The Canberra Raiders junior representatives teams will both face a tough test this weekend, taking on the Manly Sea Eagles at Brookvale Oval.
The Harold Matthews (Under 16's) team are coming off a 62-0 thrashing of SWSAS, with coach Adam Kyle expecting a much tougher test this weekend against Manly.
"Manly are traditionally a very strong team, having made the semi-finals in previous years. Coming off a bye we expect them to be fresh and start the match extremely hard," Kyle said.
"The team have put together a really good week of training. The match fitness they have gained the past two weeks has really helped and I expect them the team to take their game to another level this week"
The SG Ball (Under 18's) team are looking forward to a much shorter road trip this weekend, after heading west last weekend to defeat Perth 42-8. Head coach Dean Souter expects Manly to be tough opposition coming off a bye.
"We have been preparing hard all week for the clash against Manly. Assistant SG Ball Raiders Coach Michael Robertson was on Manly's coaching staff last season and has been providing some guidance this week to the group," Souter said.
"Manly are at home and had the bye last week, so we are expecting them to be fresh and ready to go. This is a game we are looking forward to.
"That said, we have been focusing on the things we know we need to improve on no matter who we play. Our completion rate is a big focus point this week as is our hard running game."
Harold Matthews Cup
Manly vs Canberra
Brookvale Oval, Saturday 27 February
12:30pm
MANLY: 1 ALBERT HOPOATE 2 TOM LATU 3 ARMANI BIDDLE 4 MAX LEHMANN 5 SIMI AFEAKI 6 TREMAINE TERZIS 7 HARRY WILSON - CAPT 8 KEITH TITMUSS 9 FREDDY LUSSICK 10 BEN COLLINS 11 JOSHUA FEPULEAI 12 SEAN VAIVELATA 13 TOM HARDCASTLE 14 DANIEL ALA 15 MICAHEL HUGHES 16 LENNOX WHITTAKER 17 JOSHUA SCHUSTER 18 DANTE SA
CANBERRA: 1 JACOB CHURCH 2 TREMAYNE CHATFIELD 3 HARLEY SMITH- SHIELDS 4 DANIEL GOODWIN 5 KAYNE LAUNDESS 6 LACHLAN EVESTON 7 JOHN VELOUDOS 8 MATTHEW DRAGISIC 9 JOE ROBERTS 10 ALEXAVIER PUNOU 11 KALI TANESI 12 JONAH LATU 13 KRISTIAN JENSEN © 14 GUS MARSHALL 15 TYLER PETERS 16 TATE BROOKE 17 LOUIS JANG 18 SOLOMONE KAUFUSI COACH ADAM KYLE
SG BALL CUP
Manly v Canberra
Brookvale Oval, Saturday 27 February
2pm
MANLY 1 LUKE POLSELLI 2 BILL BENJAMIN 3 JOHN HOPOATE CAPT 4 TEVITA FUNA 5 PULONGA KAVAEFIAFI 6 MANASE FAINU 7 CADE CUST 8 JAIDEN TARRANT 9 DION SOLAESE 10 JOHN TUIVAITI 11 KANE MCQUIGGIN 12 EDDY FRY 13 BRYDEN RAMIEN 14 SAM VERRILLS 15 TOM VAN BOKHOVEN 16 FREDDI SIONI 17 LACHLAN NAVALE 18 JACK ONGOSIA 19 INOKE FAKAI
CANBERRA 1 ANDRE NIKO 2 JEDIDIAH SIMBIKEN 3 SEBASTIAN KRIS 4 MATHEW LYONS 5 DAINE SPENCER 6 SATO KETIA-OPO 7 LACHLAN COOPER 8 TEVITA FEHOKO 23 JESSE DENT 15 JACK BASTICK 11 SHARMAH SCHMIDT 17 DYLAN CLARK 13 DANIEL KEIR 14 TIM MERRITT 18 LUKE BURTON 24 LAZARUS VAALEPU 19 TOM WILLIAMS 21 DUSTIN LITSTER COACH DEAN SOUTER
