Promising Juniors Thread.

[AyiosYiorgos]

What’s this stuff about LKT being charged?

Charged with what and where did you get it from

 

[AyiosYiorgos]

Legal win: St George Illawarra Dragons NRL player cleared of charges after alleged pub incident​

A St George Illawarra Dragons NRL player has been cleared of charges police laid following an alleged incident at a pub in regional Queensland.
A talented up-and-coming National Rugby League player who debuted for the St George Illawarra Dragons has been cleared of minor charges.
In mid-2024 police charged the young football player, Lyhkan King-Togia, with two offences under the state’s liquor act - failing to leave a licensed venue and having to be removed from a licensed premises
The 19-year-old’s charges were dropped by police prosecution at the Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Tuesday, September 24, when the matter was mentioned for a second time.
The two charges related to an alleged incident at a Toowoomba pub on October 14, 2023, and were first mentioned before the court in July 2024.
On Tuesday, the court heard a warrant was on file for King-Togia’s arrest because he did not sign a bail undertaking.
The court heard that King-Togia did not sign his bail because he needed to be on the field and couldn’t return to Toowoomba.
King-Togia was not at court when the warrant was cancelled and the charges were dismissed.
At 17, King-Togia made his A-grade debut for the Dalby Diehards where he caught the eye of the Dragons recruitment director Ian Millward during a school game.
The regional Queenslander scored his first try during round 27 of the NRL match between the Dragons and Raiders at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium on September 7, 2024.
Last month, King-Togia’s long-time mentor Jim Sankey told Newscorp the young player had the talent, work ethic, and mentality to become an elite player, likening him to a young Carl Webb.

 

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Legal win: St George Illawarra Dragons NRL player cleared of charges after alleged pub incident​

A St George Illawarra Dragons NRL player has been cleared of charges police laid following an alleged incident at a pub in regional Queensland.
A talented up-and-coming National Rugby League player who debuted for the St George Illawarra Dragons has been cleared of minor charges.
In mid-2024 police charged the young football player, Lyhkan King-Togia, with two offences under the state’s liquor act - failing to leave a licensed venue and having to be removed from a licensed premises
The 19-year-old’s charges were dropped by police prosecution at the Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Tuesday, September 24, when the matter was mentioned for a second time.
The two charges related to an alleged incident at a Toowoomba pub on October 14, 2023, and were first mentioned before the court in July 2024.
On Tuesday, the court heard a warrant was on file for King-Togia’s arrest because he did not sign a bail undertaking.
The court heard that King-Togia did not sign his bail because he needed to be on the field and couldn’t return to Toowoomba.
King-Togia was not at court when the warrant was cancelled and the charges were dismissed.
At 17, King-Togia made his A-grade debut for the Dalby Diehards where he caught the eye of the Dragons recruitment director Ian Millward during a school game.
The regional Queenslander scored his first try during round 27 of the NRL match between the Dragons and Raiders at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium on September 7, 2024.
Last month, King-Togia’s long-time mentor Jim Sankey told Newscorp the young player had the talent, work ethic, and mentality to become an elite player, likening him to a young Carl Webb.

So it was a bit of a nothing incident? Thank god

 

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It's amazing how few of the dragons players I recognised.. Mason Phillips not mentioned, is he going to the steelers perhaps? And no um Stanley-Traill, I thought he might be eligible again.

Steelers squad I think we will recognise a lot more returning names, should be a strong year for them.

 

[GCRV]

Legal win: St George Illawarra Dragons NRL player cleared of charges after alleged pub incident​

A St George Illawarra Dragons NRL player has been cleared of charges police laid following an alleged incident at a pub in regional Queensland.
A talented up-and-coming National Rugby League player who debuted for the St George Illawarra Dragons has been cleared of minor charges.
In mid-2024 police charged the young football player, Lyhkan King-Togia, with two offences under the state’s liquor act - failing to leave a licensed venue and having to be removed from a licensed premises
The 19-year-old’s charges were dropped by police prosecution at the Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Tuesday, September 24, when the matter was mentioned for a second time.
The two charges related to an alleged incident at a Toowoomba pub on October 14, 2023, and were first mentioned before the court in July 2024.
On Tuesday, the court heard a warrant was on file for King-Togia’s arrest because he did not sign a bail undertaking.
The court heard that King-Togia did not sign his bail because he needed to be on the field and couldn’t return to Toowoomba.
King-Togia was not at court when the warrant was cancelled and the charges were dismissed.
At 17, King-Togia made his A-grade debut for the Dalby Diehards where he caught the eye of the Dragons recruitment director Ian Millward during a school game.
The regional Queenslander scored his first try during round 27 of the NRL match between the Dragons and Raiders at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium on September 7, 2024.
Last month, King-Togia’s long-time mentor Jim Sankey told Newscorp the young player had the talent, work ethic, and mentality to become an elite player, likening him to a young Carl Webb.

