I was reading RLW and in it say we sign Jesse Cronin. He plays front rower got good ball skills . He had few clubs chasing him. he be playing in harold Matthews cup next year and he a giant 15 old and he was a stand out player
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If he fullfills his potential, outstanding talent.
One to watch for sure..
I was also a big fan of Paul Cronin in his day, his portryal of the patriarchal Mr Sullivan right up there, also work with a bloke named Tom Cronin, also a great bloke.
Jesus the Sullivans...the Australian version of the Waltons 'Goodnight John Boy'
Hey Davos
I used to live next door to a guy named Tim Cronin.
His dad's name was Jim Cronin.
Jim was Irish so I don't think he's any relation to Mick, but he could potentially be a relation of Paul.
Cheers
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Full article from today's RLW
Eels Sign another Cronin
PARRAMATTA HAS SIGNED another Michael Cronin...almost 30 years after his namesake led the Eels to their last premiership.
Meet Jesse Michael Cronin - one of the hottest young prospects in Rugby League. Captain of the NSW Combined Catholic Colleges team, the giant 15-year-old has signed a four-year deal with the Eels and will start in the Harold Matthews Cup in 2015.
Cronin is a Newcastle junior from Beresfield but was poached by the Eels after standout performances in the Australian Under-15 Championships in Tamworth last week.
While the other Mick Cronin was a champion goalkicking centre, the new version is a big, rugged front-rower.
"Jesse was superb and had a few clubs chasing him," says Cronin's manger, Andrew Woolnough. "He is a big, strong kid with good skills and should develop his game well at Parramatta. For someone his age, he is very tough and mature."
"He is actually no relation to the great Mick Cronin but his dad is a big Eels fan and made his middle name Michael as a tribute to the great man."
Michael Cronin joined the Eels in 1977 from Gerringong and was a star of the club's four premiership wins in 1981-82-83 and '86. The Eels haven't won a title since - but continue to live in hope.
RLW, July 3, Pg.16
He's already played with 2 of our boys in the NSWCCC team in Joshua Curran and Robert Afu. And here's an article I found about him and 4 other Maitland boys.
Maitland quartet step up for state selection
By Josh Callinan
May 20, 2014, 9:30 p.m.Four Maitland district junior rugby league players will take a step up in competition later this week.
Jack Threadgate, Joe Bromage, Jesse Cronin and Jack McNickle will head to the foot of the Blue Mountains tomorrow in search of a spot in the NSW Combined Catholic Colleges under-15 side to play the Australian Schoolboys Championships at Tamworth next month.
The trip to Penrith will be their first crack at this level with the Northern NSW Country squad and the talented quartet were looking forward to the challenge.
“It will be tough footy but it will be a good experience,” Bromage said.
This will be the second time in as many weeks that all four of them have been able to play together after representing Maitland at the Under-15 NSW Country Championship at Port Macquarie last weekend.
Outside of school commitments for All Saints College, St Joseph’s Campus, Lochinvar, they are split between different club allegiances.
Bromage, a utility forward, Cronin, a prop, and McNickle, a hooker, play together for the Thornton Beresfield bears under 15s while fullback Threadgate is part of the Greta Branxton Colts under-16 side.
REPRESENTATIVE TRIALS: All Saints College, St Joseph’s Campus, Lochinvar students Jack McNickle, Jesse Cronin, Joe Bromage and Jack Threadgate have been selected to take part in the NSW Combined Catholic Colleges under-15 rugby league trials.
They made the Northern NSW Country squad after earlier trials at Raymond terrace and Kempsey last term.
The NSW CCC under-15 trials will be held at St Mary’s tomorrow and Friday.