Talent appears to run deep within the Nelson Bay Junior Rugby Union club.
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The club, marking its 50th anniversary this year, is celebrating four of its young players who last month were selected to play union for NSW in two different development pathways.
Logan Fenwick, Josh Mann and Luke Price, all 14, have been selected to play for NSW Country Junior Rugby Union in the annual City versus Country clash.
The talented trio will play in the under-14 junior rugby union representative squad, which will travel to Bathurst this weekend to face City.
The teams will clash on Sunday, August 6. The under-14s play at 9.30am.
Meanwhile, Jack Vincent, 15, has been selected for one of NSW Rugby’s Gen Blue under-16 squads.
The Tomaree High School student was picked for the NSW All Schools team after playing in the NSW CHS competition.
It was with the All Schools team that Vincent attended an invitational tournament in Narrabeen last month.
From the invitational, 50 players were selected for the new NSW Gen Blue development squads.
The two Gen Blue under-16 squads will take part in two weekend-long camps before playing in a national championship in Brisbane in September.
Vincent, who has played with the Gropers for six years, has also represented the Hunter in the past on the Wildfires team.
He said he was looking forward to the opportunity to play with the Gen Blue squad, which aims to give players an understanding of how to “prepare, train, act and play like a NSW Waratah”.
Fenwick, Mann and Price are three of 11 Hunter-based players that will play in the Country squad – unprecedented numbers for just one region, and for the Nelson Bay club.
The trio were selected for the representative squad after playing in the NSW Country Championships with the Hunter Wildfires in Nowra in May.
Price, vice captain of the Wildfires squad, was awarded the tournament’s best forward – out of all the regions that attended – and has been offered a scholarship to attend Brisbane Boys College.
He is currently considering the opportunity.
Price said it was “an honour” to have been selected for the Country v City clash.
He said he was looking forward to playing on the team with his two best mates – Fenwick and Mann.
Ellie-Marie Watts
A journalist with 10 years experience, Ellie-Marie connects readers to the stories that matter in their communities. A Port Stephens-based news, sport and event writer and photographer with a passion for human interest features.
A journalist with 10 years experience, Ellie-Marie connects readers to the stories that matter in their communities. A Port Stephens-based news, sport and event writer and photographer with a passion for human interest features.
