Reece Davidson in action against Cronulla Caringbah last week

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De la Salle's Junior player of the year in 2007 Reece Davidson was today selected to play for NSW CHS under 15's to play in the Australian Schoolboys Championships next month in Brisbane.

Reece will join his De la Salle Under 15A team mate Zac Wederswieler at the Australian Secondary School Rugby League National Championships to be played at Kougari Oval, Wynnum in Brisbane starting on Sunday 29 th June.

Congratulations to both local Cronulla Juniors Reece & Zac, the whole Shire wishes both of you all the best & hammer those Queensland boyz.

Congratulation also to Zac Wedesweiler for being chosen to represent the NSW CCC in the Under 15's Rugby League squad to play in Brisbane at the Australian Schoolboys Championships in a couple of weeks.

Zac, was one of plenty who didn't play in the game against Gymea was selected for NSW CCC today after 2 days of intense footy against the best players in the Catholic Schools around all of NSW.

Congratulations to the local boys who were selected to play in the NSW CHS Under 18's.

Jacob Denford from Engadine HS plays for the Dragons & was the Sharks SG Ball player of the year along with fellow Sharkie Blake Feruson from Endeavour SHS, Blake has had a go in the elite Toyota Cup and is also having a ripper of a season.

De La Salle Vs Cronulla Caringbah Under 15A's Rnd 7 2008 (Photo : ourfooty media)
Cronulla Caringbah	28 - 12	DE LA SALLE
TRIES : Michael Lichaa 1, Luke Brown 1, Michael Lichaa 1, Cameron Paddy, Stacey Morrel 1 GOALS : Lichaa 2		TRIES : Reece Davidson, Rory Hood, Speer GOALS : Luke Manahan
UNDER 15A'S LOCKER ROOM

The game got off to a quick start with De La taking advantage of a Cronulla mistake they regathered the ball and made it look easy down the clubhouse side to scoring in the corner.

Luke Manahan missed the conversion. 4-0 Cronulla’s Michael Lichaa put the “kick off” right up in the air and it carried with the wind ending up over the dead ball line.

Soon after Cronulla’s utility forward Luke Brown who is pushing for a development squad jersey got a nice overlap and shoved his way over for a try. Michael got the conversion.

6-4 The next try was all De La’s fast talking Rory Hood who took a moment off from directing traffic to steal a brilliant intercept and score under the posts. Luke Manahan potted it over for a 10-6 lead.

Possession is key and Cronulla were soon back into it with some good ball down on De La’s line to for Cronulla struck back soon after with a barging run by big Tokerau Raru “Toks” to score almost right under the posts.. Michael kicked the conversion 12-10 for Cronulla.

It wasn’t all straight shooting for Cronulla who got the “wobbly” boot and started dropping balls and making some fundamental errors which let De La have 3 sets of six on their line.

Reece Davidson smashed through a hit from Joseph to score near the posts. Luke hit the posts on the conversion attempt but it bounced away. 14 – 12 De La’s way.

The second half seemed to be a different game with Cronulla Caringbah forwards winning the war in and around the ruck. Big “Toks” made ground up the middle as did the smaller but no less enthusiastic Jeremy Saville.

Michael threw a great “dummy” which left the De La defence saying “where did he go “and scored. 18-14
Cameron Paddy did the same zipping through the gap to score shortly after and capped off a really good game from the little “General” 22-14

Cronulla’s had the bulk of the possession in the 2nd half and they converted it into points however Big Zach Wedersveiler didn’t give up and make some great yards up the middle of the Cronulla pack.

De La threatened Cronulla line on a number of occasions with Jackson Clarke making a break.

The Cronulla defence hung in despite Nick Radcliffe doing all he could for De La and showing why he is a form player this year.

Luke Manahan was seeing stars after a hard collision with the powerful running Rea Pittman and Stacey Morrel showed great pace to score a nice one in the corner. Michael Lichaa continued his great form from the sideline with a last minute wind change carrying the ball back inside the sticks.

28-14 There’s no love lost between these two teams.

It’s a bit of a “State of Origin” affair but it’s good to see the boys shake hands and wish each other well after the game. The De La boys were vanquished today but the look in their eye said “we’ll get you next time”

The victorious Cronulla Caringbah team left feeling a little chuffed with a hard fought victory under the belt.

Cheeza scores a good long range try off a slick Ringy pass (Photo ani : ourfooty media) PHOTO GALLERIES

Dion Beattie puts a good hit on Michael Morris

ROUND 6 UPDATE
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Captain Cook oval was again the center of attention with a coupe of fantantic games of under 15's rugby league.

De La Salle u 15'b (2) have been a team on the move, saturday they faced Gymea who put a bit of a scare into the competition leaders De La side last week missing taking home the game by only 1 point, was it that little sneak Ellis that popped a filed goal, De La (2) bravely fought back from a 2 tries down with 2 great team tries to level the scores at the later stages of the game.

Gymea however were good enough to control the game and put on the winning tries, well done to both of these team.

