Your Team & Local Juniors

[Fufu Andronez]

I am just curious as to which players would be playing for which NRL clubs, if they could only be eligible based on their junior club/s. With players moving around between clubs so much, it?s hard to keep track of where they are from.

If you could pick any current NRL player from any team, but they had to be a local junior; what would your best team look like?

Wests Tigers
1. J Tedesco (Camden Rams NSW)
2.
3.
4. C Lawrence (Eagle Vale St Andrews NSW)
5.
6.
7. M Pearce (North Ryde Hawks NSW)
8. A Woods (Leichardt Juniors NSW)
9. R Farah (Enfield Federals NSW)
10. B Gibbs (Macquarie Fields Hawks NSW)
11.
12. R Hoffman (Campbelltown Collegians NSW)
13.
14.
15.
16.
17. J Mullaney (Eagle Vale St Andrews NSW)

Yes, I am struggling to fill spots for the Tigers. But I know some die-hards will easily be able to plug the gaps.

I imagine the Warriors, Parramatta & Brisbane would field very strong teams?

Note ? L Fulton would qualify for Parramatta, as his junior club was Greystanes Devils, who play in the Parramatta Junior comp. (Wikipedia)

Jacob Loko Frank Pritchard both played for Campbelltown City
Tim Lafai played for Campbelltown warriors.
Peni Tagive played east Campbelltown as did Jarryd Hayne but not too sure when with Hayne.
Ben Roberts Narellan Jets
Mark Minichiello Liverpool Catholic Club (LCC) not sure about anthony

 

[dogz08]

Gold Coast

1. Darius Boyd
2. David Mead
3. Matt King
4. Dane Chisolm
5. Michael Gordon
6. Jordan Rankin
7. Jacob Miller
8. Ryan James
9. Kevin Kingston
10.
11.
12. Ryan Simpkins
13. Luke O'Dwyer

I'm sure there's a few that I've missed. Not the strongest team, but hardly 'laughable'

Alex Glenn?

 

[natheel]

Almost a full starting 13:

1. Tyrone Phillips (La Perouse) Yet to make NRL debut but played in our first two trials
2. Nathan Merritt (Alexandria)
3. Beau Champion (South Eastern Seagulls)
4.
5.
6. Dylan Walker (Mascot) Yet to make NRL debut but on the bench for tomorrow night
7. Adam Reynolds (Alexandria)
8. Eddy Pettybourne (Mascot)
9. Nathan Peats (La Perouse)
10. Shannon McPherson (South Eastern Seagulls) Currently playing for Salford in ESL
11. Jason Clark (Coogee Randwick)
12. Braith Anasta (Maroubra)
13. John Sutton (Kensington)

I'm sure there are some I've forgotten but it's a good start.

Isn't reni a souths junior too?

 

[natheel]

Central Coast Bears

1. Tim Moltzen, Terrigal
2. Akuila Uate, Woy Woy
3. James Maloney, St Edwards
4. Dylan Farrell, Woy Woy
5. Jonathon Wright, Northern Lakes
6. Kieran Foran, Asquith
7. Mitchell Pearce, Asquith
8. Mark O'Meley, Munmorah
9. Rory Kostjasyn, Berkeley Vale
10. Ryan O'Hara, The Entrance
11. Daniel Harrison, The Entrance
12. Grant Millington, Wyong
13. Chris Heighington, Umina

14. Paul Carter, Wyong
15. Ian Henderson, Erina
16. Ryan Morgan, Wyong
17. Josh Drinkwater, Terrigal

Forgive me if I'm wrong but isn't Ryan Morgan a greystanes junior?

 

[natheel]

Saints can do it using only players from their current fulltime squad.

1. Evander Cummins - Arncliffe Scots
2. Brett Morris - Kiama
3. Chase Stanley - Hurstville
4. Matt Cooper - Shellharbour
5. Jason Nightingale - Renown
6. Kyle Stanley - Hurstville
7. Cameron King - Hurstville
8. Dan Hunt - Dapto
9. Mitch Rein - Kiama
10. Trent Merrin - Shellharbour
11. Tyson Frizell - Wollongong
12. Ben Creagh - Wollongong
13. Atelea Vea - Hurstville

Put Kyle Stanley at fullback and josh Reynolds at 6 as he is a illawarra Harold Matt's junior and went to school at kograh

 

[Titanic]

Titans (neither Mead nor Gordon are locals):

Up-date with some contentious selections ...

1. Darius Boyd
2. Sam Perrett
3. Steve Michaels
4. Matt King
5. Dane Chisolm
6. Benji Marshall
7. Chris Sandow
8. Ben Hannant
9. Matt Srama
10. Ryan James
11. Kevin Proctor
12. Ben Ridge
13. Alex Glen

14. Ryan Simpkins
15. Jordan Rankin
16. Scott Anderson
17. Kevin Kingston

Plus: Luke O'Dwyer, Bodene Thompson, Kayne Lawton, Jacob Miller, Will Matthews.

