Four local Sharks products, all contracted with the club and members of the Holden Cup under 20’s squad, have been selected in the Australian Schoolboys team to tour the UK.
The four, Connor Tracey, Jayden Walker, Jayden Brailey and Ash Nisbet, were chosen following the national schoolboys championships in Darwin which concluded yesterday.
Brailey and Nisbet were both members of the NSW Combined Catholic Colleges team which went through the championship undefeated, winning the final against NSW Combined High Schools.
The pair both play out of the Aquinas Colt club, played in the Sharks SG Ball side in 2014 and are now in the Sharks under 20’s squad. Brailey attends Aquinas College in Menai, while Nisbet is at St Gregory’s at Campbelltown.
Brailey is a hooker in the Sharks NYC squad, Nisbet a back rower, with both having seen some game time in the Under 20’s so far this season.
As for the CHS boys, Tracey, a half back from the De La Salle club and a student at Woolooware High School, was named most valuable player of the series for NSW CHS, while Endeavour Sports High student Walker is a hard running back rower and another from De La Salle club.
Also making the Australian team was Keenan Yorston, a 17-year-old centre from Wavell High in Brisbane who has signed on to join the Sharks next season.
The four Sharks are expected to play a significant role with the Sharks Under 20’s for the remainder of the season, while Yorston will join the Cronulla club in 2015.
The complete Australian Schoolboys team, which tours the UK in November, is as follows;
1 |
NSW CHS 13 |
Tom AMONE |
The Hills Sports High School, Seven Hills |
2 |
NSW CCC 9 |
Jayden BRAILEY |
Aquinas Catholic College, Menai |
3 |
NSW CCC 18 |
Nat BUTCHER |
Marcellin College, Randwick |
4 |
NSW CCC 20 |
Oliver CLARK |
Terra Sancta College, Schofields |
5 |
NSW CCC 7 |
Jack COGGER |
Mackillop Catholic College, Warnervale |
6 |
NSW CCC 4 |
Tevita COTTRELL |
Patrician Brothers’ College, Blacktown |
7 |
NSW CCC 11 |
Tyrell FUIMAONO |
Patrician Brothers’ College, Blacktown |
8 |
Queensland 2 |
Gideon GELA |
Kirwan State High School, Townsville |
9 |
Queensland 11 |
Regan GRIEVE |
Kirwan State High School, Townsville |
10 |
Queensland 15 |
Keegan HIPGRAVE |
Palm Beach Currumbin State High School, Gold Coast |
11 |
NSW CCC 10 |
Jacob HOST |
De La Salle College, Revesby Heights |
12 |
NSW CCC 3 |
Robert JENNINGS |
Patrician Brothers’ College, Blacktown |
13 |
NSW CCC 6 |
Brock LAMB |
All Saints – St Marys Campus, Maitland |
14 |
NSW CHS 11 |
Luciano LEILUA |
Endeavour Sports High School, Caringbah |
15 |
NSW CHS 17 |
Jacob LIDDLE |
Wadalba High School, Wadalba |
16 |
NSW CCC 1 |
Latrell MITCHELL |
Champagnat College, Pagewood |
17 |
NSW CCC 12 |
Ashleigh NISBET |
St Gregory’s College, Campbelltown |
18 |
NSW CHS 5 |
John OLIVE |
Endeavour Sports High School, Caringbah |
19 |
NSW CCC 19 |
Braden ROBSON |
St Francis Xaviers College, Hamilton |
20 |
NSW CHS 10 |
Hame SELE |
Kingsgrove High School, Kingsgrove |
21 |
NSW CCC 13 |
Bailey SIRONEN |
Holy Cross College, Ryde |
22 |
NSW CHS 7 |
Connor TRACEY |
Woolooware High School, Woolooware |
23 |
NSW CHS 12 |
Jayden WALKER |
Endeavour Sports High School, Caringbah |
24 |
Queensland 4 |
Keenan YORSTON |
Wavell State High School, Brisbane |
Photo - from left - Ash Nisbet, Connor Tracey, Jayden Walker, Jayden Brailey
