The Illawarra Steelers have submitted a bid to the NSWRL for inclusion in the 2023 Harvey Norman Women's Premiership, the premier competition and steppingstone for players and Clubs in the pathway to the NRLW and State of Origin selection. St George DRLFC recently held trials for the Tarsha Gale Cup, Harold Matthews Cup and SG Ball Cup squads. However, Shellharbour's decision in 2009 to field a team in the NSW Cup was coupled with a decision to play in the Illawarra Rugby League as well, blurring the boundary between the two competitions. First founded in 2005, the 2023 HNWP will kick off the Women's season, commencing in February and running through to the end of May. The St George Illawarra Dragons can confirm both the St George Dragons and Illawarra Steelers' junior representative squads for the 2021 season. 10. Download The Illawarra Mercury news app in the Apple Store and Google Play. 6. Caitlan Johnston (Newcastle Knights)17. Young gun Keeley Davis needs little motivation to take an opportunity and she sees one with a fill-in switch to hooker last year set to become permanent. Olivia Kernick (Sydney Roosters)18. NSW Rugby League has received the 41-page application and is expected to consider it in coming weeks. - Update and collate documents and records regarding policies and practices. Liam is a content producer for The Sporting News Australia. "We depend on local businesses sponsoring each year and they've been great, they're back on board on again, but we don't have the backing from a major club that can help support Helensburgh at that level. [1] The area provides a nursery of juniors for the Illawarra Steelers and St George Illawarra Dragons. An elbow injury halted the 19-year-old's push for NSW selection last season but with the retirement of veteran dummy half Kylie Hilder, the hooker spot is now up for grabs south of the border. 8. A Centurions Wall displaying the names of individuals, businesses, clubs -- contributors to the future of Illawarra Junior. More from Local Sport 13. We acknowledge the stories, traditions and living cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on the lands we meet, gather and play on. Its a technicalityhowever, I think the NRL have to," he said. . St George Illawarra have the bye in Round 1, before taking on the Gold Coast on Sunday, March 12th. At 18, she made her international debut for Australia as a bench utility before replacing regular hooker Brittany Breayley in last year's Test match in the starting role. "It's one of the traditional heartland areas of the game and we wouldn't be doing our job if we didn't do everything we possibly could to make the competition as good as it can possibly be. 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A qualified personal trainer, Davis made the most of self-isolation by opening a home-style gym during the break. Profile. The Harold Matthews Cup (Mens Under 17s), SG Ball Cup (Mens Under 19s) and Tarsha Gale Cup (Womens Under 19s) will continue their respective campaigns this Saturday, February 25 against the Illawarra Steelers. The junior club currently has 228 players registered for tackle rugby league. Hawke has been instrumental in the women's game locally, winning three premierships with the Corrimal Cougars as a player before moving into the coaching ranks. Jaydn SuA I have been a strong advocate for the NRL integrity unit to exercise the discretion they inherently have in dealing with these matters on a case-by-case basis, he said. #2. In 2011 the Illawarra Junior Rugby League Centenary Committee set aside $20,000 to maintain the scholarship, which is awarded to a qualified Illawarra Junior Rugby League player or junior referee in their first year of study at UOW on an annual basis. Jack Bird, 14. Theres a real buzz among the players for what is such a significant occasion for the Kiwi jersey and for the game as a whole. Jayden Sullivan Jacob Liddle Tyrell Sloan The Steelers provide support to the Dragons, by way of fielding Junior Reps and Womens Rep. teams; as well as having entered teams into NSW Cup (open age) Illawarra Cutters winners of the State and Australian titles in 2016. Anyone can contribute to The Roar and have their work Its a really great result to see three more teams for Tarsha Gale Cup as womens Rugby League is one of the fastest growing areas in the game with more than 22,000 signing up to play this season. Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date. Access unlimited content, the digital versions of our print editions - Today's Paper, as well as the Illawarra Mercury app. Scorch's Kids Zone. Participants in the Amateur Rugby League (198287) are included. Only the Northern parts of the Illawarra have traditionally been included in this competition, with teams further south playing in Group 7. Your digital subscription includes access to content from all our websites in your region. - Provide Project and Operational Support. Jets v Rabbitohs | NSW Cup Round One Highlights, NSWRL TV Highlights | Eels v Raiders NSW Cup Round One, Warriors v Knights | NSW Cup Round One Highlights, Hunters overcome Silktails in first Melanesian Bowl, Panthers v Bears | NSW Cup Round One Highlights. 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The Dragons teenager has risen through the women's ranks over the past 12 months after graduating from the successful Illawarra Steelers Tarsha Gale Cup side in 2018. Manlys Christian Tuipulotu has been named make his Test debut on the wing after Daniel Tupou was chosen by NSW while Tonga have also selected Sea Eagles rookie Tolu Koula, Parramattas Will Penisini and Dragons centre Moses Suli out wide. Access unlimited content, the digital versions of our print editions - Today's Paper, as well as the Illawarra Mercury app. Shaylee Bent (St George Illawarra Dragons)13. Publication of the Centenary Book covering 100 years of historical events. 9. This competition was formed by Group 8 and Group 19 which were formed in 1932 and 1946 respectively. Papua New Guinea announced their team for their Campbelltown clash with Fiji. Key Accountabilities. Both the Dragons and Steelers will compete in the Harold Matthews, SG Ball and Tarsha Gale Cup competitions. 3. Hawke is the assistant coach of the Dragons NRLW and NSW Origin teams. Meanwhile, the Central Coast Roosters will also be continuing their Harold Matthews, Andrew Johns (Regional Mens Under 16s) and Laurie Daley (Regional Mens Under 18s) campaigns this weekend. The Tigers returned last year as part of an eight-team competition for the first time in almost a decade with the addition of Shire sides De La Salle and Cronulla Caringbah. Burleigh Bears. We know there's a really strong base there, it's a question for us of being able to supplement that really strong base with a couple of others. ?Full story ???? Jack de Belin Quincy Dodd (St George Illawarra Dragons)15. Fri 5 Feb 2021, 03:27 PM. 5. The action gets underway from 11am, with all three games at Wyong's Morry Breen Oval. All 10 regional games in the Andrew Johns Cup and Laurie Daley Cup will be live . The table also indicates whether the club has junior teams. The 20-year-old was charged with reckless grievous bodily harm, destroying property and intimidation followingan alleged hammer attack in November last year. 10 talking about this. "It makes imminent sense that competition structures underneath that umbrella should reflect the NRL affiliations as well. The Harold Matthews Cup (Mens Under 17s), SG Ball Cup (Mens Under 19s) and Tarsha Gale Cup (Womens Under 19s) will continue their respective campaigns this Saturday, February 25 against the Illawarra Steelers. Dragons lock Jack de Belin was the first player to be subjected to the policy back in 2019, before his sexual assault charge were eventually dropped in 2022. Emma Tonegato (St George Illawarra Dragons)2. Reece Robson (born 18 June 1998) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL . Berkeley returned in 2016 but dropped to the third-grade competition amid the pandemic with no immediate interest in returning. Yasmin Clydsdale (Sydney Roosters)3. Sport is my passion, rugby league my first love. If that is part of the no fault stand down policy that you are facing 11 years in jail, it changes everything. The SG Ball Cup (Under 19s), Harvey Norman Tarsha Gale Cup (Under 19s), SLE Laurie Daley Cup (Under 18s), Harold Matthews Cup (Under 17s) and the SLE Andrew Johns Cup (Under 16s) all kick-off this Saturday 5 February. Excludes SA Residents. Only De La Salle will return this year, with the withdrawal of Helensburgh and Cronulla Caringbah, the latter after just one year in the Illawarra, seeing a drop back to six teams. T&Cs apply. Davis will join Cronulla for the resumption of the Harvey Norman NSW Premiership next month before the NRLW begins in September. The Steelers teams both seniors and juniors/male and female have carried the regions scarlet colours with pride and success over nearly four decades. We care about the protection of your data. Keeley Davis (St George Illawarra Dragons)10. This was the first joint-venture in the major Rugby League competition following the Super League disruptions of 1996-98. Teagan Berry (St George Illawarra Dragons)20. While St George will kick start their campaigns on Saturday, February 6, against the Newcastle Knights, the Steelers will instead enjoy a Round 1 bye. The Sydney Roosters Junior Representative sides have been named for Round 4 of the 2023 season. Jan 2023 - Mar 20233 