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Australian Schoolboys & National Championships 2017

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Mick DUNN

Frank Row (1)

#13 for Combined States

Not sure how this lad missed out on selection in Aus team, like an outside back for Barbarians or reserve at the very least.
 

SonnyDillWilliams

Nev Cottrell (35)
Wow that is a pretty impressive highlights package ... more an attacking player than a defensive one ... however certainly capable of some good tackles too
 

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Johnnie Wallace (23)
#13 for Combined States

Not sure how this lad missed out on selection in Aus team, like an outside back for Barbarians or reserve at the very least.

MD you wouldn't be the first and you wont be the last to make that observation. Likewise how on earth Pavlakis wasn't selected beggars belief.o_O .

One seriously has to wonder how much form counted for in the championships and selections.

Sadly suspect that selectors had their teams pencilled in and horsetrading was done well before a whistle was blown.
 

Breaks_Away

Sydney Middleton (9)
Interesting to see on the Waratahs face book page photos of all the NSW Rugby Winners taken at the recently held NSW Rugby Union & Waratahs Awards Night.

Whilst it was no surprise to see Michael Hooper - winner of the Matthew Burke cup for the 5th time, I was however bemused to see Harry Turner ( from the Combined States,( National Schoolboys Team -Eastwood Colts) had won the NSW RUGBY - Grassroots to Waratah's
"Spirit of Rugby" Boys Player of The Year Award!
(Presented by Phil Waugh) this being the same Harry Turner who had been identified as the most accomplished Openside flanker throughout the National schoolboy championship's his performances highly praised on various Rugby media sites including their own Rugby.com) Turner was not the only one from the National Schoolboys championship to receive an award, Donny Freeman from the NSW1 team received " NSW Schoolboy of the year

As much as it's an incredible achievement for both the boys receiving such admirable awards, it must of however, left them feeling (as has me) quite perplexed to how they can be awarded with the highest NSW Rugby awards such as the ones they received -
NSW Rugby
"spirit of Rugby Boys Player
of the year! and
NSW Schoolboy player of the year and yet neither were selected into any of the Australian Schoolboys teams!!
The mind boggles!

All I can say is the rumour that had gone around regarding the Aus schools selectors and deliberations over the openside Flankers especially may not be such a rumour after all!
Selectors having acknowledged the fact they had selected more than a few NSW Boys into both the Aus School and Baba's team, decided to select the openside flankers more on the State they represented rather than on field performance & form (WA and Queensland) the mind boggles to say the least

Nevertheless, a great achievement for the Boys receiving well deserved recognition and award, all the best to them going forward and good luck to Turner and all the 7's boys who are trailing over this weekend, for a spot in the Australian Sevens Schoolboys Team that will be competing in the World Schoolboys Sevens Championship held in Auckland New Zealand later this year.
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RugbyReg

Rocky Elsom (76)
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Let's be honest though. There isn't a "Qld GPS Record" though. Unless you can tell me who held it last and the.n before that?

Great effort for sure but the hyperbole gets us nowhere
 

Oracle83

Ron Walden (29)
Honestly more NSW whingers on this site than sitting in Federal opposition at Parliament House. Don't worry fellas when they get older they will be automatically selected for the Wallabies regardless of their form even now your mate Pulver has resigned after trying to destroy the game.
 

SOLE334

Jimmy Flynn (14)
UPDATED AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS TEAMS FOLLOWING TWO INJURIES
by ASRU on September 18, 2017 in News
These are the finals squads for the two Australian Schools Rugby Teams to play New Zealand and Fiji in the Tri Nations Series in late September early October.

The game details are–

Thursday 28th September —Fiji v NZ–2 p.m. at Knox Grammar School, Wahroonga

Monday 2nd October—N Z v Australian Schools Barbarians–1 p.m. at Knox

—Australian Schools v Fiji–3 p.m. at Knox

Saturday 7th October—Australian Schools Barbarians v Fiji –11.30 a.m. at T G Milner Field, Eastwood

—Australian Schoolboys v New Zealand Schools–1 pm at T G MilLner Field

AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLBOYS – FULL TEAM

Updated as at 19th September.

