Round 1 results
UNDER 20S AT THE NINES – PART 3
Last year’s Auckland Nines tournament gave us an early glimpse at a number of talented youngsters who would go onto to make their NRL debut in 2014, including Valentine Holmes, Cameron Munster and Tuimoala Lolohea. Let’s a closer look at the NYC-eligible players who have been selected for the 2015 tournament.
Coen Hess (North Queensland Cowboys)
Born: 14/8/1996 (Bundaberg, Qld)
Position: Second Row
Junior Club: Mt Isa Blackstars
Rep Honours: Qld U18s (2014), Qld U16s (2012)
One of the most highly rated juniors from North Queensland, Hess scored a try on his NYC debut at age 17. He would play 16 games during the season and has trained with the Cowboys NRL squad in the 2015 pre-season.
Tepai Moeroa (Parramatta Eels)
Born: 2/10/1995 (Cook Islands)
Position: Second Row
Junior Club: Seven Hills Kangaroos
Rep Honours: NSW U16s (2011)
Born in the Cook Islands, Moeroa graduated to the Eels first grade team in 2014, playing 9 games. Moeroa is a multi-talented sportsman, holding state records in shotput and being a two time Australian Schoolboy in rugby union.
Christian Crichton (Penrith Panthers)
Position: Wing/Fullback
Junior Club: St Marys
Rep Honours: Nil
Crichton started 2014 in SG Ball before moving up to Penrith’s NYC side, where he scored 7 tries in 11 games. He was a member of the Patrician Brothers Blacktown side that made the GIO Schoolboy Cup final.
Joshua Jay (Penrith Panthers)
Born: 23/5/1995 (Hornsby, NSW)
Position: Wing
Junior Club: Brothers Penrith
Rep Honours: Nil
Jay was one of Penrith’s most consistent players in 2014, scoring 11 tries in 22 games. He is one of the fastest players in the game, clocking a personal best of 10.73sec at the 2012 National Junior Championships.
Angus Crichton (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
Born: 5/2/1996 (Temora, NSW)
Position: Second Row/Centre
Junior Club: Young Cherrypickers
Rep Honours: Nil
A new recruit to the Rabbitohs in 2015, Crichton is a two-time Australian Schoolboy in rugby union and played 4 SG Ball games for the Roosters last year. Bunnies fans will get their first glimpse of the young forward in the Auckland Nines.
Tom Hughes (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
Born: 22/8/1995 (Pambula, NSW)
Position: Wing
Junior Club: Merimbula-Pambula Bulldogs
Rep Honours: Nil
A big, strong winger from New South Wales’ south coast, Hughes scored 15 tries in 23 games in 2014. Hughes also played SG Ball for Souths and attended Sydney Boys High.
Euan Aitken (St George Illawarra Dragons)
Born: 16/6/1995 (Pambula, NSW)
Position: Centre
Junior Club: Merimbula-Pambula Bulldogs, Shellharbour Sharks
Rep Honours: Junior Kangaroos (2014), NSW U18s (2013), NSW U16s (2011)
Aitken enjoyed a successful NYC season in 2014, finishing with 20 tries in 16 games and a Junior Kangaroos jersey. On the back of a glowing endorsement from Dragons team mate Benji Marshall, Aitken will be looking to have a big tournament.
North Queensland Cowboys – 2015 NYC Squad
The Cowboys 2015 squad features a host of exciting young talent who will be looking to get the club back to the finals. The squad includes a number of players from the Townsville Stingers 2014 National Championship winning side and returning players such as Viliame Kikau and Andrew Niemoeller. Braden Uele, a Junior Kiwi rep in 2014, joins the Cowboys from the Sydney Roosters.
Delayne Ashby
Cooper Bambling
Ross Bella
Yamba Bowie
Jack Brock
Nicholas Brown
Conor Carey
Ty Carucci
Bill Cullen
Mitchell Dunn
Rhein Frank
Kaleb Fuimaono
Regan Grieve
Jonico Hardwick
Coen Hess
Trey Kemp
Jordan Kenworthy
Viliame Kikau
Ben Mathiou
Cody Maughan
Gideon Mosby-Gela
David Munro
Andrew Niemoeller
Kurt Perry
Jesse Pomare-Anderson
Kalyn Ponga
Rainer Power
Tyrone Pritchard
Kieran Quabba
Bacho Salam
Scott Schulte
Brandon Smith
Sam Smith
Akeripa Tia Kilifi
Cyrus Timo-Latu
Nathan Traill
Tahanui Tutavake
Braden Uele
(Players in bold played an NYC game)
See more at: http://www.cowboys.com.au/team/player-profiles.html
NYC players selected in revamped Qld Emerging Origin squads
The Queensland Rugby League have announced their 2015 QAS Emerging Origin squads.
