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As rugby league fans across the country eagerly await the NRL’s return, Zero Tackle has taken a trip down the junior pathways and examined the talent of the next generation, who are set to be the future of the competition over the coming years.<\/p>\n
While an Under-18s Australian Schoolboys team is named annually,\u00a0Zero Tackle\u00a0will be naming the best players from each age group who are set to be watched closely in the near future.<\/p>\n
Headlined by Monson Hopoate from the famed ‘Hopoate Family’ and Under-15s ASSRL National Championships Player of the Tournament Lenton Steven Funaki, the best players from the Under-17s age bracket are the stars of the next generation.<\/p>\n
This includes several cross-code athletes such as Digby Ioane and Bronson Tupou, the halves pairing of Nate Herring and Nate Millar as well as Dolphins-contracted lock Cruz Molo.<\/p>\n
Under-15s Best 17 (born in 2010 or later)<\/p>\n
1. Kolby Walters (North Queensland Cowboys<\/a>) Interchange Reserves
2. Isaiah Tepairi (Canterbury Bulldogs<\/a>)
3. Digby Ioane (Broncos State High School)
4. Monson Hopoate (Wests Tigers<\/a>)
5. Ethan Mullins (Cronulla Sharks<\/a>)
6. Nate Herring (Newcastle Knights<\/a>)
7. Nate Millar (Penrith Panthers<\/a>)
8. Bronson Tupou (St Johns Eagles)
9. Tyson Tai (Brisbane Broncos<\/a>)
10. Lenton Steven Funaki (Wavell State High School)
11. Jack Asplet (Newcastle Knights<\/a>)
12. Jake Capovilla (Parramatta Eels<\/a>)
13. Cruz Molo (The Dolphins<\/a>)<\/p>\n
14. Jesse-James Schuster (The Dolphins<\/a>)
15. Kobie McGaughey (Newcastle Knights<\/a>)
16. Knight Tanielu (The Dolphins<\/a>)
17. Sam Large (Sydney Roosters<\/a>)\u00a0<\/p>\n
18. Devida Hopoate (South Sydney Rabbitohs<\/a>)
19. Lorima Seu Seu (Parramatta Eels<\/a>)
20. Ike Bilish (Gold Coast Titans<\/a>)\u00a0<\/p>\n
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