Several Western Rams products have had the opportunity to learn from two of the best rugby league players of all time in preparation for the Country vs City matches at Bankwest Stadium on Saturday.
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Brydens Lawyers NSW Blues coach Brad Fittler along with True Blues Andrew Johns, Steve Menzies and Paul McGregor hosted a positional training day at the NSWRL Centre of Excellence located in Sydney Olympic Park.
Fittler and the True Blues will work with Country and City teams for the Under 16s and Under 18s before turning their attention to the Women's Open Age teams as they prepare for their respective representative matches.
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The Country vs City matches for the Under 18s will help determine selections for the NSW Under 19s team to face Queensland during the Ampol State of Origin series.
The Women's Open Age game will play a part in the selection process for the Harvey Norman NSW Women's Origin team to face Queensland on the Sunshine Coast on Friday 25 June.
A Men's Open Age game will also be played but no one from the Western Rams will compete after Forbes' Mitch Andrews was not named in the side due to injury after initially being selected.
Six players from the Western region were selected in to play this weekend for NSW Country including Dubbo CYMS playmaker Braye Porter who was one of the positional players to train with Fittler and Johns.
Porter has experienced a whirlwind start to the season after making his Toohey's Group 11 debut for CYMS in their round one victory of Forbes.
The other representatives from the region are Parkes centre Malakai Folau and Orange back-rower Connor Vardanega in the under 16s, Parkes back-rower Finnley Neilsen and Forbes winger Darcy Leadbitter join Porter in the under 18s side while Bathurst's Tilly Power has been selected in the Open Age Women's side.
The Under 16s match will kick-off the Country vs City triple-header beginning at 11am followed by the Under 18s and the Open Age Women's matches while the Open Age Men's game will be played on Sunday at Collegians Sporting Complex.
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