Promising young Wests Tigers player and Keebra Park "Sports Specialisation" graduate, Rangi Chase will attend the 2006 NRL Rookie Camp in Sydney next week. The camp will run from Sunday, January 29, to Tuesday, January 31, at the Sydney University Village.

Wests Tigers were represented last year at the Rookie Camp by Benji Marshall, Robbie Farah, Bronson Harrison, Dean Collis and Bryce Gibbs. Marshall and Harrison went on to play international football for New Zealand.

As part of the camp, players will undergo workshops including Playing By The Rules, Marketing and Sponsorship, Media, Networking and Cross Cultural Awareness.

Chase, 19, is a very talented player who played half-back for Keebra Park High with Benji Marshall at five-eighth. He played Premier League for Balmain Ryde-Eastwood in 2005.

Wests Tigers Welfare Manager Paul Heptonstall and club chaplin Nathan Eyland will also attend the Rookie Camp.

“The camp is not only a good educational tool but allows players to mix socially with the best young players from other clubs. It is a great experience for our players,’’ Heptonstall said.

This is a great signal that graduates are going on to bigger and better thing sand seems to to be the start of what will hopefully be a very successful career for Rangi at the elite level.

Darren Hart H.P.E

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