The New South Wales Under-16's rugby league team, also known as

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Under-16s or New South Wales U16, represents

in the sport of

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at an under-16 age level. Since 2008, the team has played an annual fixture against the Queensland Under-16s team as a curtain raiser to a

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game. The team features players selected from New South Wales's premier under-16 rugby league competition, the

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and Andrew Johns Cup. They are administered by the

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History

Prior to 2008, junior

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matches were contested at under-17 and under-19 levels. In 2008, with the advent of the National Youth Competition, the age levels switched to an under-16 and under-18 format to keep in line with the NSWRL's existing

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and

competitions and the QRL's

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and

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competitions, which would begin in 2009. New South Wales saw success in the first under-16 Origin fixture in 2008. They recorded their first defeat a year later, losing 30-10 in 2009 at

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. From 2010 to 2013, New South Wales would win four games consecutively before losing both fixtures against Queensland in 2014 and 2015. Since 2015 New South Wales have won every under-16 Origin fixture, in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Players

Players selected for the New South Wales under-16 team are usually contracted with a

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(NRL) side and, until 2017, played in the

. Occasionally players who are contracted to

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-based NRL sides, who play in the

, are selected. Each pre-season the

will select an under-16 squad featuring players in contention for the mid-season fixture.

Results

2008

Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2008 State of Origin series.

2009

Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the

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2010

Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2010 State of Origin series.

2011

Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the

2011 State of Origin series The 2011 State of Origin series was the 30th annual best-of-three series of interstate rugby league football matches between the Queensland and New South Wales representative teams contested under "State of Origin" selection rules. For the third s ...

2012

Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the

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2013

Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2013 State of Origin series.

2014

Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2014 State of Origin series.

2015

Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2015 State of Origin series.

2016

Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the

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2017

Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2017 State of Origin series.

2018

Played as a curtain raiser to the

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game.

References

{{Rugby League in Australia links Rugby league in New South Wales

History

Players

Results

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

See also

References