months. The league features many former and current NRL players and also National Youth Competition players. New Zealand on Wednesday morning finalised their game-day line-up to face Tonga with Joey Manu picked at fullback, Dylan Brown partnering Jahrome Hughes in the halves and hooker Brandon Smith completing a top-class spine on Saturday in Auckland. Illawarra Zone The entire team follows: The following table lists the clubs and the teams fielded in the 2022 senior competitions: Mojo Homes Illawarra Cup - NSWRL President's Cup Southern Conference (PC), Division 1 (Div1), Division 2 (Div2), Under 18s (U18), Women's tackle (Wom), Ladies League Tag (LLT). Apr 29, 2022. But in a potentially promising twist for the Dragons, Amone's case will now be heard in Wollongong Local Court as opposed to a district court, which has seen his maximum sentence drop to just five years. The Rabbitohs and Panthers are returning after last playing in the 2019 competition. Fiji will feature the likes of Storm prop Tui Kamikamica, Panthers forward Viliame Kikau, Rabbitohs centre Taane Milne and wing threats Maika Sivo (Parramatta) and Mikaele Ravalawa (Dragons). "I think what takes us back to six teams this year is the lateness of the withdrawals more than anything else," Trodden said. The league may also use discretionary powers if the alleged crime involves a woman or a child. Filomina Hanisi (Parramatta Eels)21. Subscribe to BarTv to watch games live Vale John Anderson Sydney Roosters respect and honour the Traditional Custodians of the land and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future. "We haven't finished working with NSW [Rugby League] for this year but, at this late stage, we're looking more at next year and what we can do to build for 2024.". The Illawarra Junior Rugby League competition is one of the strongest Australian rugby league breeding grounds. Please click here for SG Ball Draw / Team Lists, Please click here for Harvey Norman Tarsha Gale Cup Draw / Team Lists. Moses Mbye The cancellation of the junior representative competitions in 2020 has forced a change in player age limits. New South Wales Rugby League respects and honours the Traditional Custodians of the land and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future. Our six junior representative squads for season 2021 are as followed: Cory AckersMatthew Alhazim Hussein Anani Ethan Arena Lachie BirdJack BraithwaiteMax CheethamBronson Emery Tyrell FakauaManase Feiloakitau Joel Fry Flynn Gannon Robert Haase Shadi HammoudGodfrey Ilavalu Jared KennedyDenzil Moeke Araz NanvaKobey O'Brien Braxton O'Halloran Elijah Porter Nicholas Quinn Kye RobsonDannie SamaniSetefano Sele Reilly TasaicoOliver TownsendNicholas Tsougranis, Viliami AmoneEthan CliffKynan CloughRiley CostelloDylan EganRoy FenukitauTaj FordKane GrahamTe Umuariki Heremia-TukereKyan HjaltasonNeason Jha-LangleyJaxon LavenderCallum LeikvollJahream JC Lole NgarimaZakariya MaarbaniPaul MahanidisWesley PringJack QuineBryden RutledgeJasper ScobieKristian SekulijicaBalunn SimonHamish StewartPalu TausalaSean TrindallJames WalshAshton Ward, Johnathon AfeakiAdam ArkleyJohnathon DelinicolisAli HammoudBen JohnsonMoussa KablanBailey LanhamDontoray LuiCallum McDonaldIsaac MorrisDaniel MusolinoCaleb NavaleTerrence PatoloCallum PerrymanTom PikethleyMitchell ReeveMackenzie RocheAdam RunchelJayden SamraniRuamanomarua StokesElijuwhon SuavaiEpeli SukanaivaluPatrick TaukafaBurt TukalaTaine WoodfordLachlan WoodgerNikau WrathallJacob Young, Dilan AsanoskiTrey BarlowTravis Barrett-HancockJack BostockClive BrettSyddarys CassidyTyson DuffTrent GriffithsBen LavenderAlex LobbBryce MagnoneViliame MaheDeclan Manago Brandon MorkosJack OwensToby PetersTom PhillipsCooper RobertsJackson SherebCooper TunbridgePhoenix Vetenibua-FinnertyJacob WebsterBlake WellingtonRiley Wooden, Courageous AfoaFaith AinuuTyla AmiatuRosemarie BeckettNesia BenRayven-Jodeci BoyceReuben CherringtonBreeze E'ELimiah EnokaRyshe FaamausiliGardinia FaalogoFatafeh HanisiChelsea-Lina KoomsonJo-anna MatavesiMaleah MayolMaurice NafoiFaith NimmoKatrina RaravulaErana RetiLahtia SioneEmily SmidtPeninaotiafau SolofaSelenna Tamasailau FuimaonoBienne TeritaGrace TijouStella TijouCassey Tohi-HikuLuisa Yaranamamua, Sian AllenTeagan BerryMollie BonhamAlivia BrownKeele BrowneJemma GallagherTiana GrahamKeeley KoparaTiana KoreMackenzie LearShante Lenartowicz Annabel McDonaldChecoby MurraySalma NourJordyn PrestonLily RoganRiley ScottMadysson ShoemarkMadi SingletonApril StevensRose Lina TafengatotoUla-mari Time-CribbChantel TugagaOlivia ValeAlex Wallace, All the fun from our Kogarah member event. The new additions for the Harvey Norman Tarsha Gale Cup next season include South Sydney Rabbitohs, North Sydney Bears and the Penrith Panthers.