NSW Cup 2009 season

[girvie]

Here is a thread to discuss the 2009 season of the NSW Cup competition.

Post any news, players movements, squad lists, fixtures, results, predictions and match talk in this thread.

It looks like the competing clubs will be:
Auckland Vulcans
Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers
Bankstown City Bulls
Central Coast Storm
Cronulla Sharks
Newtown Jets
North Sydney Bears
Shellharbour City Dragons
Wentworthville
Western Suburbs Magpies
Windsor Wolves

 

[girvie]

Auckland Vulcans

Gains:
Patrick Ah Van - NZ Warriors
Lewis Brown – Balmain Ryde Eastwood
Liam Foran – Melbourne
Isaac John – NZ Warriors NYC
Vince Mellars - Canterbury Rugby Union
Daniel O’Regan – NZ Warriors NYC
Mataupu Poching – NZ Warriors NYC
Jesse Royal - Newcastle
Sione Tongia - Auckland, Bartercard Cup

Losses:
Jason Cook - NZ Warriors NYC
Michael Crockett - released
Scott Jones - Newtown
Wairangi Koopu - Melbourne
Constantine Mika - Newcastle (mid-season)
Kim Uasi - Wentworthville

Retained:
Pita Godinet, Ian Hayes, Aaron Heremaia, Aidan Kirk, Epalahame Lauaki, Wayne McDade, Shaun Metcalf, Arron Pawley, Herman Retzlaff, Malo Solomona, Ukuma Ta’ai, Jason Tou, Michael Witt.

Unknown:
Ralph Ah Van, Paul Atkins, Dion Briggs, Karl Guttenbeil, Willie Heta, Raymond Ioane, Toleafoa Leaupepe, Jeremiah Pai, Frank Perese, Ryan Shortland, Shannon Stowers, Sione Taka, Henry Turua.

 

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Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers

Gains:
Luke Ackroyd -
Blake Ayshford – Wests NYC
Ryan Carr - North Qld NYC
Matt Davidson – Wests NYC
Ben Falcone - Wests NYC
Baden Hall - Wests NYC
Fletcher Hawkins - Central Coast
Brett Lane - Wests NYC
Blake Lazarus – Wests NYC
Josh Lewis – Gold Coast
Willie Mataka - Wests NYC
Shannon McDonnell - Western Suburbs
Luke McInness - Wests NYC
Sean Meaney - Manly
Tim Moltzen – Wests NYC
Ben Vengoa - Wests NYC

Losses:
Todd Bridge - Wests NYC
Lewis Brown – NZ Warriors
Rod Griffen – Nth Qld (mid-season)
Luke Harlen – Nth Qld (mid-season)
Justin Hunt – North Sydney
Tevita Metuisela - NSW RU
Miguel Start - Central Coast
Ryan Tandy - Central Coast
Chris Tuatara - released
Dean Webster - Wests NYC
Nick Youngquest – Canterbury (mid-season)

Retained:
Lee Bennett, Gavin Cowan, Jarrod Farlow, David Gower, Rhys Hanbury, Steve Moses, Matt Ryan, Alan Schirnack, Brendan Vengoa, Eloni Vunakece.

Unknown:
Billy Callaway, Michael Moran, Mathias Pala.

 

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Bankstown City Bulls

Gains:
Harlan Alaalatoa - Canterbury NYC
Nathan Benney - Canterbury NYC
Trent Cutler - Western Suburbs
Jake Foster - Canterbury NYC
Bryson Goodwin - Cronulla
Yileen Gordon – North Sydney
Daniel Harrison – Canterbury NYC
Daniel Holdsworth - Canterbury NRL
Peewee Moke - Windsor
Chevvy Penehoe – Canterbury NYC
Nathan Smith - Canterbury NYC
Michael Sullivan - Canterbury NRL
Nick Taylor – Western Suburbs
Benson Tupou - Wests NYC
Matt Utai - Canterbury NRL
Chris Ward - Penrith NYC
Robert Worsley - Canterbury NYC

Losses:
Nathan Armit - Chester Hill
Leon Bott – Manly RU
Andrew Emelio - Windsor
Aaron Groom - Sheffield, UK
Matt Lamb - Cabramatta
Lorenzo Maafu - Ipswich, Qld
Ryan Millard - Newtown
Tom Moon - Western Suburbs
Chris Vaefaga - Ipswich, Qld
Joe Williams – retired
Frank Winterstein - Wakefield, UK
Nick Younquest - Pia, France

Retained:
Fred Briggs, Brent Crisp, Nick Kouparitsas, Charlie Leaeno, Daryl Millard, Conrad Ta’akimoeaka, Dean Vicelich, Gary Warburton, Danny Williams, Tim Winitana.

