Gen Blue U15 squad named ahead of Queensland Reds Academy game on October 9
These teens showed “amazing’’ skills to crack the Gen Blue U15 squad but selectors still need to see more if they are to crack the team to take on their Queensland Red opposites.
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The youngest team at the Gen Blue Cup won every game on the weekend and have now been rewarded with six of their players forcing their way into a Gen Blue U15 squad selector and Waratahs pathway co-ordinator Matt Evrard has described as “sensational’’.
The U15’s will take on the Queensland Reds Academy in Brisbane on October 9 with the squad trimmed down to 23 in a fortnight.
The match will shine the spotlight on some of the best young talent in the country.
“The future looks very good here (in NSW),’’ Evrard said after the squad naming.
“Thesekids only had one training camp together last weekend but the standard of football was unbelievable.
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“They were chip kicking, goal kicking, throwing their skill sets around. It was great to see. And the goal kicking was amazing.’’
Incredibly six players from the U14 teams who beat every U15 team at the weekend event at Camden made it into the squad despite being up to a year younger that their new squad mates.
Justice Taumoepeau, Iliyaz Viliamu, Hasani Bloomfield, Beau McKee, Ashton Large and Jarryd King all impressed at the event.
Players in the squad hail from across Sydney and surrounding areas with a high number coming from both the Central Coast and the northern beaches.
“The Central Coast has been a bit of a hot bed for rugby in the past few years,’' Evrard said.
“They had some really good results across the country championships and have some good players coming up.’’
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The squad will meet this weekend for an induction and then a number of training sessions before the team to take on the Reds is named.
On October 9 the 16s and 19s Gen Blue teams will also be taking on their Queensland opposites.
Selectors have been monitoring performances at a range of events over the season - from school carnivals to state champs and regional events.
Waratahs head of talent Andrew Cleverley said the job of the selections was made even more difficult on Sunday due to the wealth of talent on display at the two-day Gen Blue Cup.
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Tamoko Berryman-Duff, Narrabeen sports high, Seaforth Raiders Rugby Club
Billy Blair, St Joseph’s College Hunters Hil, Wahroonga Tigers Rugby Club
Hasani Bloomfield, Oakhill College, Hills Junior Rugby Union
Reilly Caswell, Knox Grammar School, Lindfield Junior Rugby Club
Harrison Dene, St Augustine’s College, Newport Junior Rugby Club
Kye Donohoe, Terrigal High School, Terrigal Trojans Rugby Club
Darcy Emmett, All Saints College Maitland, Maitland Blacks Rugby Club
Isaac Fonua, The Kings School Blacktown, Scorpions Rugby Club
Matthew Gough, St Joseph’s College, Northern Barbarians Rugby Club
Angus Grover, St. Ignatius College Riverview, Lindfield Junior Rugby Club
Dylan Hall, Knox Grammar, Lindfield Junior Rugby Club
Tom Hartman, St Ignatius College Riverview, Mosman Junior Rugby Club
Thomas Haslam Knox Grammar School St Ives Rugby Club
Jarryd King, Newington College, Randwick Warriors Rugby Club
Ashton Large, The Scots College Bellevue Hill, Campbelltown Harlequins Rugby Club
Sione-Nau Lua, Georges River Grammar, Oatley Junior Rugby Club
Max Laverty, The Scots College, Clovelly Junior Rugby Club
Beau McKee, Narrabeen Sports High School, Manly Savers Rugby Club
Caleb McRae, Warners Bay High School, Wanderers Rugby Club
Cormac Mooney, Newington College, Oatley Junior Rugby Club
Jarvis Orr, Knox Grammar, Terrigal Trojans Rugby Club
Nashawn Papalii, Wyong High School, Ourimbah Razorbacks Rugby Club
Ben Sawyer, Calrossy Anglican School, Calrossy Anglican School
Daryus Sione, The Hills Sports High School, Penrith RSL Rugby Club
TJ Talaileva, Hunter Sports High School, Southern Beaches Rugby Club
Christian Tapau-Moors, Patrician Brothers College, Blacktown Penrith RSL Rugby Club
Justice Taumoepeau, St Joseph’s College, Oatley Junior Rugby Club
Nathaniel Tolu, West High School, Penrith RSL Rugby Club
Iliyaz Viliamu, Newington College, Randwick Warriors Rugby Club
Lewis Wilson, Saint Augustine’s College, Newport Junior Rugby Club
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