South Sydney have named their Harold Matthews (under 16s) and SG Ball (under 18s) teams to take on the North Sydney Bears this Saturday at Redfern Oval.
Both sides got their respective seasons off to a solid start in sweltering Round 1 conditions against the Roosters at Henson Park – the SG Ball coming away with a 44-10 victory, while the Harold Matthews side managed a hard-fought draw.
Speaking to Rabbitohs.com.au earlier in the week, SG Ball Coach and former Rabbitoh, Matt King, said he was pleased with his side’s progress during the pre-season, although there is much work still to be done.
“I was really pleased with what we’ve tried to achieve over the pre-season and the boys took that into the game,” said King.
“It’s all those little areas that we constantly talk about – supporting each other and defending for each other which I’ve really pressed upon the boys and they played really well in that regard.
“A few cobwebs there and a fair bit of rust there obviously only being our first game, so a fair bit to work on.”
Round 1 for the North Sydney Bears saw their SG Ball side go down to the Illawarra Steelers by 42-10 while also going down in the Harold Matthews Cup by 32-8.
Click here to watch King’s wrap-up of week one of the Junior Reps.
Harold Matthews
South Sydney v North Sydney
Redfern Oval, Saturday 20 February
12 noon
1. Dalton Armstrong
2. Reihana Leuii
3. Raine Dellow
4. Jenson Taumoepeau
5. Eyjan Saisoaa
6. Matt Dive
7. Paul Turner
8. Aidan Manowski
9. Jack Stewart
10. Harry Larkin
11. Casey Bushby
12. Maila Chan-Foon
13. Egan Butcher (c)
14. Sam Schlede
15. Trevor-Joseph Siontali
16. Joe Ngere
18. Adrian Janvrin
Coach: Jason Peterson
SG Ball
South Sydney v North Sydney
Redfern Oval, Saturday 20 February
1:30pm
1. Dylan O’Connor
2. Johnny Mitsias
3. Mawene Hiroti
4. Tarquinn Alatipi
5. Nicholas Mougios
6. Dean Hawkins
7. Kurtis Preece
8. Emre Guler
9. Josh Cook
10. Sam Downes
11. Blake Manowski
12. Joey Los’e
13. Cameron Murray (c)
14. Phoenix Hunt
15. Jake Kambos
16. Keenen Ngamotu
17. Ky Rodwell
Coach: Matt King