Unknown:
Reece Blayney, Jamie Clark, Tamati Nathan, Adnan Saleh, Luke Thompson.

 

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Central Coast Storm

Gains:
Hep Cahill – Newtown
Matt Cross - Gold Coast
Louis Fanene – Melbourne NYC
Ben Fitzsimmons - Central Coast SG Ball
Aiden Guerra – Melbourne NYC
Ryan Hinchcliffe - Canberra
Andre Itula – Souths NYC
Wairangi Koopu – NZ Warriors
Rory Kostjasyn - Newtown
James Maloney – Wentworthville
Lucas Miller – Melbourne NYC
Alan Munro - Erina
Miguel Start - Balmain Ryde Eastwood
Zeb Tawha – Melbourne NYC
Joseph Tomane - Melbourne

Losses:
Russell Aitken - Carcassone
Brad Clarke - Wentworthville
Ryan Gregory - Cessnock
Fletcher Hawkins - Balmain Ryde Eastwood
Alex Moore – The Entrance
Grant Nelson - Melbourne NYC
Courtney Rolff – Central Charlestown
Sam Tagataese - Gold Coast
Reegan Tanner - Kurri Kurri
Beau Woodley - St George Illawarra NYC

Retained:
Brett Anderson, Scott Anderson, Brad Baldry, Nick Briggs, Zac Dalton, Tom Joseph, Sinbad Kali, Dale Langford, Clifford Manua, Jamen McLeod, Dane Neilson, Daniel Phillips, Kirk Thompson, Aidan Tolman, Jade Williams, Troy Woodley.

 

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Cronulla Sharks

Gains:
Jack Afamasaga - Manly
Nua Alone - Western Suburbs
Tyler Aitken - Campbelltown JBC
Tony Caine - retirement.
Joe Falemaka - Shellharbour, JBC
Isaac Gordon - North Sydney
Aidan Howard - Howick, NZ
Phillip Latu - Howick, NZ
Tohi Leha - Cronulla NYC
Inoke Tapaatoutai - Manly NYC
Jonathon Tavinor – Erina JBC
Trent Trotter – Souths NYC
Ryan Verlinden – North Sydney

Losses:
Dustin Cooper - Redcliffe
Bryson Goodwin - Canterbury
Kevin Kingston - Parramatta
Nigel Millgate - Shellharbour
Sam Moa - Hull
Paul Stephenson - Ipswich
Eddie Sua - Mounties JBC
Stan Tuionuku - Rugby Union

Retained:
Mitch Brown, Karlos Filiga, Blake Green, Anthony Killingbeck, Grant Millington, Daniel Rauicava, Jacob Selmes, Terrence Seu Seu, Atelea Vea.

Unknown:
Harry Berryman, Jess Caine, Warren Dixon, Filinga Filiga, Brackin Henry, Luke Hume, Tinetali Papalii, Dean Peters, Isaac Retzlaffe, Travis Robinson, Leonard Ropeta, James Storer.

 

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Newtown Jets

Gains:
Rohan Ahern – Sydney City NYC
Matthew Hall – Sydney City NYC
Iwi Hauraki – Wentworthville
Kosta Kouparitsas – Wentworthville
Kyle Lodge – Souths Logan
Gary Natoealofa – Howick, NZ
Jordan Tansey – Leeds, UK
Chris Tuatara - Balmain Ryde Eastwood
Sonny Tuigamala - Penrith NYC
Sisa Waqa - Gordon RU
Javarn White – Sydney City NYC

Losses:
Luke Branighan – Cabramatta (mid-season)
Hep Cahill – Melbourne
Shaun Foley – NSW Waratahs RU
Luke Gordon – Windsor (mid-season)
Ben Green – Wynnum Manly
Brent Grose - retired
Albert Hopoate - Western Suburbs
Danny Howard - Wentworthville
Rory Kostjasyn - Central Coast
Steve Meredith – Windsor
Luke Millwood – Nth Qld (mid-season)
Mickey Paea – St George Illawarra
Rhys Pritchard - Western Suburbs
Sean Rudder – retired

Retained:
Jimmy Anderson, Anthony Cherrington, Daniel Green, Ray Moujalli, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Shane Shackleton, Tyronne Shelley, Don Thompson, Stanley Waqa.

Unknown:
Damon Alley-Tovio, Khalid Deeb, Tevita Folau, Byron Ford, Toshio Laiseni.

