Charly joins Western Rams teammates Jacob Neil (Nyngan), Jake Davis, Doug Hewitt and Luke Carpenter (Bathurst Panthers) and Cody Robbins (Orange CYMS) in the 18s team; while Alex, Jack and Billy will play in the under-16s.

So far it’s been a wonderful season for all the Western boys after Group 11 under-16s claimed the Country Trophy final and Western Rams won the Country 18s Championship.

Dubbo junior league president Neill Millgate has had a hands on involvement with all the boys as manager of Western 18s and coach of South Dubbo 16s which eventually had to play in the Castlereagh League as Trangie 18s after the Dubbo competition folded for them due to a lack of teams.

“These boys who have made Country for Saturday continue the amazing talent development that we have had in the Western area over a lot of years,” Millgate said.

“They are already very good footballers and with all the rep football they’ve played this year will only get better.

“They all deserve to be at Coonabarabran.

“They’ve had all this week in camp and they will learn more and more.”

“They are hungry for more rugby league, hungry for more learning and they will come out of this week much better players and young men for the experience.”

It’s interesting to note that all three Dubbo under-16s come from good stock. Hooker Alex Bonham’s dad David Bonham played in the nine guernsey for Narromine and Trangie; while Jack Kavanagh is like his father Scott who played in the same position with Dubbo Westside, Macquarie and CYMS.

Billy Sing, a lock, is the elder son of Wayne Sing who played 64 NRL games with Balmain (14 games), Easts (14) and the North Queensland Cowboys (36). Billy’s grandfather Noel Sing, the former Dubbo Macquarie and Westside captain-coach, also played 55 games in the top grade with three seasons at Penrith Panthers from 1971-73.

This year has been a decisive one for Jack Kavanagh who is a Dubbo Eastridge junior.

“I’m the first to admit we had to sit down and talk to Jack about what he wanted to achieve this season when he came to Souths,” Neil Millgate said.

“I think he’s matured a lot this season as a player and as a young man. He accepted what we spoke to him about and he was keen to take everything on board.

“He’s now played Group 11 and Country and led up front for Dubbo College in their Astley Cup win. He’s had a great season.”

Millgate said 2010 also saw Alex Bonham go from feeding the scrums to playing hooker.

“We talked to Alex at the end of last year about where he wanted to go. He’s got great vision, reads the game well and was an ideal choice as a hooker, especially with his work around the rucks and at dummy half. Alex has also been along the same road as Jack with school, rep and club football.”

If Billy Sing’s Country coach wants him to play the full game against Queensland tomorrow, then he’s got the right man for the job.

“Billy (a St John’s Catholic College student) just hates getting taken out of the game, He’s a real ‘80 minute’ player,” Millgate said.

“He got a real taste of rep footy last year when he represented New South Wales Catholic Colleges under-15s and he’s gone ahead from there.

“Billy doesn’t say much but you can see he’s taking everything in and listens to learn. He’s a real goer and will give everything for his Country jumper on Saturday.”

Millgate also praised the influence South Dubbo’s junior ‘season’ coaches Wayne Sing and Warwick Rapley had on the boys this season.

“When you have coaches in your club with their experience and knowledge, the boys will always learn,” Millgate - himself a former Country and NSW Under-18s rep and senior player, said.