathways for our best players.

ps I don't think the WARL had much choice. The ARL grant had run out and they couldn't find the $600K to run a Bundy cup team. At least this way they were able to access some more ARL $'s and keep a Reds team going in a different format.

Footy Watch if you know of a way for them to find $600k a season I am sure the WARL would very much like to hear from you!

 

[Kaivitii]

Last year the Magpies only won one game all season. Four other clubs only won two games. The parent clubs still see the value in having them in this year. It is not about winning but development. And these 'juniors' are probably next year's A grade players. I think we have to give it a couple of years to really judge the worth.

 

[Perth Red]

pps good luck on your debut Shane. Great to see a kid from the SW making it into the side. Hopefully will help with the new SW Warriors development.

 

[Roland]

Parramatta 62 WA 0

 

[albert]

very much an OUCH!!!!!!!

 

[Perth Red]

yeh tough score line on the boys. 3rd week on the road though and Eeels are tipped to win it so I hope they aren't getting too down hearted. At home next week so would be nice to see some fans down there cheering them on.

 

[joondalup_giant]

couldnt of really expected any differnt

 

[bennySW]

Where's the game in WA ?

As we all know the WAReds website gets updated after the event has happened.

 

[Kaivitii]

Round 5 Mar-13 Saturday 11.30am WA Reds V Canterbury Ken Allen Field
Round 6 Mar-20 Saturday 11.30am Newcastle V WA Reds Energy Australia
Round 7 Mar-27 Saturday 11.30am South Sydney V WA Reds Erskineville Oval
Round 8 Apr-03 Saturday 11.30am WA Reds V Illawarra Ken Allen Field, Hilton
Round 9 Apr-10 Saturday 11.30am WA Reds V Manly Ken Allen Field, Hilton

 

[Roland]

Could be a tough game next week. Canterbury are reigning premiers and beat Parramatta in Round 1

 

[Perth Red]

yeh will be tough (aren't they all at this level?). I'll be there cheering them on then into Freo for a beer or three at Lttle Creatures. Great way to spend a Saturday!

 

[roopy]

How many of your kids are 18 and how many are 17?

If you can't make the finals it's time to drop all the 18 year olds who aren't future NRL players and replace them with 17 year olds who will return bigger and better next year.
You don't drop any kids with a real future of course, just the ones who are making up the numbers.
Any 17 year olds who get a taste now will train hard for the next year - far more than they would if they didn't get a taste of the bigtime.

 

[bennySW]

I heard that Roosters are playing the Sharks on the same day (either curtain raiser or the main game) is this true ??

 

[bennySW]

Another question ... why are the reds only playing 9 games when there is 18 teams in the competition ??

 

[roopy]

Another question ... why are the reds only playing 9 games when there is 18 teams in the competition ??

It's HSC year for most of these kids - and also most of them play for their schools in the Arrive Alive cup.
The really good kids who have a chance to make a living out of league will be picked up to play NYC (under 20s) - but the rest have more important things to do than to play a 6 month comp in their most important school year.