The much vaunted De La Salle U15a's played the much improved Engadine Dragons.

The Dragons turned up to Capt Cook oval with the eye of the tiger in them, wow, what a display we saw from the Engadine boys.

Engadine play very well against De La & combined well with a simple game plan that is deadly, close down the De La halves, restrict the ball getting to the De La forwards, then their speedy backs don't come into the equation at all. This doesn't allow the De La backs into the game.. LEARN MORE

Cheeza scores a good long range try off a slick Ringy pass (Photo ani : ourfooty media) PHOTO GALLERIES

Dion Beattie puts a good hit on Michael Morris

ROUND 6 UPDATE
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Captain Cook oval was again the center of attention with a coupe of fantantic games of under 15's rugby league.

De La Salle u 15'b (2) have been a team on the move, saturday they faced Gymea who put a bit of a scare into the competition leaders De La side last week missing taking home the game by only 1 point, was it that little sneak Ellis that popped a filed goal, De La (2) bravely fought back from a 2 tries down with 2 great team tries to level the scores at the later stages of the game.

Gymea however were good enough to control the game and put on the winning tries, well done to both of these team.

The much vaunted De La Salle U15a's played the much improved Engadine Dragons.

The Dragons turned up to Capt Cook oval with the eye of the tiger in them, wow, what a display we saw from the Engadine boys.

Engadine play very well against De La & combined well with a simple game plan that is deadly, close down the De La halves, restrict the ball getting to the De La forwards, then their speedy backs don't come into the equation at all. This doesn't allow the De La backs into the game.. LEARN MORE

Cameron Paddy, the little general - Gymea Vs Cronulla U15 A's Rnd 5 (photo : ourfooty media) PHOTO'S

HALF TIME 4 - 0 Top Tacklers CC : Michael Lichaa 25, Clinton Strickland 19, Jeremy Saville 19

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Every game has 2 halves, in this one they were completely different!

The first half continued a pattern of drop balls allowing field position, possession and an easy try to the Gymea Gorillas who played smart, simple footy to be in the lead at half time. Gymea’s Jack Somerfield consistently put the ball down into the far end of the Cronulla’s half putting pressure on them and forcing them to run it out.

No. 8 for Gymea and their fullback did some good tackling. With No. 1 making a good run past about three Cronulla defenders.

Rea Pittman made a great return from Mathews Cup with strong line breaks throughout the entire game.

Strong words from coach Joe Lichaa at second half saw an invigorated Cronulla Caringbah side take the field. Joseph Drinkwater answered the call with an awesome run through the middle of the Gymea defence to put it down under the posts. Michael Lichaa popped the conversion over.

This seemed to be the tipping point in the game and from here on in it was one way traffic as Michael put Stacey Morrel into a gap and he scored in the corner.

Michael kicked a cracker conversion from the sideline.

Cronulla’s defence muscled up with Clinton Strickland, Michael , Scott Sorenson, Luke Brown, Jeremy Saville all outstanding, at times driving Gymea backwards. Stacey got another try in the corner and Michael kicked it again. Jeremy scored a great individual “palm off” try in the corner.

Gymea showed plenty of promise though in the first half with good inside passes, strong runs and good steady football but couldn’t keep up the pace for the whole game.

CONGRATULATION TO : Penrith Panthers 2008 Minor Premiers ( Photo : ourfooty media)
HAROLD MATTHEWS CUP
Cronulla Sharks	6 - 62	Penrith Panthers
TRIES : Hasson GOALS : Hasson		TRIES : Pepa 3, Eisenhuth 2, Nanai, Alone, South, Carl, Losesio GOALS : Seijka 7
| MATTY'S CUP PHOTO'S | SG BALL PHOTO'S |

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The Penrith Panthers are the 2008 Harold Matthews Cup minor premiers after defeating the Cronulla Sharks today at Toyota Park.

Penrith are an awesome football team, they are big, fast, strong & no one has been able to beat them all year.

The Sharks competed very well for the first half, and scored 1st when talented center James Hasson crashed over with in 3 or 4 minutes, then coverted his own try, Sharks were in front for a minute.

The Panthers got into gear then all of a sudden it was half time, at the break the score was 6 - 26 and although the Panthers were in front, the Sharks were not realy out of the game.

The Panthers came out in the second half and gave everyone at Shark Park a football lesson, it was great to watch the Panthers support each other every time the ball moved.

With Penrith forwards unloading to running players, the Sharks were working over time just to stay on side.

Sharks score a try in last weeks home game against the Knights

The Sharks won the game 32 - 24 to be only 1 competition point from the finals action of the top eight with next week being the last home & away games before the finals begin in 2 weeks.

Check the Cronulla Sharks website for the match report, it should be a beauty.

MENAI ROOSTERS HAVE SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT
The Menai Roosters, last years 14B Champions have put their first points on the board in the A grade comp this week win a convincing win against Aquinas Colts. Well done the Roosters.

EAST SYDNEY SELECTIONS
Congratulations to those players picked in the East Sydney Under 15's and Under 18.