FOSTER TOPS TRIALS TO COME TO NOTICE OF NRL TALENT SCOUTS
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Woodberry’s Daniel Foster did not just get picked in the NSW Combined High Schools rugby league team, he gave Australian Schoolboys selectors some serious food for thought as well.
Foster was named player of the trials when the cream of the state school rugby league crop were put through their paces in Toronto in May.
Named in his pet position at hooker, Foster will be part of the under-15 side to represent NSWCHS at the Australian Championships in Bundaberg, Queensland in June and July.
Foster, 15, starred in the undefeated Northern NSW team that tore through a draw of state school sides in Toronto last month.
By no means the biggest player in the CHS forward pack, Foster’s mobility made him a threat around the ruck. It was this threat that grabbed the attention of selectors, rating him above the other nineteen players honoured with NSWCHS selection.
When the state side flies to Queensland to play the nation’s best at the end of the month, there will be no mystery in the motive of this ambitious 15-year-old.
“That’s the ultimate goal, to make the Australian Schoolboys,” he said.
A career in rugby league is not unrealistic for Foster, with NRL development squads already showing an interest.
“So far I think Parramatta have been in contact, but I’m not sure who else.”
But this level-headed Hunter Sports High student is not being blinded by the lights in his eyes.
Even at his age he is aware of the potentially hollow promise of a career in professional sport.
“That’s the dream, to play professionally. But I think you should always have a backup.
“I’d probably like to get a trade as well. Heaps of players don’t make it.”
Foster is currently rising through the ranks of the Western Suburbs club in Newcastle, currently playing with the under-15s team.
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