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Elevated from Brumbies Academy but formerly a WA kid with NZ bloodline and played NPC for Waikato and time at Hamilton Boys High. Success has many fathers.
When Jake White was coaching at the Brumbies, I went to a members night where Jake explained why he stopped the Brumbies players playing in the Shute Shield and were required to play in the JID.
That for the players to compete in the Shute Shield they would leave at lunch time on Thursday to...
My favourite is Tongan Thor.
Taniela Tupou - Age: 27 - Position: front row
Current club: Queensland Reds
NRL comparison: Lindsay Collins
The man they call the ‘Tongan Thor’ would need to shed significant weight off his 135kg frame, but Tupou has the skill to be a ball-playing front rower in...
The question turns out to be more complex with layers like an onion.
Queensland tend to have interstate players at High School. Examples past Digby Ioane, WA boys in Reejsan Pasitoa and even from Wollongong in Blake Schoupp.
Or say Charlie Hancock from ACT goes to Sydney Uni post HSC and...
Lachlan Hooper
The younger brother of Brumbies and Wallabies star Tom Hooper, Lachlan has led the junior Brumbies throughout the season.
A Junior Wallabies talent in his first year out of school, many experts are tipping Lachlan to be even better than his older brother.
Captain Lachlan Hooper...
Toby Macpherson
Another Junior Wallabies talent, Macpherson is an emerging lock who can impose his physical presence on opposition packs.
The teenager impressed for Uni-Norths throughout the John I Dent Cup and looks set to join a deep crop of Brumbies locks in the coming years.
Like Hooper...
Shane Wilcox
It should come as no surprise the Brumbies have had their eye on Wilcox for years. The St Edmund's graduate played for Australia under-18s this season and has spent the past 12 months training with the top ACT squad.
Wilcox is an outside back with immense talent and the humble...
Canberra Times article with profile of 4 Players Staniforth, Hooper. Wilcox & Macpherson. I found Staniforth's story interesting.
Angus Staniforth
Angus Staniforth grew up dreaming of following in his uncle's footsteps and playing for the Waratahs.
The nephew of former Wallaby Scott Staniforth...