Club line-up for 2008 open-aged comp

[Cabra2Blues]

That I wouldn't be so certain about.

one of the reasons Cabra ,didn't join with either the Eels or the Sharks ,after holding discussions wit both

 

[Stagger eel]

current Parra PL coach Rip Taylor was appointed Wenty's coach for next season.

Wenty and Parra are a definite done deal.

 

[hgfds]

Apparently the knights are still negoiating with local club central to form the central-newcastle knights.Central the former club of immortal Clive Churchill where title winners in the 40s but there recent record is unimpressive.A property developer is to spend 4.5 million developing there ground in exchange for the development of open space in the charlestown cbd.

 

[Frailty]

That I wouldn't be so certain about.

Wenty haven't used the traditional 'wests magpies' strip in at least the last 10 years for jim beam cup. They will be wearing Black and White though. If you think it would clash with Wests, the NSWRL didn't worry about it when Wenty plays Asquith

 

[yappy]

Asquith ain't a foundation club of the NSWRL and JBC isn't the Premier competition of the NSWRL.

 

[newtownbluebags]

this SH!T'S enough to turn a person to AFL!

 

[newtownbluebags]

Leave the Cobras alone.

FUGK OFF & DIE!

 

[yappy]

Are you just kicking the cat because of the last 20 secs of the Prems GF NBBs?

I'm looking forward to the comp next year. Good mix of old and new. The trips out to Windsor and Ringrose will be good. Bulldogs and Sea Eagles are in so we'll all have someone to hate.

Where will the Cobras and Storm play? I wouldn't have thought Mingara was up to this level, but Gosford is a bit too big.

 

[cumberlandsashes81]

this SH!T'S enough to turn a person to AFL!

I think the reorganisation of the Reserves comp into a standalone competition (dare I say 'product') with promotion behind it, a retro feel (with some new and novel elements), and a larger range of parties investing in its success is the most positive thing to happen to grassroots RL in ages... and I'm excited by it.

It all makes good sense. For those clubs who are forming JVs or outsourcing their teams it lets them get on with doing what they do best (i.e. running an NRL club) and allows the other clubs to do what they do best (run a grassroots, community club).

My only gripe would probably be the Dragons not participating... Sending players back to an A-grade level competition could come back to bite them.

 

[The Engineers Room]

I still think we will look back and think that this was a bad decision.

Maybe the better way to go would be to have a NSW Cup and a QLD Cup and have the winners play-off on GF day.

The NSW Cup could have Auckland Lions and Western Reds.

 

[greg]

I'm with Newtownbluebags. The whole thing looks like crap. Thank god the bears and magpies are there. Who gives a sh*t about the rest.

 

[yappy]

And the Wests Magpies - Canberra deal. Any new?

Should be some news soon.

 

[minert]

I thought that it have already been announced that the Wests/Canberra relationship was going ahead. Has someone pulled the pin?

 

[Nfed]

Wolves enter new era
Brendan Rhodes

Premier League assist. coach Guy Missio, new Premier League coach Adam Pryzbyla, Windsor Wolves president Dick Prior, re-appointed Jim Beam Cup coach Trent Rosa, Jim Beam assist. coach Billy Johnson.






THE Windsor Wolves have secured the biggest piece in the puzzle for their venture into the Premier League competition in 2008 with the appointment of Adam Przybyla as coach for next season.
Przybyla, 31, coached Penrith’s S.G. Ball under 18 team to the grand final undefeated this year, and although they went down to Parramatta in the decider, he brings that successful record and a good knowledge of the Panthers’ players that will make up a large percentage of the joint venture team.
A St Mary’s junior, he progressed through the representative ranks to Jersey Flegg level with Penrith and also played for North Sydney before returning to St Mary’s to finish his career in the old Metropolitan Cup and A grade.
He has been in the Panthers’ coaching system for five years and said he couldn’t wait to take up the challenge of leading the new era at Rifle Range Road.
“Penrith approached me offering me the job and I couldn’t wait to jump on board,” Przybyla said.
“It’s exciting for me to be the first coach of the new venture as Windsor steps up to be a part of the Premier League or reserve grade competition in open age.
“It’s going to be exciting to have players of first grade quality playing out here at Windsor in Windsor colours and being a part of that too and helping them get through that as well.
“It’s massive for Windsor Leagues Club for this to be associated with Penrith and the systems that are being put in place, it’s exciting for the community, the club and particularly the junior players, it will attract players and coaches.
“I know a lot of the players, having coached them in their junior football, apart from the blokes signed to play first grade for next year, so that’s a good thing.
“Everyone’s goal at the end of the day is to be successful and win the comp and we’ll be giving it a crack.”
Wolves’ under 19s premiership coach Guy Missio has been appointed as Przybyla’s assistant after leading the young Windsor outfit to an upset 38-8 belting of a powerful St Mary’s team in the decider.
Windsor has also re-appointed Trent Rosa as the Jim Beam Cup coach, with club legend Billy Johnson named as his assistant.
“I’m excited to be re-appointed,” Rosa said.
“This year has been a real learning curve for me as a person and also as part of the coaching staff.
“We’re excited about next year, we know what we need and what we need to work on – and the bulk of the squad has indicated they will be remaining.
“The Penrith influx should help, so everything is looking positive.
“It’s the best feeling we’ve had around the club from the juniors right up – we had the junior presentation the other night and I made it evident to the boys that they’ve now got that future in front of them and there’s a few of them that could make the step up to Jim Beam and possibly further.
“I’m looking forward to working with Adam and can’t wait to get the ball rolling.
“We look like we’ve got the basis of a good squad through both grades and that’s pleasing to start with.” Przybyla, who is married with three girls, Abby, 6, Leah, 2, and Charley, 11 months, said the Wolves list would be a strong one.
“I’ve known Trent for a while through league playing against him, and met Guy and (president) Dick (Prior) this year, so I’m really excited about it,” he said. “We had a meeting the other day about the list but the club usually takes care of all that, the club signs players they think can play first grade, so basically we’ll have a squad of 30-odd and it will be a good young squad.”

