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Indigenous award named after Norths great George Green
Fri September 5, 2008
Source: www.northsydneybears.com.au

Former North Sydney captain, player and Vice-President the late George Green, has been honoured in Sydney this week with the creation of the 'George Green Medal'.

The honour this year was awarded to Souths young halfback Chris Sandow in it's inaugural year.

George Green (born 17 December, 1883 in Grafton, New South Wales) was the first indigenous player to compete in first grade rugby league in Australia. A utility forward, Green came to the North Sydney club in 1918 and played out the remainder of his top-grade career with the Club. In 1919 Green captained the North Sydney club and was a vice-captain with the Club's two premiership winning seasons - 1921 and 1922.

George Green was described as a crowd favourite, a whole-hearted player who often came up with an important play at vital times in a match. Both on and off the field Green is described as being a gentleman.

But George Green's contribution to the Club went further than his football skills and manner.

When George Green joined Norths he was put in charge of reawakening interest in rugby league in the North Sydney district. Among other things he instituted advanced training techniques consisting of lectures embellished with blackboard illustrations of skills and strategies.

George Green is also credited with being responsible for electric lighting coming to North Sydney Oval, convincing the club committee that more than moonlight was needed for his new style of training.

Following his retirement from the major rugby league competition in Australia, Green spent time coaching the Cessnock club in rural NSW. He made his debut in Rugby League playing for the Eastern Suburbs club in 1908 season. He played in the Eastern suburbs side in 1911, the year that club won their first premiership.

"Rugby League has been part of the social fabric of Indigenous communities across NSW and Queensland," The Honourable Linda Burney, Minister for Fair Trading, Minister for Youth and Minister for Volunteering said.

"This recognition of young achievers coming through the game will give further inspiration to the youth who aspire to emulate their heroes

"The NRL has also sent a positive message to Indigenous youth by combining this award with an educational scholarship

"It reinforces that to be successful in any field of life you need to have a sound education and the game has set new standards in its Toyota Cup by ensuring players have the opportunity to work or study."


Picture thanks to Steve Little and the North Sydney Bears

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Barba poised to swoop NYC point and try scoring records
Thu August 28, 2008
by Matthew O'Neill
Bulldogs whiz kid Ben Barba holds a very comfortable lead as top point scorer and top scorer with two rounds to play in the first Toyota Cup season.

Barba had four weeks in first grade opening the door for his rivals to run him down and both Josh Dugan (Raiders) and Kevin Locke (Warriors) have racked up many points in the last month, but it looks like that Barba will hold firm until at least the Finals. Dugan's average of points per game is very similar to Barba's and he has been a major presence for the Raiders when he has been on the field. Barba returned last week for the Bulldogs where he scored one try and landed two goals for a total of eight points.

So far 11 players have racked up over 100 points this season with Souths providing two players - Eddie Paea and Chris Sandow. The latter is odds on favourite to take out the Peter Moore NRL Rookie of the Year award for his performances in the Rabbitohs revival in the second half of the season.

Brisbane's Jharal Yow Yeh became the second player to pass 20 tries for the season and despite playing three more games than Barba is still seven tries behind him.

Dugan, Barba and Locke are all in a tight race to see who finishes up as the leading goal kicker with Dugan leading Barba by one goal with Locke a further goal behind.

Sandow is poised to take out a unique double as being the most accurate goal kicker in the NRL and NYC competitions (minimum 10 goals). Sandow's strike rate in the NRL is 90% (18/20) and his NYC strike rate before promotion stood at 84% (47/56).

Ten players have landed drop goals this season in the Toyota Cup with Warriors Isaac John and Manly's Daly Cherry-Evans leading the way with three each.

