Don't underestimate Hills in the 16's. Were National Champs in the 14s with this group.

Are any playersissing due to Australian camps? If so is there a list posted anywhere?

all I know is no SA teams are any where near it.

I think U14 Boys will be interesting, good to see a Queensland team involved.

Can anyone provide any info on the Gold Coast team?

NSW has been producing some good men over the past few years. Can Hills, Northern Suburbs or Penrith be a threat?

hi

penrith best team in nsw at 9-1. manly and northern suburbs next best 7-3. penrith with a good shot at winning, at least top 4

Isaac Humphries U16 for Manly missing due to Aus U17 camp.

14 boys TOP 4:
DANDENONG
MELBOURNE
PENRITH
CENTRAL

Lockwood would easily be the best coach in SA-in juniors. I mean he has taken a lowly program and developed super succesful u14 teams over the past 2 yrs. Amazing, amazing, amazing.

Not sure too many other coaches at any club anywhere could have had the success he has at the lions.

Hahaha poached. Two kids came across who go to trinity and live two minutes away. In fact he had no discussions with the families and knew nothing about them joining Centrals so get facts right.

Anyone know if Waverley has its full team, with Deng and his mates? Will be hard to stop if they have.

Centrals finished second highest non Victorian team and highest SA team. Played one poor game over weekend. Zone also killed them against Bulleen and lost by 4. No zone at nationals to fall back on.

Think of numbers in the state that these teams have to pick from. Take the positives from the weekend and keep working Friday nights and at training then see what happens at nationals. Last years team finished one position lower yet went 6-2 at nationals including win against a very strong Melbourne tigers team.

Keep being negative on here, you're pathetic. Centrals, their coach and parents are proud of their boys.

6-2 every team in every big tournament has similar tales of winning games and not making the cut. That's why teams are seeded and there's pool games/crossovers. If you don't take care of business win the games that count by the right margins w/l counts for nothing. What counts is where you finish. Not saying you shouldn't be proud of kids anytime they give their best, but 6/2 doesn't matter, if you don't make the top 4, you don't make the top 4.

I'd expect a team packed with talent, that dominates the SA comp to be the top of all the SA teams. What's your point?

Point is maybe we shouldn't be telling these kids they underachieved when maybe they actually didn't. Yes tournament play is different and one game can determine a higher or lower ranking, yet still have a good tournament.

I'm sure there are other clubs on here that feel they didn't go as well as hoped, but no need to be negative about it, you build on the positives, work on the negatives and hope by nationals you can compete.

Centrals don't get anywhere the numbers at trials than what the Vic or NSW clubs do so to beat some and compete with others is a positive.

And lets all sit around the camp fire and sing "Kombyah".

If you don't want people to be negative. Stop coming on here and claiming to have the best coach in SA all the time. Playing against Zone didn't seem to effect the 2 SA U14 girls teams that made finals.

8 SA teams did better than this group and we all have less numbers at trials than Vic and NSW teams.

Look like you might not have the best coach in SA after all.

Although I've been advised not to comment on this site but I'm going to. I'm Toby I'm coach of Centrals 14 boys. Although an emotional and passionate coach I'm not arrogant. I've coached div 1 for two years and yes had some success but have offered to step down at times to let a "better'" coach step in.

I'm sick of hearing people saying whether I'm the best junior coach in SA. It's ridiculous, ive coached division 1 for two years, and I'm not even the best junior coach at Centrals.

So thanks for the kind words but it's certainly not the case. I hope this doesn't come across as rude.