Last night Leeds Rugby Foundation Development Officers Lois Forsell and Russell Parker teamed up with local school teachers Lee Parkin, James Endersby and Terri Nelson to select a team to play Australian School team Merrimac State School on Tuesday 23rd September.
Last night Leeds Rugby Foundation Development Officers Lois Forsell and Russell Parker teamed up with local school teachers Lee Parkin, James Endersby and Terri Nelson to select a team to play Australian School team Merrimac State School on Tuesday 23rd September.
This September Merrimac State School and Gold Coast Girls Rugby Champions are touring the UK visiting London, Northumberland, Scotland and Leeds. David Maccoll of Merrimac State School was keen to get some game time for his girls team whilst over in Leeds which saw a fantastic opportunity for Leeds Schools to put together a strong squad to take on the current Gold Coast Champions.
Leeds Rugby Foundation used this as an opportunity to bring together the girls who took part in last year’s launch of the Leeds Girls Year 9 & 10 Inter League which was a big success. We held trials for the schools who competed within the Leeds Girls Inter League last year in which 18 girls were selected to play against the Australian Outfit. The schools invited were John Smeaton Academy, Corpus Christi Catholic College, Cockburn School, Huntington School and David Young Community Academy. The girls showed a mass of potential and excellent skills which made selecting 18 girls a hard task.
The following girls were selected for the Leeds Inter League Select Team:
Georgia Cutt- Huntington School
Ruby Hudson- Huntington School
Emily Riley- Corpus Christi Catholic College
Keavy Smith- Corpus Christi Catholic College
Christina Onyhirihu- Corpus Christi Catholic College
Shauna Calvert- Corpus Christi Catholic College
Nyasha Maponga- Corpus Christi Catholic College
Courtney Cairns- Catholic Christi Catholic College
Tara Brier- John Smeaton Academy
Ellie Hickinson- John Smeaton Academy
Keesha Ennis- John Smeaton Academy
Alisha Henry- John Smeaton Academy
Becky Brooke- JohnSmeaton Academy
Chloe Cass- Cockburn School
Lauren Wheatley- Cockburn School
Abby Sefton- Cockburn School
Katie Lyons- Cockburn School
Shanelle Manion- David Young Community Academy
Their Opposition are Merrimac State High School:
Catherine Mateariki
Matiah Sessarago
Lara Edwards
Erin Lockwood
Kiri Ihakara
Molly Wissman
Ellen Vetenibua
Briana McKay
Kylah Poi-Smith
Brigid Mateariki
Tia Heu
Chanaya Aukaha-Larsen
Montana Bailey
Luana Rudolph
Morgan Hill
Tiarni Lyons
Aralluen Sisenko
Amanda West
The game will be played at East Leeds ARLFC on Tuesday 23rd September 2014 5.30pm following the year 9 girls Champion Schools. The girls now have three training sessions before they take on Merrimac State High School.
For more information on women and girls rugby league please contact lois.forsell@leedsrugby.com