 

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North Sydney Bears

Gains:
Brett Blaker – Wentworthville
Luke Capewell – Souths NYC
Jarryd Hogan – Cronulla NYC
Justin Hunt – Balmain Ryde Eastwood
Chris McQueen – Wynnum Manly
Eddy Pettybourne – Souths NYC
Chris Trembath - Manly
David Tyrell – Souths NYC

Losses:
Nathanael Barnes - retired
Yileen Gordon – Canterbury
Luke Grant - retired
Charlie Herekotukutuku – Western Suburbs
John Koborsi - Wentworthville
Valu Nasio - Wentworthville
George Ndaira – Newcastle
Greg Nichols – Parramatta/Wentworthville
Ben Rogers - St George Illawarra (mid-season)
Marc Russell - released
Jeremy Smith - Salford, UK
John Tamanika - Japan RU
Ryan Verlinden – Cronulla
Dean Widders - Castleford, UK
Mitch Williams - released
Dave Wynyard - released

Retained:
Bladen Baird, Shaune Corrigan, Sean Dalton, Beau Falloon, Martin Field, Matt Hunt, Ben Lowe, Jaiman Lowe, Daniel Sayegh, Samu Wara.

 

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Shellharbour City Dragons

Gains:
Neville Costigan - Canberra
Nick Emmett – Redcliffe
Daniel Fepuleai – St George Illawarra NYC
Scott Jones - Cabramatta
Danny Lawrence – Erina JBC
Nigel Millgate - Cronulla
Mickey Paea – Sydney City
Troy Savage – Burleigh

Losses:
N/A

Retained (from JBC):
Jon Green, Michael Lett, Matt Prior, Alex Ranieri, Wendell Sailor, Frank Samia.

 

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Wentworthville

Gains:
David Baumann – Parramatta NYC
Brad Clarke - Central Coast
Mark Hendy - St George Illawarra
Danny Howard - Newtown
Kris Keating – Parramatta NYC
Kevin Kingston - Cronulla
John Koborsi - North Sydney
Martin Lewis – Parramatta NYC
Tim Mannah – Parramatta NYC
Samson Mariner - Campbelltown JBC
James Mortimer - Manly
Luke Motinelli - Parramatta NYC
Valu Nasio - North Sydney
Greg Nichols – North Sydney
Callan Richardson – Newcastle NYC
Tim Robinson – Parramatta NYC
Jeff Robson – Manly
Trent Rose - Manly
Adam Shaw - Manly

Losses:
Alfred Betham - Western Suburbs
Brett Blaker – North Sydney
Natthan Cleaver - Brisbane Norths
Iwi Hauraki – Newtown
Kosta Kouparitsas – Newtown
James Maloney – Melbourne
Marty Mitchell - Toulouse
Duan Poaneki - Western Suburbs
Matt Raftery - Rugby Union

Retained:
Jacob Byrne, Joe Galuvao, James Grehan, Justin Horo, Jeremy Latimore, Tim Mortimer, Brendan Oake, Mark O'Grady, Etu Uaisele, Broderick Wright, Johnathon Wright.

Unknown:
Mark Luland, Justin Wood, Michael Woodlands.

 

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Western Suburbs Magpies

Gains:
Toa Asa - Newcastle
Alfred Betham - Wentworthville
Justin Coveney – Mounties JBC
Wayde Dunley – Wests NYC
Andrew Everingham - Manly
Levi Freeman - Canberra NYC
Charlie Herekotukutuku - North Sydney
Albert Hopoate - Newtown
Matt Lamb - Canterbury
Willie Mataka - Wests NYC
Tom Moon - Canterbury
Ray Nasso - Manly
Duan Poaneki - Wentworthville
Rhys Pritchard - Newtown
Peni Tagive - Wests NYC

Losses:
Nua Alone - Cronulla
Adam Bennett - Penrith Brothers
Trent Cutler - retired
Stuart Flanagan – Canberra
Seva Koroi - Barrow, UK
Michael Stolk - Wests NYC
Nick Taylor - Canterbury

Retained:
Nu Akeripa, Josh Davis, Patrick Franks, Shannon Gallant, Daine Laurie, Shannon McDonnell, Pat Rosser, Beau Ryan, Dean Rysko, Allan Soultan, Rocky Trimarchi, Corey Vlaciky, Brendan Waters, Nathan Waters, Luke Young.

Unknown:
Aaron Firman, Troy Gibbs, Leon Keir, Ricardo Young.

