Under-20s Essay

Nathan Smith used his 128 NRL games of experience to support a fantastic Antonio Pelesasa offload, which is caught with an open runway to the try-line, and the try meant St Marys took a 6-4 lead after 10 minutes.

- Gary was becoming very popular in the town as he was now the 1st Ruck for the grand final.

After seven years at the Dragons – which included a 1980 Dally M Fullback of the Year award - he played his final season in the NSWRL for the Eastern Suburbs Roosters in 1986, before finishing his

“He does the simple things right that you would want a lacrosse player to do. He can pass, he can catch, he can shoot and honestly there’s not many players that have all three qualities. He can play offense, he can play defense and I’m never scared to have him in any position,” said Escalante.

“It’s just about giving an opportunity to young guys who are desperate to make it, you’ve got some guys that are hungry still playing at a higher level, and it’s my job to teach them and give them opportunities to do that.

Standing at 191 cm and weighing 100 kg, Goodes, though part-aboriginal, has impacted the Australia’s sporting and cultural activity. Goodes was once controversial for his style of playing, he retaliated with a no. He will not change his way of playing though there are critics. Goodes did a pretty good job in his field, earning encouragement and followers. Outside his football career, he is an active advocate of Anti-Racism and Charity.

He is yet to debut for the Raiders, but he’s strengthened an already strong and proud Mounties club that the likes of Brad Fittler, Arthur Summons and Eric Grothe Snr once played for.

With a total of 52 rushing yards and an average of 3.1 yards per carry in 5 games. Which means he won’t be too bad when it comes to running the ball; in fact his stats just mean he’s very good at running the ball. Now everyone knows how good he is, but will he be good enough for Fiji 7s? I’m not too sure. We’ve seen many try and only a few can handle the demands of 7s Rugby?

I think the signs have been there across the last 12 months again obvious in game 1 that the wheel is turning on this great QLD side, with age certainly catching up with them in key areas. Scott is all but left alone up font now, they lack ball play and mobility across their back row and drop a level on rotation to their bench. In my opinion Hodges is now long past his best on their right and has played on a year too long, any touch of depth, speed and ball movement down his edge has him in serious trouble defending – and this should be a significant focus for NSW. On their left Inglis is certainly due and has been a shadow of his best for some months, at the back Slater is clearly also now some risk. Given all of the ball and field position that QLD had in game 1 their go forward, execution and attack penetration was disappointing, but even more noticeable how much they were on the back foot in defence. NSW were also well short of their best in game 1, and desperately miss the stand out class and skill of

Turkey beat New Zealand in the U18 World Championship in Auckland in 2015. Sixteen of the players on that world championship team Ryan coached when in Erzurum Turkey. Ryan was a positive role model for the youth players. He was a great leader for GSK club. He led an expansion team to Turkish Super League semi finals. I contribute all our success to the positive influence Ryan

However this has not stopped them from honouring their sons deaths and carrying their goals. They have now partnered with the NRL to stage a game in Stuart’s memory.

“I just want to be the best I can be, and I want my team to be the best we can be,” Ruddock recently stated.

He as goofball personality behind the board with some amazing tricks he has up is sleeve. Like his sister his scratch work his phenomenal and fade work is unique in a fast way. He works well with what is in front of

Jamal Idris is certainly an interesting character who was never afraid to speak his mind, and his views and the way he presented himself on and off the field compared to other Rugby League players was certainly refreshing. He grew up in Forster, before moving to Sydney to further his sporting aspirations in Rugby League, and more notably, athletics. The 25-year-old made his NRL debut for the Canterbury Bulldogs in 2008 at the ripe age of 18, but even then was bigger than most players on the field.

Francois’ last speech is an inspirational one. During the final game against New Zealand, Pienaar impresses his