Young Carl Webb? I hope not. We need him to be good in the halves, not prop. Carl Webb was only average anyway. If it wasn't for his sad fate, no one would remember him except family and friends.

 

[RedVictory]

Young Carl Webb? I hope not. We need him to be good in the halves, not prop. Carl Webb was only average anyway. If it wasn't for his sad fate, no one would remember him except family and friends.

Carl Webb was an absolute weapon. We thinking of the same guy?

 

[GCRV]

Carl Webb was an absolute weapon. We thinking of the same guy?

Disagree. Good for 15 to 20 min a game for 2 or 3 years.

 

[Just a Mug Fan]

It's amazing how few of the dragons players I recognised.. Mason Phillips not mentioned, is he going to the steelers perhaps? And no um Stanley-Traill, I thought he might be eligible again.

Steelers squad I think we will recognise a lot more returning names, should be a strong year for them.

Jake and Cyrus will come into the squad Finau won't.
Mason was a Billy signing so Steelers I would say.

There is 3 from the grand final and a few more from this year's squad. A lot from Harold Matts squad.

A few from Penrith, Parramatta, Manly and Newcastle juniors. A few country boys and a heap from Qld again.

A few to watch Blade Marquart a fast centre/FB
Max Blanch 9/13 from Bronco's system.
Tye Bursill a fast 9.

Zailen Campbell-Cook a fast FB winger who I'm excited about, I spotted him in a Koori game and recommended him to Basil.

 

[AyiosYiorgos]

The St George Dragons train-on squads for the 2025 SG Ball Cup and Harold Matthews Cup seasons have been announced.

The SG Ball squad will be out to defend their first premiership in 32 years whilst the Harold Matthews Cup unit will have their eyes on an improved season having notched just a pair of wins a year ago.


Preparations are well and truly underway for both sides with the season set to kick-off in February of next year.

SG BALL CUP​

Alex Futialo
Blade Marquart
Charlie Boyle
Cooper Merton
David Hurley
Falcon Hunt
Fatu Nelu
Isaac Mikhail
Isaiah Titoko
Jayden Kouka
Jerome Gargoles
Kingston Poitaha
Lewis Sargent-Wilson
Malakai Charles
Mason Payne
Max Blanch
Mitch Langley
Noah Collins
Omari Papalii
Ralph Binge
Ratu Cayuqueo
Riley Baker
Risiate Smythe
Rydell Tyrell
Samuel Mardini
Tukia Taufa
Tye Bursill
Viliami Hikila
Volonte Baruani
Xavier Kirk
Xavier Ndaira
Zac Nachar
Zailen Campbell-Cook

HAROLD MATTHEWS CUP​

Aadyn Hoare
Aaron Carroll
Ahmad Chokr
Andrew Cloughessy
Caleb Charlton
Charlie Jones
Christian Mardini
Cody Field
Cruz Pena
Ethan Gregory
Hayden Gill
Isaac Basevski
Izaac Mascarenas
Jack Lambert
Jackson Haesler
Jaeden Kavana
Jake Kotevski
Jasais Ah Kee
Jayden Rawson
Jet Peagram
Johannan Ah Kee
Jozaiah Fakalangi
Khaled Elmasri
Kye Saumaitoga
Lino Tamaseu
Luca Halangahu
Macarious Esera
Maika Fakatava
Matthew Graorovski
Nicholas Raniga
Phoenix Johns
Rauna Ryder-Kingi
Riley Fong
Robert Chatfield-Carberry
Sanele Fakatava
Solomon Litara
Steven Tamaseu
Tilali Sagaga
Tye Hau
Tyrese Flood
Tyrese Pitovao
Xavier Hemopo

 

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Is Xavier Kirk the brother of is it Tom Kirk played for Jersey Flegg this year? Tom Kirk was only 18 turned 19 I think, So Xavier is only 17 or 18max?

