Eleven of Orange’s best under 18s players will line up for Group 10 when the blue and whites tackle Group 11 at the Western divisional trials at Parkes next weekend.
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CYMS stars Mitch Leonard, Lincoln Monk, Ethan Kennedy and Josh Board will appear in Group 10’s backline while giant green and golds prop Will Cusack and wrecking ball backrower Tyrone Harrison bolster the representative pack.
Hawks forwards Elijah Taylor and Zac Cook completed an all-Orange backrow in the Group 10 side, while Talon Hodge (Hawks), Blaik O’Neil (Hawks) and Nathan Swain (CYMS) will appear off the bench.
Group 10 takes on Woodbridge Cup in game one next Saturday at Jock Colley Oval, Parkes, a win ensuring a place in the final at 2pm.
Group 11 takes on a combined Castlereagh-Barwon Darling under 18s outfit, with the winner of that clash also progressing through to the final.
Group 10 is expected to finalise its senior under 23s and league tag representative outfits over the weekend.
GROUP 10: 1 Mitch Leonard (Orange CYMS), 2 Lincoln Monk (Orange CYMS), 3 Ty Simmons (Oberon), 4 Ethan Kennedy (Orange CYMS), 5 Michael Latu (Bathurst Panthers), 6 Nick Tilburg (Bathurst Panthers), 7 Josh Board (Orange CYMS), 8 Luke Bain (Bathurst St Pat’s), 9 Blake Ryan (Oberon), 10 Will Cusack (Orange CYMS), 11 Tyrone Harrison (Orange CYMS), 12 Zac Cook (Orange Hawks), 13 Elijah Smyth (Orange Hawks); Bench: 14 Tom Burke (Mudgee), 15 Nathan Swain (Orange CYMS), 16 Talon Hodge (Orange Hawks), 17 Blaik O’Neil (Orange Hawks), 18 Jarrod Cooper (Mudgee), 19 Kurt Johnston (Cowra).