St John’s College will be out to earn a berth in the semi-finals of the statewide Cochrane Cup competition when they travel to Bathurst tomorrow to face Clancy College.
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The Cochrane Cup is the Catholic Schools’ equivalent of the public schools’ Buckley Shield competition for under-14s and pits some of the best junior rugby league talent in the state against each other.
Coach Andy Haycock has the team ready to go after leading them through the early stages of the competition with wins against James Sheahan College, St Stanislaus College, Red Bend College and Wagga Wagga’s Mater Dei College.
Tomorrow they will travel to Bathurst to meet Clancy College, which is based in the Liverpool district of Sydney.
Haycock said that although he doesn’t know much about Clancy College, he will not be taking them lightly.
“All we really know is that they won their round 16 match by 46-0,” he said.
While Haycock has done a good job getting the squad through the early rounds of the competition, he has had some help from a couple of local league identities.
“Experienced coaches Wayne Sing and Warwick Rapley have been assisting me in getting the side prepared,” he said.
“We don’t know much about the opposition on Thursday but what I do know is that we have a well-balanced side with plenty of quality players on the bench.”
Tomorrow’s match will be played at the neutral venue of the St Pats Sporting Complex at Bathurst with the match scheduled to kick off at 12.30pm
ST JOHN’S COLLEGE:
1. Nick Duffy, 2. Kurtis Crisante, 3. Jesse Dunlop, 4. Nick Harvey (c), 5. Blake Smith, 6. Marshall Sing, 7. Harry Kempston, 8. Dan Kilpatrick, 9. Joe Stageman, 10. Hewett Haycock, 11. Mitch Dunlop, 12. Tim Carolan, 13. Bailey Jenkins. Reserves: Jarrod Taunton, Billy O’Connor, Hamish Gordon, Sam McDermott, Pat Brandon, Louis Anderson, Max Shearman.