 

[Ryan]

Jake and Cyrus will come into the squad Finau won't.
Mason was a Billy signing so Steelers I would say.

There is 3 from the grand final and a few more from this year's squad. A lot from Harold Matts squad.

A few from Penrith, Parramatta, Manly and Newcastle juniors. A few country boys and a heap from Qld again.

A few to watch Blade Marduart a fast centre/FB
Max Blanch 9/13 from Bronco's system.
Tye Bursill a fast 9.

Zailen Campbell-Cook a fast FB winger who I'm excited about, I spotted him in a Koori game and recommended him to Basil.

Speaking of fast 9s, hows that hooker from Jersey Flegg this year, Kyan ********* going? Is he highly regarded at the club, mid-range or already sent on his way?

Looks like there is going to wicked competition for fullback spots in the lower grades for the next 2 or 3 years. Rumble, Borg, Kirk and now Blade Marduart and Zailen Campbell-Cook.

 

[Edward]

Speaking of fast 9s, hows that hooker from Jersey Flegg this year, Kyan ********* going? Is he highly regarded at the club, mid-range or already sent on his way?

Looks like there is going to wicked competition for fullback spots in the lower grades for the next 2 or 3 years. Rumble, Borg, Kirk and now Blade Marduart and Zailen Campbell-Cook.

Is that little fullback still around? Another with a hyphenated last name. Tyler Pekham-Harris or something like that. If he put on a growth spurt, he might be the best of the lot. But has to grow at least another 10cm in his teen years. Probably unlikely.

 

[AyiosYiorgos]

Putting this up, if anyone can see any errors or know of any of the missing info let me know.

