The 2026 Junior Representative season commences this Saturday, January 31st with the Round One fixtures in the Andrew Johns Cup (Regional Under 16s) and the Laurie Daley Cup (Regional Under 18s). The remaining junior representative competitions kick off a week later on Saturday, 7th February.
Once again, the Central Coast Roosters will participate in the Andrew Johns Cup and Laurie Daley Cup competitions. The Roosters won both premierships in 2021 whilst the Andrew Johns Cup team added a second title in 2024.
In 2025 both teams won 3 of 5 in the regular season to fall just short of semi-final qualification.
The Roosters will again, in 2026, play in the northern pool of the competition, competing against fellow pool members the Northern Tigers (Round 2 – home), North Coast Bulldogs (Round 4 – away), Northern River Titans (Round 5 – away) and finally Newcastle-Maitland Knights (Round 6 – home). Our cross over pool match in 2026 will once again be against the Western Rams, who we will play this Saturday in in Queanbeyan. Both our teams will have a bye in Round 3.
The Central Coast 2026 squads are as follows:
Andrew Johns Cup
Ace Harvey, Archie Humpries, Axle Lennon, Eden Rasmussen, Finn Solway, Harrison Sherwood, Hayden Lynch (c), Inglis Ritchie, Jack Southam, Javier Cama, Jett Sherwood, Jett Watts, Joshua Marsters, Kade Townsend, Kobe Clugston, Miller Doak, Noah Jerome, Noah Rasmussen, Sunny Egan, Taj Howarth, Tayden Hay, Tyler Austin and Vailala Fekitoa.
The team will be coached by Toby Elliott, older brother of Sydney Roosters NRL squad member Jake Elliott.
Laurie Daley Cup
Ben Geddes-Brown (c), Archie Hall, Blessing Foini, Chase Kapua, Corbin Devaney, Eddy Sawers, Eli Bennett, Ihaka Wright, Jesse Norton, Kai Hodges, Keanu Moimoi, Kobi Bain, Kobie Flanders, Koby Houghton, Kye Northey, Marshall Michie, Riley Arrow, Ronan Hope, Sami Leqeti, Semi Leweniqila, Tadhg Close, Taj Gooley, Will Hejduk, Will McClelland and Zach Herring.
The team will be coach by Damian Hargreaves, who also coaches the Central Coast NSW Women’s Premiership team.
Ben Geddes-Brown, Blessing Foini, Chase Kapua, Corbin Devaney, Eli Bennett, Koby Houghton, Semi Lewwniqila, Tadhg Close and Will McClelland were all part of the Central Coast Roosters 2025 Harold Matthews squad who made it through to the preliminary final, whilst Keanu Moimoi was in Newcastle’s squad, who defeated the Roosters in that preliminary final.
The Round One clashes against the Western Rams on Saturday in Queanbeyan will both kick off at 1.30 pm, with the Andrew Johns Cup at Seiffet Oval and the Laurie Daley Cup nearby at David Campese Field. All Round One matches are cross over pool games, with all games played in Quenbeyan and Singleton.
