{"id":175876,"date":"2025-09-28T19:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T19:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/175876\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T19:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T19:42:09","slug":"star-juniors-headline-nsw-cup-team-of-the-year-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/175876\/","title":{"rendered":"Star juniors headline NSW Cup Team of the Year – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NRL<\/a> has an abundance of talent coming through the ranks, with future stars littered across the junior leagues.<\/p>\n

NSW Cup’s best of the best have been acknowledged in its team of the year, with each player mentioned expected to make a splash in the NRL<\/a> in the future.<\/p>\n

After a phenomenal 896-day return from illness, St George Illawarra Dragons<\/a> gun Cody Ramsey<\/a> is named at fullback, capping off a spectacular rugby league comeback.<\/p>\n

Penrith Panthers’ Asu Kepaoa<\/a> Sydney Roosters’ Tom Rodwell<\/a> feature on the wings, both finishing the season as the leading try-scorers with 21 and 20 respectively.<\/p>\n

Impressive young centres in Canterbury Bulldogs’ Cassius Tia<\/a> and Newtown Jets’ Michael Gabrael<\/a> feature in the side, with both stars showcasing excellent attacking ability.<\/p>\n

At five-eighth is departing Dragons star Jonah Glover<\/a>, who showcased excellent poise and class, which will reflect well as he shifts into the NRL<\/a> in the coming years.<\/p>\n

Niwhai Puru<\/a> of the Jets finishes the year as NSW Cup’s best halfback, in a season that highlighted the next great playmaker in rugby league.<\/p>\n

Kiwi international Danny Levi<\/a> of the Canberra Raiders<\/a> lines up at hooker, with teammate Trey Mooney<\/a> and New Zealand Warriors<\/a> forward Tom Ale<\/a> slotted in as the props.<\/p>\n

The Raiders and Warriors dominate the back row as well, with Noah Martin<\/a> and Kayliss Fatialofa<\/a> taking out the honours.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the side at No. 13 is Warriors lock forward, captain and The Knock-On Effect NSW Cup<\/a> Player of the Year Kalani Going<\/a>, who has had a tremendous season in reserve grade.<\/p>\n

NSW Cup Team of the Year<\/p>\n

1) Cody Ramsey<\/a> (St George Illawarra Dragons<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2) Asu Kepaoa<\/a> (Penrith Panthers<\/a>)<\/p>\n

3) Cassius Tia<\/a> (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs<\/a>)<\/p>\n

4) Michael Gabrael<\/a> (Newtown Jets)<\/p>\n

5) Tom Rodwell<\/a> (Sydney Roosters<\/a>)<\/p>\n

6) Jonah Glover<\/a> (St George Illawarra Dragons<\/a>)<\/p>\n

7) Niwhai Puru<\/a> (Newtown Jets)<\/p>\n

8) Trey Mooney<\/a> (Canberra Raiders<\/a>)<\/p>\n

9) Danny Levi<\/a> (Canberra Raiders<\/a>)<\/p>\n

10) Tom Ale<\/a> (Warriors)<\/p>\n

11) Kayliss Fatialofa<\/a> (Warriors)<\/p>\n

12) Noah Martin<\/a> (Canberra Raiders<\/a>)<\/p>\n

13) Kalani Going<\/a> (Warriors)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NRL has an abundance of talent coming through the ranks, with future stars littered across the junior…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-175876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}