Sport

ISSUE 30 | October 2022 SporT

EELS STAR PROP IN WORLD CUP Reagan Campbell-Gillard shines

„ DALLAS SHERRINGHAM

GIANT Parramatta Eels prop is the only member of the Blue and Gold’s Grand final team to win selection in the Australian Kangaroos squad to contest the Rugby League World Cup in Great Britain later this year.

Parramatta were outplayed in the Grand Final, losing 28-12 to an outstanding Penrith Panthers side. Reagan tried hard in the decider, but could not make headway against a relentless Panthers’ defense which continually offered a black brick wall of three dominant players in most tackles..

However he defended well and pulled off a couple of big tackles at crucial times.

Reagan has had a stella year leading the Eels pack and played well in the first State of Origin match before being mysteriously overlooked for the rest of the series by losing coach Brad Fittler

Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga is a fan of Reagan and he will provide the size needed in a rather small Australian pack.

Sean Lane was desperately unlucky to miss the Squad after an outstanding season including a solid display on Grand Final day.

Two Parramatta Eels players have earnt representative honors in the Jillaroos squad for the Women’s World Cup. Kennedy Cherrington and Simaima Taufa had outstanding games on the day it counted.

They were the stars of a Parramatta team that went down valiantly to the Newcastle Knights 32-12 in the outstanding match of NRL Grand Final Day.

The decider was much closer than the score illustrated in the end with the Knights scoring a couple of late tries.

KANGAROOS SQUAD

• Josh Addo-Carr (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs) • Matt Burton (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs) • Reagan Campbell-Gillard (Parramatta Eels) • Patrick Carrigan* (Brisbane

Broncos) • Daly Cherry-Evans (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles) • Nathan Cleary (Penrith Panthers) • Lindsay Collins (Sydney Roosters) • Reuben Cotter (North

Queensland Cowboys) • Angus Crichton (Sydney Roosters) • Tino Fa’asuamaleaui (Gold Coast

Titans) • Campbell Graham (South Sydney Rabbitohs) • Harry Grant (Melbourne Storm) • Valentine Holmes (North

Queensland Cowboys) • Ben Hunt (St George Illawarra

Dragons) • Liam Martin (Penrith Panthers) • Latrell Mitchell (South Sydney

Rabbitohs) • Cameron Munster (Melbourne

Storm) • Cameron Murray (South Sydney

Rabbitohs) – Vice-Captain • Jeremiah Nanai (North

Queensland Cowboys) • Murray Taulagi (North

Queensland Cowboys) • James Tedesco (Sydney Roosters) - Captain • Jake Trbojevic (Manly Warringah

Sea Eagles) • Jack Wighton (Canberra Raiders) • Isaah Yeo (Penrith Panthers)

Standby players

• Dylan Edwards • Nicho Hynes • Damien Cook

JILLAROOS SQUAD

• Tarryn Aiken (Brisbane Broncos) • Kezie Apps (St George-Illawarra

Dragons) • Millie Boyle (Newcastle Knights) • Samantha Bremner (Sydney

Roosters) • Ali Brigginshaw (Brisbane Broncos) • Lauren Brown (Gold Coast Titans) • Jaime Chapman (Brisbane Broncos) • Kennedy Cherrington (Parramatta Eels) • Shenae Ciesiolka (Brisbane

Broncos) • Yasmin Clydsdale (Newcastle

Knights) • Keeley Davis (St George-Illawarra Dragons) • Taliah Fuimaono (St George-Illawarra Dragons) • Tallisha Harden (Brisbane Broncos) • Caitlan Johnston (Newcastle

Knights) • Keilee Joseph (Sydney Roosters) • Isabelle Kelly (Sydney Roosters) • Olivia Kernick (Sydney Roosters) • Shannon Mato (Gold Coast Titans) • Evania Pelite (Gold Coast Titans) • Julia Robinson (Brisbane Broncos) • Jessica Sergis (Sydney Roosters) • Simaima Taufa (Parramatta Eels) • Tamika Upton (Newcastle

Knights) • Holli Wheeler (St George Illawarra Dragons)

Reagan Campbell-Gillard.