CENTRAL North under 13s rugby union side travels to Brighton Le Sands today for the state championships.
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The side is coached by Tamworth’s Alistair Fenwicke and contains the nucleus of the squad that made the final of last year’s championships, losing to Gordon.
The David Carter-coached Central North under 12s will play their state championships in Warringah.
The CN 13s begin their campaign tomorrow against Parramatta in the first of four round matches. The semi-finals are played on Sunday afternoon with the two finalists scheduled to meet on Monday at T.G Milner Field.
Fenwicke’s side has participants from all corners of the CN zone and has no weak link.
“We have a good cover of players. Our strength is that we don’t have one particular area of strength,” Fenwicke said before leaving.
Fenwicke said he just wanted his squad members to play at their best and not be concerned about repeating last season’s brilliant performance.
The CN under 12s take on Hunter Valley and Randwick tomorrow before clashes with Gordon and Manly on Sunday.
Coach Carter said the side will have a big challenge ahead of it.
“There are some talented players in the side. We’ve only had a limited preparation so it’s going to be a bit of a challenge.”
Carter, meanwhile, has been known as ‘Steve’ around Quirindi this week after a ‘blooper’ caption in Thursday’s Leader renamed him.
“They are all calling me Steve down town now so it must be right,” he joked.
CENTRAL NORTH UNDER 13S: Andrew Sulter (Coonabarabran), Tim Fenwicke (Tamworth), Paddy Ryan (Tamworth), Alex Jagers (Moree), Hamish Day (Tamworth), Oliver Fox (Coonabarabran), Mathew Wannan (Armidale), Anthony Cummins (Tamworth), Michael Chapman (Tamworth), Mat Stonestreet (Gunnedah), Brendan McNamara (Narrabri), Zachary Russ (Narrabri), Daniel Brown (Armidale), Sam Cameron (Narrabri), Samuel McNeil (Inverell), Nicholas Ryan (Moree), James Mellor (Barraba), Jeremy Montgomery (Narrabri), Andrew Mercer (Armidale), Gary Hobday (Moree), Andrew Cullen (Coonabarabran). Coach - Alistair Fenwicke.
CENTRAL NORTH UNDER 12S: Oliver Neader, Lincoln Stewart, Sam Beer (Gunnedah), Donny Dundas, Nick Bruce, Dustin Crawley, Ben McKenna, Michael Kennedy, Henry Renshaw (Cooonabarabran), Nathan Jones, Corey Mumbulla, Nick Campbell, Gordon McNeill (Moree), Hamish Munro, Clarke Brett, Damian Reti, Sebastian Swain (Peel), Sam Carter (Quirindi), Lachlan Procter (Narrabri), Tim Burns, Alistair Baird, Kris Halloran (Barraba). Coach - David Carter.
