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eagleskickass
31 Jul 2003, 20:24
WA recently won the National U/16 championships with something like 9!!! West Australians making the All Australian U/16's side. This suggests the future is bright for WA Juniors and hopefully in the coming years a few top draft prospects will come from WA.
One player in particular i would like to comment on is a player called Shawn Colbung Jnr. He comes from Albany(i played with him last year) and is the son of East perth footballer Shawn Colbung Snr. Shawn was in the national U/16's side and made the All Australian team. This kid is phenominal. Hes a forward/midfield type player of the Sampi/Matera type so may not be what we are looking for in the future but of all the youngsters i have seen this kid is special. He is playing League in the Albany comp and is only 14-15 years old. I would say he will easily play AFL football, the question is will we want to draft another top class midfielder/forward in the next 2-3 years and would we get the chance to draft this guy as i reckon he'll be pretty highly sort after!

Either way 9 WA players in the All Aus side is a great effort and congrats to the U/16's on winning the national title!
sammy gal
1 Aug 2003, 03:16
My son has just made it into the 14's Subiaco development squad , the state u/16's coach is the also the assistant coach at his junior footy club.........brett barber.............
Port01
1 Aug 2003, 04:16
The final is this Saturday, Richmond Oval.

WA vs SA, both undefeated so far, so I think you jumped the gun a touch ;)

Doesn't really matter anyway, the funding poured into Victoria by the AFL will probably tip the scales by the time they are under 18's anyway.
eagleskickass
1 Aug 2003, 16:34
um yeah, i did:D
Sorry, just going by what my Dad told me, the radio must have got it wrong. Also cant seem to find any stats for Shawn Colbung lol, according to everything ive seen he didnt even go so i dunno what the radio is playing at in Albany
dasler
1 Aug 2003, 20:04
It was a "State" 15's Schoolboys team...that's why you cant find any stats...totally different to the WAFL State 18's and 16's.
eagleskickass
3 Aug 2003, 01:11
Western Australia beat South Australia in the final today:)
docker_johnno
3 Aug 2003, 01:27
site for the State School Boys

http://home.iprimus.com.au/stateschoolboys/
GoEagles
3 Aug 2003, 18:20
Originally posted by eagleskickass
Western Australia beat South Australia in the final today:)

So you were right of the result all along :D