Junior Reps 2026

[Mailroomsgi]

There’s no excuse for us when the roosters with their ‘junior base’ manage field such a good team in relation to what St George put out year after year bar 2024

Says a lot more about us than them

 

[RufusRex]

it is really simple ...
Family
Place to live
Education
Football

in that order.


We are forced to compete with the likes of roosters now by placing kids in schools in their own patch ... crazy ...

This is not a football/coaching/football department problem now, public education has declined terribly in the past decade that the bigger private schools are starting to become a lot more appealing. We have done it with Rocco but we really need to be tight and i mean very tight with a decent set of schools in both areas but especially Sydney.

 

[Mailroomsgi]

We had an opportunity to form a partnership with Bass Hill High which is a hotbed of talent. Always has very good young players going there and are competitive in the schoolboy cup every year

For some reason we didn’t take that opportunity. But yes your point about the private education is true. Dangling that carrot of a $70k boarding school education is enticing and parents would push them towards that

 

[RedVHeartbeat]

Trial Match - U18 Development - Sydney Roosters v St George Dragons​

I saw more promise than our rep kids. Why is there no player identification?