Results in Central West Rugby Union might not all be going the Dubbo Kangaroos' way this season but the club continues to show its strength on the big stage.
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It's been a big couple of weeks for the Roos with a number of players earning top-level representative recognition.
Lillyann Mason-Spice and Kim Fyfe lead the way as they both made their debuts for the ACT Brumbies in Super W on the weekend while four other Roos have earned NSW Country selection.
Joe Nash and Filisione Pauta have been named for the Cockatoos while Olivia Creswick and Jean Littlewood were both chosen for the Corellas.
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It came after all four players starred for Central West at the recent NSW Country Rugby Union Championships at Tamworth.
"It's really good," Kangaroos club president Gerald Webster said.
"I'm really happy for the girls because we've got quite a few representing now."
On top of the achievements of Mason-Spice, Fyfe, Creswick, and Littlewood, the Roos will also be on show this weekend when Meg Webster and Darby Richardson play for the NSW Country under 18s.
All this comes after Roos stars Mason-Spice, Alahna Ryan, and Janalee Conroy were named in the University of Canberra 7s side earlier this year.
Webster said the whole club was proud of the success of the women's team - which currently sits second on the Westfund Ferguson Cup ladder - and added the credit had to go to coaches Gus McDonald and Keiran Smith.
"Gus and Keiran are very good and have done a great job with a good group of girls there. There's some talent there, that's for sure," he said.
On the men's side, Webster felt the club was unfortunate not to have a third Country representative after Will Archer was also among the best at Tamworth on the long weekend.
Nash was named player of the tournament after playing a key role in Central West's defence of the Caldwell Cup and he and Pauta are two of 10 players from the Blue Bulls who earned a spot in the Cockatoos side.
Nash's fantastic performances are even more impressive given he missed the start of the season due to a serious knee injury suffered while playing 7s in February.
"It was a real blow when he got hurt but the bright side was he said he was happy to coach and we jumped at that chance," Webster said, Nash having been a real presence around the club this year.
"I don't know what sort of miracle his physio or whoever it was did with his knee but to get playing has been really good. He's certainly made a big difference in the games he's been back."
Nash will be key again this weekend when the Roos welcome the Forbes Platypi to No. 1 Oval.
The first grade is desperate for a win as its finals hopes are hanging by a thread while the women only trail the Bathurst Bulldogs and the second and third grade outfits are both in third.
The men's and women's Country squads will play at the National Championships at Adelaide later this year.
The other Central West players in the men's squad Mahe Fangupo, Charlie French (Forbes) Lachie Harris, Charlie Henley, Shahid Khalfan (Orange Emus), Josh Tremain (Orange City), and Justin Mobbs and Adam Plummer (Bathurst Bulldogs).
In the women's squad, Creswick and Littlewood will be joined by Jacinta Windsor, Mel Waterford, Marita Shoulders, Claudia McLaren, Molly Kennedy (Bathurst Bulldogs) and Jacinta Cooper (CSU Bathurst).
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