The future of any sporting club is dependent on the junior program.

There are many ways success of the program can be judged, whether it be seeing the children with smiling faces coming back the following year and the number of premiership flags.

The transition of players from juniors to seniors is key.

Last weekend Southern United saw that happen in spades, with 15-year-old Craig Marais scoring his first goal in the highest level competition of the state, Premier League, in the 3-1 win against MCC. … more