After the Laurie Daley Cup and Andrew Johns Cup teams opened their season last Saturday, the other two male junior representative sides from the Central Coast will kick their seasons off this weekend as part of a six-match mega weekend in Woy Woy.
The regular season for these two teams will consist of eight matches over nine weeks before a four week semi final series. The Central Coast Roosters S.G. Ball Cup and Harold Matthews Cup teams play (in the regular season) Balmain (h), Penrith (a), Bulldogs (a), Warriors (a), Newcastle (h), Steeler (h), Parramatta (a) and Manly (h). Both teams will have a bye in Rond 6. The S.G. Ball team will play three of their eight matches against last season’s semi-finalists, whilst the Harold Matthews Cup team play five of their eight matches against such opposition.
The Central Coast Roosters will play three of their four home games at Woy Woy Oval, with a fourth played at the Central Coast Regional Sporting & Recreation Complex, Tuggerah.
S.G. Ball Cup (Men’s Under 19s)
The Central Coast Roosters return to the S.G. Ball Cup competition for the first time since 2020. The 2026 squad consists of four graduates (Corbin Devaney, Eli Bennett, Fynn Wilson and Sionelote Talakai) from the Central Coast Roosters Harold Matthews Cup team that were preliminary finalists in 2025. Also joining the squad that played Harold Matthews Cup last season are Cooper Close (Manly), Kalen Cashin and Lucas Large (Sydney Roosters), and Wyatt Katon (Newcastle).
Bodie Jeffreys, Brock Mangan, Caleb Peterson, Cooper Hall, Lincoln Turbull, Tayte Bailey and Zac Stokes all join the squad after playing Laurie Daley Cup last season for the Central Coast. They are joined by other 2025 Laurie Daley Cup players in Austyn Ahtoon-Hotene, Lennyx Ahtoon-Hotene, Charlie Barnes and Nate Simpson (Newcastle-Maitland Region), Jett Hanson and Sam Eggins (North Coast) as well as Toby Jamieson (Northern Tigers).
The full squad, to be coach by Adam McEwen is as follows:
Austyn Ahtoon-Hotene, Ben Davenport, Bodie Jeffries, Brock Mangan, Caleb Peterson, Charlie Barnes (c), Copper Close, Cooper Hall. Corbin Devaney, Eli Bennett, Fynn Wilson, Jack Keenan, Jett Hanson, Johnathan Mansour, Kalen Cashin, Kyran Blair, Lennyx Ahtoon-Hotene, Lincoln Turnbull, Lucas Large, Mac Orsini, Nate Simpson, Preston Scully, Sam Eggins, Samuel Schilt, Sionelote Talakai, Tayte Bayley, Toby Jamieson, Tyriq Campbell, Wyatt Katon and Zac Stokes.
Saturday’s round one clash against Balmain will kick off at 2.30 pm (match four of six) at Woy Woy Oval. The full team lists are shown here:
https://www.nswrl.com.au/draw/sg-ball-cup/2026/round-1/cc-roosters-v-tigers/
Harold Matthews Cup (Men’s Under 17s)
After a great season in 2025 where the Central Coast Roosters made the preliminary finals of the Harold Matthews Cup competition, the team returns with what is virtually a brand-new squad. Only captain and second rower Manni Campbell, who also captained the 2025 Central Coast Andrew Johns Cup team, will return to the Harold Matthews Cup team in 2026.
Joining Campbell from that Central Coast Andrew Johns Cup team are Aidan Harrison, Allan Lardner, Chayse Dobson, Cooper Smith, Harry Calkin, Hugo L’Estrange, Kai Fitzsimmons, Matthew Norman, Nate Ross and Semi Wara. The Club has also brought over Jake Dalby and Ngaru Thomas from the Newcastle-Maitland Andrew Johns Cup team.
The full 2026 squad, to be coached by Ryan Southam, is as follows:
Aidan Harrison, Allan Lardner, Chayse Dobson, Connor Ukeh, Cooper Rubagotti, Cooper Smith, Ethan Briggs, Harry Calkin, Hugo L’Estrange, Jack Humphries, Jake Dalby, Jayden Slomka, Jett Gremmo, Joey Thorne, Kaden Mazurek, Kai Fitzsimmons, Manni Campbell (c), Matthew Norman, Nash Wallace, Nate Rose, Ngaru Thomas, Riley O’Dell, Semi Wara, Stefron Levasa, Zac Elliott and Zavier Donald.
Saturday’s round one clash against Balmain will kick off at 1.00 pm (match three of six) at Woy Woy Oval. The full team lists are shown here:
https://www.roosters.com.au/draw/harold-matthews-cup/2026/round-1-cc-roosters-v-tigers/
