GROUP 10 TEAM LISTS | Two blues, Bathurst clubs forced to take half measures | Central Western Daily

BACK IN BLUE: Orange Hawks are battling injuries at the moment, but welcome back star half Matt Boss, which shifts Alex Prout (left) back to hooker. Photo: CARLA FREEDMAN

ROUND EIGHT

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SUNDAY, May 2

MUDGEE DRAGONS VERSUS ORANGE CYMS

At Glen Willow, Mudgee premier league kick-off at 2.15pm (under 18s league tag kick-off at 9.30am):

DRAGONS: 1 Tom Lawson, 2 Jared Robinson, 3 Corin Smith, 4 Lee Hicks, 5 Harrison Maynard, 6 Jack Littlejohn, 7 Tim Condon, 8 Chanse Burgess, 9 Jack Beasley, 10 Aiden Woods, 11 Luke Moody, 12 Nick Willson, 13 Casey Burgess; Bench: 14 Sebastian Flack, 15 Jayden Brown, 16 Nick Harvey, 17 Ben Thompson.

COACH: Jack Littlejohn.

CYMS: 1 Lachie Munro, 2 Tyrell Charters, 3 Dom Maley, 4 Robbie Mortimer, 5 Jacob Sutherland, 6 Ben McAlpine, 7 Luke Petrie, 8 Cam Jones, 9 Ryan Griffin, 10 Joe Duffy, 11 Kain Earsman, 12 Ethan Bereyne, 13 Tim Mortimer; Bench: 14 Joseph Ualesi.

COACH: Dom Maley.

BLAYNEY BEARS VERSUS OBERON TIGERS

At King George Oval, Blayney, kick-off kick-off 1.40pm (league tag kick-off at 10am):

BEARS: 1 Carter Hirini, 2 Nelson Daplin, 3 Chris Shephard, 4 Ricky Scott, 5 Steve Nean, 6 Kurt Fuller, 7 Steve Lane, 8 Travis Waninara, 9 Michael Toohey, 10 Jade Hooper, 11 Rowan Hopping, 12 Robert Lane, 13 Joey Hobby; Bench: 14 Leigh Monaghan, 15 Ryley Oborn.

COACH: Ben McKenna.

TIGERS: 1 Jackson Brien, 2 Tye Siakisoni, 3 Abel Lefaouseu, 4 Jayden Fagg, 5 Zane Rowlandson, 6 Farren Lamb, 7 Matt Ranse, 8 Luke Christie-Johnston, 9 Richie Peckham, 10 Josh Starling, 11 Jake Dawe, 12 Andy Adams, 13 Blake Fitzpatrick; Bench: 14 Blake Ryan, 15 Ty-Lee Simmonds, 16 Lochie Gilmore, 17 Darryl Farrell.

COACH: Josh Starling.

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ORANGE HAWKS VERSUS BATHURST ST PAT'S

At Wade Park, Orange premier league kick-off 2.30pm (under 18s league tag kick-off at 10am):

HAWKS: 1 Duncan Young, 2 Eman Rodriguez, 3 Lawrence Fogg, 4 Jack Aumuller, 5 James Carr, 6 Willie Heta, 7 Matt Boss, 8 Ethan McKellar, 9 Alex Prout, 10 Sam Coyte, 11 Rakai Tuheke, 12 Talon Hodge, 13 Nathan Potts; Bench: 14 Brett Morgan, 15 Matt Foliaki, 16 Ethan Monk, 17 Tom Blimka.

COACH: Willie Heta.

ST PAT'S: 1 Mick Latu, 2 Adam Booth, 3 Chris Kirby, 4 Mitch Squires, 5 Adam Morton, 6 Garry Reilly, 7 Tom Clyburn, 8 McCoy White, 9 Hudson White, 10 Jack Mackey, 11 Traie Merritt, 12 Mick Godfrey, 13 Mick Hawkings; Bench: 14 Dave Sellers, 15 Harrison Jones.

THIS WAY: Luke Branighan will be joined on the sidelines by Tim Holman for this weekend's trip to Orange. Photo: PHIL BLATCH

COACH: Luke Branighan.

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COWRA MAGPIES VERSUS BATHURST PANTHERS

At Sid Kallas Oval, Cowra, premier league kick-off at 1.40pm (league tag kick-off at 10am):

MAGPIES: 1 Lee McClintock, 2 Caley Mok, 3 Bradyn Cassidy, 4 Warren Williams, 5 Zac Browne, 6 Jack Nobes, 7 Joseph Bugg, 8 Lewis Dwyer, 9 Logan Harris, 10 Blake Tidswell, 11 Toby Apps, 12 Jay McClintock, 13 Ronald Lawrence; Bench: 15 Jack Grant, 16 Will Ingram, 17 Brendan Tidswell.

COACH: Kurt Hancock.

PANTHERS: 1 Josh Rivett, 2 Louis Murphy, 3 Blake Lawson, 4 Kevin Murray, 5 Josh Small, 6 TBA, 7 Doug Hewitt, 8 Brent Seager, 9 Nick Loader, 10 James Higgins, 11 Jack Siejka, 12 Kara Rotarangi, 13 Jake Betts; Bench: 14 TBA, 15 Jed Betts, 17 TBA, 20 Jarrod Seager.

COACH: Doug Hewitt.

STATE OF ORIGIN: Jack Wighton's journey from Bloomfield, to Group 10, to Country and then NSW rep