The Canberra Raiders junior representative teams will travel to Sydney this weekend for games against the North Sydney Bears. Both teams are desperate for wins to ensure they are in the mix for finals football, with only three rounds of the season remaining.
Harold Matthews
North Sydney Bears v Canberra Raiders
New Era Stadium, Saturday 26 March
2:30pm
Harold Matthews are currently in eighth place on the ladder, facing a North Sydney Bears outfit looking to secure their first win of the season.
"We just need to keep working hard on trading sets with teams. We worked really hard over pre-season on our fitness and resilience under pressure, and we did that knowing this time of the season is when that hard work will come into play," Coach Adam Kyle said.
"As a group our goal was more about making sure each performance was to the best of our ability and structure, the results would look after themselves. Nothing for us will change in the next few weeks with a finals spot on the line."
BEARS 1 TAFUNA TAUMALOLO 2 MITCHELL BARRETT 3 AARON FOGARTY 4 JOHN PANGAN 5 JONATHAN DERWIN 6 TAJ MICKLEY 7 DYLAN ATKIN 8 GEORGE TANGI 9 JIMMY HAWKINS 10 JORDAN EHSMAN 11 BILLY POLLARD 12 JOSH PADUCH 13 DARCY HARDMAN © 14 SWEZLY HONE MARUPO 15 VAUGHN EDMUNDS 16 CHARBEL YACOUB 17 ETHAN CHRISTIAN 18 SEAN BARTLETT COACH DANIEL POLLARD
RAIDERS 1 JACOB CHURCH 2 TREMAYNE CHATFIELD 3 HARLEY SMITH- SHIELDS 4 DANIEL GOODWIN 5 TRISTAN ELDRIDGE 6 LACHLAN EVESTON 7 JOHN VELOUDOS 8 MATTHEW DRAGISIC 9 JOE ROBERTS 10 TATE BROOKE 11 KALI TAISENI 12 ALEXAVIER PUNOU 13 KRISTIAN JENSEN © 14 CHARLIE WOOLFORD 15 SOLOMONE KAUFUSI 16 WAYNE PARKER 17 LOUIS JANG 18 JONAH LATU COACH ADAM KYLE
SG Ball
North Sydney Bears v Canberra Raiders
New Era Stadium, Saturday 26 March
4:00pm
SG Ball dropped out of the top eight for the first time last weekend, and will be desperate to secure a win this weekend to keep their finals aspirations on track.
"It’s not rocket science in our case to make the finals. We need to start winning again and keep on winning," Coach Dean Souter said.
"Some consistent good performances will go a long way to seeing this happen. I’m confident the team can turn their fortunes around".
BEARS 1 KENNETH KORO 2 SAMUEL DOLORES 3 ARISENTO BOU SLEIMAN 4 SEAN SABUETY 5 LUKE JEFFERY 6 NATHAN KHALIL 7 LACHLAN WILLIAMS 8 ARTHUR MELHAM 9 AYDEN CARLING 10 JACK MAGUIRE 11 CAMERON YEATES (VC) 12 SAMUEL MCGREGOR 13 LUKE HODGE © 14 HIRA RAHARAHAHA 15 MATTHEW HAMMOND 16 NATHAN ARGUE 17 JACKSON STEWART COACH MARK MCGAW
RAIDERS 1 ANDRE NIKO 2 JEDIDIAH SIMBIKEN 3 SEBASTIAN KRIS 4 MATHEW LYONS 5 DAINE SPENCER 23 JESSE DENT 7 LACHLAN COOPER 20 FRANCIS-SOKAI TAI 19 TOM WILLIAMS 24 LAZARUS VAALEPU 11 SHARMAH SCHMIDT 17 DYLAN CLARK 13 DANIEL KEIR 10 JACOB FIELD 26 KOMITI TUILAGI 16 QUINLYN CANNON 20 DUSTIN LITSTER 18 LUKE BURTON
