Newtown Comings and Goings

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[Horry]

The 11 teams who will be participating in the 2010 NSW Cup competition are ….
Auckland Vulcans; Balmain; Canterbury-Bankstown; Central Coast Crusaders (backed by the Newcastle Knights and the Country Rugby League); Melbourne Storm (playing out of Melbourne); Newtown; North Sydney; Shellharbour Dragons; Wentworthville; Western Suburbs; Windsor.

There was a strong Henson Park influence in the 2009 Pacific Cup ….
There were a number of Newtown Jets players past and present in the five nations that participated in the 2009 Pacific Cup tournament that was conducted in Port Moresby and Cairns in recent weeks (as well as some players joining the Newtown RLFC for the 2010 season.)
The names included: -
Cook Islands: Tere Glassie (the team captain), Ben Vaeau, Dominique Peyroux, Johnathon Ford, Daniel Fepuleai (plus Brad Takairangi, Sam Brunton, Anthony Gelling and Tinirau Arona who have signed with the Roosters).
Fiji: Ryan Millard, Hamilton Hughes, Puna Rasaubale.
Papua-New Guinea: Tu’U Maori, Keith Peters.
Samoa: Phil Leuluai.
Tonga: Toshio Laiseni.

And here are some recent signings by the Newtown RLFC for the 2010 season ….

Keith Peters: 23; Hooker and Halfback; 178cm; 91kg; ex-Penrith Panthers; has played NRL as well representing Papua-New Guinea in the 2008 World Cup and 2009 Pacific Cup. Junior club: Cambridge Park.

Jason Wells: 25; Lock and Second-Rower; 189cm; 101kg; ex-Manly-Warringah and Toulouse Olympique (France); has represented NSW Residents; a product of the Lake Cargelligo Sharks in Group 20 (Riverina Division).

Tim Weyman: 23; Front-Rower; 183cm; 108kg; ex-Canberra Raiders and Cronulla-Sutherland; played NRL with Cronulla in 2009; a product of the Moruya Sharks in Group 16 (Monaro Division).
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Daniel Fepuleai: 24; Hooker; 175cm; 94kg; ex-St George-Illawarra junior reps and Shellharbour Dragons NSW Cup; represented the Cook Islands in the 2009 Pacific Cup. Junior club: Hurstville United.

Justin Coveney: 24; 182cm; 101kg; Second-Rower; Lock; ex-Western Suburbs Magpies NSW Cup. Junior club: All Saints, Liverpool.

There will be more news about 2010 signings announced in the upcoming weeks.

[Guest]

Fepuleai can't be 24 years old, he played for the Dragons U20s in 2008.

Interesting signings though.

[Roosterfarian]

Geesus mun...you are a walking encyclopedia on RL players you miggedi miggedi middegi mackdaddy.

[Horry]

And here are some more signings by the Newtown RLFC for the 2010 season ….

Russell Aitken: 24; Five-Eighth and Half-Back; 185cm; 90kg; ex-Cronulla-Sutherland and Melbourne Storm NRL player; played for the Storm in the 2008 NRL Grand Final; played with Newtown Premier League in 2005 and in France in 2009; Junior club: Cronulla-Caringbah.

Chris Afamasaga: 22; Second-Rower, Lock; 185cm; 108kg; cousin of Cronulla’s Jack Afamasaga; ex-Ipswich Jets (Queensland Cup); a Canterbury-Bankstown junior product.

Brad Barrett: 25; Second-Rower, Lock; 189cm; 104kg; ex-Cronulla-Sutherland NSW Cup; Junior club; South Eastern (Souths Juniors).
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Charlie Herekotukutuku; 25; Five-Eighth, Half-Back, Hooker; 176cm; 83kg; ex-Western Suburbs and North Sydney NSW Cup; played with Newtown in 2006; a Christchurch (NZ) junior product.

Dylan Sharp; 20; 188cm; 103kg; Front-Rower, Second-Rower; captain of the Sydney Roosters Toyota Cup team in 2009; son of former Parramatta forward Steve Sharp; Junior clubs: Picton Magpies (Group 6) and Cabramatta.

There will be more news about Newtown’s 2010 signings announced in forthcoming news bulletins.

[TheBigFella]

Great to see Dylan Sharp still around!!! I reckon this bloke can make it in 1sts..

[Guest]

Ryan Millard is now a confirmed loss for the Jets, he's off to Shellharbour

[Guest]

Dylan Sharp can sure play. He isn't the flashiest player you've seen but certainly does a lot of hard work in and around the ruck and he does it very well too. I'm surprised we didn't add him to our fulltime squad for next year but he has a chance to prove his worth at Newtown before forcing his way into the top squad. Could be a real smokey for a spot on the bench next year is he is in good form and we are unlucky with injuries.

[Horry]

Announcing more signings by the Newtown RLFC for the 2010 season ….

Troy Savage: 23; Centre; 185cm; 95kg; played with Newtown in 2007, Burleigh Bears (Queensland Cup) in 2008, Shellharbour Dragons (NSW Cup) in 2009. A Napier (NZ) junior, Troy also played Jersey Flegg with the Sydney Roosters.

Johnathon Ford: 20; 93kg; Fullback, Five-Eighth; Newcastle Knights Toyota Cup 2009, represented the Cook Islands national team in the 2009 Pacific Cup; at 194cm, he is described by his cousin Byron Ford as being “long enough to be continued”; a Macquarie Scorpions (Newcastle) junior. ( I though they looked similar!)

