GROUP 19 senior coach Jamie McCormack reckons Narwan’s Ricky Quinlan junior could be the next excitement machine.
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McCormack has not seen much of the young Narwan Eel pivot but what he has seen and heard makes him excited.
“He could be an excitement machine for us off the bench,” McCormack said.
The Narwan star will come off the bench for Group 19 today in its trial game against Group 1 at Grafton.
“It’s a handy squad. We’ve got a bit of size up front and speed out wide,” McCormack said.
“We’ve got some older players with some experience and younger players like Ricky, David Burgis and Shannon (Trindall).”
He said the experience of Mal Gaukroger would settle the side down at five-eighth and allow centres Shannon Trindall and Ben Edwards plenty of ball.
Props Tim McIntyre, Mick Squires and Neville Smith will be called on to provide a base for backrowers Mick McLennan, Warren Lunn, Lachlan Hall, Henry Dunn, Adrian Cameron and Dan Taylor to make inroads.
“It’s Neville’s first run with us,” McCormack said of the Warialda prop.
“He’s got the size and has been playing strongly for Warialda the last couple of seasons.”
McCormack is also keen to see Glen Innes halfback David Burgis trial.
The young Magpie won the Group 19 junior best and fairest awards in 1999 and 2000 and makes the jump to the senior ranks this year. While he scored a great solo try against Armidale last week he was tentative early.
“It will be interesting to see how he goes,” McCormack said.
GROUP 19 SENIORS: 1 Adam Macrae (Armidale), 2 Kurt Lockyer (Guyra), 3 Shannon Trindall (Armidale), 4 Ben Edwards (Armidale), 5 Damien McAlister (Glen Innes), 6 Mal Gaukroger (Guyra), 7 David Burgis (Glen Innes), 8 Tim McIntyre (Inverell), 9 Allan Emerson (Armidale), 10 Michael Squires (Warialda), 11 Warren Lunn (Armidale), 12 Mick McLennan (Inverell), 13 Lachlan Hall (Warialda), 14 Ricky Quinlan jun (Narwan), 15 Dan Taylor (Guyra), 16 Neville Smith (Warialda), 17 Henry Dunn (Narwan), 18 Adrian Cameron (Guyra). Coach - Jamie McCormack (Guyra).
GROUP 19 JUNIORS: 1 Jason Martin (Inverell), Mark Muggleton (Glen Innes), 3 Rocky Hall (Warialda), 4 Nathan Bell (Inverell), 5 Daniel Ferris (Armidale), 6 Matt Sparke (Inverell), 7 Pat Moran (Armidale), 8 Matt White (Inverell), 9 Nick Doig (Inverell), 10 Luke Stahlhut (Armidale), 11 Matt Pittman (Armidale), 12 Mark Watson (Armidale), 13 Nick Dawson (Inverell), 14 Gus Mcrae (Armidale), 15 Brad Stewart (Glen Innes), 16 Nathan Tolley (Glen Innes), 17 Steve Dale (Inverell), 18 Kohl Weir (Inverell), 19 Chris Schnieder (Inverell), 20 Evan Groth (Inverell). Coach - Grant Foster (Inverell).
