2016 Canberra Raiders junior representatives

[The Greenhouse]

15 to go TRY RAIDERS Under the posts to winger Jedidiah Simbiken, converted by hooker Sam Finnegan.

WSAS 12-6

[The Greenhouse]

8 to go first half in SG Ball, Raiders showing much more in attack. Grubber to the in goal forces a line drop out on WSAS.

[The Greenhouse]

7 to go first half TRY RAIDERS to Sato Ketia Opo, he hits the post, swivels and goes over. He converts his own try.

Raiders 12
WSAS

[The Greenhouse]

1 to go to half time TRY RAIDERS to Sato Keita Opo, again beside the post. He converts his own try.

HALF TIME

Canberra Raiders 18
WSAS 12

[The Greenhouse]

Teams back for the second half. Raiders kick off.

[The Greenhouse]

31 to go second half TRY RAIDERS Fantastic long range try from Sebastian Kris. This player is something special. Sato Ketia Opop converts from in front.

Raiders 24-12

[The Greenhouse]

29 to go Mark down this name... Prop Tevita Fehoko. Wrecking ball. Just left a WSAS player on the ground in his wake, running through players.

[The Greenhouse]

25 to go WSAS held up over the twice and the Raiders hold them out. Great tackle on the last from centre Mathew Lyons.

[The Greenhouse]

23 to go first half Raiders nearly go over, but the last pass to Fehoko is ruled forward.

[The Greenhouse]

Head coach Ricky Stuart in attendance this afternoon.

[The Greenhouse]

20 to go second half Raiders dominating at the moment, but last pass errors are costing them. Drinks break, as Raiders penalised for late tackle. 32C in the shade at the moment.

[The Greenhouse]

17 to go TRY RAIDERS to Jedidiah Simbiken, he steals the ball, and runs 30m to score under the posts. Sato Keita Opo converts. Double for Simiken.

Raiders 30-12

[The Greenhouse]

13 to go second half TRY RAIDERS to hooker Sam Finnegan. Just reaches out and plants it from close to the line. No conversion.

Raiders 34-12

[The Greenhouse]

4 to go second half TRY RAIDERS to hooker Sam Finnegan, a break from the scrum base, and he goes under the posts. His second for the afternoon. Comprehensive in the end. Sato Ketia Opo converted the try.

Raiders 40-12

[The Greenhouse]

FULL TIME

Canberra Raiders 40
WSAS 12

Canberra Raiders 40
Tries: S Ketia Opo 2, J Simbiken 2, S Kris, S Finnegan 2
Goals: S Finnegan 1, S Ketia Opo 5
Western Sydney Academy of Sport 12
Tries: A Myles, H Godfrey
Goals: B Hands 2

[ALX22]

Hopefully no serious injuries in the HM squad this early in the season.

Great result for SG Ball team.

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SG Ball and Harold Matthews round one results

Canberra Raiders SG Ball coach Dean Souter was pleased with his side's big Round 1 win on Saturday.

"We started slowly on the weekend and ended up 12 nil behind in the first 15 minutes. This obviously wasn’t the start we wanted but the team re-grouped and got down to business. The team led at the break 18-12 in a gritty display to get the game back under their control," Souter said.

"The second half demonstrated what the boys can accomplish when they stay on point and players do their job. Each individual knowing what their role is on field is key to the team making progress and getting good outcomes.

Harold Matthews
Canberra 12 (J Church 3 tries) drew WSAS 12 (A Vaiotu, L Heku tries; Z Duclos 2 goals)

SG Ball
Canberra 40 (S Finnegan 2, S Ketia-Opo 2, J Simbiken 2, S Kris tries; Ketia-Opo 5 goals) bt WSAS 12 (A Myles, S Taufua tries; B Hands 2 goals)

Round Two

SG Ball: Perth v Canberra, Curtin University, Saturday 20 February 2016 11.00 am
Harold Matthews: SWSAS v Canberra, Kirkham Oval, Saturday 20 February 2015 1.30 pm

Read more: http://www.raiders.com.au/news/2016/02/ ... e_res.html

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Photos: SG Ball and Harold Matthews round one: http://www.raiders.com.au/news/2016/02/ ... and_h.html

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2016 Junior Representatives Round 2: Canberra Raiders V SWSAS and Perth

