Three Queenslanders have been chosen in the Australian U15 Indigenous Flying Boomerangs squad ahead of the Oceania Cup in Fiji in December.
Tuesday, 4 October, 2011
Three Queenslanders have been chosen in the Australian U15 Indigenous Flying Boomerangs squad ahead of the Oceania Cup in Fiji in December.
Sixteen-year-old Isaac Rokeby and 15-year-old Joel Hagan and Zenray Nona are among a 30-player group that will be cut to 25 prior to the championships.
They were members of the Queensland U15 Indigenous side, coached by ex-Brisbane Lions ace Darryl White, which played in the recent Kickstart U15 Championships on the Gold Coast
Rokeby (pictured middle left), currently boarding at Djarragun College in Gordonvale, 30 minutes south of Cairns, is originally from Weipa and is a former Brisbane Broncos scholarship holder in his first season in the AFL.
Winner of the Queensland Most Valuable Player award at the Kickstart Championships, he was part of the Queensland U16 side this year and is part of the Rookie Search program.
Nona (pictured bottom left), also boarding at Djarragun College, is originally from Badu Island in Torres Strait. He also plays rugby league as a second winter sport.
Hagan (pictured top left), who boards at Nudgee College in Brisbane, is part of the Brisbane Lions Academy.
Born in Toowoomba but now making his home in Cunnamulla, he comes from an athletics background, and at age 13 was ranked No.1 in the country over 100m and No.2 over 200m.
He also plays rugby league and rugby union.
