Holden Cup, SG Ball, Harold Matthews + Scholarships - 2015

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NYC, SG Ball, Harold Matthews + Scholarships 2015

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This thread is for U20s, U18s, U16s Storm sides and Victorian u18s and u15s sides. I figured its easy to find information in one spot on our Juniors. Also to follow how any of our players we know that have scholarships with us.

HM
We got 1 win in 2014 aim for 2 this year.

HM
2013 Won: 0 lost: 9 draws: 0 Points F: 86 Points A: 404 Finished: 17 Playoffs: No
2014 Won: 1 lost: 8 draws: 0 Points F: 60 Points A: 338 Finished: 17 Playoffs: No


SG Ball
We made the Finals in 2014 hopefully a similar result in 2015.

2009 Won: 9. lost: 4. draws: 0 Points F: 304. Points A: 268 Finished: 4. Playoffs: Lost GF.
2010 Won: 8. lost: 3. draws: 0 Points F: 310. Points A: 270 Finished: 6. Playoffs: Lost QF.
2011 Won: 2. lost: 7. draws: 0 Points F: 260. Points A: 287 Finished: 14. Playoffs: No
2012 Won: 2. lost: 6. draws: 1 Points F: 186. Points A: 239 Finished: 13. Playoffs: No
2013 Won: 5. lost: 4. draws: 0 Points F: 322. Points A: 209 Finished: 9. Playoffs: No
2014 Won: 5. lost: 5. draws: 0 Points F: 336. Points A: 253 Finished: 8. Playoffs: Lost week 1

U20's
Need a much better season but our team next year will be young and most of the players returning being average players so I could see them missing the playoffs again.

2008 Won: 08. lost: 15. draws: 1 Points F: 512. Points A: 638 Finished: 13. Playoffs: No.
2009 Won: 19. lost: 05. draws: 0 Points F: 833. Points A: 597 Finished: 03. Playoffs: Won GF.
2010 Won: 08. lost: 14. draws: 2 Points F: 683. Points A: 782 Finished: 13. Playoffs: No
2011 Won: 16. lost: 08. draws: 0 Points F: 678. Points A: 517 Finished: 04. Playoffs: Lost week 2
2012 Won: 12. lost: 10. draws: 2 Points F: 547. Points A: 556 Finished: 09 . Playoffs: No
2013 Won: 11. lost: 13. draws: 0 Points F: 558. Points A: 564 Finished: 09. Playoffs: No
2014 Won: 12. lost: 12. draws: 0 Points F: 532. Points A: 590 Finished: 11. Playoffs: No

Players who played a game this who are to old for next year.
Christian Welch
Billy Brittain
Richard Kennar
Vincent Rennie
Tremaine Jensen
Una Mohi
Rhys Kennedy
Dean Britt
Francis Tualau
Niua-Finau Puaka


Squad members who left during the season.
Pride Petterson-Robati
Matthew Lodge
Ellery Tusa

Squad members eligible to return.
Nelson Asofa-Solomona
Tony Tumusa
Suliasi Vunivalu
Maxwell Fesolai
Reubenn Rennie
Josh Minhinnick
Elias Vole
Brayden Torpy
John Filipo
Aaron Teroi
Shae Au Fook
Junior Kirisome
Ben Halfpenny
Charlie Galo
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad
Joe Stimson
Kurt Bernard
Latrell Robinson


Confirmed Arrivals.
Joe Apikotoa - Prop - St Pats Silverstream. A great mobile prop who keeps going all day. NZ resident u18 player.

Patrick Herbert - Fullback - St Kentigern College. A great hole runner and ok goal kicker. Has a league background before joining St Kents.

Mack Mason - Half. Anglican Church Grammar School. Qld u18 schoolboy half last year. Plays first five for his school. Former Broncos scholarship holder. Hasn't played league this year.

Development
Players that are on scholarships with the Storm and will hopefully eventually play for us. Will add in coming weeks.
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The Storm U16s and U18s Trials were on Saturday at Betula Reserve. So should get summer squads soon.
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Thanks Fizer. We get way more info on junior teams from you than we do from the Storm.
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Can tell josh minninick and Kurt Bernard have gone back to New Zealand according to IG Pics saying goodbye to the boys and Braydon Torpy might've gone home too but not too sure
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Sheldon Pitama who could have been first choice Hooker next year has gone back to NZ and has apparently signed by the Warriors. Good luck to him.
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Joe Apikotoa is playing for Wellington in NZRL national competition. Wellington haven't gone great this year but good for an 18 year old to be playing open age league so high up.
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Ohhh maybe it was Sheldon not Kurt
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New coach for next year with Matt Adamson new position within the club so three coaches in three years.
Storm will announce its Under-20’s coach for 2015 in the coming days.
http://www.melbournestorm.com.au/news/2 ... _role.html
Yes I hope this is true but they said this last year and they never announced Adamson as the coach.
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Is that the first time the term "Under-20s" has appeared in an article on the Storm website this year?
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Scooter wrote:Is that the first time the term "Under-20s" has appeared in an article on the Storm website this year?
Pretty much. :(
And I was wrong its will be 4 coaches in 4 years.
2012: Dean Pay
2013: Anthony Seibold
2014: Matt Adamson
2015: New Coach
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ridiculous, pick and stick, we need consistent teaching so that these kids can come in and play!
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I knew the pricks at the NSWRL wouldn't let us have u18 and u16 teams after we went with Sunshine Coast aswell as Easts as our feeder teams. But Storm can't act suprised as soon as I heard about going with Sunshine Coast I thought they would kick us out.
NSWRL says the Storm can’t compete in Under-16s Harold Matthews and Under-18s SG Ball competitions next year because they have ended their association with Cronulla’s NSW Cup side and will instead align themselves with Sunshine Coast in Queensland’s Intrust Super Cup.
http://rugbyleagueweek.com.au/storm-filthy-nswrl/
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What I feared might happen when we stopped our alignment with the Sharks has happened. The NSWRL have kicked the Storm out of Harold Matthews and SG Ball competitions because we are not supporting the NSW Cup.
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This is why I was surprised so many people were so excited when we announced we were ceasing our alignment with the Sharks.

I would have thought the Storm would have got this squared away with NSWRL prior to making any changes to feeder structures.
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Scooter wrote:This is why I was surprised so many people were so excited when we announced we were ceasing our alignment with the Sharks.

I would have thought the Storm would have got this squared away with NSWRL prior to making any changes to feeder structures.
Agree its the first thing I thought of. So if we thought about why didn't the Storm. It's very disappointing.
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