Source: Hawkesbury Gazette

 

[Dr Crane]

When is the draw expected to come out?

I'm looking at a Henson Park junket and the sooner i know the less expensive it is.

 

[Henson Park Hornets]

Any idea of when the list of teams playing for next season will be finalised?

 

[yappy]

I'm hearing there could be 2 late entries (1 as a feeder for Saints), and that Auckland might not be 100% to stay in.

Knowing NSWRL we mightn't get a final list until round 1.

 

[Nfed]

Back in the Wolf pack
Brendan Rhodes

Adam Schubert and Lee Hopkins are welcomed home by Wolves’ secretary-manager Chris Carl. The gun recruits had the job of unveiling the new Windsor Wolves’ home (green) and away (gold) strips.






The Windsor Wolves have landed a two-pronged recruiting coup heading into their history making 2008 season with the return of former junior stars Lee Hopkins and Adam Schubert.
Hopkins, 29, who signed with the Wolves last week, returns to his home club after playing 107 NRL matches for Penrith and Parramatta and 85 English Super League matches with the London Harlequins.
Schubert, 22, is back after spending four injury-plagued years with the Sydney Roosters, where he played five NRL matches in 2005, and captained their feeder team, the Newtown Jets, this season.
The dual signings are the first big fish to be attracted to the Wolves as they prepare to enter their debut season in the Premier League next year.
Hopkins, who plans to start in Jim Beam Cup in order to ‘give something back’, said it was great to be home, and was delighted to be able to do so while he still had something to offer.
“My whole career I’ve always planned to come back and play with Windsor,” he said.
“I feel like at some point you should give something back to where you started – Windsor gave me a start and I wanted to come back and play for them and give a little bit back to some of the kids that are coming through to show them that they can make first grade from Windsor.
“I didn’t want to come back as a hack either – a guy just coming back to get a bit of cash in his pocket.
“I’ll be 30 next year so I’ve got a couple of years left where I can still play some decent footy.
“You hear of a lot of guys who come back and play and just play for the cash basically, and I’m not like that, I’d rather come back and be able to still give Windsor a bit of my best, a bit of what I’ve got left without being a hack on the field.”
Schubert, who last played for the Wolves in their 2003 under 17s premiership victory, saw returning home as a chance for a fresh start and the perfect opportunity to resurrect his NRL career with Penrith.
The lock played five matches for the Roosters in 2005 as a replacement for freshly retired champion Luke Ricketson, but a series of injuries curtailed his progress.
“I’ve had a few injuries over the past four years which has probably stunted my career a little, so to put that aside I’m still on the verge hopefully of getting back to first grade,” Schubert said.
“I’m going to play for Windsor in the Premier League this year and try to play first grade again to give it another crack and if all goes well hopefully I’ll be playing for Penrith in 2008.
“I didn’t think I’d be back at Windsor so quick but I’m happy to be back, my brother and my family’s here, and there’s a lot of old mates that I want to catch up with.
“It’s really good for Windsor to be in the Premier League comp, and hopefully we can have a good year – there’s been a few good signings and Penrith went pretty good in Premier League last year, so hopefully I can play well and play first grade – that’s the goal.”
The first task for Hopkins and Schubert came on Friday when they were asked to model Windsor’s new look strip for 2008.
The new strip maintains the club’s traditional green and gold, but includes more white and a modern design to make it easier to see from the sidelines.
“We’ve stuck with our primary colours of green and gold but we tend to change our design every few years to what’s fashionable at the time, and give them a modern look – I think they look tremendous and the boys like them,” Wolves secretary-manager Chris Carl said.
“There’s a lot more white in them, which is easier to see from the sideline and is good for TV and good for the night games. “I daresay we’ll change them in a few years again but we’ll always be green and gold.”

 

[Buckets Hemsley]

I'm with Newtownbluebags. The whole thing looks like crap. Thank god the bears and magpies are there. Who gives a sh*t about the rest.

Is that the foundation club the South Sydney Bears?