Another Junior doing well

[Jake the snake]

An update on Albert Kelly who we signed up last year. He made Aust school Boys Under 15's team and was player of the championship. He might be a while off 1st grade but he sounds like he may be a special player.

AUSTRALIAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS RUGBY LEAGUE
15 YEARS POOL A MERIT TEAM 2006

STATE NO. SCHOOL NAME
1 QLD 1 Wavell SHS Kurt Baptiste
2 NSWCHS 1 Endeavour Sports HS Kyle Stanley
3 NSWCCC 4 Patrician Brothers College, Blacktown Matthew Wright
4 QLD 4 The Cathedral School, Rockhampton Justin O'Neill
5 NSWCHS 2 Northern Beaches Secondary College William Hopoate
6 NSWCCC 6 St Pauls College, Kempsey Albert Kelly
7 NSWCCC 7 Terra Sancta College, Schofields Daniel Mahoney
8 QLD 10 Mountain Creek SHS Jake Seaton
9 NSWCCC 14 Holy Spirit College, Bellambi Jayden Dallalana
10 NSWCCC 8 Holy Cross College, Ryde Aaron Woods
11 QLD 11 Mackay SHS Patrick O'Hanlon
12 NSWCHS 12 Matraville Sports HS Dominic Walsh
13 NSWCCC 13 St Gregory's College, Campbelltown Jarrod Thompson

Corporate Sports Australia Player of the Championships-Pool A
Albert Kelly (St Paul's College Kempsey)

If you don't remember the article from last year here it is:


Albert signs with Eels
Tuesday, 28 June 2005

By Shellie Brennan

ALBERT Kelly may only be 14 years old but has a big future ahead of him in the game of rugby league.
The St Paul's College student had six National Rugby League (NRL) clubs approach him to play for their respective club including St George Illawarra, Melbourne Storm, Brisbane Broncos, Bulldogs, Rosters, Sharks and Paramatta.
'Parramatta won the race' as his grandfather Lewis Kelly put it.
Albert signed a four-year contract with the Parramatta Rugby League Club, which will see him move down to Sydney in October next year.
He will play in the lowest grades of the club and work his way through the ranks.
"They said with the way I am playing I should make first grade by 2008,"Albert said.
With all this attention, one might think Albert would be a little daunted by the whole situation but the year nine student is very humble.
"I was stunned about the contract," Albert said.
However his family believes he is worthy of the contract.
"We are over the moon and very stoked about the contract," Lewis said.
"He is a good kid and has worked very hard for this.
"There are not many kids around the town that have achieved what Albert has and it is a credit to him."
Albert's achievements on the football field don't just stop here.
Recently he was selected in the NSW under 15s Combined Catholic High School's (CCHS) Rugby League side as five-eight.
Today he will travel to Rock Hampton as part of the team to play in the Australian Schoolboy's Championships.
The event will run for one week, with Albert having the opportunity to get selected for the Australian School boys team.
Earlier this year Albert was a member of the NSW Indigenous under 15s side.
The team played a Suncorp Stadium Brisbane, before the ANZAC day rugby league test.
Albert has also made the Northern NSW Country side and represented group 2 rugby league.
Rugby league has been a part of Albert's life since he was three.
He officially started to play when he was five years old for Smithtown Junior Rugby League Club.
He also played for the Kempsey Dragons before becoming a member of the Dunghutti Junior Broncos under 14s side this year.
"I have been in four grand finals, three for Smithtown and one for the Kempsey Dragons and have won them all," Albert said
"We knew he had something special at an early age," Lewis said.
"My uncles use to toughen me up," said Albert. Albert and his family believe that he wouldn't be were he is today without the support and guidance of his coaches including Tim Meecham, Eddie Vale, Gerald Bradshaw, Shayne Moran and coach of the under 15s NSW CCHS team, Mark Morrison.

http://kempsey.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=sport&subclass=local&story_id=404431&category=General+Sport&m=6&y=2005

 

[Hurriflatch]

Barney Haslett was signed as a 13 yr old

 

[Jake the snake]

Yep could be a risk .... You just never know.

 

[The Colonel]

8 QLD 10 Mountain Creek SHS Jake Seaton

Jake's silver lining

07.07.2006


YOU wouldn’t blame rising rugby league star Jake Seaton for seeing the silver lining in playing for a losing grand final side.

In May the quietly-spoken prop and five of his Mountain Creek High School teammates playing in a Sunshine Coast combined side lost by a solitary try in the grand final against Northern in the Queensland Secondary Schools under-15 rugby league championships.

To have come so close was agonising but Seaton’s personal pain was eased when he was named player of the carnival.

Fast forward five weeks and Seaton is again living up to his tireless work ethic taking the ball up for Queensland in the Australian Secondary Schools 15-years championships in Perth.

His workhorse like performances while battling a flu which forced one of his teammates onto the sideline helped take the Qld team to the brink only to be knocked off at the final hurdle (and again by one try) 18-14.
But Seaton’s Midas Touch again saw disappointment turned into a golden opportunity with selectors naming him in the Australian Secondary Schools merit squad.

And while he was happy to be back at home this week catching up with his girlfriend and in the comfortable surrounds on the Sunshine Coast in winter, the Penrith Panthers development staff will no doubt be looking forward to seeing him on a plane to Sydney soon.

Having been spotted by Panthers scouts during his performances in Rob Brough’s Mountain Creek side, Seaton eventually signed with the West Sydney club in late April.

The decision wasn’t as easy as it would seem for a 14-year-old being courted by one of rugby league’s star-making clubs.

The Parramatta Eels – Seaton’s sentimental favourites in the NRL – had also shown interest in the promising prop.

But Seaton said the Panthers’ negotiators offered a more attractive package to secure his services, making the decision to go against his beloved Eeels a little easier.

http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.a...ocalsport&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=

You win one, you lose one...

 

[Jake the snake]

http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/localsport/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3691540&thesection=localsport&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=

You win one, you lose one...

Oh well......

 

[Jake the snake]

Barney Haslett was signed as a 13 yr old

Also If we didn't sign Kelly up 5 other clubs who were in the hunt would have done so..... It's a gamble You have to take unfortunately. You don't want to see players that Young signed up but that's the nature of the beast these days.

 

[The Colonel]

The halfback, Daniel Mahoney, is already in the Eels Harold Matthews squad.

 

[Hurriflatch]

Jake: True, you need to sign up players early with the competition there is but it's a very rare player who displays enough at 13-14 to say he'll still be doing the same at 18-19.

Jarryd Hayne was a player who did that when he was 14 playing for HArold MAtts was the 1st time I saw him but then there is Barney who killed them at 13 and is now playing Jim Beam Cup off the bench.

While Nathan Hindmarsh was told by the Dragons he was nothing when he was 14 at a training camp they held.

 

[Jake the snake]

Jake: True, you need to sign up players early with the competition there is but it's a very rare player who displays enough at 13-14 to say he'll still be doing the same at 18-19.

Jarryd Hayne was a player who did that when he was 14 playing for HArold MAtts was the 1st time I saw him but then there is Barney who killed them at 13 and is now playing Jim Beam Cup off the bench.

While Nathan Hindmarsh was told by the Dragons he was nothing when he was 14 at a training camp they held.

It's a Gamble.

 

[yy_cheng]

While Nathan Hindmarsh was told by the Dragons he was nothing when he was 14 at a training camp they held.

Imagine the Dragon's pack if they thought he was good.

 

[Hurriflatch]

Don't get me wrong I hope he does great.