It is a great achievement for the school as only two students progressed to Sydney Metropolitan
level last year.
One of them was Liam Fulton, who made it all the way to the Australian Schoolboys squad
and is expected to make his first grade debut for the West Tigers this season.
The boys are products of the school's rugby league program, headed by coordinator Wayne
Lambkin.
Graduates from the program who have made first grade in the NRL
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include the Tigers'
Michael Buettner and Luke O'Donnell, Eels' Pat Richards and Chris Armit,
Rabbitohs' Joven Clarke and Mark Minichello and Dragons' Reece Simmons.
"Ten boys out of 40 boys selected to represent NSW is a very good result," Lambkin said.
"We are starting to develop mature players who I feel can achieve greater things. We've rebuilt
the program since I came to the school 18 months ago by bringing in a new focus.
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I'm a fulltime coach, rather than a teacher, making the coach-player relationship much easier.
Not putting pressure on them also helps.
He said the new-look program is making a difference where several of the U15 players
were part of last year's u14 Buckley Shield side which was state runner-up.

Wednesday 4th June 2003
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