Jim Beam Cup 2008 season

[Nfed]

There will be a great day of trials at Windsor on 16 February with the Panthers NRL team taking on 3 JBC sides:

Panthers NRL vs Sydney Bulls at 6pm
Panthers NRL vs Erina at 6.45pm
Panthers NRL vs Windsor at 7.30pm

These games will be preceded by:

Windsor P/L vs Newcastle P/L at 2pm
Penrith U/20 vs Newcastle U20 at 4pm

 

[Nfed]

Sydney Bulls will trial against Chester Hill on 24 Feb at a venue yet to be determined.

 

[Nfed]

Rod Peake, who played in the backs for Erina JBC and A grade last year, is in the UK, trialing with the Celtic Crusaders.

 

[Nfed]

Mounties will trial against Wests P/L on 16 Feb.

 

[Nfed]

A few more players for Campbelltown Eagles - Troy Gibbs (Mt Annan) and Paul Neville (Camden).

Cronulla Caringbah are following Campbelltown's lead of signing locals with players coming from Gymea, Taren Point, St Josephs, Kurnell and Como Jannali. They have adopted the Sydney Bulls model seeking a $1000 sponsorship from 100 local businesses. So they will defintely have room under the points cap to play David Peachey if he is so inclined.

A 3rd Entrance player, Scott Hutchinson, has gone to Wyong, so that means that 5 have gone to P/L, 4 to other JBC clubs and 3 to Wyong.

 

[Nfed]

I see that Josh Cattel has signed with Souths Logan in Qld. Cattel played 5/8 for Asquith in the first few games on entering the JBC in 2005, before coach Horo sent him back to Cliff Lyon's Narraweena A Grade team.

 

[Nfed]

Some more trials:

23/2
Shellharbour vs Campbelltown at Ron Costello Oval

1/3
Cronulla Caringbah vs Cessnock at Cessnock

15/3
Cronulla Caringbah vs Wollongong Collegians at Toyota Park No 2

 

[LimeTime]

A few more up comming Trial Games
March 8 Cabra V Belrose @ Cabra sports Ground 5 pm
March 14 Cabra V Chesterhill ,Venue & Time TBA

 

[Spike]

I'm hearing that former Balmain and Bradford player Michael Withers will be turning out for Windsor this year.

 

[Stagger eel]

I'm hearing that former Balmain and Bradford player Michael Withers will be turning out for Windsor this year.

geez...with Lee Hopkins in the side they're going to be the ones to beat.

 

[Spike]

Actually it might be the Panther's premier league side he might be playing for rather than Windsor in the JB Cup.

 

[Nfed]

Some new players in Shellharbour squad:

Matt Michalowski (Port Kembla), Matt Walker (Corrimal), Jarrad Roberts (Wests), Blake Dureau (Denman), Keiran Stewart (Narooma) and Daniel Deaves (Nowra).

 

[Spike]

Blake Dureau goes alright. Quality 5/8 who had a short stint at Wests Tigers a few years ago before getting homesick. Cousin of Newcastle's Scott Dureau.

 

[Nfed]

I know it is only 9's and it depends on the opposition, but Shellharbour demonstrated far more in attack on saturday than they did in last years comp.

 

[Nfed]

Western Reds

Gains
Shayne McMenemy (Hull, UK), Joel Rawlins and Michael Small (Lakes United, Newcastle), Adam Scari and Ben Lindegaard (Western Force RU), Caleb McEniery (Wynnum Manly), Roddy Tahu (Victoria), Delane Edwards (Darwin Uni), Joseph Wallace (Qld Universities rep), Josh Kirk (Canberra Skolars), George Ghazal (Moss Vale), Daniel Jennings and Nathan Searle (Windsor A Grade)

There are also about 20 players from the WARL inclding Craig Phillis (Central Comets) and Tyronne Coppedge (Souths Logan), who have played Qld Cup and, Ryan Dickson, formerly of Souths P/L and Newtown P/L.

 

[girvie]

Nathan Searle played SG Ball for North Sydney in 2006 so he's still young enough for the Under-20s comp. He is a stocky second rower. He's a good player who i think will do well in the JBC.

http://www.northsydneybears.com.au/Photos/Junior Reps/2006010trial5vmanly/20060205TLMAN4770S-570.jpg

 

[Nfed]

Nathan Searle played SG Ball for North Sydney in 2006 so he's still young enough for the Under-20s comp. He is a stocky second rower. He's a good player who i think will do well in the JBC.

http://www.northsydneybears.com.au/Photos/Junior%20Reps/2006010trial5vmanly/20060205TLMAN4770S-570.jpg

Searle played 1 game in JBC for Windsor last year but may get some more game time in WA.

 

[Nfed]

2 more trials for Saturday night at Leichhardt Oval.

Mounties vs Wests P/L at 6pm
Belrose vs BRET P/L at 7.30pm

The Wests team listing indicates that the Sydney Bulls have suffered a second defection from the 4 signings they announced in early October. Former St George utility, Pat Rosser is listed in the Wests team (compounding Tim Wynns's defection to Wenty).

A couple of other players listed in the Wests team are Dean Loder, who played JBC and A Grade for Chester Hill (his junior club) last year, and Chris Aho, who has spent the last 2 years with Easts RU after playing with Newtown JBC in 2005

 

[Nfed]

The Sydney Bulls have released their trial schedule:

Feb 22 vs Chester Hill at Terry Llamb Complex
Feb 23 Valley 8's at Harbord
March 1 vs WA Reds at Northbeach, Perth
March 9 vs Mounties at TBA
March 16 vs Belrose at Lionel Watts Reserve

The Bulls will not be playing against Panthers NRL this saturday night.

 

[Nfed]

Alex Moore, captain of The Entrance JBC from last year, will make his debut in the top grade for the Melbourne Storm against Manly tonight. Moore has previously played NRL for Manly.