Dubbo College Delroy Campus has a team in each division of the Andy Ryan Cup finals to be played at No 1 Oval tomorrow in what is expected to be a fantastic day of schoolboy rugby league.
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The Andy Ryan Cup involves all private and public schools throughout country New South Wales with under-13 and under-15 divisions contested.
It will be a massive day with the National Rugby League Road Train in Dubbo as well as the finals of several other Country Rugby League competitions.
The Delroy under-15 team is coached by Steve Chippendale and won its way through to the final after winning the Dubbo, Western Area and Southern NSW divisions.
This involved wins over Dubbo College South Campus 21-0, Narromine High 50-0, St Johns College Dubbo 32-0, Red Bend College Forbes 14-10, Parkes High 28-4, St Michael's Wagga 50-6 and Bomaderry High 26-4.
The team has tremendous depth across the field.
Halves Wes Middleton and Claude Gordon have tremendous organising ability, the two wingers, Anthony Twomey and John Gray, are big and mobile and centres Jeremy Smith and Bill Collis are explosive players able to change the game.
Fullback Luke Dawson is safe at the back and in the forwards Matt Harris, Damien Rootes and Kyle Barrow are prominent in defence and attack.
The team will face an imposing challenge against one of the powerhouses of schoolboy rugby league, Farrer Memorial Agricultural School, from Tamworth at 12.30pm.
The under-13 Delroy team is coached by Rod Wright and will also contest the finals.
They defeated Narromine High 42-0, Dubbo College South Campus 32-18, Parkes High 14-12, Blayney High 22-6, James Sheehan High, Moruya High 38-12 and Griffith High 36-16.
The team has shown some exciting attacking play at times and solid defence when required.
The centre pairing of Travis Roche and Les Kennedy will have a massive bearing on the game.
Halfback Steven Riley's organisation of the team will be important while in the forwards the team will look to big performances by David Nichols, Brody Chapman and Kyle Dundas.
The team will take on Northern NSW winners Tuggerah Lakes College from the Central North Coast at 10.30am.
Delroy Campus under-13s: 1 Sam Grey, 2 Damien Roberts, 3 Les Kennedy, 4 Travis Roche, 5 Byron Moore, 6 Kurt Fuller, 7 Steven Riley, 8 Kyle Dundas, 9 Jacob Eastwood, 10 Brad Baker, 11 David Nicholls, 12 Brody Chapman, 13 Grant Kemp. Replacements: 14 Anthony Egan-Smith, 15 Alfred Smith, 16 Thomas Ryan, 17 Djani Tyson, 17 Josh Crow.
Delroy Campus under-15s: 1 Luke Dawson, 2 John Grey, 3 Bill Collis, 4 Jeremy Smith, 5 Anthony Toomey, 6 Wes Middleton, 7 Claude Hall-Gordon, 8 Matt Harris, 9 Steven Ryan, 10 Joel Turley, 11 Damien Rootes, 12 Kyle Barrow, 13 Luke Edwards. Replacements: 14 Joshua Costa, 15 Todd Stewart, 16 Paul Muusen, 17 Dale Darney, 18 Jock Byrne.