The Canberra Raiders junior representative teams will return to Raiders Belconnen on Saturday, for the penultimate round of the Harold Matthews and SG Ball competitions.
Harold Matthews - Canberra Raiders v Penrith Panthers
Raiders Belconnen, Saturday 2 April
12:30pm
The Raiders Harold Matthews team is currently sitting in sixth place on the ladder, one point ahead of the Panthers who are in eighth. With the ladder extremely congested, the Raiders will be desperate to come away with the win to stay in finals contention.
"This week we have really tried to focus on the defensive side of our game. As a group we have been trying to be more dominant around the ruck, and have spent the past few weeks developing our technique," Head coach Adam Kyle said of the squad's preparation.
"The boys have come out of last weekend's game really positive and want to keep improving. It’s a great challenge taking on Penrith who have a fantastic and proud history in junior football."
We know we are up against a top side this week who will be hungry to get the two points on offer."
RAIDERS 1 JACOB CHURCH 2 TREMAYNE CHATFIELD 3 HARLEY SMITH- SHIELDS 4 DANIEL GOODWIN 5 TRISTAN ELDRIDGE 6 LACHLAN EVESTON 7 JOHN VELOUDOS 8 MATTHEW DRAGISIC 9 JOE ROBERTS 10 TATE BROOKE 11 KALI TAISENI 12 ALEXAVIER PUNOU 13 KRISTIAN JENSEN © 14 CHARLIE WOOLFORD 15 SOLOMONE KAUFUSI 16 WAYNE PARKER 17 LOUIS JANG 18 JONAH LATU COACH ADAM KYLE
PANTHERS 1 HAYDEN BONANNO 2 ETHAN CLARK-WOOD 3 ZACHARY CINI 4 MATTHEW FAAUILA 5 LORENZO PRITCHARD 6 DYLAN WHITE 7 JODECI LAUMUA 8 SPENCER LENIU 9 MAURICE TRINDALL 10 LINDSAY SMITH ( C ) 11 CHASE CHAPMAN 12 BRAIDEN MAGELE 13 TEVITA PIUKANA 14 ETHAN MOKOIA 15 JERAMIAH TRINDALL 16 AYDEN PITTMAN-LYON 17 BRADLEY MIDDLEBROOKE JACK MORRISON JACK DENNIS COACH DAVID MACKINNON
SG Ball - Canberra Raiders v Penrith Panthers
Raiders Belconnen, Saturday 2 April
2:00pm
The Raiders SG Ball team is currently in eighth position on the ladder, facing a tough task against a Panthers outfit that is sitting in second and only has one loss.
"This week is about consistency. We need to control the small aspects of our game so the bigger things can take shape," Head coach Dean Souter said.
"At the end of the day if we execute well and apply our minds to playing quality sets we will continue to improve."
Panthers are running hot in SG Ball, they are a quality outfit that are very well coached. We expect this game to be a real grind and we are looking forward to the challenge."
RAIDERS 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 23 JESSE DENT 20 FRANCIS-SOKAI TAI 13 DANIEL KEIR 10 JACOB FIELD 11 SHARMAH SCHMIDT 14 TIM MERRITT 15 DESTINY KALOLO 16 QUINLYN CANNON 17 DYLAN CLARK 24 LAZARUS VAALEPU
PANTHERS 1 MARLON RITCHIE 2 BRIAN TOO 18 MOSE FEILO 4 JESSE ABBOTT 5 ZACHARY RYAN 6 DEAN BLORE 7 SEAN O’SULLIVAN © 8 SETEFANO HALA 9 ISAAC THOMPSON 10 BEN CARTWRIGHT 11 VONDEL WILLIAMS-LIOLEVAVE 12 SAMUEL RADOVU 13 MITCHELL KENNY 3 WILLIAM PAPALIITELE 14 THOMAS SKINNER 15 ROCKY TOGATUKI 16 TERRELL SMITH 17 WILLIAM BURNS 19 TOBIAS WESTCOTT 20 STEELE KAKE 21 JAKE TAGO 22 JONAH METUANGARO 23 BILLY LENIU 24 TREYMAINE BROWN COACH BEN HARDEN
