Where are your players from?

[kooriguy]

wesser rockhampton, qld
gordon cooma, nsw
jennings blacktown, nsw
Lewis blacktown, nsw
rooney penrith, nsw
wallace blue mountains, nsw
gower penrith, nsw
clinton hornsby, nsw
priddis dubbo, nsw
f. puletua auckland, nz
t. puletua auckland, nz
pritchard darlinghurst, nsw
waterhouse paddington, nsw
aiton mt hagen, png
moors auckland, nz
smith canberra, act
cross wagga wagga, nsw

 

[Smiley]

Karmichael Hunt Auckland, NZ - QLD
Steve Michaels Gold Coast - QLD
Nick Emmett Harvey Bay - QLD
Justin Hodges Cairns - QLD
Darius Boyd Gold Coast - QLD
Darren Lockyer Brisbane - QLD
Joel Moon Wagga Wagga - QLD
Dane Carlaw Brisbane - QLD
Shaun Berrigan Brisbane - QLD
Petero Civoniceva Suva, Fiji - QLD
David Stagg Townsville - QLD
Brad Thorn Mosgiel, NZ - QLD
Greg Eastwood Auckland, NZ - NZ

Tonie Carroll Christchurch, NZ - QLD
Ben Hannant Gold Coast - QLD
Sam Thaiday Sydney - QLD
Michael Ennis Coffs Harbour - NSW

 

[Magpie Nick]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taniela_Tuiaki

Roycey picked him up while coaching Tonga a few years ago, you'd assume he has some form of Tongan heritage.

 

[brendothejet]

all of st george's player come from earth

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Roycey picked him up while coaching Tonga a few years ago, you'd assume he has some form of Tongan heritage.

Pretty sure he's half Tongan half Maori.

Taniela being a Tongan name (meaning Daniel I assume) and Tuiaki being a maori name. (looks like he has tatts from both sides as well)

 

[Bomber]

1. BOWEN, Matthew - Cairns, QLD via Hope Vale and Abergowie College Ingham
2. BOWEN, Brenton - Cairns, QLD via Hope Vale and Abergowie College Ingham
3. FARRAR, Ben - Newcastle, NSW
4. BOWMAN, Paul - Newcastle, NSW, settled in Proserpine from age 2
5. MINTO, Scott - Rockhampton, QLD via Broncos. May or may not be Bennett's clone
6. SMITH, Jason - Brisbane, QLD via Bulldogs, Eels, Hull UK and Canberra
7. THURSTON, Johnathan - Brisbane, QLD via Bulldogs
8. SCOTT, Matthew - Longreach, QLD, via Ilfracombe Scorpions and St Brendans Yeppoon
9. PAYNE, Aaron - Brisbane, QLD, via Townsville junior system
10. CASHMERE, Ray - Illawarra, NSW via Wests Tigers (handful of games)
11. SOUTHERN, Steve - Wollongong, NSW via St George Illawarra Dragons reserves (did not play first grade)
12. LILLYMAN, Jacob - Richmond, QLD via Cowboys junior system
13. SMITH, Justin - Narromine, NSW via St George Illawarra and Souths
14. JENSEN, Rod - Atherton, QLD via St Augustines Cairns, Adelaide Rams and Canberra
15. FAUMUINA, Sione - Auckland, NZ via Warriors
16. VAEAU, Ben - Auckland, NZ via Broncos (1 game)
17. TRONC, Shane - Brisbane, QLD via Doggies juniors (did not play first grade)

More than half of the side have only played for the Cowboys in their careers - the Bowens, Farrar, Bowman, Scott, Payne, Southern, Lillyman, Tronc. There are another half dozen players in the Young Guns who have tasted first grade, with Ty Williams and Mark Henry the most prominent of these

 

[Perth Red]

Are Manly and Canberra the only clubs without Kiwis in the side?

 

[SilverSteeler]

Some of other NRL clubs players might be born overseas like Halatau, Marshall, Harrison but they are all local juniors or in marshall case have been signed to them since he was like 16.

I thought Halatau was from Invercargill and Marshall from Whakatane??