Harold Matthews

SWSAS v Canberra
Kirkham Oval, Saturday 20 February
1:30pm

SWSAS 1 HENDERSON GODFERY 2 THOMAS LOFTS 22 ISAIA TONE 4 SIONE TAUFA 5 KALLUM MACKAY 6 COREY MATTHEWS 7 BRENDAN HANDS 8 HARRISON LEONARD 9 PJ TEVAGA-VAIGALEPA 10 HENRY NAFOI 11 ALEXANDER MYLES 12 JOHN KAUFUSI 25 JAKE GILLETT-GOW 24 SAMSON KERR 15 JOSHUA BROMHMBAL 16 NATHAN WILKINS 17 MENI LUKE

CANBERRA 1 JACOB CHURCH 2 AUSTIN MCDOUGALL 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 WAYNE PARKER 17 LOUIS JANG 18 TATE BROOKE 19 CHARLIE WOOLFORD 20 BRAYDEN ROBERTSON 21 SOLOMONE KAUFUSI 22 TREMAYNE CHATFIELD 23 MITCHELL ATKINSON 24 BRENDAN SALTNER COACH ADAM KYLE

SG Ball

Perth v Canberra
Curtin University, Saturday 20 February
11:00am

PERTH 1 CURTIS DANSEY SMALLER 2 CAMERON GRIMES-BRAY 3 SIAILAOA FAAFUA 4 CHRISTIAN SMITH 5 BRYCE MCROBERT 6 BAYLEY GILL 7 KYLE TUKAPUA 8 TAIAPA GRAHAM 9 FLETCHER HARROLD 10 DAMIAN DARLINGTON 11 BRANDON WRIGHT 12 MARCELL KAUTAI 13 JESSE DAY 14 SIMON TABAKANACA 15 PAYDEN PORTER 16 MALAKAI CHAN BOON 17 WILL FINAU 18 JOSHUA BROUGHTON-SPARK COACH RYAN GUNDRY

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 9 SAM FINNEGAN 10 TIM MERRITT 17 DYLAN CLARK 12 SHARMAH SCHMIDT 13 DAN KEIR 23 JESSE DENT 15 JACK BASTICK 16 FRANCIS-SOAKAI TAI 24 LAZARUS VALEEPU 18 LUKE BURTON 19 TOM WILLIAMS 12 JAKE NOTARAS 21 DUSTIN LITSTER 22 KEINAN GROGAN 23 QUINLYN CANNON 10 JACOB FIELD

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I'm going to give a few tips for players to watch:

Jacob Church: scored three tries in Round 1. Obvious. ****
Louis Jang: Off the bench, he tried hard.

Jedidiah Simbiken: He's been a talented player to watch for a while.
Sebastian Kris: If this bloke ends up at the Broncos I'm going to be upset. ****
Tevita Fehoko: He left an opposition player on the ground just running through in attack last weekend. We have a new Tevita coming through the ranks to believe in. ****
Sato Ketia Opo: He was a pretty smart five eighth, used some tricks, like using the goal posts to score two tries.
Sam Finnegan: Smart hooker.

**** Absolute stand outs.

[reptar]

I'm going to give a few tips for players to watch:

Jacob Church: scored three tries in Round 1. Obvious. ****
Louis Jang: Off the bench, he tried hard.

Jedidiah Simbiken: He's been a talented player to watch for a while.
Sebastian Kris: If this bloke ends up at the Broncos I'm going to be upset. ****
Tevita Fehoko: He left an opposition player on the ground just running through in attack last weekend. We have a new Tevita coming through the ranks to believe in. ****
Sato Ketia Opo: He was a pretty smart five eighth, used some tricks, like using the goal posts to score two tries.
Sam Finnegan: Smart hooker.

**** Absolute stand outs.

I thought that was the forum software censoring you!

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Round 2: Junior Reps Preview

The Canberra Raiders Junior representative teams will play on either sides of the country this weekend, when they take to the field for round two action in the Harold Matthews Cup and SG Ball Cup competitions.

The Raiders Harold Matthews Cup team (Under 16’s) are coming off a 12-12 draw against the Western Sydney Academy and will face the South Western Sydney Academy of Sport this weekend in a bid to register their first win of the season at Kirkham Oval in Sydney.

“This week we have really been focusing on our own performances. Our defence effort last week against WSAS was excellent. But our error rate was not good,” Harold Matthews coach Adam Kyle said. “We know SWAS will be ready to play this Saturday and if we don’t respect the ball and the opponent it will be a tough game for us.

Read more: http://www.raiders.com.au/news/2016/02/ ... reps_.html

[ALX22]

Nice highlights of the tries from Church in HM. Stocky centre.

Not sure how anyone could have stopped that 'brute' from WSAS though...

