ALBURY and Southcity have the strongest representation in the Group Nine representative squad announced tonight.
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Group Nine selections have chosen five Thunder players and five Southcity players in the squad of nineteen.
Cootamundra have three representatives and Gundagai's new recruits Rulon Nutira and Matt Sauni have both been selected.
Junee, Temora, Young and Kangaroos all have one member in the 19-man squad with Brothers, Tumut and Tumbarumba the only clubs that are not represented.
Southcity's Daniel Fitzhenry will captain-coach the Group Nine team.
Training will start on Wednesday night at Equex at 7pm ahead of Group Nine's game against Group 20 on May 17.
From there a Riverina squad will be selected to compete in the Country Championships with the winning coach to take over the reins of the Riverina squad.
In a change of format in the Country Championships this season, divisions will again compete against each.
The Riverina will tackle Northern Rivers in the opening round at Singleton on May 31.
Group Nine representative squad
Grant Boyd (Cootamundra), Luke Berkrey (Cootamundra), Andrew Cowhan (Albury), Glenn Dumbrell (Kangaroos), Mitch Davis (Albury), Daniel Foley (Junee), Daniel Fitzhenry (Southcity) (captain/coach), Lou Goodwin (Albury), Willie Heta (Albury), Jack Hetherington (Young), Ben Jeffery (Albury), Peter Little (Southcity), Scott Matthews (Temora), Ned Mortimer (Southcity), Rulon Nutira (Gundagai), Serla Pera (Cootamundra), Nathan Rose (Southcity), Nick Skinner (Southcity), Matt Sauni (Gundagai)