 

[rnb11]

it's local juniors only

???

If anyone is going to claim Inglis it's Newcastle dammit! Spent more time playing in Newcastle as a junior than anywhere else. Everyone else I named is a Newcastle junior as far as I know.

 

[Special K]

1.
2.
3. Everingham
4. Timana Tahu
5. Akuil;a Uate
6. Jarrod Mullen
7. Kurt Gidley
8. Willie Mason
9. Danny Buderus
10. Kade Snowden
11. Josh Jackson
12.
13. Greg Bird

14. Tyrone Roberts
15. Robbie Rochow
16.
17.
Clint Newton, Luke Walsh, Michael Ennis, Joel Edwards, Dane Tilse,
There's a start

If you are going to claim Aku from the central coast you may as well claim Maloney which also means you also get moltzen

 

[rnb11]

Uate spent only a year or something in Woy Woy before going to Newcastle, he's been in the Knights ranks since 2005. Before that he never played rugby league so I think Newcastle can easily claim him, if not then nobody can!

 

[Special K]

He spent more then a year at woy woy. He spent 2 or 3 years commuting and playing grade for woy woy while in knights reps.

 

[rnb11]

I didn't know he continued to play in Woy Woy while playing in the Knights juniors, fair enough then

 

[no name]

Titans (neither Mead nor Gordon are locals):

Up-date with some contentious selections ...

1. Darius Boyd
2. Sam Perrett
3. Steve Michaels
4. Matt King
5. Dane Chisolm
6. Benji Marshall
7. Chris Sandow
8. Ben Hannant
9. Matt Srama
10. Ryan James
11. Kevin Proctor
12. Ben Ridge
13. Alex Glen

14. Ryan Simpkins
15. Jordan Rankin
16. Scott Anderson
17. Kevin Kingston

Plus: Luke O'Dwyer, Bodene Thompson, Kayne Lawton, Jacob Miller, Will Matthews.

Mead has his junior club as Lismore Marist, Sandow as Cherbourg (I know he had a year or two at Seagulls) I'd call Mead a junior over Sandow.
Which Gordon? Kevin Gordon isn't a junior but Michael Gordon is and would would walk into the side.
Not too sold on Benji and T'eo being juniors either but they did spend some time on the coast during their development I suppose.
Anyway it does show that the Coast has produced some talent, and will continue to do so in the future, hopefully the Titans can pick up the right ones.

 

[Shire Panther]

More Parra juniors :- Trent Hodkinson (Cabra), Feleti Mateo (Lalor Park), Krisnan Inu ( Cabra), Jacob Loko (Toongabbie) Ken Sio ( Wenty), David Klemmer, Jorge Taufua (Wenty) , Jamie Buhrer ( Hills), Nathan Gardner ( CVD Cobras) and when I have more than a couple of minutes , I will add others.

Sprry Enhgineers Room, there are plenty

I thought Buhrer's junior club was Riverstone?

 

[Lambretta]

On the subject of local juniors I was watching a Super League game the other day and the commentator mentioned that 12 players of the Wigan squad of 25 were local juniors who had come through their production system and 9 of those were actually born and bred Wigan lads.

That's pretty damn impressive.

 

[El Diablo]

???

If anyone is going to claim Inglis it's Newcastle dammit! Spent more time playing in Newcastle as a junior than anywhere else. Everyone else I named is a Newcastle junior as far as I know.

Scone and Taree are part of Newcastle?

neither is Macksville

 

[9701]

If you are going to claim Aku from the central coast you may as well claim Maloney which also means you also get moltzen

I was going on the assumption that the area also needed an NRL team? As far as I know Newcastle would be the areas Nrl team for the purpose of this excercise?

 

[9701]

Scone and Taree are part of Newcastle?

neither is Macksville

Assuming the area has an NRL team would make Scone and Taree a part of The knights area no?

To go along with your way of thinking then a lot of players named aren't from "the Newcastle area" some are lake Macquarie shire etc etc.

With Inglis he played at my old high school in Newcastle so I would say he would qualify but I never listed him in my team as I knew there would be much butthurt.

 

[betcats]

Uate spent only a year or something in Woy Woy before going to Newcastle, he's been in the Knights ranks since 2005. Before that he never played rugby league so I think Newcastle can easily claim him, if not then nobody can!

I saw him play rugby at my school on the central coast in 2006 or 2007.

 

[9701]

I saw him play rugby at my school on the central coast in 2006 or 2007.

Union or league?

 

[Patorick]

On the subject of local juniors I was watching a Super League game the other day and the commentator mentioned that 12 players of the Wigan squad of 25 were local juniors who had come through their production system and 9 of those were actually born and bred Wigan lads.

That's pretty damn impressive.

I think in that game it was 15 out of the seventeen born in Great Britain, not exactly sure how many born and or raised in Wigan.

http://www.wiganwarriors.com/Wsquadp.aspx

Interesting reading, if you have time.