Now you're probably thinking this is another blog about our poor retention of juniors, well it's not. I live in the Fairfield area, in South West Sydney and we have produced many stars in a number of sports. I'll start with Rugby League. We've produced Hayne, Inu, T-Rex, The Keatings, Hodkinson, Mark and Anthony Minichello, Liam Fulton, Israel Folau, Leon Bott, Michael Buettner, Chris Armit, Dean Halatau, Isaac Luke and Luke O'Donnell. In soccer we've produced Goalkeepers Mark Schwarzer (who my uncle played with at Marconi) and Zeljko Kalac, Harry Kewell, Brett Emerton, Nick Carle, Paul Okon, Robbie Slater, Mark Bosnic, Christian Vieri, Jason Culina, Alex Brosque, Danny Vukovich, Michael Beauchamp. In Cricket we have the Australian Test and ODI Captain Michael Clarke, Doug Bollinger, Luke Doran, Ben Rohrer (both play for NSW) and Usman Khawaja.
Note: Not all were born in my area but they all played their junior sport in my area.
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Thank you Westfields Sports High School..
oh lets not stop there... some other high profile names from Westfields Sports High (besides me of course)
Mustafa Amini - plays for Central Coast Mariners in the A-league
Michael Beauchamp - current Socceroo and playing for Sydney FC in the A-League
Alex Brosque - current Socceroo and plays for Shimizu S-Pulse in the J.League
Jacob Burns - former Socceroo and captain of Perth Glory in the A-League
Jason Cadee - plays for the Gold Coast Blaze in the National Basketball League
David Carney - Australia national team, former player for Blackpool, currently unattached.
Michael Clarke - current captain of the both the Australian Test and One-day International cricket teams
Jason Culina - current Socceroo and playing for Newcastle Jets in the A-League
Israel Folau - current Kangaroo and plays for the Brisbane Broncos in the Australian NRL
Liam Fulton - plays for Wests Tigers in the Australian NRL and member of the 2005 NRL Premiership winning team
Bryce Gibbs - plays for Wests Tigers in the Australian NRL
Kelly Golebiowski - plays for Central Coast Mariners Women in the Australian W-League
Eric Grothe Jr. - plays for the Parramatta Eels in the Australian NRL
Dene Halatau - plays for the West Tigers in the Australian NRL
Jarryd Hayne - current Kangaroo and plays for the Parramatta Eels in the Australian NRL
Bernie Ibini-Isei - plays for Central Coast Mariners in the A-League
Jamal Idris - plays for the Canterbury Bulldogs in the Australian NRL
Krisnan Inu - plays for the Parramatta Eels in the Australian NRL
Scott Jamieson - current Socceroo and plays for Sydney FC in the A-League
Matthew Jurman - plays for Brisbane Roar in the A-League
Harry Kewell - current Socceroo and playing for Melbourne Victory in the A-league
Usman Khawaja - current member of The Australian Cricket team and The New South Wales club
Trent McClenahan - plays for Football League Championship club Scunthorpe United
Mark Minichiello - plays for the Gold Coast Titans in the Australian NRL
Luke O'Donnell - current Kangaroo and State of Origin player for NSW. Plays for the North Queensland Cowboys in the Australian NRL
Matthew Ryan - plays for Central Coast Mariners in the A-league
Dani Samuels - 2009 World Champion in the discus throw
John Thornell - long Jumper, competitor of the Commonwealth Games
Danny Vukovic - plays for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League
Tony Williams - plays for Manly Sea Eagles in the Australian NRL
there are plenty more names like Matt Keating, and that sprinter Matt Shirvington, but that's all they listed on Wikipedia...