2017 Williams Shield

The 2017 Williams Shield is a one-off three-match test series contested by the Florian Republic national rugby league team and Etourney national rugby league team. The Etourney national rugby league team is to play a match against Northsilver Panthers in a warm-up match.

Background

In early 2017, the Florian Republic entered the qualifying campaign for the 2017 FMRL World Cup and narrowly missed out by a point. To fill the absence of them at the tournament the FRFL invited the Etourney national rugby league team, to compete in a one-off series. To fill the Gulf of both teams, The Etourney national rugby league team was permitted to choose heritage players currently playing in the Florian Super League. This will be the first time that the Etourney national rugby league team play a full member of the FMRL. The team previously took on the Florian Police and Army in the Florian Tri-series.

To prepare for the series, Northsilver Panthers offered to play the Etourney team as a warm-up match.

Florian Republic	Position	Etourney
Dylan Austin	Fullback	Cameron Blanc (Etourney Scorpions)
Adam Rogers	Wing	Rhys Gaines
Rhys Baxter (K) (C)	Centre	Bradley Ward
Leo Bell	Centre	Tom Jacks
Nicholas Foster	Wing	Jacob Scott
John Webb	Five-Eighth	Alex Clark
Kyrie Shepard	Halfback	Nathan Gordon
Adam Young	Prop	Bailey Price
Jesus Skinner	Hooker	Jensen Dimont (Etourney Scorpions)
Ernest Lee	Prop	David Lee
Anthony Walker	2nd Row	Mike Perkins (Etourney Eagles)
Sean Powell	2nd Row	Adam Baillieu (Etourney Lions)
Jenson Cole	Lock	Thierry Kléber (Etourney Eagles)

Sam Lee	Interchange	Égide Naudé (Etourney Lions)
Oliver Berry	Interchange	Wilfrid Jaubert (St. Edwin's Cavaliers)
Riley Bates	Interchange	Patrice Duchamp (Etourney Warriors)
Samuel Stone	Interchange	Igor Sadoul (Etourney Warriors)
Lewis Day	Interchange	Igor Sadoul (Etourney Warriors)
Lucas Watson	Interchange	Franco Barnier (Etourney Scorpions)

Jack Rowley	Coach	Colin Duchemin