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JETS TAKING OFF Memorial Premiership winning
coach Richie Blackmore.
Two New Zealand Warriors
Three decades on from its Auckland’s best 13-17 year-old players, Patrick Sipley and
birth, the Auckland Rugby male players. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, also
League JETS Camp continues made an appearance to share
to go from strength to their football knowledge
strength. Connor Werry, 16, who plays before leading a Q&A session.
for the Mt Albert Lions, said
the camp had him counting
As it celebrated its 30th year down the days until the season
at Camp Adair in March, the kicks off.
annual JETS (Junior
Educational Training System)
Camp welcomed female “I loved the camp, even after
players for the first time, in a the first day you were learning
move which supports the work so much,” he said.
being done through the
introduction of U13, U15, U17 “When you are in a group of
girls’ grades this season. boys and girls your own age it’s Focussing on more technical
really good, it’s a real driver to aspects of rugby league, Werry
get the job done.” appreciated the opportunity to
learn off people with such vast
experience in the game.
The three-day camp, which
provides an intensive training
programme with specialised
practical drills for player “It’s a real driver to get
development, is delivered by a the job done.”
number of special guest
coaches and ARL staff.
Fifteen-year-old Emma “It’s good to leave the normal
Diamond and Taleenza Nelson, On the Saturday, the group stuff like fitness to the side
13, took part in the camp, were mentored by former Kiwi and just focus on technical
lining up alongside some of Brent Webb and 2016 SAS Fox stuff, lots of attack, pre,
middle and post-contact work,
which is great stuff to do,” he
said.
“It was really cool to have the
Warriors come out, especially
given some of them come from
the same club as me and did
the same stuff growing up.”
The JETS Camp has in the past
produced successful rugby
league players such as Stacey
Jones, Awen Guttenbeil, Louis
Anderson, Monty Betham,
Robbie Paul, Jason Taumalolo
and most recently, Nicoll-
Klokstad.