Nick Doig: 24; 174cm; 88kg; Hooker, Halfback; Cronulla-Sutherland Jersey Flegg, played Premier League with Newtown in 2005; has since been at St George-Illawarra and Burleigh Bears. Junior club: Inverell (Group 19).

Dean Lockhart: 21; 180cm, 92kg; Centre, Lock, Second-Rower; St George SG Ball and Cronulla-Sutherland Toyota Cup; Junior club: Penshurst RSL.

Khalid Deeb: 27; 192cm, 100kg; Front-rower, Second-rower; has played with Newtown in 2006, 2008 and 2009: a tough, hard-working forward, he was a major award winner at the 2009 Newtown RLFC awards night; won NRL selection with the Sydney Roosters in 2009.

There will be more news about Newtown’s 2010 signings in next week’s news bulletin.

[Guest]

And here are some recent signings by the Newtown RLFC for the 2010 season ….

Jason Wells: 25; Lock and Second-Rower; 189cm; 101kg; ex-Manly-Warringah and Toulouse Olympique (France); has represented NSW Residents; a product of the Lake Cargelligo Sharks in Group 20 (Riverina Division).

Tim Weyman: 23; Front-Rower; 183cm; 108kg; ex-Canberra Raiders and Cronulla-Sutherland; played NRL with Cronulla in 2009; a product of the Moruya Sharks in Group 16 (Monaro Division).
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Daniel Fepuleai: 24; Hooker; 175cm; 94kg; ex-St George-Illawarra junior reps and Shellharbour Dragons NSW Cup; represented the Cook Islands in the 2009 Pacific Cup. Junior club: Hurstville United.

Justin Coveney: 24; 182cm; 101kg; Second-Rower; Lock; ex-Western Suburbs Magpies NSW Cup. Junior club: All Saints, Liverpool.

There will be more news about 2010 signings announced in the upcoming weeks.

Jason Wells was seen as a brilliant prospect not so long ago. He and Daniel Conn carved it up in the lower grades for the 'Dogs and the expectation was that they were NRL stars of the future.

Justin, son of John. For the oldtimers on here!

[Guest]

Newtown, they are a f%&#KIN CANCER to our club that has to be cut out. Bring back the Eastern Suburbs reserve grade side.....PLEASE!

[The Axe]

I must agree with you, RC.
Gives us a team to support

[Horry]

From the Jets

Introducing you to more signings by the Newtown RLFC for the 2010 season ….

Byron “Bizza” Ford: 27; 188cm; 91kg; Winger and Fullback; had a huge season with Newtown in 2008; represented NSW Residents in 2008 and has previously represented the Cook Islands; ex-South Sydney, Hull Kingston Rovers and Oldham; a real Henson Park crowd favourite; will be eligible to play from mid-season 2010.

Ryan Verlinden: 23; 193cm; 118kg; Front-Rower; has previously played Premier League and NSW Cup with North Sydney and Cronulla-Sutherland; a junior product of the Wentworthville and North Sydney clubs.

Brett Fitzpatrick: 27; 178cm; 100kg; Lock; ex-Western Suburbs NSW Cup; a Campbelltown junior product.

Steve Morris: 20; 178cm; 92kg; ex-St George-Illawarra Toyota Cup; Halfback, Five-Eighth; a Forbes (Group 11) junior product.

Players from 2009 who have been retained include:

Liam Foran: Halfback, Five-Eighth; represented NSW Residents in 2009; is in full-time pre-season training with the Sydney Roosters and is reportedly “training the house down”.

Khalid Deeb: Second-Rower, Front-Rower; played NRL with the Sydney Roosters in 2009.

Ray Moujalli: Front-Rower; Backrower; played NRL with the Sydney Roosters in 2009.

Chris Tuatara: Centre, Winger; last year’s top points-scorer for the Jets.

James Koloamatangi: Front-Rower; “The Human Wrecking Ball” who was such a big hit with Henson Park fans in 2009; has recently returned from a trip to California where he allegedly terrorised several South-Central Los Angeles street gangs!

Other Newtown signings for 2009 who are currently training full-time with the Sydney Roosters include:

Jason Batieri: ex-Parramatta Toyota Cup; Lock, Second-Rower; son of Tas Batieri, the former Canterbury and Penrith backrower and now ARL official.

Tinirau Arona: ex-Penrith Toyota Cup; Front-Rower; has represented the Cook Islands national team.

There are a number of other players signed by the Sydney Roosters who will be introduced to Newtown supporters once the 2010 trial matches begin

[Guest]

Glen Dwyer didn't mention the signing of Charlie Leaeno to Newtown Jets, but otherwise, that is a very interesting summary. So, the Jets roster for 2010 is:

Keith Peters
Jason Wells
Tim Weyman
Daniel Fepuleai
Justin Coveney
Russell Aitken
Chris Afamasaga
Brad Barrett
Charlie Herekotukutuku
Dylan Sharp
Troy Savage
Johnathon Ford
Nick Doig
Dean Lockhart
Byron Ford
Ryan Verlinden
Brett Fitzpatrick
Steve Morris
Jason Baitieri (Roosters/Jets dual contract)
Tinirau Arona (Roosters/Jets dual contract)

...and retained players are:

Khalid Deeb
Ray Moujalli
Chris Tuatura
James Koloamatangi
Liam Foran (Roosters/Jets dual contract)

[Geohood]

Charlie Herekotukutuku hehehehehehehe