Harold Matthews and SG Ball Discussion Thread

[beachedasbro]

antonelli a good player?

I think so,he has a smart name do you think he should of been in penrith?

 

[ashton]

NSWCCC Teams for Australian Championships

NSWCCC 15's
SICC #5Chris Assad(Holy Spirit College Lakemba)
SICC #1Christopher Assad(St Charbel's College Punchbowl)
Southern #13Kyle Baxter(Red Bend Catholic College Forbes)
MCS #6Luke Brooks(Holy Cross College Ryde)
MSC #13Bryce Cartwright(Patrician Brothers College Blacktown)
MCS #11Joshua Cullen(St Gregory's College Campbelltown)
SICC #18Kyle Engelen(De La Salle College Revesby)
MCS #8Jakiel Fuimaona(Patrician Brothers College Blacktown)
Southern #1Harry Groves(McAuley Catholic Central School Tumut)
Northern #13Brandon Lee (John Paul College Coffs Harbour)
MCS #14Jake Maklouf(Terra Sancta College Schofields)
MSC #12Chad McGill(Patrician Brothers College Blacktown)
SICC #4Fabian Natoli(St. Augustine's College Brookvale)
MCS #5Alan Niulesa(St Dominic's College Penrith)
Southern #6Trent Schubach(Mater Dei College Wagga Wagga)
Southern #12Jordan Shepherd(Mater Dei College Wagga Wagga)
SICC #3Jim Stewart(St. Augustine's College Brookvale)
MCS #10Alfosio Tatola(Holy Cross College Ryde)
MCS #19Leki Taumalolo(St Gregory's College Campbelltown)
MCS #4Josh Walker(St Dominic's College Penrith)

Coach:John McKnight(McCarthy College Emu Plains)Manager:Adam Hartigan(Patrician Brothers College Blacktown)Trainer:Tim White(Holy Cross College Ryde)
NSWCCC 18's
MCS #8PJ Asiata(Patrician Brothers College Blacktown)
MCS #6Blake Austin(St Dominic’s College Penrith)
MCS #15Jay Bonnell(St Gregory’s College Campbelltown)
Northern #4Dale Clacherty (All Saints College (St Mary’s) Maitland
SICC #11Nathan Clarke(St Edward's College Gosford)
Southern #11Lou Goodwin(Red Bend Catholic College Forbes)
Southern #12Jake Grace(Red Bend Catholic College Forbes)
MCC #3Nathan Green(Marist College Kogarah)
MCS #10Matthew Groat(St Gregory’s College Campbelltown)
MCC #11David Hatzimarkos(Marist College North Shore)
Southern #8Joshua Heggie(Edmund Rice College Wollongong)
Northern #5 Reece Jaeger (St Mary’s College Gunnedah)
MCS #12Alex McKinnon(St Gregory’s College Campbelltown)
MCS #7Joshua Murray(Patrician Brothers College Blacktown)
Southern #9Lionel O’Mally(St John’s College Dubbo)
Northern #8Damian Sironen (St John’s College Woodlawn)
Northern #1Justin Smith(St Francis Xavier College Hamilton)
MCS #18Jack Stockwell(St Gregory’s College Campbelltown)
Northern #2Michael Thomas (St John’s College Woodlawn )
MCS #4Malakai Watene-Zalezniak(St Dominic’s College Penrith)

Coach:Michael Lewis(La Salle College Bankstown)Manager:James Clancy(De La Salle College Revesby)Trainer:Chris Chevez(St Agnes High Rooty Hill)

 

[Fibroman]

Well done Josh Walker, son of Barry 'Gubba' Walker, who played in the Penrith '91 GF winning side.

 

[ashton]

Well done Josh Walker, son of Barry 'Gubba' Walker, who played in the Penrith '91 GF winning side.

Josh Walker scored 9 tries over two days @ the NSWCCC championships.

 

[Fibroman]

Josh Walker scored 9 tries over two days @ the NSWCCC championships.

Good stuff Josh. Would have scored 15 tries if he spent more time training and less time hanging around the Glenmore Park shops.;-)

 

[isaiah]

no tuivasa, maybe qld can win this game!

qld did well to win 30-10, wonder how the parra players selected went?

we would have struggled to handle tuivasa, IMO

 

[sweet-as]

I went to see St marys vs Brothers a month ago and tuivasa was very ordinary and uneffective.

 

[Fibroman]

Most of the Penrith juniors are average now, because they eat too much KFC and Maccas are basically soft.

 

[sweet-as]

I would like to see an all white harold matthews or SG ball team next year. Don't mean to discriminate, but these islander boys have absolutely no discipline on and off the field, 90% of errors on the field come from these guys. Just something to think about.

 

[ballboy]

think about this sweet as you got no i deer

 

[murraymob]

sweet i guess the question is are there enough talented non islanders to field a competitive team

 

[Panther_Daz]

Stupid idea. If this was the case a few years ago we would have lost Michael Jennings to another club.

 

[sweet-as]

It just seems that every game of junior football i watch, the team with the most islanders make the most errors and give away the most penalties. This really hurt both the harold matts and SG ball teams this year, there just didnt seem to be any disrespect. I remember watching a harold matthews islander boy laughing at an opposition player after he made a mistake. I just dont see any respect coming from these polenesian juniors.

 

[Fibroman]

The problem with the islanders is that alot of them have big bodies and small hearts.

 

[sweet-as]

yeh and seriously, other than vaipuna are there any matts or ball islanders that can reach 1st grade?

 

[ashton]

There is a shortage of quality halves in the NRL and the Penrith rep sides at the moment. I wonder whether it has anything to do with the number of pacific islanders in the junior leagues?

 

[sweet-as]

I believe this is exactly the reason. When kids are about 10-11 and they weigh 45-50kilos and their up against 85kg islanders, many of them drop out. Many of these kids could be potential halves.

 

[ashton]

BTW how is Harry Siejka going in the toyota cup?

 

[Fibroman]

I believe this is exactly the reason. When kids are about 10-11 and they weigh 45-50kilos and their up against 85kg islanders, many of them drop out. Many of these kids could be potential halves.

I totally agree Sweet-as.

They need to bring weight divisions back for age groups under 15 years. The sooner they do that, the sooner we will start seeing quality halves coming up though the Penrith junior ranks.

 

[sweet-as]

I am also a fan of the weight divisions. There is no point having 4 divsions up until the u/15s. But then u may get a problem such as this:

A 12yr old islander weighing around 90kgs, which isnt that rare now days, playing against a 15yr old kid who is 3 years older and 3 years smarter than him.