City Origin side

[girvie]

City:
Anthony Minichiello - Western Suburbs junior
Jarryd Hayne - Parramatta junior
Luke Lewis - Penrith junior
Dean Collis - Western Suburbs junior
Hazem El Masri - Canterbury junior
Braith Anasta - South Sydney junior
Craig Gower - Penrith junior
Jason King - Manly junior
Robbie Farah - Canterbury junior
Lance Thompson - St George junior
Paul Gallen - Parramatta junior
Ryan Hoffman - Western Suburbs junior
Reni Maitua - South Sydney junior

Interchange:
Craig Wing - South Sydney junior
Anthony Watmough - Manly junior
Bryce Gibbs - Western Suburbs junior
Ben Pomeroy - Penrith junior

4 - Western Suburbs
3 - Penrith, South Sydney
2 - Canterbury, Manly, Parramatta
1 - St George

 

[brook]

City:
Robbie Farah - Canterbury junior

He joined the wanderers at age 12 - I know he was in the dogs juniors before that but jesus surely we deserve some credit!! Thats a pretty huge chunk of his junior footy played in the Balmain junior league.

 

[Mr Angry]

Wlliams is in for Maitua.

Sharks Junior.

Sounds fair Brooke. I'd call him Balmain if he played from 12 there.

 

[girvie]

He joined the wanderers at age 12 - I know he was in the dogs juniors before that but jesus surely we deserve some credit!! Thats a pretty huge chunk of his junior footy played in the Balmain junior league.

Thanks for the tip. I didn't realise that he ever played Balmain junior league. It is often mentioned in the media that he is a Canterbury junior.


Based on that i would consider him more of a Balmain junior than a Canterbury junior.

 

[brook]

Yeah the media are frequently annoying :lol:

He played for the Enfield Federals until they folded and he followed his coach to the Wanderers - been with us every since

 

[gr8_1]

For some reason I thought Hayne was a Wests junior. Or is he connected to Wests for another reason ?

Enfied Feds, did they used to be Wests juniors ?

 

[girvie]

For some reason I thought Hayne was a Wests junior. Or is he connected to Wests for another reason ?

Enfied Feds, did they used to be Wests juniors ?

I think he might live in Campbelltown (or nearby). But i'm pretty certain that Cabramatta is his junior club.

 

[brook]

Enfied Feds, did they used to be Wests juniors ?

yeah, when the magpies old junior base was split up they ended up with canterbury.

 

[Nfed]

For some reason I thought Hayne was a Wests junior. Or is he connected to Wests for another reason ?

Enfied Feds, did they used to be Wests juniors ?

Yeah in 1988 the Wests junior league was split between Balmain and Canterbury. Wests and Balmain were already playing together just as Balmain now plays with St George. In 1986 there were 2 Wests teams in the SG Ball - the Blacks were the old area and the Whites were Campbelltown and even though Wests and Balmain were in one comp both inner city teams made the semis.

The Feds were supposed to stay in Balmain but the A Grade didnt want to play Ryde Eastwood so 10 teams broke away to form Belfield and 4 teams stayed and kept all the money. The next year they merged again in Canterbury with their headquaters in the pub on the other side of Punchbowl road in Bulldog territory. Defunct about 1998 and some of those last juniors are getting into Premier League over the last couple years.

 

[gr8_1]

Cool. Cheers for the info.
Farah = Wests Junior then

What about Mark Minichello ?

 

[Magpie Nick]

Both the Minichiello's are Wests Juniors.

 

[brook]

Farah = Wests Junior then

Only if he was playing for Enfield when he was 3 or 4 ;-)