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Seeing the green and gold
Westfields High
youngsters make
national team

by KYLIE STEVENS
Six high school rugby league players have been selected as Australian representatives.
Westfields Sports High School's hooker Troy Pan, five-eighth Kris Keating and winger Jarryd Haynes were selected in the under-15s Australian merit side.
Prop Michael Green field was selected in the open schoolboys squad.
Ben Roberts & Dean Collis
  Greenfield will be joined by Patrician Bros star five-eighth Ben Roberts and centre Dean Collis.
  The three Westfields under-15 boys were selected from the under-15 national championships held in Cabramatta last month where Kris was named most valuable player of the tournament.
  As Cabramatta Rugby League Club juniors, Kris and Jarryd said the home ground advantage made the transmission easier.
"Being on our home ground there wasn't as much pressure," Kris said.
But East Hills junior Troy said: "It was the hardest football I've ever played.
"It was the best against the best so it's a great achievement to be selected."
  Greenfield plays in first division for the Cronulla Sharks where he is on contract until the end of next
Westfields Aussie Reps season and, like Ben and Dean, played at the national schoolboys championships in Darwin.
"It was tough as it was really hot up there so I'm very happy to be selected," Michael said.
& nbsp; He took up the sport four years ago.
  "I was playing basketball but wanted to get into something more physical and aggressive," he said.
Patrician Brothers students Dean and Ben are also a step away from making their NRL debuts with Dean in first division and Ben in the club side for the West Tigers. "I'm thrilled to be picked and it will be my first time overseas,"
NEW REPS...School stars Ben Roberts and Dean Collis (above) and (below, from left) Kris Keating, Jarryd Haynes, Michael Greenfield and Troy Pan.
Dean said.
  Ben said "There will be hard physical games over in New Zealand." The opens trio head to New Zealand to play against the junior Kiwis and New Zealand Schoolboys teams in October before returning for HSC exams.
Patrician Brothers has been knocked out of the quarter finals of the Nutri-Grai Cup, losing to nine times champions St Gregory's, Campbelltown, last week.
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Wednesday 30th July 2003

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