Junior Representatives Teamlists | Round 1

Author: Sydney Roosters
Timestamp: Wed 29 Jan 2025, 01:27 PM

The 2025 junior representative season gets underway this Saturday for four of the Roosters seven teams.

The Central Coast Harold Matthews Cup team has a Round 1 bye, whilst the Laurie Daley Cup and Andrew Johns Cup competitions will not commence for another week for the Central Coast Roosters.

Television coverage of the junior representative season in 2025 will be provided by BarTV Sports.

The first teams of the season have been named and below we look at those sides.

S.G. Ball Cup Team (Round 1)

The Sydney Roosters S.G. Ball Cup (Men’s Under 19s) 2025 squad will feature eight players from last seasons’ squad, although star half back Toby Rodwell is not named in this weekend’s opening round clash with North Sydney and neither is Demetrius Kilisimasi, with Rex Bassingthwaite chosen as full back.

However, six others from the 2024 squad (wingers Michael Nasar and Baxter Warner, prop Peter Benjamin Uini, lock Josiah Fesolai, second rower Lachlan Dooner and hooker Jackson Allen) will play at the Hills Grammar Ground on Saturday. Dooner missed the entire 2024 S.G. Ball Cup season with a calf injury and moves from the backs to the forwards in 2025. Hooker Jackson Allen will captain the side and former Roosters, NSW and Australian captain Boyd Cordner will be the coach.

Saturday’s team will also include seven Harold Matthews Cup graduates, six from the Sydney Roosters and one (second rower Darcy Smith) from the Central Coast Roosters. One of those youngsters, full back Rex Bassingthwaite, is regarded as a real star of the future, having signed with the Club for another four seasons late last year. 2024 Central Coast Laurie Daley Cup five eighth and captain Brooklyn Rosemeyer has been chosen as five eighth for Saturday but exciting centres Cohen Dittman and Lui Lee will miss the match. The game will kick off at 2.30 pm.

The team lists are below:

Round 1 - Saturday 1st February

Full Time

Bears

Roosters

Team Lists

Backs

Fullback for Bears is number 1 Tainyn Clarken

Fullback for Roosters is number 1 Rex Bassingthwaighte
Winger for Bears is number 2 Silaumuaoaana Talaese Fomai

Winger for Roosters is number 2 Michael Nassar
Centre for Bears is number 3 Samuel Sherlock

Centre for Roosters is number 3 Jackson Stewart
Centre for Bears is number 4 Aiden Crowley

Centre for Roosters is number 4 Brooklyn Heath
Winger for Bears is number 5 Kailan Rehayem

Winger for Roosters is number 5 Baxter Warner
Five-Eighth for Bears is number 6 Amari-Jay Tangi

Five-Eighth for Roosters is number 6 Brooklyn Rosemeyer
Halfback for Bears is number 7 Brandon Navarro

Halfback for Roosters is number 7 Tyson Walker

Forwards

Prop for Bears is number 8 Jerome Goddard

Prop for Roosters is number 8 Peter Benjamin Uini
Hooker for Bears is number 9 Mustapha Hawchar

Hooker for Roosters is number 9 Jaxson Allen
Prop for Bears is number 15 Lewis Saad

Prop for Roosters is number 10 Kanaan Magele
2nd Row for Bears is number 10 Brady McMillan

2nd Row for Roosters is number 11 Darcy Smith
2nd Row for Bears is number 11 Buster Hindmarsh

2nd Row for Roosters is number 12 Lachlan Dooner
Lock for Bears is number 13 Tyson Kunkel

Lock for Roosters is number 13 Josiah Fesolai

Interchange

Interchange for Bears is number 12 Charlie Woolf

Interchange for Roosters is number 14 James Finegan
Interchange for Bears is number 14 Jesse Charman

Interchange for Roosters is number 16 Kynan Toevai
Interchange for Bears is number 16 Ethan Fulton

Interchange for Roosters is number 18 Eddy Cayless
Interchange for Bears is number 17 Charlie Strong

Interchange for Roosters is number 19 Phillip Lavakeiaho

Reserves

Replacement for Bears is number 20 Kade Payne

Replacement for Roosters is number 22 Liam Bell

Last updated: 04:22 am Monday 3rd February 2025

Harold Matthews Cup Team (Round 1):

The Sydney Roosters Harold Matthews Cup (Men’s Under 17s) face North Sydney at the Hill Grammar Ground on Saturday. The match kicks off at 1.00pm.

The Roosters teams will feature just three players from their 2024 squad. They are half back Lachlan Metcalfe, centre and captain Jeziah Papa and interchange player Paula Teisina. Metcalfe will be joined in the halves for the first time by Charlie Webb, son of former New Zealand test fullback Brent Webb. The Roosters will again be coached by Chris Crotty.

