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Roosters 30 man squad.
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noteble emissions - Shaun Foley, Riley Brown, Brent Grose.
notable inclusions - Mose Maseo :crazy:, Ryan Williamson :crazy:
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The Sydney Roosters have confirmed their first grade training squad for the new season with 30 players making Brad Fittlers initial selection.
Each club in the competition must submit a top squad of 25 players, which are signed under the salary cap, to the NRL.
Outside a perfect world the need may arise for a club to use players other than its 25, and in that case players from the Newtown Jets or Roosters Toyota Cup squads can be called upon.
Fittler has included a lot of young players in the squad and admits that the decision to include so many young faces was pretty easy for him.
I dont think you can be scared of youth, it is a really good thing, he said.
We lost a couple of players like Shillo and Toups who have been here for awhile.
Our youth coming through are keen and theyre hungry. Its one thing definitely not to shy away from, Fittler said.
With future NRL prospects Anthony Cherrington and Jake Friend emerging from the inaugural season of the Toyota Cup Fittler said the Roosters system has the potential to produce more stars.
Whether or not the age group is ideal I dont know, everyone has their own argument for those different reasons, Fittler said.
The quality of players in the comp and at the club was good, and it was good entertaining footy to watch.
The players get a bit of a vision into professionalism, sometimes maybe too much, but I think they are doing a really good job and the whole concept of it worked, he said.
Fittler and the coaching staff have selected a training squad of 30 players to see the
Roosters through the 2009 season.
The squad of 30 is:
Rohan Ahern, Braith Anasta, James Aubusson, Mitchell Aubusson, Boyd Cordner, Anthony Cherrington, Craig Fitzgibbon, Jake Friend, Ben Jones, Martin Kennedy, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Mose Maseo, Willie Mason, Matthew Hall, Anthony Minichiello, Nate Myles, Gary Nateoalofa, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Mark O'Meley, Lopini Paea, Mitchell Pearce, Sam Perrett, Setaimata Sa, Shane Shackelton, Sia Soliola, Stanley Waqa, Jordan Tansey, Sonny Tuigamala, Ryan Williamson and Javarn White.
noteble emissions - Shaun Foley, Riley Brown, Brent Grose.
notable inclusions - Mose Maseo :crazy:, Ryan Williamson :crazy: