It all starts in earnest on Saturday, 3rd February for the Lisa Fiaola, Tarsha Gale, Harold Matthews and SG Ball Sharks when they host the Balmain Tigers at PointsBet Stadium for the opening round of the NSWRL Junior Representative season.
A home-ground advantage could be telling for all of our junior Sharks teams as they look to get their seasons off to a winning start.
Having won their trial matches in convincing style, the Tarsha Gale Sharks will aim to ride that momentum into the official season with a home victory over Wests Tigers in round one.
While they can expect a much sterner challenge at PointsBet Stadium, the Isaac Michael-coached women will take great confidence from beating the Tigers six tries to nil in an impressive pre-season display only a few weeks ago.
Meanwhile, the Lisa Fiaola side are also gearing up to face the Tigers after going down fighting three tries to one when they met in mid-January.
The Lisa Fiaola Cup was previously run as a gala day, with the 2024 season marking its first time being conducted as a week-to-week female competition.
See the team lists for Round 1 below:
LISA FIAOLA CUP - ROUND 1
Sharks v Wests Tigers
Kick-off - 10am
1. Charlotte Teplicanec
2. Georgia Rake
3. Makayla Vakauta
4. Tully Rayner
5. Chloe Shepherd
6. Tameika Dorahy
7. Emily Teplicanec
8. Genevieve Mafi
9. Isabella McDonald
10. Felila Fakalelu
11. Anna Lole
12. Jessica Stonestreet
13. Milla Caine
Interchange
14. Charlotte Hall
15. Manaia Cooper
16. Maia Stowers
17. Tara Brown
18. Keely Latta
19. Summer Anderson
Coach: Robbie Taylor
TARSHA GALE CUP - ROUND 1
Sharks v Wests Tigers
Kick-off - 11.45am
1. Tia-Jordyn Vasilovski
2. Arianna Ruwoldt
3. Grace Regan-Naituyaga
4. Joy Levy
5. Raphaela Stojoski
6. Koolee Harbour
7. Olivia Herman
8. Faith Villi
9. Lilliana Reardon
10. Ariana Harden
11. Jaydika Tafua
12. Manilita Takapautolo
13. Stephanie Faulkner (c)
Interchange
14. Sage Gray
15. Leki Leilua
16. Charlotte Boyle
17. Marnie Isemonger
18. Lailah Sheridan
19. Alena Pale Eli
Coach: Isaac Michael
HAROLD MATTHEWS CUP - ROUND 1 Sharks v Balmain Tigers
Kick-off - 1.30pm
1. Oliver Lester
2. Bronson Homsy
3. Isaac Dawson
4. Elijah Cooper
5. Jaylan Herron
6. Johnathan Mansour
7. Jack Schumacher
8. Jamie Curran
9. Jack Ennis
10. Natane Haunga
11. Kaden Garner
12. Blake Watman
13. Thomas Dellow
Interchange
14. Spencer Swann
15. Dhardyan Patten-Hill
16. Kade Payne
17. Vakapuna Mataele
18. Thomas Stepic
19. Sidney Truong
20. Hemi Blackburn-Kingi
Coach: Brad Kelly
SG BALL CUP - ROUND 1
Sharks v Balmain Tigers
Kick-off - 3.15pm
1. Adrian Sandy
2. Albert Litisoni
3. Michael Gabrael
4. Nikora Williams
5. Richard Whalebone
6. Bryce Sait
7. Riley Pollard
8. Jai Davies
9. Will Saunders
10. Max McCarthy
11. Manako Piutau
12. Pharrell Gray
13. Lachlan Araullo
Interchange
14. Ashton Simmonds
15. Sione Latu
16. Alex Challenor
17. Harry Samuel
18. Cooper Hannay
19. Will Stewart
Coach: Dave Howlett