The team lists are below:

Round 1 - Saturday 1st February

Full Time

Bears

Roosters

Team Lists

Backs

Fullback for Bears is number 1 Isaac Youkhana

Fullback for Roosters is number 1 Triston Ross
Winger for Bears is number 2 Isaac Khoudair

Winger for Roosters is number 2 Filipe Fakauho
Centre for Bears is number 3 Cohen Riddell

Centre for Roosters is number 3 Jeziah Papa
Centre for Bears is number 4 Isamaela Katu

Centre for Roosters is number 4 Bastion Armstrong
Winger for Bears is number 5 Joseph Wesserr

Winger for Roosters is number 5 Daniel Ibrahim
Five-Eighth for Bears is number 6 Saxon Gaw

Five-Eighth for Roosters is number 6 Charlie Webb
Halfback for Bears is number 7 Hayden Moynihan

Halfback for Roosters is number 7 Lachlan Metcalfe

Forwards

Prop for Bears is number 8 George Peacock

Prop for Roosters is number 8 Charleston Te Rore
Hooker for Bears is number 9 Angus Aoutal

Hooker for Roosters is number 9 Kalen Cashin
Prop for Bears is number 10 Noah Tafengatoto

Prop for Roosters is number 10 Agapetos Lote-Felo
2nd Row for Bears is number 11 Nicholas Kotarac

2nd Row for Roosters is number 11 Ravai Tulevu
2nd Row for Bears is number 12 Jayden Dabit

2nd Row for Roosters is number 12 Jackson Rodwell
Lock for Bears is number 13 Archie Morris

Lock for Roosters is number 13 Marquis Sando

Interchange

Interchange for Bears is number 14 Bayli Alvey

Interchange for Roosters is number 14 Payton Gifford
Interchange for Bears is number 15 Kane Epere

Interchange for Roosters is number 15 Paula Teisina
Interchange for Bears is number 16 Samuel Ive

Interchange for Roosters is number 17 Roman Leilua
Interchange for Bears is number 17 Boston Cameron

Interchange for Roosters is number 21 Jairo Senio

Reserves

Replacement for Bears is number 18 Lucas Vawser

Replacement for Roosters is number 18 Cooper Moore

Last updated: 10:53 pm Sunday 9th February 2025

Tarsha Gale Cup Team (Round 1):

The Sydney Roosters Indigenous Academy (Women’s Under 19s) team will field a new look side in 2025. Only eight of last year’s squad are back for 2025. Centres Katelyn Whitehead and Tyra Ekepati, half back Georgia Barrett, prop Aliyah Nasio and interchange players Merinda Mihajlovic, Aaliyah Boland and Lillie McLean will play in Round One, but an eighth, Zoe Lee, has not been selected for this match. Nasio, who played four NRLW matches for the Roosters last season, is a massive retain for the Under 19s squad and she is expected to be a major factor in all the matches she plays at this level.

Centres Katelyn Whitehead and Tyra Ekepati, five eighth Jayla Dicker and hooker Mahlie Cahsin played in the NSW Women’s premiership for the Central Coast last season, so they’ll greatly benefit from having played in that senior grade in 2024. Lock Ellie Brander, who captained the Central Coast Lisa Fialola Cup team in 2024, will be joined in this team by her 2024 team mate Grace Dabin, who is selected on the bench. Full back Logan Fletcher is a graduate from the Sydney Roosters Lisa Fiaola Cup team from 2024, as is concussion sub, Lacey Cross. Another Sydney Roosters 2024 Lisa Fiaola player Tyra Dymock is part of the wider Tarsha Gale Cup squad.

The Roosters coaches for 2025 will be two Roosters NRLW stars, Corban Baxter and Keeley Davis.

The team lists are below:

Round 1 - Friday 31st January

Full Time

Wests Tigers

Indigenous Academy

Team Lists

Backs

Fullback for Wests Tigers is number 1 Evie McGrath

Fullback for Indigenous Academy is number 1 Logan Fletcher
Winger for Wests Tigers is number 2 Lusinita Taviliniu

Winger for Indigenous Academy is number 2 Jayda Durham
Centre for Wests Tigers is number 3 Modesty Tafeuni

Centre for Indigenous Academy is number 3 Katelyn Whitehead
Centre for Wests Tigers is number 4 Kiara Konz

Centre for Indigenous Academy is number 4 Tyra Ekepati
Winger for Wests Tigers is number 5 Elenoa Namua

Winger for Indigenous Academy is number 5 Josie Jeffriess
Five-Eighth for Wests Tigers is number 6 Ellie Barnett

Five-Eighth for Indigenous Academy is number 6 Jayla Dicker
Halfback for Wests Tigers is number 7 Sienna-Mae Montgomery

Halfback for Indigenous Academy is number 7 Georgie Barrett

Forwards

Prop for Wests Tigers is number 8 Ella Walker

Prop for Indigenous Academy is number 8 Aliyah Nasio
Hooker for Wests Tigers is number 9 Olivia Saley

Hooker for Indigenous Academy is number 9 Mahlie Cashin
Prop for Wests Tigers is number 10 Annelise Hall