Bo Abra (NSW) – St Stanislaus College
Angus Bell (NSW) – Newington College
Marco Bell (NSW) – Waverley College
Darcy Breen (NSW) – The Scots College
Lachlan Connors (QLD) – St Patrick’s College
Ben Donaldson (NSW) – Waverley College
Nick Frost (NSW) – Knox Grammar School
Will Harrison (NSW) – Marcellin College, Randwick
Albert Hopoate (NSW) – St Augustine’s College
Trevor Hosea (QLD) – Brisbane Boys College
Ciaran Loh (NSW) – The King’s School
William Lloyd (NSW) – Barker College
Kohan Herbert (QLD) – Downlands College
Noah Lolesio (QLD) – The Southport School
Lachlan Lonergan (ACT) – Trinity Christian College
Luca Moretti (NSW) – Waverley College
Jordan Petaia (QLD) – Brisbane State High School
Charlie Rorke (NSW) – St Ignatius College, Riverview
Seamus Smith (ACT) – Marist College
Tristan Stanghon (QLD) – Anglican Church of England Grammar School
Harry Wilson (QLD) – St Josephs College, Gregory Terrace
Thomas Woodcock (NSW) – Knox Grammar School
Finn Wright (NSW) – Waverley College
AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS BARBARIANS – FULL TEAM

Updated as at 19th September

Moses Alo-Emile (QLD) – Brisbane State High School
Oliver Barden (VIC) – Brighton Grammar School
Max Douglas (NSW) – St Augustine’s College
Max Dowd (QLD) – The Southport School
Dylan Dowling (NSW) – St Joseph’s College, Hunter’s Hill
Apenisa Driti (NSW) – Griffith High School
William Goddard (ACT) – St Edmund’s College
Phoenix Hunt (QLD) – St Joseph’s College, Nudgee
Tom Iles (ACT) – Marist College
Brendan Jimieez (ACT) – St Edmund’s College
Tom Kibble (QLD) – Brisbane Boys College,
Wyll Holland—St Edmund’s College, Canberra
Viliami Lea—Ipswich Grammar Schools
Brody MacAskill (WA) – Aranmore Catholic College
Cullen Ngamanu (QLD) – Brisbane Boys College
Lachlan Osborne (ACT) – Canberra Grammar School
Campbell Parata (QLD) – The Southport School
Alex Sa’aga (VIC) – Melbourne Grammar School
Egan Siggs (QLD) – The Southport School
Lincoln Smith (ACT) – Marist College
Joey Walton (NSW) – Wadalba Community High School
Jack Winchester (Combined States) – Bishop Druitt College
Tom Yassmin (NSW) – The Scot’s College

NOTE: All games played at Knox Grammar and Eastwood Rugby football club. Good luck to Australia and Barbarians (Aust) schoolboys teams .
 

Breaks_Away

Sydney Middleton (9)
Schoolboys beating barbarians at halftime.

33-12. Some pretty incredible stuff from the schoolboys players in some of the tries.

They'll give the NZ boys a run for their money.

Came across this video clip of the NZ Schoolboys backline players...


"New Zealand are always expected to bring a strong line-up in the annual schoolboy test match against Australia.

This year, however, the potential starting back line is monstrous.

With most already aligned or signed with professional academies, this could be a special year for the side and will be more than a handful for the Australians, who last tasted victory in the schoolboy test in 2012.

Based on the 25-man squad selected to visit Sydney we’ve put together a highlight reel of this back line, which includes the younger brother of an All Black.

Hold onto you're seats lads! where in for a hell of a game come match day

https://www.facebook.com/RugbyRampage/posts/1520001844758333




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IamnotwhatIsayIam

Bob McCowan (2)
Kiwi backline look like absolute monsters - but could this play into Australias hands? If they've chosen size over skill (that skill being distribution) I'm confident that our backline has a decent chance to come up with a strong defensive plan - after all, it's not u12s where you can simply pass it to the big guy off the first five and have him run through everyone
 
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