Delroy High School will be at full strength for tomorrow’s final 16 University Shield clash with Granville Boys High.
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The match will be played at Apex Oval, Dubbo from 10am.
Delroy coach Tony Tilburg said yesterday his boys were feeling confident and with everyone on board should be hard to beat.
“When you consider that we have a strong influence from the CYMS and Macquarie under-18s, there is a good mixture of talent,” he said.
“They are obviously very keen rivals when they meet in Group 11 but in these games they get together and form a very solid unit.
“Of course, having Brad Soper and Dane Dickson back for Friday will be an enormous benefit.
“When we played Wellington High in the last game and struggled to win 32-28, Brad was in Fiji with the Country under-18s and Dane was out suspended after being sent off for CYMS under-18s.”
Tilburg named five-eighth and captain Clint Giddings as a key player for Delroy tomorrow.
“Clint leads the side very well and a lot of the things we do revolve around him,” he said.
“He is the Macquarie five-eighth and a couple of his team-mates in Willie Middleton and Kyle Webb will also be key players.
“Another of the young talents in the team is 15-year-old Chris Daley who can play anywhere in the backs but tomorrow will pull on the No 1 guernsey at fullback.”
DELROY: 1 Chris Daley, 2 Clem Edwards, 3 Waylon Cochrane, 4 Brad Soper, 5 Gary Milliken, 6 Clint Giddings (c), 7 Willie Middleton, 8 Kyle Webb, 9 Adam Dawson, 10 Dane Dickson, 11 Brad Flick, 12 Daniel Wilson, 13 Shei Egan. Replacements: 14 Todd Parkes, 15 Johnothan Baker, 16 Adam Bourke, 17 Derek Gibbs, 18 Mike Boney, 19 Colin McDonald. Coach: Tony Tilburg.