Prop for Indigenous Academy is number 10 Te Raukura Leafe
2nd Row for Wests Tigers is number 11 Lucyannah Luamanu-Leiataua

2nd Row for Indigenous Academy is number 11 Luca-Bella Ngatuere-Ongley
2nd Row for Wests Tigers is number 12 Juanita Jang

2nd Row for Indigenous Academy is number 12 Mhia Mackey-Taylor
Lock for Wests Tigers is number 13 Tiresa Leasuasu

Lock for Indigenous Academy is number 13 Ellie Brander

Interchange

Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 14 Elarnay Pele Taula

Interchange for Indigenous Academy is number 14 Merinda Mihajlovic
Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 15 Fa' Alagilagi Faimasui Brown

Interchange for Indigenous Academy is number 16 Aaliyah Boland
Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 16 Paige Attard

Interchange for Indigenous Academy is number 17 Lillie McLean
Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 19 Fanaafi Fauese

Interchange for Indigenous Academy is number 18 Lacey Cross

Reserves

Replacement for Wests Tigers is number 17 Abbie Hamilton

Replacement for Indigenous Academy is number 19 Anabelle Ross

Last updated: 10:11 am Thursday 13th February 2025

Lisa Fialoa Cup Team (Round 1):

The Roosters fielded two teams in the 2024 Lisa Fiaola Cup (Women’s Under 17s), with one based in Sydney and another on the Central Coast. In 2025, however, the sole Roosters team will be the Central Coast Roosters, who finished 4th in last season’s competition. The Central Coast Roosters will again be coached by Roosters NRLW winger Jayme Fressard.

The 2025 squad includes seven players who played Lisa Fiaola Cup for the Central Coast last season and three who played in that competition for the Sydney Roosters.

Nine of those ten players have been named for Saturday’s clash with the Wests Tigers at Campbelltown. The match, which kicks off at 11.45 am. Saturday’s Roosters team will feature the star half back and captain from the 2024 Sydney Roosters Lisa Fiaola Cup team, Talea Tonga, and her team mate from 2024, winger Ayva Papalii, together with returning Central Coast Roosters players (centre Talia Berryman, five eighth Mia Vaotuua, prop Makeena Hammond, hooker Mag McPhail, second rower Jemma Wooden, lock Emilee Rose-Hall and interchange player Indy Rosen). The tenth graduate, utility back, Anastasia Leatupue, the third of the Sydney Roosters Lisa Fiaola Cup 2024 players, is in the wider squad, but not chosen for his match.

Mia Vaotuua, awarded best back in the 2024 Central Coast junior rep awards, will captain the team in 2025.

The team lists are below:

Round 1 - Saturday 1st February

Full Time

Wests Tigers

CC Roosters

Team Lists

Backs

Fullback for Wests Tigers is number 1 Khiarna Munro

Fullback for CC Roosters is number 1 Stella Hall
Winger for Wests Tigers is number 2 Mele-Kyannah Toga

Winger for CC Roosters is number 2 Ayva Papalii
Centre for Wests Tigers is number 3 Naomi Cowley

Centre for CC Roosters is number 3 Talia Berryman
Centre for Wests Tigers is number 4 Kapiolani Liufau

Centre for CC Roosters is number 4 Marley Gristwood
Winger for Wests Tigers is number 5 Isabel McMenemy

Winger for CC Roosters is number 5 Coco Butcher
Five-Eighth for Wests Tigers is number 6 Agnews Faaui

Five-Eighth for CC Roosters is number 6 Mia Vaotuua
Halfback for Wests Tigers is number 7 Mia Tonga

Halfback for CC Roosters is number 7 Talea Tonga

Forwards

Prop for Wests Tigers is number 8 Aliana Fasavalu-Fa'amausili

Prop for CC Roosters is number 8 Makenna Hammond
Hooker for Wests Tigers is number 9 Dawn Tui

Hooker for CC Roosters is number 9 Meg McPhail
Prop for Wests Tigers is number 10 May Fuimaono

Prop for CC Roosters is number 10 Kewa Kahuroa
2nd Row for Wests Tigers is number 11 Saige Tautalafua

2nd Row for CC Roosters is number 11 Jemma Wooden
2nd Row for Wests Tigers is number 12 Ariah Gilbert

2nd Row for CC Roosters is number 12 Aaliyah Temete
Lock for Wests Tigers is number 13 Kalani Godinet

Lock for CC Roosters is number 13 Emilee-Rose Hall

Interchange

Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 14 Sienna Robertson

Interchange for CC Roosters is number 14 Coco Marsters
Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 15 Talia Pele taula

Interchange for CC Roosters is number 15 Chloe Oliver
Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 16 Elanor Ward

Interchange for CC Roosters is number 17 Pesalili-Star Combo
Interchange for Wests Tigers is number 20 Alavina Tu'ifua

Interchange for CC Roosters is number 19 Summer Pollard