FIVE of Wade Forrester's Illawarra South Coast Dragons open men's side after been rewarded for their strong NSWRL campaigns by being named in the 2021 country side.
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After reaching the country championships final, Dragons quintet Cam Vazzoler (Warilla-Lake South), Ryan James (Shellharbour), Chanse Perham (Stingrays), Corey Mulhall (Gerringong) and Sam Clune (Albion Park-Oak Flats) were all unveiled as part of Beau Scott's 18-man NSW Country squad on Friday.
Joining the Group Seven quintet in the squad are Riverina's Dane O'Hehir, Cody Hodge, James Luff, Ron Leapai, Jake Goodwin and Zachary Masters, Monaro's Bradley Prior, Isaiah Latu, Jake Wheeler and Atunaisa Tupou, Western's Mitchell Andrews, Central Coast's Cameron Davies and Macarthur's William Wardle.
This squad will take on the NSW City on the weekend of May 15 and 16.
Not to be outdone are numerous other ISC Dragons players, who were named in the two junior country outfits.
The under 16s side, which features numerous players Aaron Hertsch's Dragons side which reached the Andrew Johns Cup decider, contains Illawarra South Coast's Caleb Hall, Bailey Marks (both Gerringong), Dextar Grant (Stingrays), Clay Baldock (Wests) and Jai Duncan (Thirroul).
While the under 18s side includes Dragons' Ben Rumble (Collegians) and Ryan Couchman (Thirroul).