GROUP 4 coaches Lee Stanford and Ron Dellar will begin their Northern Division Championship preparations in Gunnedah tomorrow evening.
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Stanford (seniors) and Dellar (juniors) will conduct their first training sessions at Kitchener Park from 7pm.
Group 4 selectors have named two strong 19-man squads for the April 17 Northern Division Championships at Scully Park.
Stanford's senior squad is a young team spearheaded by former NSW residents centre Matt Hogan, North Tamworth halfback Ben Surtees and West Lions prop Brad McManus.
Hogan, who is captain-coach of the Wee Waa Panthers, has been picked at lock and is one of four Panthers in the side.
McManus is one of four West Lions in the squad and Surtees one of three North Tamworth Bears.
Werris Creek stalwart Dellar is delighted with his junior team.
"It's a very strong squad," Dellar said Sunday night.
"I'm happy with that."
He said Moree's Matty Marshall and Aaron Robinson deserved selection after impressing in the trials at Scully Park 2 on Sunday.
Coonabarabran prop Michael Starr and North Tamworth front-rower Brad Marshall spearhead the side with Coonabarabran backrowers Joab Hull and Luke Cox giving the side plenty of strength.
Six Coonabarabran Unicorns have made the side while North Tamworth supplies five of the squad.
JUNIORS: 1 Heath Falkenmire (North), 2 Michael Beattie (West Lions), 3 Aaron Robinson (Moree), 4 Chris Vidler (North), 5 Mitch McPherson (Coonabarabran), 6 Simon Allen (West), 7 Abel Carney (North), 8 Michael Starr (Coona), 9 Josh Schmiedel (North), 10 Brad Marshall (North), 11 Joab Hull (Coona), 12 Brendan Fox (Wee Waa), 13 Luke Cox (Coona), 14 Dylan Crawley (Coona), 15 Darren McGregor (Moree), 16 Aaron Resch (Coona), 17 Anthony Perrett (Gunnedah), 18 Josh Trindall (Wee Waa), 19 Matty Marshall (Moree). Coach Ron Dellar (Werris Creek).
SENIORS: 1 Ben Russell (Wee Waa), 2 Andrew Loveday (Wests), 3 Luke Taylor (Norths), 4 Graham Smallwood (Wee Waa), 5 Luke Raveneau (Moree), 6 Jade Porter (Moree), 7 Ben Surtees (Norths), 8 Brad McManus (Wests), 9 Aaron Mitchell (Norths), 10 Michael Considine (Wests), 11 Josh Ryan (Narrabri), 12 Brad Smith (Gunnedah), 13 Matt Hogan (Wee Waa), 14 Marshall Barker (Werris Creek), 15 Alex Barker (Moree), 16 Nathan Hamlin (Wests), 17 Daniel Wilson (Werris Creek), 18 Wade Mallinson (Wee Waa), 19 Matt Sheridan (Gunnedah). Coach - Lee Stanford (Wee Waa).
