Balmain Tigers Trial v Newtown Jets

[Jeffles]

I am not sure where to post this news. I hope it's OK on the Joint Venture forum.

The Balmain Tigers Premier League side will be playing a trial this weekend against the Newtown Jets (Australia's oldest RL club) at Henson Park, Marrickville.

The match starts at 5pm. The curtain raiser will be between the Newtown Jets Jim Beam Cup team and the Ryde-Eastwood Hawks, Balmain's Jim Beam Cup feeder team.

Henson Park is located on Centennial St in Marrickville. For details on how to get there visit http://www.newtownjets.com/henson.htm

This should be a close clash between two foundation clubs. Hope to see you all there.

 

[King Tigerman]

prob is a lot of fans on here are already going to rosehill

maybe ill go mid season well see what happens

 

[Bald Tiger]

In a choice between seeing the Tigers play and going to the races I will take the trial game at Henson. Anyway the trial does not start until 5pm.

 

[brook]

In a choice between seeing the Tigers play and going to the races I will take the trial game at Henson. Anyway the trial does not start until 5pm.

you and me both

turns out I'm going to miss the hawkes game as I've gotta be at the carlingford cougers registration day but I'll be able to make it to the balmain one.

 

[mono_mal]

ah i feel your pain brook.
i'll definately miss the jb trial and might not be able to make the pl trial due to Guildford junior league rego.
hoping to get there to see the russians?
are they confirmed for either trial?

 

[brook]

Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 10:11 am Post subject: Russians to take Centre Stage at Henson

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A clash between two of Rugby League's oldest clubs will provide the backdrop for the Australian debut of two players from one of the Code's newest playing nations.

This Saturday at Henson Park, where foundation clubs Newtown and Balmain meet in a Premier League trial, Russian hopefuls Sergey Dobrynine and Vladimir Trofimov will take their first steps towards a playing future in the NRL.

The Moscow Dynamo team mates have been named as centre partners in the Tigers side, but coach Peter Camroux insists they will form a left side centre/wing combination.

Trofimov, a junior sprint champion in his homeland, is described by Camroux as "an absolute flying machine". And after scoring three tries for the Bears during the Cougar World Sevens, Dobrynine has since impressed at training.

Wests Tigers coach Tim Sheens set tongues wagging when he offered the minnows a chance to extend their Australian sojourn by trialing with the club over the pre season.

For the past week, they've bunkered down with 4 other Tigers cubs at a house in Drummoyne, where Camroux says "social accommodation" is not short lived.

And while the language barrier has inevitably brought it's challenges - as well as an interpreter to the pair's first training session - Dobrynine and Trofimov have experienced no problems keeping up on the field so far.

"They're doing it a bit tough communicating, but both are fit, strong guys," Camroux said. "All they really want to do is learn and have a go."

"Neither have had a real good coach before, so we're just looking to polish them up on the finer points of the game."

The Tigers plan to give their Russian hopefuls the best possible chance of snaring a contract by playing them in each of the team's three trials.

Camroux said Sheens was hopeful that the bold experiment would succeed, but more will be known after Saturday's match.

"The whole part of their games will probably need to be improved, but in saying that we haven't seen them play yet," he said.

Looks like I'll see them after all - I figured they'd play for the hawkes

 

[King Tigerman]

In a choice between seeing the Tigers play and going to the races I will take the trial game at Henson. Anyway the trial does not start until 5pm.

but the last race is on at 5.30


also you should be able to see em at gosford in 2 weeks btw when does the reserve grade season start

 

[Bluebag]

The same as the NRL.

 

[Mighty Tiger]

prob is a lot of fans on here are already going to rosehill

maybe ill go mid season well see what happens

I guess going by this forum you appear to be out numbered all ready mate