TOP POINTSCORERS
246 Benjamin Barba (Bulldogs) 28t, 66/103g, 2fg Avg: 13.67 (18 games)
182 Josh Dugan (Raiders) 12t, 67/91g Avg: 12.13 (15 games)
182 Kevin Locke (Warriors) 13t, 65/92g Avg: 9.58 (19 games)
138 Lachlan Coote (Panthers) 15t, 39/52g Avg: 11.50 (12 games)
124 Ben Hunt (Broncos) 14t, 34/49g Avg: 5.90 (21 games)
120 Eddie Paea (Rabbitohs) 11t, 37/52g, 2fg Avg: 6.67 (18 games)
120 Jared Kahu (Broncos) 5t, 50/64g Avg: 6.32 (19 games)
118 Chris Sandow (Rabbitohs) 6t, 47/56g Avg: 10.73 (11 games)
110 Kayne Lawton (Gold Coast) 9t, 37/45g Avg: 10.00 (11 games)
105 Daly Cherry-Evans (Sea Eagles) 7t, 37/62g, 3fg Avg: 4.77 (22 games)

TOP TRY SCORERS
28 Benjamin Barba (Bulldogs) Avg: 1.56 (18 games)
21 Jharal Yow Yeh (Broncos) Avg: 1.00 (21 games)
18 Kevin Gordon (Gold Coast) Avg: 1.00 (18 games)
15 Lachlan Coote (Panthers) Avg: 1.25 (12 games)
15 Coedi Towney (Tigers) Avg: 1.00 (15 games)
15 Simon Williams (Knights) Avg: 0.94 (16 games)
14 Jimmy Fawcett (Bulldogs) Avg: 0.70 (20 games)
14 Ben Hunt (Broncos) Avg: 0.67 (21 games)
13 Justin Carney (Raiders) Avg: 1.18 (11 games)
13 Joe Vickery (Dragons) Avg: 0.72 (18 games)

TOP GOAL KICKERS
67 Josh Dugan (Raiders) Accuracy: 74% (Attempts 91). Avg: 4.47 (15 games)
66 Benjamin Barba (Bulldogs) Accuracy: 64% (Attempts 103). Avg: 3.67 (18 games)
65 Kevin Locke (Warriors) Accuracy: 71% (Attempts 92). Avg: 3.42 (19 games)
50 Jared Kahu (Broncos) Accuracy: 78% (Attempts 64). Avg: 2.63 (19 games)
47 Chris Sandow (Rabbitohs) Accuracy: 84% (Attempts 56). Avg: 4.27 (11 games)
42 Liam Foran (Storm) Accuracy: 64% (Attempts 66). Avg: 2.33 (18 games)
39 Lachlan Coote (Panthers) Accuracy: 75% (Attempts 52). Avg: 3.25 (12 games)
37 Kayne Lawton (Gold Coast) Accuracy: 82% (Attempts 45). Avg: 3.36 (11 games)
37 Eddie Paea (Rabbitohs) Accuracy: 71% (Attempts 52). Avg: 2.06 (18 games)

MOST ACCURATE GOAL KICKERS
84% Chris Sandow (Rabbitohs) 47/56
82% Kayne Lawton (Gold Coast) 37/45
82% Jordan Rapana (Gold Coast) 27/33
81% Nathan Gardner (Eels) 22/27
78% Jared Kahu (Broncos) 50/64
75% Tony Williams (Eels) 36/48
75% Lachlan Coote (Panthers) 39/52
74% Blake Lazarus (Tigers) 14/19
74% Josh Dugan (Raiders) 67/91
73% Matthew Wright (Panthers) 19/26

DROP GOAL SCORERS
3 Isaac John (Warriors)
3 Daly Cherry-Evans (Sea Eagles)
2 Benjamin Barba (Bulldogs)
2 Eddie Paea (Rabbitohs)
2 Daniel Mortimer (Eels)
1 Adrian Davis (Bulldogs)
1 James Smart (Sharks)
1 Tim Moltzen (Tigers)
1 Darren Nicholls (Tigers)
1 Jarryd Hogan (Sharks)

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Mon July 21, 2008
• Farah teaches Sandow valuable lesson
  
