EIGHT REGIONS VYING FOR KOOKABURRA CUP

Reigning champions, Illawarra, will return to the Manning next week to defend its title at the under-14s Kookaburra Cricket Cup.

It joins seven regions from across New South Wales, including last year’s finalists and local representative team North Coastal.

The winner of the four-day competition will go on to play the winner of Sydney’s Harold Moore Shield at the SCG next month, in a city verse country challenge.