 

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Windsor Wolves

Gains:
Shane Blackett - Penrith NYC
Jarrod Cannon - Penrith NYC
Andrew Emelio - Canterbury
Trent Iselin – Penrith NYC
Sam McKendry – Penrith NYC
Steve Meredith – Newtown
Joel Orton – Penrith NYC

Losses:
Jason Chan - Celtic, uk
David Georgiou – Wynnum Manly
Josh McCrone – Canberra
Tyson Muscat - Ipswich
James Nightingale - Redcliffe
Shane Rodney - Manly
Joe Williams - Canterbury (mid-season)
Richie Williams - released
Brendan Worth - Toulouse

Retained:
Paul Aiton, Josh Bateman, Danny Chiha, Geoff Daniela, Ashley Hazelton, Hutch Maiava, Ben McFadgeon, Peewee Moke, Junior Moors, Andrew Pearn, Keith Peters, Dan Randall, Lino Salafai, McKonkie Tauasa, Junior Tia Kilifi.

Unknown:
Fatualua Mumu, John Nuumaalii, Mark O'Halloran, Ryan Russell, Adam Schubert.

 

[yappy]

I think you'll find that Charlie H is at the Magpies not Balmain.

 

[Stagger eel]

Wentworthville

Gains:
David Baumann – Parramatta NYC
Kris Keating – Parramatta NYC
Martin Lewis – Parramatta NYC
Tim Mannah – Parramatta NYC
Greg Nichols – North Sydney
Callan Richardson – Newcastle NYC
Tim Robinson – Parramatta NYC
Jeff Robson – Manly

Losses:
Brett Blaker – North Sydney
Iwi Hauraki – Newtown
Kosta Kouparitsas – Newtown
James Maloney – Melbourne

Retained:
Joe Galuvao, James Grehan, Eric Grothe, Justin Horo, Jeremy Latimore, Todd Lowrie, Brendan Oake, Etu Uaisele, Broderick Wright, Johnathon Wright.

you can also add the following as gains and losses.

gains

Trent Rose - Manly
James Mortimer - Manly/Belrose
Luke Motinelli - eels NYC

losses

Matt Raftery - Rugby

Retained

Ben Taia
Mitch Stansfield
Mark O'Grady
Jacob Byrne
Tim Mortimer.

 

[richies]

Canterbury Bulldogs

Gains:
Harlan Alaalatoa - Canterbury NYC,-bit small for nrl but good qood rate
Nathan Benney - Canterbury NYC-,trys hard
Jake Foster - Canterbury NYC,-not bad
Yileen Gordon – North Sydney,-bit overweight
Daniel Harrison – Canterbury NYC- good
Chevvy Penehoe – Canterbury NYC,-so so
Eddie Paea – Souths --- I THINK A GEE UP
Nathan Smith - Canterbury NYC-not nrl standard
Nick Taylor – Western Suburbs---
ANY INFO ON THIS BLOKE GIRVIE ??? QUALITY OR SO,SO TY

Benson Tupou - Wests NYC-back up
Chris Ward - Penrith NYC--centre?

Losses:
Leon Bott – Manly RU
Lorenzo Maafu - Ipswich
Chris Vaefaga - Ipswich
Joe Williams – retired

Retained:
Fred Briggs, Brent Crisp, Aaron Groom, Charlie Leaeno, Conrad Ta’akimoeaka, Gary Warburton, Danny Williams.

 

[nqcowboy87]

Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers

Gains:
Blake Ayshford – Wests NYC
Matt Davidson – Wests NYC
Charlie Herekotukutuku – North Sydney
Blake Lazarus – Wests NYC
Josh Lewis – Gold Coast
Tim Moltzen – Wests NYC

i though that tapu rea (eels nyc player) had been signed by balmain

 

[Calexico]

you can also add the following as gains and losses.

gains

Trent Rose - Manly
James Mortimer - Manly/Belrose
Luke Motinelli - eels NYC

losses

Matt Raftery - Rugby

Retained

Ben Taia
Mitch Stansfield
Mark O'Grady
Jacob Byrne
Tim Mortimer.

What's Alf Beatham up to Stagger?

 

[Stagger eel]

What's Alf Beatham up to Stagger?

hey Mate..how are ya?

just found out that Alf has signed with Mounties for the Bundy cup.

 

[girvie]

I think you'll find that Charlie H is at the Magpies not Balmain.

You must be right.

You will have some good halves options between him, Dunley and Waters. Is Trent Cutler also staying?

Do you know any other Magpies player movements?

 

[girvie]

Nick Taylor – Western Suburbs---
ANY INFO ON THIS BLOKE GIRVIE ??? QUALITY OR SO,SO TY

Nick Taylor is a winger. He goes pretty good and will be in the NSW Cup starting line up. Yappy could tell you more.