Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Eels to take on Baby Dragons
The Eels will face what is essentially St George's Premier League team this week, with the Dragons missing the bulk of its first choice team.
The average age of the team is 23 years old, said the Illawarra Mercury.
"Fittingly, in a team with an average age of 23, the skipper's name is Young."
Dean Young, not yet 21 years old, will skipper the side, which is short on experience and could be even worse off with Matthew Head and Nathan Long, still to prove their fitness. It is however possible that try scoring wizard Nathan Blacklock and Lance Thompson may be called into the team, despite not being named in the squad.
The team features the Club's Jersey Flegg captain Daniel Holdsworth who will play five-eighth. According to the eye on Saints website "the other debutants are former Australian Schoolboy Bryan Norrie and Premier League workhorse Aaron Wheatley who is famous for making a massive sixty three tackles in sixty seven minutes in a PL game a few weeks ago."
The St George team at this stage is: "1. Clint Greenshields, 2. Andrew Frew, 3. David Howell, 4. John Carlaw, 5. Reece Simmonds, 6. Daniel Holdsworth, 7. Matthew Head, 8. Nathan Long, 9. Mark Riddell, 10. Justin Poore, 11. Ben Creagh, 12. Tony Jensen, 13. Dean Young (C) Res 14. Ashton Sims, 15. Bryan Norrie, 16. Aaron Wheatley, 17. Lincoln Withers."
The average age of the team is 23 years old, said the Illawarra Mercury.
"Fittingly, in a team with an average age of 23, the skipper's name is Young."
Dean Young, not yet 21 years old, will skipper the side, which is short on experience and could be even worse off with Matthew Head and Nathan Long, still to prove their fitness. It is however possible that try scoring wizard Nathan Blacklock and Lance Thompson may be called into the team, despite not being named in the squad.
The team features the Club's Jersey Flegg captain Daniel Holdsworth who will play five-eighth. According to the eye on Saints website "the other debutants are former Australian Schoolboy Bryan Norrie and Premier League workhorse Aaron Wheatley who is famous for making a massive sixty three tackles in sixty seven minutes in a PL game a few weeks ago."
The St George team at this stage is: "1. Clint Greenshields, 2. Andrew Frew, 3. David Howell, 4. John Carlaw, 5. Reece Simmonds, 6. Daniel Holdsworth, 7. Matthew Head, 8. Nathan Long, 9. Mark Riddell, 10. Justin Poore, 11. Ben Creagh, 12. Tony Jensen, 13. Dean Young (C) Res 14. Ashton Sims, 15. Bryan Norrie, 16. Aaron Wheatley, 17. Lincoln Withers."
