Welcome to The Courier’s 2022/23 Narrabri District Cricket Association Coates Hire Namoi Super Slog T20 competition live blog.

From 4pm this afternoon at the Narrabri RSL Club, the four franchises – J and D Weed Management, Specialised Civil Services, WTC Group and 2020/21 champions Priag Patriots – will draft their teams for the third edition of NDCA’s premier T20 competition.

The captains of the four franchises have been locked in, with the NDCA first grade competition leading wicket-taker Cooper Brayshaw to skipper the defending champions Priag Patriots, the only player to have played in both grand final-winning teams and also the 2021/22 season MA Connolly Cup-winning captain Luke Meppem to lead J and D Weed Management, Western Razorbacks skipper and Central North quick Dylan Smith to captain WTC Group, and NDCA Pink Slugs wicketkeeper Lachlan Woolford to skipper Specialised Civil Services.

Earlier today, NDCA revealed the retained players from each franchise.

These players are automatic selections into their respective squads, with a 20 per cent loading added to their price from the 2020/21 Coates Hire Namoi Super Slog T20 season, which is to come out of the franchise’s $10 million salary cap at today’s auction.

Captains and retained players are:

Priag Patriots – Cooper Brayshaw (c), Clay Hoffman, Josh Trindall, Nathan Trindall and Bernard O’Connor.

Specialised Civil Services – Lachlan Woolford (c), Jay Hall, Jye Manton, Zack Doring and Tim Cameron.

J and D Weed Management – Luke Meppem (c), Sid Harvey, Nick Tomlinson and Josh Rose.

WTC Group – Dylan Smith (c), Jarrett Tough, Cody Kember, Tim Hayne and Matt Conroy.

This afternoon, when a player is called out, each franchise and their captain have 60 seconds to decide what portion of their salary cap they will offer to spend on that player.

The franchise with the highest bid on a player will have that player added to their roster, and their price will be subtracted from that team’s salary cap.

Throughout the afternoon, The Courier, below, will provide an updated list of each player who has been drafted, their draft price and the team they were drafted into.

The first player drawn out was Tourist Hotel’s Joel Hogan, who was taken by Priag Patriots for $250,000.

The first million-dollar player was Tatts skipper Jakeb Nipperess who was taken for $1.2 million by Priag Patriots.

Dylan Segundo, at player number 12, then became the most expensive player when he was taken by J and D Weed Management for $1,505,000, but he was immediately overtaken by Jake Brayshaw, at player number 13, who went for $3,000,050 to Priag Patriots.

Hamish Duncan later became the most expensive player at player number 26 when he was taken by Priag Patriots for $3,105,000. He finished the auction as the most expensive player.

AUCTION LIST:

Retained players pre-auction:

Tim Hayne (Tourist Hotel) – WTC Group ($300,000).
Josh Trindall (Tourist Hotel) – Priag Patriots ($864,000).
Jye Manton (Tourist Hotel) – Specialised Civil Services ($1440).
Nick Tomlinson (Tourist Hotel) – J and D Weed Management ($600,000).
Matt Conroy (Tourist Hotel) – WTC Group ($1,296,000).
Cody Kember (RSL) – WTC Group ($1,087,200).
Jarrett Tough (RSL) – WTC Group ($144,144).
Nathan Trindall (RSL) – Priag Patriots ($720,000).
Bernard O’Connor (RSL) – Priag Patriots ($600,000).
Sid Harvey (Tatts) – J and D Weed Management ($780,000).
Josh Rose (Tatts) – J and D Weed Management ($12,000).
Jay Hall (Western Razorbacks) – Specialised Civil Services ($2,592,000).
Tim Cameron (Western Razorbacks) – Specialised Civil Services ($420,000).
Clay Hoffman (Western Razorbacks) – Priag Patriots ($1440).
Zack Doring (Western Razorbacks) – Specialised Civil Services ($42,000).

