October 16, 2014
Some of the best Indigenous footballers in Queensland dropped into Cherbourg on Thursday to visit The Ration Shed and catch up on some local sporting history.
The Deadly Choices Queensland Murri Men’s rugby league team will be taking on an all-Maori side in Brisbane on Saturday.
The players and their team manager, Troy Byers, visited The Ration Shed and the Sports Museum in the old Boys’ Dormitory before heading on down to Jack O’Chin Oval for a training run ahead of their big match.
The Murris will take on the Maoris at 4:00pm on Saturday at Kougari Oval at Wynnum Manly.
A Queensland Murri Women’s team will face a NZ Maori Invitational side at 2:00pm.
The men’s team will then pack their bags and fly out on Sunday for a tour of Fiji.
The teams were selected after the recent QAIHC Arthur Beetson Murri Rugby League Carnival which brought together teams from all over Queensland at Redcliffe.
Murri Men’s team:
Menmuny Murgha, Marli Doak, Joshua Benjamin, Brendan Marshall, Ronald Conlon, Sean Yorston, Bill McConnachie, Rex Johnson, Matt Bob, Tristian Lumley, Joel Marama, Travis Coyne, Brandon Cubby, Theeran Peraon, Philip Vinson, Joshua Osborne, Nathan Gaulton, Morris Hodges, Kepa Sabesio and Benaiah Bowie.
Murri Women’s team:
Latoya Billie, Amy Karklis, Kateena Poppi Kyle, Keysha Roberts, Casey Karklis, Sinetta Broome, Teresa Anderson, Amy Clarke, Patrice Chambers, Bianca Ambrum, Nathalia Wauchope, Ashleigh Singleton, Molly O’Connell, Naomi Clayton, Emily Young, Kelsey Parkin and Teegan Gibbs
