Parramatta Eels Juniors

[lucablight]

Hills Bulls since U7s .

Thanks for that. Interesting that he went to Blacktown Patrician bros over Hills sports high.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Hills Bulls since U7s .

It amazes me how we have had gun juniors Hills Bulls make it to the NRL have gone onto other clubs.

None have made it at Parra. Its been going on for 20-25 years.

Wolfman, Heath L'estrange won premierships at Manly.
Luke Keary & Ryan Pap won Clive Churchill medals.

Blake Green was the last player from Hills to make his FG debut for Parra.

Yet Hills Bulls is considered one of our bigger clubs in the nursey and seem to be ignored.

 

[Incorrect]

Does anyone know what junior club Ethan Sanders played for?

*Saunders

 

[Pazza]

It's a great question. He wasn't even on a development contract this year yet mostly played reserve grade, despite still being eligible for Flegg in 2024. Should he be in the top 30?

Maybe, love to see more of him.

 

[hindy111]

*Saunders

Sandman

 

[Avenger]

Api Twidle has been extended according to TCT.

 

[JokerEel]

Api Twidle has been extended according to TCT.

This is old news ffs TCT!

 

[hineyrulz]

TCT pod says that Nathan Brown (coach) has now absorbed Joey Grima's job in pathways and that Josh Hodgson will be assisting him as his right hand man. Big job for those two merkins.

And not a hair follicle between them ffs!!!

 

[lucablight]

How did Hayne, Inu and Mateo end up as Parra juniors if they’re from Minto? Did they decide to play in the Parra junior league instead of their local comp?

 

[ALX25]

“We also have Sam Polley from Oakhill who has just come back from being a runner up at the Australian touch championships and is in the Gen Blues pathway and was victorious with Parramatta at the NSW rugby championships.
“He’s also with the Parramatta Eels development and very handy. A great mobile and agile. He’s like Cam Murray.

Named as U15 Years Male Pool A Player of the Championships.

Sneaky try to win CIS the game against QLD as well.

 

[T-Boon]

Do they still name an Australian under 15 merit team?
The championships concluded yesterday but they have not named a team that I can see.
Parra should try to sign Ashton Large who is a hooker and in the Tigers "pathways".
NSWCIS has won for the second year in a row. There has been a shift in where the good players are going to school. A lot of the best talent going to Scots, Newington, Kings etc now.
NSWCCC has been crap the last 2 years.

 

[ALX25]

Do they still name an Australian under 15 merit team?
The championships concluded yesterday but they have not named a team that I can see.
Parra should try to sign Ashton Large who is a hooker and in the Tigers "pathways".
NSWCIS has won for the second year in a row. There has been a shift in where the good players are going to school. A lot of the best talent going to Scots, Newington, Kings etc now.
NSWCCC has been crap the last 2 years.

Think they scrapped merit sides.

The Large brothers are exceptional talents who the Tigers will need to fit in somewhere in the years to come or decide to let Galvin go.

 

[T-Boon]

Think they scrapped merit sides.

Weird.
Why do they play the championships?
I'd go the other way and pick a team to play NZ under 15s each year,

 

[Poupou Escobar]

How did Hayne, Inu and Mateo end up as Parra juniors if they’re from Minto? Did they decide to play in the Parra junior league instead of their local comp?

I believe they somehow ended up at Cabramatta together

 

[Delboy]

I believe they somehow ended up at Cabramatta together

Incorrect, Feleti played at Lalor Park Kookaburas and went to Terra Sancta College ( previously John Paul 2), and then played junior reps for Parra.

 

[the phantom menace]

How did Hayne, Inu and Mateo end up as Parra juniors if they’re from Minto? Did they decide to play in the Parra junior league instead of their local comp?

They all went to Westfields Sport High in Fairfield West.

 

[lucablight]

They all went to Westfields Sport High in Fairfield West.

Then you have someone like Wade Graham who went to Hills sports high but still got snapped up by the Panthers (he played for the Blacktown bears at junior level I think).

 

[the phantom menace]

I wasn't even aware of Hills Sports High until the last few pages of this thread... though I rarely ventured north of Parramatta. But you're right - it doesn't seem like it's feeding much talent the Eels way in a long term sense.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

There has been a shift in where the good players are going to school. A lot of the best talent going to Scots, Newington, Kings etc now.

This is one way cashed up clubs can poach all the best youngsters. Educational expenses are exempt from any cap.

 

[Delboy]

I wasn't even aware of Hills Sports High until the last few pages of this thread... though I rarely ventured north of Parramatta. But you're right - it doesn't seem like it's feeding much talent the Eels way in a long term sense.

FYI.the Eels have just appointed the rugby league coach at Hiils Sports High to coach the SG ball team for 2024. He was previously SGBall coach at the Bulldogs I think.