NSW Suburban Rugby Colts v County Colts in a first for Subbies rugby - but not the last

NSW Suburban Rugby Colts will take on County Colts on Saturday in a first as organisers look to expand the concept into a gala day of Subbies rugby in 2025. TEAM LISTS

Subbies football will have a special game this weekend.

NSW Suburban Rugby President Luke McCormack is hopeful of establishing a gala day of Subbies rugby by 2025 as players prepare for the first NSW Suburban Colts v Country Cockatoo Colts match.

The Colts game will be played at Boronia Park at Hunters Hill at 11:45am on Saturday between top young Subbies’s players from the city and country.

McCormack said his organisation is looking into expanding the concept to include both open women’s and men’s Subbies in a gala day style competition in 2025.

“This is the first rep match we have done in eight years and it’s great to get it back,” McCormack said.

“It’s a revival of an old rivalry. The last time matches were played was back 2016 in the opens and we’ve never done Colts before.

Big match for Subbies football this weekend. Picture: Supplied.

“The idea is to showcase talent and it may give some of them an opportunity to consider elite pathways.

“Almost all of these guys will be graduating from Colts so this is possibly their last game.

We always want to make sure the talent rises to the top.”

McCormack said a city versus country style competition by 2025 is being discussed.

“We want something that his aspirational, something to look forward to and also making it a tradition.

“The mind boggles with what we can do.”

Subbies football will have a special game this weekend.

NSW SUBURBAN COLTS TEAM LIST

Isaac Bissel Lane Cover Old Ignations, Jude Boyle UNSW, Adam Brooks St Patricks, Felix Connors Colleagues, Zach Couper Newport, Tate Cranfield Blueys, Will Dadich Hunters Hill, Simon Dodds Mosman, Jack Donaghey Wakehurst, Franky Dunkin Mosman, Cooper Georgeadis Hunters Hill, Patrick Hickman Mosman, Hudson Hurt

Newport, Will Klem Mosman, Sam Joseph Forest, Cody Kay Raptors, Fynn Laughton

Lane Cover Old Ignations, Jed McKelvey St Patricks Fin Medley Waverley, Alec

Paterson Lindfield, Josh Rhodes Drummoyne, Bailey Tebbutt Blueys, Fin Grimmond

Mosman, Pieter Marais Hunters Hill.

Dave Collard Mosman Head Coach. George Ford Raptors Forwards Coach. Aaron Mattin St Patrick’s, Backs Coach. Rod Dufficy Hunters Hill, Manager

NSW Country Cockatoo Colts.. Picture: Supplied

COUNTY COLT TEAM LIST

1 Xavier Gosewisch Orange Emus Central West, 2 Caden Taylor Orange Emus Central West, 3 Campbell Lee Mudgee Wombats Central West, 4 Harry Nowlan Bathurst Bulldogs Central West, 5 Thomas Kennedy Southern Beaches Hunter 6 Jock McCormack St Alberts Armidale New England, 7 Lachlan Thomas Avoca Beach Sharks Central Coast, 8 Lachlan SooialoTerrigan Trojans Central Coast, 9 Kai Wheelock Terrigan Trojans Central Coast, 10 Jayden Williams-Whitney Southern Beaches Hunter, 11 Talon Woodward Terrigan Trojans Central Coast, 12 LuaTanielu Camden Rugby Club Illawarra, 13 Ashton Hutchinson-Waters Ourimbah Razorbacks Central Coast, 14 Billy Whillock Dubbo Roos Central West, 15 Damien Lawson Lake Macquarie Roos Hunter, 16 Zane Isbester Southern Beaches Hunter, 17 Harry Corke Forbes Rugby Central West, 18 Harry Sooialo Terrigan Trojans Central Coast, 19 Tom Goddard Armidale Blues New England, 20 Finn Taylor Orange Emus Central West, 21 Blake Goodchild Southern Beaches Hunter, 22 Darcy Booth Barbarians (Armidale) New England, 23 Tom Lovegrove Maitland Blacks Hunter, 24 George Harpley St Alberts Armidale New England, 25 Zach Doggett Southern Beaches Hunter. COACH: Paddy Bowen, Gavin Holder. TRAINER Chris Frith. MANAGER Michelle Edwards

Originally published as NSW Suburban Rugby Colts v County Colts in a first for Subbies rugby - but not the last