DRAGONS SG BALL CUP SQUAD 2025	Previous Club / Comments	Position
Alex Futialo	Penrith JNR + St.Mary's	Prop
Blade Marquart	Central Coast	Fullback
Charlie Boyle	Manly	1/2 Back, Fullback
Cooper Merton	Penrith JNR + Emu Plains	Lock, 2nd Row
David Hurley	Dragons JNR + Kingsgove Colts	FiveEight
Falcon Hunt	Bulldogs
Fatu Nelu	Marsden High, South Logan	Prop
Isaac Mikhail	Dragons JNR + Renown	2nd row
Isaiah Titoko	Penrith JNR	2nd row
Jayden Kouka	Penrith JNR + Minchinbury	FiveEight
Jerome Gargoles	Bulldogs / Dragons	Prop
Kingston Poitaha	Dragons JNR + Kingsgove Colts	centre
Lewis Sargent-Wilson	Illawarra South Coast Dragons + Endeavour Sports High	1/2 Back, FiveEight
Malakai Charles	Kangaroos Wagga	2nd row
Mason Payne	Riverina, Griffith	Lock
Max Blanch	QLD, Brisbane Tigers	Lock / Hooker
Mitch Langley	Dragons JNR + Kingsgove Colts	Lock
Noah Collins	Yass Magpies	Fullback / Wing
Omari Papalii	Manly + Roosters + Kingsgove Colts	2nd row
Ralph Binge	Newcastle-Maitland Region Knights	Wing
Ratu Cayuqueo	Parramatta	centre
Riley Baker	QLD, Mabel Park SHS	2nd row
Risiate Smythe	Dragons JNR	Prop
Rydell Tyrell	QLD, Capras	centre
Samuel Mardini	Parramatta	Wing
Tukia Taufa	Dragons JNR	Prop
Tye Bursill	Sharks	Hooker
Viliami Hikila	Sharks +Endeavour Sports High & Westfield Sports High	PROP, 2nd ROW
Volonte Baruani	QLD, Ipswich HS	Wing / Centre
Xavier Kirk	QLD, Ipswich Jets	Fullback
Xavier Ndaira	Dragons JNR + Kingsgove Colts	Hooker
Zac Nachar	Dragons JNR + Kogarah Cougars	Wing/Fullback
Zailen Campbell-Cook	Melville High School	Wing/Fullback
DRAGONS HAROLD MATTHEWS CUP SQUAD 2025
Aadyn Hoare	Penrith JNR + Lower Mountains	Prop
Aaron Carroll	Dragons JNR + Brighton Seagulls	Wing
Ahmad Chokr	Dragons JNR + Kingsgove Colts	1/2 Back
Andrew Cloughessy	Raymond Terrace	Prop
Caleb Charlton	Penrith JNR + St.Mary's	Fullback
Charlie Jones	Raymond Terrace	1/2 Back
Christian Mardini	Parramatta + Guilford	Hooker
Cody Field	Newcastle-Maitland Region Knights	Fullback
Cruz Pena	Dragons JNR + Penshurst	2nd Row
Ethan Gregory	Penrith JNR + Minchinbury	2nd Row	HM Parra 2025
Hayden Gill	Penrith JNR + Emu Plains	1/2 Back
Isaac Basevski	Dragons JNR + Penshurst	2nd Row
Izaac Mascarenas	Penrith JNR + St.Mary's	FiveEight, Fullback
Jack Lambert	Penrith JNR + Windsor	Centre
Jackson Haesler	Dragons JNR + Brighton Seagulls	Lock
Jaeden Kavana	Penrith JNR + St.Mary's	1/2 Back
Jake Kotevski	Dragons JNR + Brighton Seagulls	2nd row /Centre*
Jasais Ah Kee	Penrith JNR + Rooty Hill	Five-Eighth
Jayden Rawson	Dragons JNR + Brighton Seagulls	Fullback, Centre
Jet Peagram	Penrith JNR + Windsor	2nd Row
Johannan Ah Kee	Penrith JNR + Rooty Hill	Hooker
Jozaiah Fakalangi	Penrith JNR + Glenmore Park	Fullback, Centre
Khaled Elmasri	Penrith JNR + Colyton	Prop
Kye Saumaitoga	Dragons JNR + Renown	Hooker
Lino Tamaseu	Penrith JNR + Minchinbury	Lock
Luca Halangahu	Penrith JNR + Brothers	Lock , Prop
Macarious Esera	Penrith JNR + St.Mary's	Prop
Maika Fakatava	Penrith JNR+ Rugby Union + St Dominic's College	Scrum Half*
Matthew Graorovski	Dragons JNR + Renown	Fullback
Nicholas Raniga	Dragons JNR + Kingsgove Colts	Fullback, Centre
Phoenix Johns	Illawarra South Coast Dragon + Kiama High	Centre
Rauna Ryder-Kingi	Dragons JNR + Arncliffe Scotts	1/2back / Five Eight
Riley Fong	Bulldogs + St Johns	Hooker
Robert Chatfield-Carberry	Brighton Seagulls + Como Jannali	Centre, FiveEight
Sanele Fakatava	Penrith JNR+ Rugby Union + St Dominic's College
Solomon Litara	Penrith JNR + Minchinbury	Prop
Steven Tamaseu	Penrith JNR + Colyton	2nd Row
Tilali Sagaga	Penrith JNR + Minchinbury	Prop
Tye Hau	??	??
Tyrese Flood	WA + Raymond Terrace	Prop, Lock
Tyrese Pitovao	Penrith JNR + St.Mary's	Prop
Xavier Hemopo	Dragons JNR + Kingsgove Colts	Lock

 

[Just a Mug Fan]

Putting this up, if anyone can see any errors or know of any of the missing info let me know.

Great Effort

Fatu Nelu: Marsden High, South Logan
Mason Payne; Riverina, Griffith

 

[Chris M]

Great Effort

Fatu Nelu: Marsden High, South Logan
Mason Payne; Riverina, Griffith

Do you reckon any of them might do a LKT and go from SG Ball to first grade next year?

 

[AyiosYiorgos]

Do you reckon any of them might do a LKT and go from SG Ball to first grade next year?

Don't think any will..
The talent coming through now Jesey Flegg and KOE cup.

 

[GCRV]

Don't think any will..
The talent coming through now Jesey Flegg and KOE cup.

None of the SG Ball squad will make it into first grade next year because of the number of promising young players in NSW Cup and Jersey Flegg? Well that's certainly good news even though it would be good for a SG Ball player to have a breakout year.

 

[AyiosYiorgos]

None of the SG Ball squad will make it into first grade next year because of the number of promising young players in NSW Cup and Jersey Flegg? Well that's certainly good news even though it would be good for a SG Ball player to have a breakout year.

Are you talking about 2024 SGBall squad or the 2025 SGBall squad, i can't see anyone from 2025 squad making it to the NRL , we have all these other youngsters who are in front of them, also LKT was only picked due to a necessity not because he demanded to be picked due to form.