The Short Ball

Going through all the action in Flegg & cup over the last weekend, looking ahead to this weekend, and answering your questions

Reviewing Thursdays state final matches with Keebra and Patrician brothers winning to go through to the national final, and introducing you to all the debutants over the course of the NRL weekend.

Looking at the schoolboy cup final four, reviewing wednesdays games and answering your questions IG - Theshortball_

Today looking at Makasini and whether Benji should hand him a debut this year, the schoolboy cup action today and the form of u19s players at the back end of nsw cup and nrl seasons

Reviewing Wednesdays action in the Peter Mulholland cup, and looking at Jett Cleary & Coby Black, with the media talk around debuting them 

Looking at a number of storylines over the weekend of reserve grade, and the young guns killing it on their path to NRL. IG - theshortball_

In this one I re-rank my top 50 schoolboys following the ASSRL national u18s tournament last week, and I answer a few questions you sent me on Instagram. IG; @Theshortball_

Going through my top 50 players heading into the assrl national u18s comp and australian schoolboy selection

Reviewing NSWs 26-10 win over QLD in the u19s womens origin last night

Reviewing QLDs 23-22 win over NSW in last nights u19s origin match

My u19s womens origin preview for thursday night at the sunshine coast

I go through my predicted sides and the reasoning for the picks

Myself and AJ Lucantonio from the League scene podcast review the awesome finish in the SG ball grand final, the dominant finals series of the Warriors and much more in this grand final day review.

NSWRL junior reps grand final preview covering Harold Matts, SG ball, Tarsha Gale and Lisa Fiaola 

Week two finals recap for the NSWRL junior reps over the weekend Instagram - Theshortball_ Tiktok - Theshortball._

In this I go through week two of junior reps finals, looking at the players to keep an eye on 

In this one I go through a couple players you asked me to cover leading into this weekends NRL preseason trials.

In this one i look into the Dolphins pathways, focussing on the depth they're building and the success they had across the junior competitions.

I dive into the Manly junior pathways, looking at their chances of success in the near future, and how they're set up to sustain that success in the longer term.

In this one I dive into the Raiders junior pathways to analyse their chances of winning a premiership in the next few years, and how their pathways performed over the course of 2024.

I dive into the Knights junior pathways, who their key performers were and how it will translate to first grade success in the next few years. 

I go through the National schoolboy final, previewing the matchup between Palm Beach Currumbin and Patrician Brothers Blacktown

I go through the weekend of action in the Jersey Flegg and Reserve grade finals.

Today I go through the upcoming Jersey Flegg and NSW cup finals, highlighting some of the players to watch and how the games will pan out.