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Probably the best innovation that the NRL has introduced in the past decade

has been the creation of the under 20s National Youth Competition (NYC) that

now precedes NRL first grade games (Holden/Toyota)

The NYC is where the NRL now draws the majority of its future stars from. The

NYC is a great place to see the form of the young players that are going soonbe playing NRL. Every year, we find more and more young players stepping up

to the NRL, with an average of about 70 players stepping up from the NYC to

the NRL every season.

With 2013 set to be no different, it helps to look at the players that are likely to

graduate from the NYC to the NRL over the next 12 months. At the end of this

article I go through the 2012 team in details and I think a lot of these guys and

are ready for NRL and I think the amount of youngsters will only increase.

Below I have provided the NYC Teams of the Year from 2008-2012. A whole

host of the NRL current stars have come through the NYC. A lot of these guys

are now the superstars of our game.

2008

1. Lachlan Coote (Penrith Panthers)

2. Jharal Yow Yeh (Brisbane Broncos)

3. Justin Carney (Canberra Raiders)

4. Tony Williams (Parramatta Eels)5. Kevin Gordon (Gold Coast Titans)

6. Ben Barba (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)

7. Chris Sandow (South Sydney)

8. Russell Packer (Warriors)

9. Masada Iosefa (Penrith Panthers)

10. John Kite (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)

11. Joel Thompson (Canberra Raiders)

12. Daniel Harrison (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)

13. Shaun Fensom (Canberra Raiders)

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14.Ben Hunt (Brisbane Broncos) NYC Player of the Year

15. Matt Mundine (St. George Illawarra Dragons)

16. Jordan Rapana (Gold Coast Titans)

17. Ben Matulino (Warriors)

2009

1. Malcom Webster (South Sydney Rabbitohs)

2. Joe Vickory (St. George Illawarra Dragons)

3. Junior Vaivai (South Sydney Rabbitohs)

4. Siutonga Likiliki (Warriors)

5. Drury Low (Canberra Raiders)

6. Robert Lui (West Tigers)

7.Beau Henry (St. George Illawarra Dragons) NYC Player of the Year

8. Jesse Bromwich (Melbourne Storm)

9. Travis Waddell (Canberra Raiders)

10. Trent Merrin (St. George Illawarra Dragons)

11. Jared Warea-Hargreaves (Manly Sea Eagles)

12. Jake Marketo (St. George Illawarra Dragons)

13. Jamie Buhrer (Manly Sea Eagles)

14. Kieran Foran (Manly Sea Eagles)15. Joel Romelo (Penrith Panthers)

16. Gareth Widdop (Melbourne Storm)

17. Daly Cherry-Evans (Manly Sea Eagles)

2010

1. Dane Gagai (Brisbane Broncos)

2. Kalifa Faifai-Loa (St. George Illawarra Dragons)

3. Dylan Farrell (South Sydney Rabbitohs)

4. Siutonga Likiliki (Warriors)5. Josh Mansour (South Sydney Rabbitohs)

6. Aidan Sezer (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)

7. Sam Williams (Canberra Raiders)

8. Tariq Sims (Brisbane Broncos) NYC Player of the Year

9. James Segeyaro (North Queensland Cowboys)

10. Andrew Clayton (Brisbane Broncos)

11. Ryan James (Gold Coast Titans)

12. Sam Mataora (Canberra Raiders)

13. Ethan Cook (Newcastle Knights)

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14. Brad Murray (Sydney Roosters)

15. Dale Finucane (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs)

16. Matt Hyland (Wests Tigers)

17. Lama Tasi (Manly Sea Eagles)

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