Dubbo footballers Bill Collis, Mitchell Griffiths and Jacob Gander will put their case forward for CHS Western Area rugby league selection at a trial match in Peak Hill on Wednesday.
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Western Area East will play Western Area West in both opens and under-15s with Dubbo strongly represented in the western teams.
Gander has been named at prop for the west zone opens while Collis will play on the wing and Griffiths in the centres.
All three are from Dubbo College Senior Campus.
They will be joined by Dunedoo Central and Dubbo CYMS halfback Tom Yeo, Ashley Hazelton (Gilgandra) in the centres and lock Ainsley Coxsedge (Gilgandra).
The western zone under-15s have explosive ball runner Travis Roche (Delroy Campus) and Ben Bruce (Senior Campus) in the centres, Matt Harris (Delroy) at prop, Brock Dunn (South Campus) at halfback and Brody Chapman (Delroy) in the second row.
The teams were selected following trials at Dubbo.
From Wednesday's trial at Peak Hill the western area teams will be picked to play in the greater regional final against North West at Mudgee on May 5.
Western region teams will then be selected to play the New South Wales CHS finals at Myuna Bay from May 23 to 26.
Wednesday's games kick-off with the under-15s at 10.15am then the opens at noon.
West 15s to play East: 1 Tom Clyburn (Parkes High), 2 Edward Dutton (Lake Cargelligo), 3 Travis Roche (Delroy Campus), 4 Ben Bruce (Dubbo Senior Campus), 5 Matt Hately (Lake Cargelligo), 6 Mitchell Overall (West Wyalong High), 7 Brock Dunn (South Campus), 8 Mitchell Lee (Yeoval Central), 9 Keighan Hall (Trangie Central), 10 Matt Harris (Delroy Campus), 11 Keiran Copeland (Gilgandra), 12 Brody Chapman (Delroy Campus), 13 Reece Large (Dunedoo Central), 14 Ian Orcher (Bourke High).
West opens to play East: 1 Byron Warren (Nyngan High), 2 Bill Collis (Dubbo Senior Campus), 3 Ashley Hazleton (Gilgandra High), 4 Mitchell Griffiths (Senior Campus), 5 Bruce Morris (Bourke High), 6 Luke Matheson (Nyngan High), 7 Tom Yeo (Dunedoo Central), 8 Ben Gunn (Forbes High), 9 Ashley Barnes (West Wyalong), 10 Jacob Gander (Senior Campus), 11 Carl Moss (Trangie Central), 12 Andrew West (Forbes High), 13 Ainsley Coxsedge (Gilgandra High), 14 Craig Edwards (Parkes High).
