Recent content by AliBarber

I heard a league dad of all people having a ba ba about the AIC schools starting rugby training in October this year. His son is Iona and plays League after AIC and is wondering when some kids will ever have a break. League & GPS Rugby finishes end of Sept, then U16 National Teams at TSS and...

The Padua Centre Heenan would be a certainty in AIC - best attacking and best defender in the AIC by a large margin in my views. According to my sons gossip at a gps school, and the kids know more gossip than us, he won't play Conraternity either but will play SEQ 16's League instead at...

Agree in principle Galloper, although the AIC shows Anderson with 3 and Woodsy with 1 from last weeks game against SLC. A GPS looker has seen most of their games and thought, like you, the wingers should be in the centres and the centres on the wings because their No. 11 especially and 14 are...

Emosi is obviously very talented, but wouldn't last a full Rep Game at Prop, and he isn't fit enough to be a genuine loose forward. I would rather see their young Rozka get the nod ahead of him. He is strong enough to play prop and fast enough to play loose and he is there for a full game. The...

I think if the Oval at MCA was under water they wouldn't call it off. I think this is their best year to go through undefeated. Their forwards will need to step up each week for SPC & SLC. Their Backs have played like it is each man for themselves by all reports and still play well ? Can someone...

You won't see too many AIC Players in Development Squads at the REDS - not flashy enough at AIC. You will sadly see a group of them selected at Rugby League Academies this year which is really sad for Rugby, considering a lot of these kids started Rugby at U6. A small number of boys from Padua...

Met North (can't speak for the others) is a total waste of time. If any boy isn't from a Scholarship or GPS school he is wasting his time. Last years was a disgrace.

Rozka was prop and could still be. He may not be tall enough to match some of the props he would come up against. As Emosi is tall and wide- you don't want to be too side on in the scrum. Rozka is strong enough and very quick for a forward and a very good defender. . Not as big as John Downs...

I've read these columns for a long time now and never commented, so this might be my last year to comment on schoolboy rugby with some experience. Looking in from the outside, Marist look very promising for 2017. I've been involved against a lot of these young men in club and rep level for some...