 

[choc_soldier]

gordon cooma, nsw

Word is that Meninga likes the look of him, which could mean that he could represent Queensland. Yes, he played in the Queensland Cup, but for a NSW based team (Tweed Heads). However, to add to the intrigue, he has played for Queensland Residents in the past.

http://www.panthers.com.au/default.aspx?id=607

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Are Manly and Canberra the only clubs without Kiwis in the side?

Manly's normal 1st choice side would include Steve Matai so that only really leaves Canberra.

 

[douglasallen91]

Roycey picked him up while coaching Tonga a few years ago, you'd assume he has some form of Tongan heritage.

not disagreeing with you their, he has tongan heritage and has pledged his allegence with tonga but was born in nz!

 

[douglasallen91]

Manly's normal 1st choice side would include Steve Matai so that only really leaves Canberra.

canberra have glen turner don't they hes from christchurch!

 

[greenhat]

True that. Arguable whether he will be in our first grade side regularly though.

Also I'd be really interested to see what SpaceMonkey suggested, a list of teams with who is local product and who is not.

 

[lolesi]

1 Brett Kearney Sydney-NSW
2 David Simmons Sydney-NSW
3 Ben Pomeroy Penrith-NSW
4 Fraser Anderson Auckland-NZ
5 Luke Covell Goondiwindi-NSW
6 Brett Seymour Mackay-QLD
7 Brett Kimmorley Belmont-NSW
8 Ben Ross Chinchilla-QLD
9 Kevin Kingston Babinda-QLD
10 Luke Douglas Yamba-NSW
11 Paul Gallen Sydney-NSW
12 Lance Thompson Sydney-NSW
13 Greg Bird Newcastle-NSW

14 Craig Stapleton Sydney-NSW
15 Dayne Weston Goulburn-NSW
16 Reece Williams Sydney-NSW
17 Isaac De Gois Sydney-NSW

 

[The Fruit Pickers]

I thought Halatau was from Invercargill and Marshall from Whakatane??

Of the Wests Tigers players all had Australian junior clubs except Paul Whatuira....
Dene Halatau is a North Ryde junior, Benji Marshall (Keebra Park), Bronson Harrison (Leichhardt Wanders), Paul Whatuira (Wainuiomata), Taniela Tuiaki (North Curl Curl) and Tevita Metuisela (North Curl Curl)

Marshall didn’t play League until he attended Keebra Park, he had only played touch prior to then…

 

[girvie]

Ive been told Groom grew up playing for Berowra which is part of Manlys juniors i believe if not Nth Sydney as it use to be. Berowra played in one of the finals last year at Brookie against Narrabeen or someone so im making the assumption we are now manly boys based on that.

Yes Aaron Groom is a Berowra junior and they are a North Sydney club. Manly and North Sydney clubs play in a combined competition so that is why Berowra were playing a grandfinal at Brookvale last year.

 

[yobbo84]

1 Brett Kearney Sydney-NSW

Kearney is from the Central Coast, Kincumber if I remember correctly. Having a cracker of a year too.

 

[girvie]

It would be interesting to see which was the first club rep club (NRL side, PL, Qld Cup etc) that the players played for.

Here is Souths:

1. David Peachey - Cronulla
2. Nathan Merritt - South Sydney
3. Nigel Vagana - Auckland
4. Shannon Hegarty - Sydney City?
5. Reece Simmonds - St George
6. Jeremy Smith - Canterbury?
7. Joe Williams - Sydney City
8. Peter Cusack - Sydney City?
9. Daniel Irvine - Parramatta
10. Roy Asotasi - Canterbury
11. David Faalogo - Newtown
12. Luke Stuart - Cronulla
13. Dean Widders - Sydney City

14. Shane Rigon - Sydney City
15. John Sutton - South Sydney
16. Manase Manoukafoa - South Sydney
17. Jaiman Lowe - Nth Qld?

Others:
Joe Galuvao - Auckland
Scott Geddes - Parramatta
Yileen Gordon - South Sydney
David Kidwell - Sydney City?
Paul Mellor - South Sydney