Here's the Round 1 draw for the 50th Koori Knockout

We are finishing up for the night peeps. What a draw!

That Pool A in the men's is going to be staunch as. The defending champions up against WAC, Cody Walker and the Bundjalung Baygal Warriors taking on Combined Countries, and the Yowies straight through to round 2.

Good luck to all the Men, Women, Boys and Girls having a crack across the weekend.

It's going to be massive. Looking forward to seeing everyone there.

Brother Alby is keen!

Albert Kelly will turn out for the Jai Wright Memorial - Bellbrook side.

A solid 60 teams in the Men's competition this year - who is stacked peeps what are you hearing? We heard there are some monster lineups for some of these sides. Let's see how they all go!

Pool A

Dunghutti Connections vs Collarenebri Bulldogs 0930am Field 1

Newcastle Yowies vs BYE

Bundjalung Baygal Warriors vs Combined Countries 0930am Field 3

Walgett Aboriginal Connection vs South Coast Black Cockatoos 1020am Field 1

Maitland United 2 vs Serpents United 1020am Field 2

Gumbaynggirr Rams vs Redfern All Blacks 1020am Field 3

Brothers United vs Narwan Eels Gold 1110am Field 1

Bourke Warriors vs Maitland United 1 1110am Field 2

Pool B

Castlereigh All Blacks vs BYE

Ngaku Warriors vs Toomelah Tigers 1110am Field 3

Koori Brothers United vs Moree Boomerangs 1200pm Field 1

Waterloo Storm vs Dubbo Pacemakers 1200pm Field 2

Narrandera Wiradjuri Warriors vs Newcastle Emus 1200pm Field 3

Shane and Sheldon Memorial vs La Perouse 2 1250pm Field 1

Cabbage Tree Island vs Tweed Connexions 1250pm Field 2

Mt Druitt United 2 vs Goodooga Magpies 1250pm Field 3

Pool C

Wiradjuri Aboriginal Rivers vs BYE

Jai Wright Memorial - Bellbrook vs Wall Street Warriors 1340pm Field 1

Griffith Three Ways vs South Taree 2 1340pm Field 2

Dhinawan Boys Toomelah vs Tin Town Warriors 1340pm Field 3

Gilgandra Sand Goannas vs Blacktown Red Belly Warriors 1430pm Field 1

Gomeroi Roos vs Erambie All Blacks 1430pm Field 2

Nanima Common Connection vs Next Generation Kangaroos 1430pm Field 3

Narrungdera Wanderers vs Roseby Park Raiders 1520pm Field 1

Pool D

Western Koori Eels vs BYE

Narwan Eels Blue vs Dindima 1520pm Field 2

Campbelltown Ghosts vs Newcastle All Blacks 1520pm Field 3

Illawarra Titans vs Gundungurra Goannas 1610pm Field 1

Kamilaroi Galamaays vs Wellington Wedgetails 1610pm Field 2

Tamworth All Blacks vs Mount Druitt United 1 1610pm Field 3

Wallaga Lake Warriors vs La Perouse Panthers 1 1700pm Field 1

Googars vs South Taree 1 1700pm Field 2

Thanks to Uncle Gordon Wellington who told us a few yarns about his footy days and welcomed us all to Yuin Country for the draw.

Women's Round 1 games are as follows:

La Perouse Panthers vs BYE

Yuin Fitt vs Wall Street Warriors Field 1 1010am

Redfern All Blacks vs BYE

Blacktown Red Belly Warriors vs Dunghutti Connections Field 2 1010am

Wellington Wedgetails vs BYE

Serpents United vs Campbelltown Ghosts Field 1 1100am

Wiradjuri Aboriginal Rivers vs BYE

South Taree RLFC vs Newcastle Yowies Field 2 1100am

Everyone keen to see who gets the gun draw and who gets the tough one here at Worrigee Sports.

You know you are going to be asked by someone at the Knockout or home 'When's XXXX playing and where?'

Thanks to Mitch Ross and Brad Cooke - all the results and matchups are just a couple clicks away.

Have a suss of The KO App - the brothers have been running it since 2016 making it easy for mob to see what's going on at the carnival at any time.

Mitch Ross and Brad Cooke showing off the KO App.

Girls

Cabbage Tree Island vs Kempsey United 1330pm Field 3

Blacktown Red Belly Warriors vs Waterloo Storm 1330pm Field 4

Gadhu Sisters vs Redfern All Blacks 1420pm Field 3

South Taree vs BYE

South Coast Black Cockatoos Ben Wellington drawing out these mad matchups like lotto numbers.

Boys

Narwan Eels vs BYE

Campbelltown Ghosts vs BYE

Birrawaadhuul vs BYE

Blacktown Red Belly Warriors vs Koori Connections 0830am Field 3

Dunghutti vs Narrandera Wiradjuri Warriors 0920am Field 3

La Perouse Panthers vs BYE

Barwon United Swans vs BYE

Illawarra Titans vs BYE

Waterloo Storm vs BYE

Deadly Dhagaans vs BYE

Mount Druitt United vs BYE

Western Koori Warriors vs Wellington Wedgetails 0920am Field 4

Dunghutti JRL vs BYE

Combined Countries vs BYE

Upper Hunter Wedgetails vs BYE

Newcastle All Blacks vs BYE

U15 boys

South Taree vs Campbelltown Ghosts 0830am Field 4

South Coast Black Cockatoos vs Birrawadhuul 0830am Field 5

Castlereigh Connections Roman Kershaw Memorial vs La Perouse Panthers 0920 Field 5

Newcastle Yowies vs Koori Connections 1010am Field 5

Mt Druitt United vs Newcastle All Blacks 1100am Field Field 5

Redfern All Blacks vs Western Koori Eels 1150am Field 5

Cabbage Tree Island vs Blacktown Red Belly Warriors 1240am Field 5

Dunghutti Youngbloods vs South Coast Brothers 1330pm Field 5

U15 Girls

Cabbage Tree Island vs Waterloo Storms 1600pm Field 2

Koori Connections vs Ghadu Sisters 1650pm Field 2

NOTE:

Field 1,2 - Bomaderry Sports Complex - 111 Cambewarra Rd, Bomaderry

Fields 3,4,5 - Rugby Park Fields - Flinders Road, South Nowra

Under 13s boys

Newcastle All Blacks vs BYE

Dhungutti Young Bloods vs Mt Druitt United - 0830am Field 1

Campbelltown Ghosts vs BYE

Blacktown Red Belly Warriors vs Redfern All Blacks 0830am Field 2

Waterloo Storm vs BYE

Gulaga Dreaming vs South Coast Black Cockatoos 0920am Field 1

Illawarra Titans vs BYE

Kempsey United vs La Perouse Panthers Field 2