By JOE JURISEVIC
IN 2015, the Queensland Rugby Union will launch a new pathway for junior rugby players.
Under-15 and under-17 teams will be selected to play NSW from the Queensland regions competing in the ARU’s Junior Gold Cup.
The players representing Queensland will be selected from the 10 Junior Gold Cup Centres based around the state.
Following trials completed last weekend, the ARU’s Junior Gold Cup Centre on the Sunshine Coast is pleased to announce the under-17 and under-15 training squads for the upcoming 2015 National JGC competition.
The squads will commence their pre-season training this Wednesday 5 November at Sunshine Coast Stadium number 7, from 6pm. Competition for final places will be tough with squads of 36 players training up until Christmas and through January, when the playing squads of 25 players will be selected for the National Junior Gold Cup competition in February and March.
Noosa is well represented in both age groups with seven players selected in the under-17 squad, and nine in the under-15s. The Noosa Dolphins would like to congratulate the following local players that have been selected and wish them the best for final selections:
Under-17: Ben Ashman, Jesse Birkett, Will Christie, Borore Howton, Harry Mohr, Julian Scott-Davies and Tyler Searle.
Under-15: Josh Brookes, Joel Cavell, John Gelling, Adam Jurisevic, Kai Marshall, Alex Moses, Tom Payne, Jesse Russell and Paddy Sobey.