Harold Matthews Round 1: http://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2016/02/18 ... ld_ma.html

SG Ball Round 1: http://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2016/02/18 ... all_r.html

[The Greenhouse]

Harold Matthews

HALF TIME
Canberra Raiders 28
SWSAS 0

[The Greenhouse]

Harold Matthews

FULL TIME

Canberra Raiders 62
SWSAS 0

SG Ball

HALF TIME

Canberra Raiders 36
West Coast Pirates 0

[ALX22]

Feel sorry for SWSAS.

Good to see a spread of try scorers.

[greeneyed]

Harold Matthews ladder after Round 2.

[The Greenhouse]

SG Ball

51st min

Canberra Raiders 42
West Coast Pirates 8

[The Greenhouse]

SG Ball FT

Canberra Raiders 42
West Coast Pirates 8

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SG Ball ladder after Round 2

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SG Ball and Harold Matthews round two results

Harold Matthews notched their first win of the year, after being held to a 12 all draw last weekend.

"We went into this match really confident after our round one draw, and knew that if we fixed our errors we would be a lot more competitive. We worked really hard last week on playing what’s in front of us and staying composed. This reflected really well in the game against SWAS as our error count was really low," coach Adam Kyle said.

"More than the points we scored I was really happy to walk away without conceding any points. Our defence at stages of the game was excellent we kept pushing hard for each other to make sure we kept SWAS scoreless."

Harold Matthews

Canberra 62 (J Church 2, T Chatfield 2, H Smith-Shields 2, J Roberts 2, K Tanesi, T Peters, T Brooke tries; K Jensen 9 goals) def SWSAS 0

SG Ball

Canberra 42 (A Niko 2, S Kris 2, D Spencer, S Ketia-Opo, J Bastick tries; Ketia-Opo 5, S Finnegan 2 goals) def Perth 8 (S Faafua, P Porter tries)

Read more: http://www.raiders.com.au/news/2016/02/ ... old_m.html

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2016 Junior Representatives: Round 3 Canberra Raiders V Manly Sea Eagles

Harold Matthews
Brookvale Oval, Saturday 27 February 2016, 12:30pm
Referees: Tom Cambourn; Sideline Officials: Luke Burton, Christopher Catlin

Manly Sea Eagles

1. Albert Hopoate 2. Tom Latu 3. Amarni Biddle 4. Max Lehmann 5. Simione Afeaki 6. Tremaine Terzius 7. Harry Wilson 8. Keith Titmuss 9. Freddy Lussick 10. Ben Collins 11. Joshua Fepuleai 12. Sean Vaivelata 13. Tom Hardcastle

14. Daniel Ala 15. Michael Hughes 16. Lennox Whittaker 17. Joshua Schuester 18. Dante Sa

Canberra Raiders

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 Jenson

14. Angus Marshall 15. Tyler Peters 16. Tate Brooke 17. Louis Jang 18. Solomone Kaufusi

SG Ball
Brookvale Oval, Saturday 27 February 2016, 2:00pm
Referees: Bradley Kiehne; Sideline Officials: Andrew Gilchrist, Micheal Ford

Manly Sea Eagles

1. Luke Poiselli 2. Bill Benjamin 3. Bonny Hopoate 4. Tevita Funa 5. Pulonga Kavaefiafi 6. Nase Fainu 7. Cade Cust 8. Jaiden Tarrant 9. Dion Solaese 10. John Tuivaii 11. Kane Mcquiggin 12. Eddy Fry 13. Bryden Ramien

14. Sam Verrills 15. Tom Van Bokhoven 16. Fred Sioni 17. Lachlan Navale 18. Jack Ongosia 19. Inoke Fakai

Canberra Raiders

1. Andre Niko 2. Jedidiah Simbiken 3. Sebastian Kris 4. Matthew 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. Thomas Williams 21. Dustin Litster

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VIDEO: Round 2 SG Ball and Harold Matthews highlights

Harold Matthews highlights: http://www.nswrl.com.au/content/nswrl/c ... ld_ma.html
SG Ball highlights: http://www.nswrl.com.au/content/nswrl/c ... all_r.html

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Round 3: Junior Reps Preview

The Canberra Raiders junior representatives teams will both face a tough test this weekend, taking on the Manly Sea Eagles at Brookvale Oval.

"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," Harold Matthews coach Adam 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."

Read more: http://www.raiders.com.au/content/raide ... reps_.html

[ALX22]

Have to shut down Lehmann in HM.

Ketia-Opo v Cust in SG Ball. Who ever comes out on top, that side should win.