Auction:

  1. Joel Hogan (Tourist Hotel) – Priag Patriots ($250,000).
  2. Jonty Schwager (Tatts) – WTC Group ($672,656).
  3. Jakeb Nipperess (Tatts) – Priag Patriots ($1,200,000).
  4. Matt Tubner (RSL) – J and D Weed Management ($250,000).
  5. Aidan King (Gunnedah) – J and D Weed Management ($500,000).
  6. Michael Hewett (Tatts) – J and D Weed Management ($721,000).
  7. Aash Koirala (Tourist Hotel) – WTC Group ($51,000).
  8. Hadley Sevil (RSL) – Specialised Civil Services ($520,000).
  9. Gareth Lamond (Tourist Hotel) – J and D Weed Management ($320,000).
  10. Rowan Keeler (RSL) – WTC Group ($100,000).
  11. David Allen (Western Razorbacks) – Passed In (1).
  12. Dylan Segundo (Tourist Hotel) – J and D Weed Management ($1,505,000).
  13. Jake Brayshaw (RSL) – Priag Patriots ($3,000,050).
  14. Steve Phelps (Western Razorbacks) – WTC Group ($1,100,000).
  15. Blake Jarrett (RSL) – Priag Patriots ($100,000).
  16. Waldo Botha (Tatts) – Specialised Civil Services ($420,000).
  17. Jason Howe (Tourist Hotel) – J and D Weed Management ($55,000).
  18. Eben Botha (Tatts) – Specialised Civil Services ($430,000).
  19. David McInnes (Tourist Hotel) – WTC Group ($249,000).
  20. Mark Page (Tourist Hotel) – J and D Weed Management ($1,557,000).
  21. Sam Bullen (Tourist Hotel) – Specialised Civil Services ($25,000).
  22. Karl Hatfield (Tatts) – Specialised Civil Services ($1,559,560).
  23. Will Ford (RSL) – WTC Group ($2,000,000).
  24. Kallum Mallows (Tourist Hotel) – Passed In (2).
  25. Joe Madden (Western Razorbacks) – WTC Group ($200,000).
  26. Hamish Duncan (Tourist Hotel) – Priag Patriots ($3,105,000).
  27. Jason Paull (Tourist Hotel) – Passed In (3).
  28. Chris Smith (Tourist Hotel) – Specialised Civil Services ($25,000).
  29. Kaleb Mowle (Tourist Hotel) – J and D Weed Management ($751,000).
  30. Travis Tilse (Tatts) – WTC Group ($50,000).
  31. Guy Gleeson (Tatts) – Specialised Civil Services ($975,000).
  32. Jordan Doolan (RSL) – Specialised Civil Services ($350,000).
  33. Luke Baker (RSL) – Passed In (4).
  34. Mitch Foster (Tourist Hotel) – Passed In (5).
  35. Greg Melton (Western Razorbacks) – J and D Weed Management ($2,849,000).
  36. James Keys (Tatts) – WTC Group ($2,700,000).
  37. Dustyn Allen (Western Razorbacks) – Specialised Civil Services ($1,000,000).
  38. Jake Cooper (Tatts) – Priag Patriots ($126,101).

Passed in list:

Mitch Foster (Tourist Hotel) – J and D Weed Management ($100,000).
David Allen (Western Razorbacks) – Priag Patriots ($1).
Luke Baker (RSL) – Priag Patriots ($1).
Kallum Mallows (Tourist Hotel) – Priag Patriots ($1).

The final team lists are as follows:

J and D Weed Management: Luke Meppem (c), Nick Tomlinson, Sid Harvey, Josh Rose, Matt Tubner, Aidan King, Michael Hewett, Gareth Lamond, Dylan Segundo, Jason Howe, Mark Page, Kaleb Mowle, Greg Melton, Mitch Foster.

Priag Patriots: Cooper Brayshaw (c), Nathan Trindall, Bernard O’Connor, Clay Hoffman, Josh Trindall, Joel Hogan, Jakeb Nipperess, Jake Brayshaw, Blake Jarrett, Hamish Duncan, Jake Cooper, David Allen, Luke Baker, Kallum Mallows.

WTC Group: Dylan Smith (c), Matt Conroy, Tim Hayne, Cody Kember, Jarrett Tough, Jonty Schwager, Aash Koirala, Rowan Keeler, Steve Phelps, David McInnes, Will Ford, Joe Madden, Travis Tilse, James Keys.

Specialised Civil Services: Lachlan Woolford, Jay Hall, Jye Manton, Zack Doring, Tim Cameron, Hadley Sevil, Waldo Botha, Eben Botha, Sam Bullen, Karl Hatfield, Chris Smith, Guy Gleeson, Jordan Doolan, Dustyn Allen.

Reserves – Jason Paull and Jake Thurston.

 

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