Wed June 18, 2008
• Barba continues Toyota Cup domination after Round 14
  

====================================================================================================== 2008 Toyota National Youth Competition South Sydney Rabbitohs 11 games; 6 tries, 47/56 goals, 118 points. [View] Round 1 [14 Mar 08] L 10-14 v Roosters (H). [HB] 6 Pts; 3/3g [View] Round 2 [21 Mar 08] L 24-26 v Bulldogs (H). [HB] 8 Pts; 4/5g [View] Round 3 [30 Mar 08] L 24-30 v Panthers (A). [HB] 12 Pts; 1t, 4/4g [View] Round 4 [06 Apr 08] W 36-22 v Sea Eagles (A). [HB] 16 Pts; 1t, 6/6g [View] Round 5 [14 Apr 08] W 30-16 v Sharks (H). [HB] 10 Pts; 5/5g [View] Round 6 [20 Apr 08] L 12-26 v Tigers (A). [HB] 4 Pts; 2/2g [View] Round 7 [25 Apr 08] W 28-16 v Broncos (A). [HB] 12 Pts; 1t, 4/5g [View] Round 8 [04 May 08] W 40-10 v Cowboys (H). [HB] 12 Pts; 1t, 4/8g [View] Round 10 [19 May 08] W 38-12 v Raiders (A). [HB] 14 Pts; 1t, 5/7g [View] Round 11 [24 May 08] W 36-14 v Storm (H). [HB] 12 Pts; 6/6g [View] Round 12 [01 Jun 08] L 28-30 v Dragons (H). [HB] 12 Pts; 1t, 4/5g ====================================================================================================== 2008 NRL Telstra Premiership South Sydney Rabbitohs 13 games; 2 tries, 19/22 goals, 3 field goals, 49 points. [View] Round 13 [06 Jun 08] W 35-28 v Warriors (A). [HB] 5 Pts; 2/2g, 1fg [View] Round 15 [23 Jun 08] W 24-23 v Gold Coast (H). [HB] 2 Pts; 1/1g [View] Round 16 [28 Jun 08] W 29-28 v Cowboys (A). [HB] 1 Pts; 1fg [View] Round 17 [07 Jul 08] W 34-30 v Bulldogs (A). [HB] 12 Pts; 1t, 4/5g [View] Round 18 [12 Jul 08] W 32-20 v Eels (H). [HB] 2 Pts; 1/2g [View] Round 19 [20 Jul 08] L 12-36 v Tigers (H). [HB] [View] Round 20 [27 Jul 08] L 12-39 v Knights (A). [HB] 4 Pts; 2/2g [View] Round 21 [02 Aug 08] W 18-16 v Warriors (H). [HB] 2 Pts; 1/1g [View] Round 22 [09 Aug 08] L 14-28 v Sharks (A). [HB] 6 Pts; 3/3g [View] Round 23 [17 Aug 08] W 40-32 v Sea Eagles (H). [HB] 4 Pts; 2/2g [View] Round 24 [24 Aug 08] L 25-40 v Raiders (H). [HB] 9 Pts; 1t, 2/2g, 1fg [View] Round 25 [29 Aug 08] L 20-22 v Roosters (A). [HB] 2 Pts; 1/2g [View] Round 26 [07 Sep 08] L 4-42 v Storm (A). [HB] ====================================================================================================== 2007 Wizard Queensland Cup Tweed Heads 5 games; 1 tries, 4 points. [View] Round 3 [01 Apr 07] L 6-12 v Wynnum Manly (A). [BE] [View] Round 4 [07 Apr 07] W 34-14 v Ipswich (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 5 [14 Apr 07] W 34-0 v Central Comets (A). [BE] [View] Round 6 [22 Apr 07] L 10-26 v Young Guns (H). [BE] [View] Round 7 [29 Apr 07] L 20-30 v Dolphins (H). [BE] ====================================================================================================== 2006 Wizard Queensland Cup Souths Logan Magpies 3 tries, 5 goals, 22 points. ======================================================================================================

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