The system has undergone a slight revamp with the senior squad expanding to 18 players and the Junior Emerging Origin squad being replaced by a combined Emerging Maroons.
The new squad features current and recently graduated NYC players and players with both Intrust Super Cup and NRL experience.
The following 2015 NYC-eligible players were selected in the two squads:
Queensland State of Origin Emerging Squad 2015
- Valentine HOLMES (Cronulla Sharks)
Emerging Maroons Squad 2015
- Jai ARROW (Brisbane Broncos)
- Luke BATEMAN (Canberra Raiders)
- Lindsay COLLINS (Brisbane Broncos)
- Jordan DREW (Brisbane Broncos)
- Coen HESS (North Queensland Cowboys)
- Brenko LEE (Canberra Raiders)
- Jayden NIKORIMA (Brisbane Broncos)
- Joe OFAHENGAUE (Brisbane Broncos)
- Marion SEVE (Wests Tigers)
- Ashley TAYLOR (Brisbane Broncos)
You can view the full squads here: http://www.qrl.com.au/news/2014/12/16/qas_emerging_squads_.html
Junior Kangaroos train-on squad announced
The following players have been added to the Junior Kangaroos train-on squad for their match against the Junior Kiwis next month. Each week, players will be added to the squad as teams are eliminated from the Holden Cup finals series, with a final squad to be announced following the Holden Cup Grand Final on October 5. Players from the Parramatta Eels and St George Illawarra Dragons (*) have been added to the squad following their elimination from the finals.
The match will be played on Saturday, October 18 at Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland.
Luke BATEMAN (Canberra Raiders)
Patrick MAGO (Canberra Raiders)
Tevita PANGAI (Canberra Raiders)
Valentine HOLMES (Cronulla Sharks)
Clinton GUTHERSON (Manly Sea Eagles)
Cameron MUNSTER (Melbourne Storm)
Jake MAMO (Newcastle Knights)
Sione MATA’UTIA (Newcastle Knights)
Josh CHUDLEIGH (North Queensland Cowboys)
Patrick KAUFUSI (North Queensland Cowboys)
Ryan MATTERSON (Parramatta Eels)*
Tepai MOEROA (Parramatta Eels)*
Pauli PAULI (Parramatta Eels)*
Kasya PRITCHARD (Parramatta Eels)*
Kelepi TANGINOA (Parramatta Eels)*
Waqa BLAKE (Penrith Panthers)*
Kieran MOSELEY (Penrith Panthers)
Andy SAUNDERS (Penrith Panthers)
Chris SMITH (Penrith Panthers)
Isaah YEO (Penrith Panthers)
Euan AITKEN (St George Illawarra Dragons)*
Jack BIRD (St George Illawarra Dragons)*
Drew HUTCHISON (St George Illawarra Dragons)*
Cameron McINNES (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
Jackson HASTINGS (Sydney Roosters)*
Nene MACDONALD (Sydney Roosters)
Willis MEEHAN (Sydney Roosters)
Matthew LODGE (Wests Tigers)
Cowboys sign Tanginoa
Last week the North Queensland Cowboys announced the signing of Parramatta Eels NRL and NYC forward Kelepi Tanginoa on a two-year contract, starting in 2015.
A Cabramatta junior, Tanginoa played all the way through the Eels’ junior system, making his NRL debut with club last season, at just 19 years of age. Injury limited to the forward to just 9 games in his rookie season.
After playing for the Eels’ Auckland Nines side in the pre-season, Tanginoa returned to first grade in 2014, before again succumbing to injury. He has spent most this season with Parramatta’s Holden Cup team and in the NSW Cup with Wentworthville. The 20-year old will likely feature for the Eels’ NYC side in their finals campaign.
Tanginoa will join the Cowboys first grade squad for pre-season training in November.
Player Profile
Name: Kelepi Tanginoa (pronounced Kel-eh-pee Toungue-ee-noor)
Born: 01/03/1994 in Auburn, NSW
Junior Club: Cabramatta Two Blues
Position: Second Row
Height: 180cm Weight: 102kg
Rep Honours: Australian Schoolboys (2012), NSW Under 20s (2013), NSW Under 18s (2012), NSW Under 16s (2010)
First Grade Debut: Parramatta v Canterbury, ANZ Stadium, Rd 2, 2013
NRL games: 13 NYC games: 23 (6 tries, 24 points)
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