WAJRU U/15 Regional teams announced for 2012 State Championships

[theforceguy]

Up and coming U15s rugby players have been selected in the initial North and South regional squads this week to commence training for the 2012 State Championships to be held on April 10, 11 and 13 at McGillivray Oval. Kick off at 3pm

North Team

1 MACEY ROBERTSON
2 ISAAC CAVU
3 LORENZO MARIO
4 JAN DE WAAL
5 HERMAN OLIVIER
6 JORDAN KEMPTON
7 ALLEN MARADZIKA
8 HARRY COLLINS
9 MICHAEL NINKOV
10 JAYDEN NGAMANU
11 CLAY UYEN
12 JOVAN TUATAI
13 JAYDEN MANU
14 STEVEN BERECKZY
15 JONA CHASE
16 STEVEN YORKE
17 JULIAN GIUSTINIANO
18 PETER VILI
19 MARCELL BLACKIE
20 JACK WEIR
21 NICHOLAS JOOSTE
22 LACHIE MURPHY

South Team

1 Ben Corser
2 Taine Oakley
3 Tahere Reha
4 Alex Burt
5 Wolfe Campbell-Hales
6 Daniel Dickinson
7 Jake Stainton
8 Kiam Fletcher
9 Jonathan Savea
10 Trey Maloney
11 Chad Ross
12 Leighton Short
13 O'neil Zammit
14 Callum Reid
15 Falcon Peni
16 Serge Sapsford
17 Walt Ungerer
18 Kalib Maksimovic
19 Peter Lewis
20 Ben Tata
21 Matt Lander
22 Eli Greaves

[westies man]

how do they pick teams without watching any games

[theforceguy]

Trial games was played over 2 days. All players that wanted to trial had to register and there was around 140 U15 kids playing over the 2 days.

[theforceguy]

North Team won the first game today It was as hot as hell at the Uni grounds. Both teams played well with North scoring two converted tires. South came back with 2 tries but failed to convert 14-10. North missed a penalty but then succeeded with a second penalty shortly after taking their score to 17. South scored their 3rd try but failed again with the conversion. A penalty to South in the final minute caused hart attacks among the North supporters but unfortunately for South the kick was to the left. Final Score 17-15 to the North
some photos to follow

[theforceguy]

[theforceguy]

A dominant performance by North has given them a 36-23 victory over South today in game two of the 2012 15’s State Championships at UWA Sports Park today.

North found themselves with a 14-0 lead early with prop Lorenzo Mario using his strength to cross twice with Jona Chase slotting the conversions with ease.

South brought themselves back into the game by spreading the ball wide where wing Matthew Lander used his pace to devastating effect to cross in the corner.

Another converted try to North from a good pick and drive play put them ahead 21-5 with five minutes to go in the half. South did manage to add another three points to their tally before the break but still were a long way back.

South showed greater determination in the opening minutes of the second half and they took the first points with a successful penalty goal to Lander.

North responded with Mario again finding himself with the try line in sight not long after and dived over for his third of the game giving North a 26-11 lead.

The South side weren’t ready to relinquish the game and lifted their attacking intensity to break through the North defence with tries to Kalib Maksimovic and O’Neill Zammit and another conversion to Lander put them within three points with ten minutes remaining.

The game fell just out of South’s reach when Jayden Ngamanu crossed for his side’s fifth try and Chase kicked the conversion. Another penalty as the clock ticked towards full time sealed the 13 point victory for North.

Despite North being two up in the three game series the final standings are determined by points for and against meaning South require a victory of more than 16 points in Friday’s final game at UWA Sports Park to take the Championship.



http://www.rugbywa.com.au/NewsEvents...4/Default.aspx

[Burgs]

Christ almighty that Red #3 looks like he eats small animals for breakfast!!!

[theforceguy]

Christ almighty that Red #3 looks like he eats small animals for breakfast!!!

Lorenzo Mario
He is U15 this year but plays U16 as well was, already selected to the U15 state rep side in 2011. He is also a very committed Force level 3 Academy player. Best prop I have ever seen. Runs almost as fast as my boy and weighs around 105kg Scored 3 tries today. http://www.westernforce.com.au/Team/...rProfiles.aspx

Some more photos here on fb https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...4221767&type=1

[theforceguy]

North won the 3rd and final game as well North scored 7 or 8 unanswered tries

[RumourMonger]

Who are the big boof heads in the blue and grey shirts?

[Ralto]

Who are the big boof heads in the blue and grey shirts?

Elmo and the Mad Professor

[WorkingClass]

Any future Force squad member's?

[theforceguy]

Any future Force squad member's?

There is definitely enough talent to think that we can at least get 4 or 5 of these boys playing for the Force however this will depend on the RUGBYWA development programs and retention policy. It will be much cheaper to develop these boys than paying big $ for mercenaries from over east and from across the Tasman. Only time will tell ....

[The InnFORCEr]

There is definitely enough talent to think that we can at least get 4 or 5 of these boys playing for the Force however this will depend on the RUGBYWA development programs and retention policy. It will be much cheaper to develop these boys than paying big $ for mercenaries from over east and from across the Tasman. Only time will tell ....

That's great, we can keep 1/3 here in WA if we are lucky and 2/3 will head east for opportunities and we will then pay big $$$ to get them back once they have some experience