2020 RM Cup & Sydney Shield

Penrith Brothers have announced former first graders Tim Browne and Jake Foster will be at the club in 2020

 

Strong word Greg Eastwood will be at Glebe Burwood full time next season

 

Coaching or playing??

 

Jake Foster is RMC captain coach and Tim Browne is skills and development coach.

 

Wests gone from Ron Massey Cup for 2020
Brothers will only have a Shield team in 2020

 

Ok why aren’t they running a RMC team?

 

From the statement it was so they can invest more resources into the NSW Cup team and setup.

Also a conspiracy that the funds used on RMC will be injected into the Balmain 18's and 16's sides.

 

St Marys have signed for 2020

Jok Dokonivalu
Arthur Crichton
Jarrod Brackenhofer
Antonio Pelesasa

 

Any news on who Windsor have signed ? And anyone else ?

 

St Marys have signed Tim Grant

 

Cabramatta have signed Ben Roberts

 

Fiji 'Silktails' to join NSWRL competition in 2020

NSWRL has today announced an historic agreement with Fiji National Rugby League which will see Fiji field a team in a NSWRL competition next season in a move to significantly assist the development and growth of the game and provide a pathway for the country’s aspiring Rugby League players.

The agreement was unveiled before the Prime Minister’s XIII match against Fiji at ANZ Stadium in Suva tonight, which was attended by Australian Prime Minister, the Hon. Scott Morrison, Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, NSWRL Chairman Dr George Peponis OAM, NSWRL General Manager – Football, Barrie-Jon Mather and Fijian-born Rugby League legend Petero Civoniceva.

The team will be known as the Kaiviti Silktails (Kaiviti means someone from Fiji while the Silktails are a bird native to the country) and will play in the Ron Massey Cup next season with a view to eventually playing in the state’s premier competition, Canterbury Cup NSW.

The deal has been made possible by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) which has supported Fiji’s application and will provide a funding deal for the next four years and has also backed a move to play NRL pre-season trial matches in the Pacific for the next three years.

“This is an historic and exciting day for both the NSWRL and Fiji National Rugby League,” Dr Peponis said.

“Fiji has provided our game with plenty of exciting players over the decades and it’s a wonderful initiative to now have a direct pathway to help them pursue a Rugby League career.

“I’d like to thank the DFAT for all their support and I can’t wait to see the Kaiviti Silktails in action in 2020.”

Civoniceva, a proud Fijian who also represented Australia and Queensland and has been a driving force behind the bid, said: “It’s been about six years in the making but something of this nature was always going to take time.

“We’ve been very fortunate to have a good support network of people behind this push.

https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2019/10/11/fiji-silktails-to-join-nswrl-competition-in-2020/

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I've heard the team will be made of purely of Fiji locals and play out of Suva, as opposed to being Sydney based.

 

Great news with a team from fiji in the RMC next year

 

So your saying that teams will go over there and play or are they picked from Fiji and will be a Sydney based team here , but with the Fiji name ?

 

The team will be based in Nadi in Fiji.

Might be a few NSW Cup players happy to drop down a grade next season just quietly...

https://silktails.com/

 

Heard Ben Roberts has signed with narellan jets

 

A return to his junior club.
A few former First Graders still get around in that Group 6 comp,decent $.

 

With Wests not continuing in RMC it was likely that excess NSW Cup players would have to play with either of East Campbelltown or Ryde Eastwood in SS, however, one of those options may be removed as East Campbelltown have been discussing a feeder arrangement with Mounties.

 

Frank Pritchard is the new coach at Cabramatta.

 

Asquith have signed the following players

Epa Navale
Ray Lesoa
Jesse Martin
Jordan Main
Manaia Rudolph
Jakob Giles