Scorpions to travel for double header in Newcastle

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South Wales Scorpions’ biggest club weekend trip ever is about to take place with around 50 club members, representing the first team and second teams, going to the north-east of England.

 

The big Kingstone Press League 1 fixture against Newcastle Thunder on Sunday is the headline game at 3pm with the home side needing to win to have any chance of qualifying for the top eight. A win for the Scorpions will go a long way to giving them a higher position for the start of the League 1 Shield.

 

Scorpions’ coach Phil Carleton needed to make four changes from last week’s squad that pushed Hunslet Hawks close with Dai Evans, Connor Farrer, Bradley Hill and Osian Phillips all unavailable.

 

But co-captain Chris Vitalini returns from injury, with Scott Gregory and Anthony Symons also returning.

 

Ethan Coombes and Rhys Gant are in line for their first team debuts if selected, while Halifax’s Billy Gaylor will be unavailable for Scotland under 19s after being selected for the Scorpions’ first team on dual registration.

 

Sunday’s curtainraiser, played over the road from Kingston Park at the Bullockstead Sports Ground (kick-off noon), is a virtual junior international match with Scotland under 19 taking on the Scorpions reserves, as many of the Scorpions side will almost certainly be making the Wales under 18 squad later in the year.

 

Paul Emanuelli will coach the academy before co-captaining the first team in one of the club’s biggest challenges of the season.

 

He said: “This Sunday offers us the unusual but exciting chance of playing against an international side which the lads are real excited about.

 

“I’ve seen the squad and it looks very strong with a good few Super League academy players and if he doesn’t turn out for us on dual registration, Billy Gaylor of Halifax who’s done a great job for us.

 

“As always though, the training has been done around us and making sure we’ve prepared well rather than worry about them. The lads have really  trained hard this week and our preparation has been spot on. I’m missing Sion jones who’s with the senior side and a few other key players but we’ve got a great squad and it just frees up opportunities for other lads to put their hand up.

 

“As a player, Newcastle offers a few different challenges to most weeks, they play on an artificial surface and it’s a very long trip for us.

 

“We won’t have any excuses Sunday though as everything has been laid out for us and our prep will be good.

 

“We’ve done okay in the last two games and have really made some improvements so the aim is to continue building and that big result isn’t far away.”

 

FIRST TEAM SQUAD SPONSOR TWITTER
2 Ian Newbury NatWest @iannewbury
3 Kyle Scrivens Body Balance Sports and Hollistic Therapies @scriv15
7 Paul Emanuelli Sian Golden Translation and HG Landscapes Ltd @10PAULO
10 Izaak Duffy Duffy and Co Solicitors @IzaakDuffy
13 Chris Vitalini www.ianlovell.com C Vitalini
15 Jordan Sheridan Cardiff Drain Cleaning Co @JSheridan112
19 Kristian Baller Mirmidon Ltd @kballer1987 
20 Anthony Symons King Construction Consultants A Symons
21 Scott Gregory Castle Health Ltd @scottgregs12
22 Christiaan Roets United Konsultants Ltd @roetsy458
23 Barrie Phillips United Konsultants Ltd @bizzalkicks 
24 Ethan Coombes Watts Truck & Van @10Coombes
25 Rhys Gant Partnership of Care @RhysGant1 
26 Alex Davidson On loan from All Golds @AlexDavidson29
27 Courtney Davies United Konsultants Ltd @CourttDavies7
28 Sion Jones Statstoner Cardiff @Sionjon1997
29 Richard Jones On loan from All Golds R Jones
30 Jamie Murphy On loan from All Golds @themurphyman
Billy Gaylor Dual reg with Halifax @Billy97Gaylor

 

SCORPIONS RESERVES (from)

1 Ben Jones (captain)

2 Brandon Lamb

4 Lewis Williaott

6 Shane Lee

7 Rhys Gant

10 Jake Thomas

18 Sam Buckthought

21 Lewis Hughes

22 Jake MacDonald

23 Ethan Coombes

24 Josh Bardon

25 Macauley Harris

26 Cobi Green

28 Liam Silver

30 Lloyd Selby-Smith

32 Huw Parks

33 Fraser Stroud

34 George Lenton-Hall

 

NEWCASTLE THUNDER (from)

Tom Reudiger

Zach Clark

Derrell Olpherts

Joe Brown

Ali Blair

Josh Kittrick

Ben Hardcastle

Corbyn Kilday

Aaron Teroi

Mikey Wood

Rhys Clarke

Daniel Parker

Sam Luckley

Evan Simons

Jason Payne

Vincent Rennie

James Green

Ben Thorburn

Harry Aldous

 

SCOTLAND UNDER 19 (from)

Angus Grindlay – Aberdeen Warriors

Billy Gaylor – Halifax RLFC

Brandon Wilkinson – Bradford Bulls

Cameron Harrison – Edinburgh Eagles

Clayton Woods – Edinburgh Eagles

Connor Meikle – Eastehouse Panthers

Darren Bell – Strathmore Silverbacks

Davey Dixon – Castleford Tigers

Declan Miller – Easterhouse Panthers

Ewan McGuire – Strathmore Silverbacks

Fionn O’Donnell – Huddersfield Giants

Findlay Graham – Edinburgh Eagles

George Kinnaird – Coventry Bears

Jack Wilson – Strathmore Silverbacks

Luke Drummond – Elmbridge Eagles

Luke Walters – Leeds Beckett

Matthew Hogg – Edinburgh Eagles

Max Hutcheon – Easterhouse Panthers

Miles Wakeling – Elmbridge Eagles

Nial Sidney – Newcastle Thunder

Patrick Noutch – Wath Brow

Sam Blake – Wakefield

Sandy Rae – Newcastle Thunder

Scott Derrick – Easterhouse Panthers

Toby Williams © – Coventry Bears

 

 

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