SIX Dubbo players will be among 39 of the region's top young footballers to be mentored by former NRL players at a Western Rugby League Academy camp at Lake Burrendong this weekend.
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South Dubbo quartet Dalton Medcalf, Kaiden Hopkins, Kane McDermott and Clayton Couley, along with St John's pair Bayden Searle and Jack Davis, will be involved as part of the academy's under-16 squad.
The camp will see players not only run through the on-field skills component of the program, but also learn some key off-field components of the game.
Saturday will be a full day in the field with players put through their paces by the Academy coaching staff, while on Sunday Country Rugby League welfare officer Andrew Ryan will lead a workshop on the NRL CareerWise programs.
Joining the former Australian and NSW representative will be recently-retired NRL players including John Morris, Ben Smith, Michael Hodgson and Eugowra product Bryan Norrie.
The squads for the camp are:
UNDER-16s: Ethan Kennedy (Orange CYMS), Adam Fearnley (Bathurst), Bayden Searle (St John's Dubbo), Kane Arriola (Oberon), Warren Baxter (Forbes), Dalton Medcalf (South Dubbo), Jack Davis (St John's Dubbo), Kaiden Hopkins (South Dubbo), Kane McDermott (South Dubbo), Bradley Gaut (Red Bend), Clayton Couley (South Dubbo), Tom Burke (Mudgee), Charlie Bible (Narromine), Feliti Mateo (Orange CYMS), Felix Quinn (Bathurst Panthers), Aiden Kilburn (Bathurst St Pat's), Ethan Monk (Cabonne), Matt Nicholson (Red Bend), Hudson Spicer (Orange CYMS), Jesse Bethelle (Bathurst Panthers)
UNDER-17s: Jaydon Orth (Mudgee), Lachlan Munro (Orange CYMS), Jack Beasley (Mudgee), Jack Bastick (Orange), Jesse Parker (Parkes), Charlie Clayton (Mudgee), Mitch Andrews (Forbes), Lachlan Farr (Blayney), Rick Nobes (Cowra), Nick Miller (Lithgow), James Goonrey (Red Bend), Billy Burns (Parkes), Matt Woolnough (Red Bend), Izaac Scott (Red Bend), McCoy White (Bathurst St Pat's), Jay Slavin (Parkes), Josh Rivett (Oberon), Aidan Baker (Orange CYMS), Joe Dwyer (Parkes Marist)