NSW Canterbury Cup coach Mat Head, who's side will act as the curtain-raiser to Sunday's NRL match at WIN Stadium against Western Suburbs, features five South Coast juniors.

Gerringong duo Jackson Ford and Tyran Wishart are slated to start in the back-row and halves respectively, while Shellharbour's Jayden Morgan (prop) and Nowra-Bomaderry's Jason Gillard (wing) are also in the run-on side.

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While Batemans Bay product Treigh Stewart has been named to start at fullback.

Willie Talau's Jersey Flegg side, which will battle Wests Tigers at Corrimal's Ziems Park on Sunday from 1pm, contains four Group Seven juniors.

Warilla-Lake South's Callum Gromek (fullback) and Duke Grant (bench), Albion Park-Oak Flats' Jack Walsh (wing) and Berry-Shoalhaven Heads' Ollie Parrish (prop) are all in Talau's 17-man squad for Sunday's season opener.

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In other Jersey Flegg news, Albion Park-Oak Flats duo Dylan Lucas and Kane Ball have been named in their respective Newcastle Knights and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks under 20s squads for round one.

While Park's Drew Hutchison will start at halfback for North Sydney's Canterbury Cup side in their match against Penrith at Panthers Stadium.

The final Group Seven junior to line up this weekend in the lower grades will be Shellharbour's Jai Field, who will make his Parramatta Eels Canterbury Cup debut at five-eighth against the Bulldogs.